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£3.50 is too much for just a bottle of Lenor, but then again ALL detergent prices are so high it's no wonder lots of people just buy whatever is on offer. Savers are good for stuff like that though, they normally have big boxes of Daz/Surf for £3.99 and big Ariel liquids for £4.99.

Lol actually the new scent was the one that was gone, I got the last one! Can't say whether I prefer this version or the normal super concentrate version, both are really nice.

I'm actually waiting for somewhere to have Ariel Colour liquid on offer. Love the smell of that one but I'm not paying £6.98/£7 a bottle!

My mum has the same habit, pours way too much Lenor SA into the drawer. I had to put her washing out the other day but was seriously considering putting it through the wash again. You know when you've OD'd on fabric conditioner and your clothes come out feeling greasy and slimy and disgusting? That basically, the jeans that were washed felt horrible.

Do you like that Ariel has so much bleach in it? It was 5-15% a few years ago which was a nice amount to have in it. When they upped it to 15-30% was a bit wary of it fading clothes quicker, but if anything it doesn't. Which did say though Ariel powder is one of the best detergents for not fading clothes, but then again oxygen bleaching agents are normally colour safe aren't they?
 
Will have...

To have a look at savers in future, yes detergent prices are sky high. I remember Tesco carrying the 85 wash box of Ariel for £20! This was a good few year back though.

I like the idea of higher bleach for the whiteness, I got to admit, I haven't noticed the fading either (and I did see in which that they say Ariel performs better than all the others on colour fading).

The clothes I want to keep looking brand new, I will almost always wash in a colour care detergent, and if not a colour care, at the very least a liquid.

I believe oxygen bleaches are good for colours in the main, and of course, will have no affect on completely man-made fibres. But as laundress says, if the detergent is capable of removing a dye-based stain (coffee, tomato, curry etc) then over time, it will remove colour. But then again, the friction alone from washing will remove colour, so no colour detergent will completely stop colour loss, it just delays it.

The only place I know with Ariel colour liquid on offer at the moment is OCADO - £7 for 60 wash. Makro online has 100 wash bottle for £11.99 - but if you can get for £5 at savers, then it may not be a good offer.
 
Ariel for £20

And at a similar time the 10 wash size went to something crazy like £4.50! Shocking!

It's more the washing process though that will remove colour and cause wear than the detergent used. Like you say, if a detergent is capable of removing a dye based stain it will remove loose colour particles. The only thing you really notice fading with is jeans, but turning them inside out helps, alongside using a colour safe/liquid detergent.

That's a shame it's not on offer currently, Ocado don't deliver to my address unfortunately. The bottles at Makro are too much, too many washes and it will take forever to use up (lol). Savers only do the regular liquid though, but they do have the 24 wash one for £3.99, may have to go there too as haven't been in a while.

Apparently, P&G have launched a 500ml bottle of Ariel liquid for sale in convenience stores/Spars/Costcutters etc. That would be interesting to get a bottle of that!
 
Small bottles

I haven't seen it yet, but will keep an eye out. To be honest, I always go for the biggest pack I can get (probably not the right thing for me, as I swap and change all the time, but I don't feel I am getting value for money with the smaller packs and bottles).

Had a message from Lenor this morning (and a voucher :) )

They have released 3 new scents of Lenor (according to the message).

Floral Romance - the pink one mentioned upthread

Soft embrace - not seen yet

Pearly Peony - not seen this either yet, but if it is like Bold Cherry and Peony, should be nice.

They are not on Mysupermarket, only seen the pink one on Wilkos site (and bought some in wilko store). So will be looking out for them to sniff :)
 
How did you get a voucher? :))

And those new scents sounds interesting, will have to sniff them!

I vary with different sized packs, do like to buy small boxes of powder every so often but normally go for 40 wash sizes as sometimes the smaller packs aren't big enough for my mind.
 
Voucher...

I just sent them a message asking if they would consider bringing back Natural Balance (because of this thread).

They messaged back saying with the usual bumf, saying it's great to hear you like our scents and that they are memorable (as I am sure NB went 10+ years ago)

Went onto say, I'm sure you understand that any decisions on new or reintroduction of scents can't be shared as it is business sensitive information.

Then mentioned the new scents and offered to send a voucher, (from past experience, it is usually £3 for trying a product and £5 for sending a dodgy product back - which for me was the head and shoulders issue with BandM and Home Bargains).

