Whatever Happened?

[ea56]

Renia,
Well if they changed the scent of Palmolive 6 years ago that explains why I didn’t notice a change in the scent since I began using it daily for the dishes a about 5 1/2 yrs ago. And you’re correct, I just took off the top and took a sniff and it does smell slightly fruit like, but it’s not offensive to me, everyone’s different. I happen to hate Dawn, which most people seem to prefer, go figure?

Myself, I’d rather use detergents with a pleasant scent, rather than unscented.

Eddie

 

[yuccadew]

Eddie- Yeah it’s not a bad smell necessarily, but I think for people who were used to how it smelled before, the change was kind of jarring. It’s like if you took how it smells now and took out that fruity/ apple note, and made the over all scent softer and milder, and that was the smell it had.

I know what you mean about Dawn, that has a very distinct smell too, and I can see how some people wouldn’t like it.

 

[Marky_Mark]

I personally perceive Persil ProClean liquid sold in the USA to have the strongest scent of any laundry detergent that I can ever remember.  To me it's a unique smell -- totally different to anything in Europe or anything else in the USA that I've ever come across.  I like the scent but boy is it strong.  Although (fortunately) very toned down after drying.  It's an excellent detergent.

 

[Marky_Mark]

Thinking about it, the scent of the Persil ProClean might not be stronger than other detergents at all, but perhaps I just notice it more for some reason.

 

[ryner1988]

Reply #30

Eddie, I normally use Palmolive as well but a few grocery runs ago I got Dawn. I don't care for the scent of Dawn much but it doesn't super bother me.

Stacye does water color paintings a lot as kind of a hobby, and she always washes her hands afterword with Mrs. Meyer's dish soap, because she likes the scent. Well, she ran out of the Mrs. Meyer's, and I didn't think much of just letting her soak her hands in some Dawn after a particularly messy painting session. She's like, what the hell is this soap? It smells horrible! I told her it was Dawn and she said she never wanted to soak her hands in it again and that it smelled like an old lady, or a hospital. LOL

Ryne

 

[fisherpaykel]

Persil liquid strong scent

Mark your first comment saying Persil blue liquid scent is super strong agrees with my perception. The one and never again time I washed bedding with it I had to get up at night and remove that gosh awfully strong smelling pillowcase! I have a supply of their pods still, not used in a while, to me scent is a bit different and slightly toned down, but in future using up supplies they won't be on pillowcases nor shirts, and won't be repurchasing. Anything needing deep cleaning or whitening I have ample supply now of Resolve Crystal White powder and Resolve powder for colours, removed the dried on spilled mustard on white shirt recently no problem-I did soak for a while after wash prior to rinse. I think it is TAED as oxygen bleach activator that it contains.

Angus, sounds like your detergent stash almost rivals that of Launderess!

 

[angus]

Most of my real vintage products have no scent left, but they do work. The only ones that have some noticeable scent at all are a few boxes of Ajax 2 and Cheer, as well as the few cans of Wisk liquid. Obviously the liquid Wisk held its scent pretty well. And those powders were sealed in plastic when I got them so that may explain it. I also have a few boxes of Instant Fels that have a very slight scent, but they are the ones from the 60's that contained "Stoddard Solvent" so they kind of smell like cleaning fluid. That was from my mother's own stash. She tried Instant Fels a few times but wasn't happy with the results of washing with soap instead of detergent. So while she never discarded the few remaining boxes, she never used them except occasionally for dishes.

 

[volvoman]

@ angus

I'm surprised that the Wisk liquid held up after all these years. You'd think that the scent would have "turned", and that the liquid would have separated. Is this not the case with "vintage" liquids?

 

[stan]

Walking down the detergent aisle

Is an adventure.. certainly an assault on the o factory’s and it has nothing to do with one’s age or what one got use to as a child.
I don’t remember smelling the obnoxious and over powering scents until the last 15 years or so.
Remember..these new and artificial (engineered) scents used in laundry products have noting to do with effective cleaning or stain removal.
I’ve found my own ways to effectively launder without obnoxious scents.
This involves good basic laundry habits..exposer time, temperature, rinsing temperature, load size and all while excluding overly scented products.
Theres also nothing that smells as good as lined dried when possible.
@eddie I use green Palmolive too. Now and again also wet my kitchen sponge and put it in the microwave for 2 min….Just incase theys a cootie embedded in er LOL

 

[angus]

Re: reply 37: I can't say that the Wisk liquid looks exactly like it would have when it was "new". But it hasn't separated at all and maybe the fact that they were in metal cans and not plastic jugs was helpful; or maybe they were carefully stored and tightly capped; or maybe all of the above. I had one plastic jug and the contents had some crystallization but still was dissolvable. Conversely, I had an old plastic quart of "Cold Water All" and it actually had separated and wouldn't come back together regardless of how much I shook it up. So who knows?

