Thomas, *even* if you love strong scents, trust me, it's not necessary -- if you got say, Gain in original scent, you can use an unscented fabric softener and *everyone* in a 10 meter radius can still smell it. If you use an unscented detergent, you can use the Gain fabric softener, same deal.
As long as *one* product has the scent and all the others are unscented, you will be able to smell it just fine.
After some point, putting more scent beads or whatever, can't make it any better. The problem is when people mix several products with different scents, so of course you smell a mix.
I have a theory that people get used to the scents they like and they can't smell it anymore, so they increase the dosage. I have a second theory that people who smoke, particularly strong(er) cigarettes (I don't smoke, but I'm told some brands are stronger than others), are particularly susceptible to getting used to perfumes and increasing the dosage -- I used to have a professor that was a heavy smoker and used Chanel No. 5 -- you could tell she was approaching the classroom even if you couldn't see her, the waves of perfume would arrive before her. When she left on vacations, her office still smelled of strong mix of Chanel #5 and Marlboros for a full 2 weeks.
Like many here, I have a stash of laundry detergent and fabric softeners -- I cycle thru them regularly, and when I change scents/products, they always smell "stronger" on the first couple of usages than after half a dozen or so, then I change to something else and same thing happens.
But yeah, I have the impression that 20 years ago or so people associated strong perfume in laundry with "clean" because that was what the more expensive stuff was like and people often were doing their laundry right, so you'd see dazzling white and vibrant colors, but now, with everything having a strong smell and we can readily see people with dingy clothes that smell of strong perfume, it will just read "cheap" and many will even think "French Whorehouse" instead of "chic".
In my humble opinion, of course.
Oh, and to answer your question, we have (or used to have) many members here that previously confessed to liking strong perfumed clothing. I dunno if they are still around or just quiet. But you are not the only one.