So just message them, asking something, or complementing them etc, MOST (but not all) of the time, they will offer to send a voucher.

Don't ask them for coupons, or discounts as they will just refer you to their site www.supersavvyme.co.uk where they put coupons up on all PandG products (sometimes there is some great coupons on there, eg got 2 boxes of 30 ariel pods for £3.50 a box, 2 bottles of 76 wash lenor for £1.75 and 2 bottles of flash bleach - FREE). Sometimes the coupons arent great - it varies.
 
Did they remember having a fragrance called NB? Because there were a few comments where people have requested it and Lenor replies saying they couldn't remember it.

Found this though: https://www.facebook.com/PGUKandIre...3921164039529/554970601267915/?type=3&theater

Yeah I've done that before. That latest was last year when I sent them a message saying that the Lenor I was using had clogged up the fabric conditioner section of the drawer and they replied mentioning maintenance washes and they sent a £7 voucher to spend on P&G laundry products.

Supersavvyme is great agreed but it's a faff trying to print off the vouchers, once you do you do get some excellent bargains. Last time it was a 1.1L Lenor for about 75p.
 
They didn't...

Mention the name, lol. However, if any further issues, send them the advert I linked for NB :)

This was the response

Hi,

Thank you so much for getting in touch with us. It’s great to hear you like our fragrances so much that sometimes you just can’t forget them.

However I’m sure you understand that if there was to be any new products, or re-introduced products we’d be unable to share this with you, as it would be business sensitive information.

I nevertheless appreciate you getting in touch to share your interest, as we really appreciate your feedback so I’ll make sure it’s passed on.

I’d like to let you know however that we do have some new scents that you might enjoy including Soft Embrace, Floral Romance and Pearly Peony.

If you’d like to give one of these a try I’d be happy to send you a voucher to help. Just let me know your address so I can send it out.

Once again thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. I hope to hear back from you soon.

Best wishes,

Laura

Consumer Relations
 
Do you think I should send them an email/message too? My mum mentioned a fragrance Lenor did called Alpine Spirit that she loved, but they stopped making it around the time they stopped making Ariel Alpine.

Logixx - that new Lenor packaging is lovely! How does the detergent perform? I'm thinking maybe the blue one is like the Bold we have in the UK fragrance wise, but it could be different.
 
Yeah

Definitely worth sending them a message - ask them about NB too, as the more people who ask for something, the more likely they will bring it back :)
 
The Lenor detergents are average performers. I did check the formula of the Summer Rain & White Lily universal powder and it comes with four enzymes, oxi bleach and bleach booster. Should get most normally soiled laundry perfectly clean. As always, the liquid leaves more scent on the clothes than the powder.
 
Natural Balance....

It was STUNNING (by far my fave at the time, used with Persil capsules when they first come out - looked like ufo's and you used 2, not 1)

But you know, although I can smell it in my nose now, I could not for the life of me describe it written down :)

I will try - it was neutral "clean" smell, wasn't floral, wasn't fruity, and wasn't citrus or alpine-y.

The advert says it's natural herb-y, which I am not sure I agree with, but I loved, loved, loved (yes that much :P) it.
 
Oh

Forgot to mention, have you tried Wilko's own version of ustops.

I got the green bottle, and they smell really nice, just started a wash now with them, so will let you know how they are.

Wasn't too sure on the pink one's smell.

Best of all, they have matching fabric softeners.

Hope they smell as nice on clothes as they do in the bottle.
 
Wondering actually if Lenor detergents is actually just Bold under another name, except Bold would have softening agents whereas the Lenor probably wouldn't. Would be interesting to try some at some point.

It's great seeing some of the adverts and all of the different scents they used to do. One that caught my eye was Carnival Fresh, can imagine that would smell tropically! Do you really miss the regular Lenor? Used to love going to the supermarket and getting a 1L bottle for about 79p (of course I was only little then but it would be my job to get the Lenor lol), in those blue bottles with the different coloured lids dependent on which one you bought. Then there was the cartons you could buy also and the easy iron version that cost more. I do miss regular fabric conditioners and big boxes of powder that would be about 30 washes worth, IIRC, the dosage for Daz/Ariel powder was about 175ml, which compared to now seems such a lot.

Ooh, also came across Lenor's YouTube channel, and the videos are almost exactly the same as the Downy ones. One video in particular has the new Soft Embrace fragrance, and that one is part of the pure care collection.

