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Unscented laundry products

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nonscents · 23/06/2022 15:16

I have used Ecover and other bio cleaning products happily for years.
Using the usual chemically over scented detergents gives me vile headaches and nausea with some skin irritation.
When I take on recycled garments or swapsies clothing I find the Lenor-ie type odours pretty unbearable.
I wash and wash them but the smell still persists.
How do I get rid of these horrible so called perfumes and how do other folk find them?
They are pretty unhealthy too, I hear so why do folk use them especially on their children's clothes. Help.

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honeybushbunch · 23/06/2022 15:24

My skin reacts badly to the artificial perfume in laundry and bath products, so I have to use Simple or similar supermarket non fragranced soap for bathing, and Surcare for laundry and washing up. There are unscented ones (some supermarkets do their own version of Surcare) — I normally find ebay clothes etc. just need one or two washes at a decent temp to get rid of the scent.

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LouS84 · 23/06/2022 19:17

The best I’ve found is Skin Salve washing powder at skinsalve.co.uk, there’s no scent and it’s been really good for not irritating my eczema.

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nonscents · 24/06/2022 14:08

Hallo
Thanks for you replies and suggestions. I have just washed some over scented laundry ebay items with white vinegar and bicarbonate of soda which has taken most of the scented pong out and dried on the line outside. Hopefully they will be wearable now.

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