Persil Sensitive - Why Did Henkel Mess About A Good Thing

[launderess]

Nabbed a case of Persil Sensitive (megaperls)awhile back, at a very good rate,so there's me for you.

Used Persil both regular awhile back and switched to the sensitive version because I prefer scent free laundry most of the time. Well some fool at Henkel decided "sensitive" obviously does not include powerful scents, since now that is what Persil "S" has. Put on a jumper washed two weeks ago in the stuff and the scent still lingers. Even the Tide Pro detergent is not this bad.

 

[andyelectrolux]

I got some with my Cleaning Essentials display for my store, and I sort of keep it hidden. I don't know exactly how I would explain to my customers why a "sensitive" formula has such a strong fragrance.

 

[oxydolfan1]

Yes, the same thing happened to me, Laundress. I was very surprised to see a product designed specifically for sensitive skin with such a powerful fragrance (not that the fragrance wasn't nice, but still....)

I left the box open for a few days and the bulk of the fragrance dissapated. Even on sale, it is a fairly costly product that happens to be very effective and it would be a shame if you had to get rid of it.

If you have the space, you can also place the box, slightly open, into a cabinet, and place a fresh tub of "DampRid" or similar product designed to absorb moisture from damp spaces, if you want to accelerate the process.

 

[lavamat_jon]

Sensitive skin products here still have perfumes, at least here in the UK people have been brainwashed into thinking enzymes irritate skin, so our sensitive detergents are enzyme free but are still loaded with brighteners and perfumes, which are just as likely to make skin itch!

Jon

 

[launderess]

Get Rid Of It?

Leave us not be so hasty! *LOL*

The duvet covers washed in Persil S, were fine after line drying and a few days being left out to air. By the time they went into the linen cupboard the scent was mostly gone. Of course, it could be one has grown used to the scent, but can smell the scent in the packet as it sits in my laundry stash, so that cannot be true.

Perhaps the perfume is water soluble, thus as laundry dries the air takes away much of the scent. Do notice that laundry which is line dried has less scent remaining than that which is tumble dried. Go figure.

Still wish Henkel had left well enough alone and did not add scent to Persil S.

L.

 

[launderess]

Actually have quite a bit of Henkel/Persil products in my stash from good deals. Several bottles of Perwol and FEWA/Black Magic for a start. Hardly use the Perwol as have other products for fine laundry,woolens and silks, besides still have a box almost full of the discontinued Perwol powder. As for the Persil detergent for darks, well if one thought the sensitive detergent had a whiff about it, that stuff smells like cheap hair dye in the bottle, in the wash and anything washed in it smells the same weeks later. Sort of like cross between cheap hair dye and a cheap hooker. Perhaps the scent of a cheap hair dye used by a cheap hooker?

Anyway, stuff sits sitting as cannot stand the smell often enough to use.

L.