 
Thing is, I LOVE eco products and I like the smells and have great success with them, but there are brands like Lenor, Persil, Comfort and Fairy that I just cant not buy lol
I tend to like light clean smells myself, so I tend to buy pure or classic smells, every time I used to use Lenor summer breeze towards the end, blue parts in my drawer would be green o.O
I've got a 76 wash bottle of Lenor cotton flowers coming tomorrow with Ocado (it was on offer, £2.66 IIRC) and so was the 76 wash bottles of Summer breeze and spring awakening, mum wanted me to order her a bottle of SA. Anyone else remember Lenor coming in cartons? I can remember when I was really little my mother and gran buying it in orange juice style cartons lol
 
I did compare Bold 2in1 Crystal Rain and White Lily to Lenor Summer Rain and White Lily and, indeed, Bold has Betonite in it to soften the fibers while Lenor does not. Lenor, on the other hand, has four enzymes versus one in Bold.

I'd probably rather group German Dash and UK Bold (and US Gain) together.

http://www.info-pg.com/
 
Yes...

Remember the Lenor coming in Cartons, in fact when I used Natural Balance, I only ever had it in Cartons, until I saw the Facebook post that hoover linked, I didn't know Natural Balance came in a standard bottle (I was about 15/16 at the time of using NB, so wouldn't have bought or used as many detergents or softeners as I do now :P).
 
Couldn't...

Imagine a detergent called Lenor, associate so much with a softener, not detergent :)

Oh and yes, US Gain does have a very Bold "undertone" to it, I have a few different versions of Gain here and one particular (Gain Flings in the Moonlight Breeze scent) smells exactly like Bold Lavender and Chamomile AND the Peony Cherry pods, but strangely they smell different on the finished wash.
 
I can always remember my nan and mum trying the Fabreeze or Alpine freshness one out one evening when I came home from nursery, I can remember walking into my nans kitchen and smelling the washing she had drying on the radiator and seeing the carton on top of her Zanussi washer :)
 
We used to get the Alpine Lenor in Cartons from either Kwik Save or Somerfield, it did used to smell lovely but we never had it often, normally favoured Spring Awakening.

It's weird to see Lenor detergent I agree, I fully expected it to be Bold under a different name but surprisingly it's not.

AEG - I recall mum trying the Febreze Lenor around 2002 ish, called Stayfresh around that time and it came in a turquoise coloured bottle with a grey lid. But again soon went back to the Spring version, normally in huge 5L bottles as opposed to the ones from the shop.

Found this too, how I wish I could walk down that detergent aisle :(
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-wo...t=&edoptin=&customgeoip=&cap=1&cbstore=1&vd=0
 
Bold

Right, now had a chance to run "new" Bold through it's paces and come to the conclusion that it has been vastly improved.

As mentioned upthread, the scent is not as strong, but the cleaning is great; has no problems removing stains - coffee, blood etc.

Definitely softens better than before.

And is very low sudsing on standard fabric full loads.

Using the blue bold with Wilko's own Ustops and matching fabric softener, gives it a Downy April Fresh scent oddly.
 
Bold

And going to sound like an advert now, but on 2 particular "brights" loads, the clothes really did look brighter and cleaner - although my laundry is always perfect.
 
OMG!!! Kwiksave! I'm glad someone other than me can remember it lol
I used to regularly use the Fabreeze one when I was younger along side Ariel with fabreeze liquitabs, I loved the smell lol
 
Definitely aeg! My mum used to go there a lot alongside Somerfield, always recall going in there with the bright yellow walls and the trolley being piled high with special offers. It was actually one of the main supermarkets in town alongside Somerfield, Sainsbury's and a large Iceland, the town was gutted when the store went. :( We also used to go to Safeway which was fun, but of course they soon became Morrisons.

Liam - sent P&G an email as I'd dropped a big bottle of Lenor on the floor and they are sending a voucher out (lovely of them to do that). Enquired about Natural Balance and they said they would pass this on but they said to look out for the new fragrances, in particular Pearly Peony as it's supposed to smell very natural.
 
My mum always used to shop in Asda, Lidl, kwiksave and the co-op when I was little, she used to always use Bold, either the yellow one or the blue one and use blue lenor or Asda's own brand blue softener, unless she was in the co-op, in which case she always used Co-Op's own brand 2in1 and Lenor. I can always remember Kwiksave having a kind of warehouse type feel to it which I actually kind of liked lol
 

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