Fabric softener doesn't make my clothes smell nice!!

[georgarina]

Lol urgent query over here.

So my MIL does laundry and it smells amazing, so she told me what fabric softener she uses - and I've tried it and my laundry smells of nothing!

I've had this issue with my washing machine, but never gotten a solution - no matter what I use, clothes come out smelling...kind of iron-y and almost burnt in a way? I've tried lowering the temperature and washing on different settings, using different products, and it doesn't help.

Has anyone else had this?

I find the same and I've had many washing machines over the years. I can smell it when I bring the wet clothes out the machine but once they are dry I don't smell anything. Then I tried Lenor Sunshine Burst. It has a lovely scent that lasts for ages.

I find synthetic materials hold the small much more than cotton. So my fleece dressing gown smells quite strong (too much, actually) but towels & bedding hardly at all. My son's poly cotton duvet cover smells more strongly.

Smell not small

I thought it was just me!

My ex returns kids clothes smelling lovely but whatever I do I can't get my washes to comes out the same 🤷‍♀️

Yep. There's a kid I taught whose clothes always smelt amazing and I asked his mum what she used. I bought the same and was so excited for beautifully scented clothes. Nope. I have found if I tjmble dry stuff the smells disappears completely but air drying is a little better.