 

[combo52]

I would never use a sponge in the kitchen

Not only are they much less effective than a nice terry washcloth, they harbor, all kinds of germs and food, etc., you waste a lot of water, trying to rinse them out and then you have to cook them in the microwave to make them somewhat safe.

I Just use a fresh washcloth when I’m cleaning up the kitchen it’s hung up to dry and goes in the laundry probably use one every other day it’s washed in the Calypso with hot water and bleach and dried and a good good hot dryer.

Try cleaning up a lot of kitchen surfaces with a sponge compared to a washcloth you’ll see how much better the washcloth cleans you’re not just smearing the food around.

John

 

[tolivac]

Sponge or cloth-remember long ago my stepmom used a cloth and that thing stank to high heavens-would not want to wipe ANY kitchen surfaces with that-I have NEVER had that sort of problem with sponges.Have not gotten sick from them-and have used sponges for over 40yrs!What was in StepMoms dishrag vives me the willys-you have to wash these more frequently.

 

[combo52]

Kitchen sponge or dish cloth

Hi Rex, both have to be washed completely every time you use them I never would reuse a dishcloth. Even the next day, it’s just plain physics a dish cloth does a much better job cleaning a lot of dirty areas a sponge might be fine for a quick little cleanup, here and there, but we do a lot of cooking and I have 45 linear feet of counter space to clean in this kitchen and a sponge would never cut it let alone the cooktop, the other stove top, etc. etc.

I’m in at least four customers kitchens every day and the stories I could tell you about filthy dish clothes sponges, and kitchen hand towels would make your head spin, ironically, I have never had paper towels in my life. I have never bought a single paper towel and yet when I’m in customers homes every day I reach for the paper towels because I would not chance it with their filthy, kitchen towels etc. every once in a while I’ve picked up a customers kitchen towel and it’s often stinks to high heaven.

John

 

[ea56]

I use good old fashioned waffle weave dish clothes to wash the dishes and to clean all the kitchen surfaces. They work great for cleaning the counter tops and I always have one near by when I’m cooking and wipe off any spills or splatters on the stove top right away before they can cook onto the surface. I prefer the waffle weave dishcloths over terry cloth because they aren’t as bulky, are more flexible and fit into glasses and tight places better than a terry cloth dish cloth.

This way I always have a nice clean cooktop and I only need to use cooktop cleaner once or twice a week on the ceramic stove top, and I cook dinner every single day. My stove will be 2 years old in a couple of weeks and it still looks brand new.

I use a sponge for wiping up larger spills and always wash it out with dish soap right after doing so and rinse it. My kitchen sponge is always clean and never smells. I buy the Scotch Brite sponges with the clear plastic netting on the scrubbing side. With a little Barkeepers Friend instead of SOS or Brillo pads, it works much better to scour and polish my Fabreware pots which are over 23 years old and also still look like new, except for the handles which became dull from putting them in the DW when I was still using it.

Eddie

 

[Unimatic1140]

I'm surprised that the Wisk liquid held up after all these years. You'd think that the scent would have "turned", and that the liquid would have separated. Is this not the case with "vintage" liquids?

For some reason all of my pre-1970 liquids have retained their wonderful scent. It seems Wisk bottles from the 70's can be hit or miss, some are exactly as I remember as a kid and others have the scent changed to something more of a chemical smell. Same goes for Downy, the 1960's versions all seem to hold up and 1970+ seems to be 50/50.

 

[tolivac]

I use a "dishwand" to clean dishes.The sponge is used for wiping the counter-don't have a large counter area.The sponges I have are a plastic foam material-elastic as well.Dirt and food bits can be rinsed off.Don't use cellulose sponges which do get smelly and icky.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

new tide original

I don't like the smell of the new Tide original. It smells like straight cleaning chemicals.

 

[user 12105]

Reply #46

I'll have to check out the smell of Tide. I just bought a new box of Tide powder the other day after finishing up my box of Gain powder. I like the Tide better even though both are P&G.