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Lenor Infusions `Barefoot in the Grass' (LOL).........

what a blast from the past! This stuff is quite literally and unashamedly Lenor Alpine Fresh without a hint of tweaking, only the bottle and the name are different. I suppose there is grass on the Alps, and you could go barefoot, so the clue is there albeit somewhat hidden.

Interestingly, though, the blue one is not bringing back any memories as a previous version of Blue Lenor. The earliest Lenor I remember, really, is when it started being sold as concentrate in the same bottle as the 1 litre normal one, but with a dark blue bottle and pink lid.

I think it used to be called `April Fresh', just as Downy still is in the US. Although April Fresh Downy has yet another different scent. Anybody remember Summer Fresh Bold? That was more or less the scent for Downy April Fresh.

But as for the Barefoot business, can't put it down.........

Isn't `in the pink' another re hashed one? Am sure that is the same as `Carnval Passion' or `Tropical Fresh'.

Quite how ordinary people choose a fabric softener from the 123 flavours available, I don't know. It sends me into a total spin!
 
I cant remember Bold Summer Fresh, however I remember Bold Hawaii Fresh, the scent was to die for! We used it regulary in our kangaroo Zanussi LOL.

Do you know if the Summer Fresh and Hawaii Fresh were one and the same?

I too can never choose what to have as a fabric conditioner whilst stood in the laundry aisle in the supermarket now, so I know exactly where you are coming from there Nick!!! lol

Dan
 
Hi Dan - sorry, can't confirm the Bold confusion, but I THINK they were indeed the same.

Have just completed some washing with blue Lenot infusions, and actually it is kind of familiar. It's actually very similar to Lidl's Doussy, at way more than double the price! It's on offer at Wilkos though - 2 for £3.
 
Thanks anyway, I have the new blue lenor infusions, have to say nearly 2/3'rds down the bottle, i'm not keen on it. I much prefer the barefoot in the grass scent.

I am also using Aldi's AncoSoft dilute softener. 20washes for 85p so I couldnt complain.
I got the Honeysuckle and Wild Violet scent. Not sure if thats what it smells like, but its a pleasent and gentle scent and it softens fantastically!

Dan
 
At the moment i'm using Sainsburys Meadow Breeze Conditioner, smells gorgeous :-) and its only 99p,

ooo will have to use bare foot in the grass, i loved lenor alpine spirit, my friends mum used to use Ariel Alpine Tablets with Lenor Alpine Spirit
 
I love those! How old are they, 1989/90-ish?

The Persil one looks like the Small & Mighty caps.

The old P&G ones look really funky! ;-)
 
Dating....

1990 or so according to the boxes.

Mum had the Ariel one years ago when they first came out 1988 or so? and the Persil one that took over the Ariel one when it retired.

Spot the balls in the brochure shots.

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Rob....

You certainly know where to find your "laundry gems" dont you! The "fairy bubble" brings back memories although I've never seen Persil Liquid in such a nifty device before.

Love the nostalgia!
 
Radion

I remember the Radion Sunfresh Tablets in 1998, then they stopped selling Radion in 1999

I remember the advert for radion tablets with the hotpoint washers in 1998, these were the squareish door models
 
If you have sagging lines (shut up toggles) the remedy is a clear vinyl coated CABLE. Your local hardware store should stock it in bulk. This has stranded galvanized steel cable sheathed in clear plastic. The stranded steel is flexible enough to go through clothesline pulleys, but stretches very little. It is more complicated to fasten, but there are clamps and such that you can use to complete a loop or fasten it to a post directly.

I tried the flimsy plastic coated fiber with a tiny wire in the middle type of line - and it stretches until it snaps. No good. Braided rope is slightly better, but I think you'll find the stranded cable is your best bet (after all, they use stranded steel cable to build bridges, albeit much larger). I think I used 1/8" diameter when I built my 40 foot pulley clothesline.
 
If you have sagging lines (shut up toggles) the remedy is a clear vinyl coated CABLE. Your local hardware store should stock it in bulk. This has stranded galvanized steel cable sheathed in clear plastic. The stranded steel is flexible enough to go through clothesline pulleys, but stretches very little. It is more complicated to fasten, but there are clamps and such that you can use to complete a loop or fasten it to a post directly.

I tried the flimsy plastic coated fiber with a tiny wire in the middle type of line - and it stretches until it snaps. No good. Braided rope is slightly better, but I think you'll find the stranded cable is your best bet (after all, they use stranded steel cable to build bridges, albeit much larger). I think I used 1/8" diameter when I built my 40 foot pulley clothesline.
 
Dan, don’t loose your glasses in the grass again! :p ;)

Ah! This thread smells lovely, Nick! I can practically smell the fragrances from here! Mmm… :)

Dan and Rob, your gardens have been tested and found to contain dangerously high levels of multiple perfumes, and it’s quite possible your gardens’ wildlife is completely confused by all the perfumes in their immediate environment! ;) LOL I’ll get a team round to deep-clean the area! No, Rob, not Kim and Aggie (from British TV’s “How Clean is Your House?”, for those outside the UK), as I know your standards are set far higher! ;)

As for perfumes, I always loved original Blue Comfort before it changed years back. :) We always used it, and I loved it. :) To me, that’s fabric conditioner. :)

I used to like pretty much any Persil fragrance, and I liked Ariel Futur, and the powder flowed very nicely. Does anyone remember using Persil Colour powder from the mid-1990s or so? It had an incredibly strong fragrance when the clothes were dried with any form of heat.

Anyway, this was not meant to be about favourite fragrances, I guess, but I guessed one of Nck’s questions correctly. :)

Rob, you and your retroness! :) I love the packaging and other bits and bobs. :) I miss the old Ariel powder dosing balls… Arielator? Is that was they were called? They had a fabric net-type lower half. I think Seamus has one, and I intend to steal it from him, though I’ve not worked out how to do that yet. ;) Would love one of those. :)

And, Dan, have you lost a pair of glasses again, but in your garden this time?! ;) I am somewhat concerned that you might lose another pair, as you did some months ago! ;) All this talk of Barefoot in the Grass conditioner and honeysuckle worries me because you might be tempted to go outside and lose another pair with the great anticipation of your nose. Also, what should happen if you go to hang your washing out and lose your glasses again in the excitement? How will you be able to finish hanging the washing out? Also, you might become overloaded by the perfumes filling the garden and fall to the floor, crushing your glasses in the process, leaving you completely helpless and unable to find your way back indoors! LOL :) In any case, Dan, barefoot in the grass might be dangerous should you tread on your lost glasses by accident! LOL :)

Dan’s new favourite fragrance: Barefoot on the Glasses! ;)

I would suggest, then, Dan, that you let one of us know when you’re about to hang the washing out – say, via text. You can then text us again when you’ve safely returned indoors, complete with glasses. If we don’t hear from you within, say, 10 minutes, one of us can call for help and rescue you from the dangerous grass-, honeysuckle-, Venus Fly Trap-, sausage and cucumber-, melon and lemon- and lime- and Toilet Duck- and Domestos- and Hawaii Fresh volcanic ash lava-infuseed-fragranced fabric conditioners! LOL ;)

And, Saj, a “Burst of Sunshine”?! Argh! How can you have a “burst of sunshine”? ;) Since when did sunshine smell?! LOL ;)

After all my silliness, I shall… well, I’m not quite sure what I’m to do now! LOL :)

Very good thread, everyone. :) I hope my humour has made sense. :) “No”? hehe ;)

Carl :)
 
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