It is a serious problem and it's complicated; here's the story. First I should say that the smelly offenders are just me and my hubby, the kids are all grown and gone but their ours so lets for the sake of argument call them smelly too! Hey it's my blog and I can do what I want! I am very sensitive to odors/ fragrances, in fact most of the products that I use have very little fragrance or are fragrance free which has led my dilemma. I like every other person in the planet have tried every laundry detergent, Tide, Cheer, All, Gain, and others and frankly the all are pretty smelly, literally. The fragrance's are just to strong for me plus I would rather not smell like my detergent.
I suffer from migraines and strong scents on my sheets and blankets can mean hours and hours of horrible pain. So I went to the scent free brand of All and scent free Bounce sheets thinking ha, I am so freekin smart my clothes and linens are clean and fresh and there's no fragrance, right? Wrong!! My sheets and blankets are stinky!! They smell like BODY- they do not smell clean or fresh! You know what I mean....they smell like our sweat, sorry there's just no nice way to put it. And I might add we shower daily and I change our sheets twice a week wash my sheets using hot water!
I suffer from migraines and strong scents on my sheets and blankets can mean hours and hours of horrible pain. So I went to the scent free brand of All and scent free Bounce sheets thinking ha, I am so freekin smart my clothes and linens are clean and fresh and there's no fragrance, right? Wrong!! My sheets and blankets are stinky!! They smell like BODY- they do not smell clean or fresh! You know what I mean....they smell like our sweat, sorry there's just no nice way to put it. And I might add we shower daily and I change our sheets twice a week wash my sheets using hot water!
Anyhoo, I was walking down the natural-organic aisle the other day in the grocery store; so desperate was I for a new laundry detergent that I was actually collecting home made laundry detergent recipes as a last resort. Then I heard the angels sing then the clouds parted { do you have clouds in you market?}and a ray of sun shone on a bottle on the shelf.{the angel and sun part didn't really happen but I thought it sounded good so I added it just for a bit of drama} And what was on this shelf you might ask? The answer to my stinky situation.
Biokleen, this stuff is amazing! I purchased a 64 oz bottle of the citrus {grapefruit seed and orange peel}{there are other choices available} and took it home to try. In my grocery store it was just over $11.00 per bottle and it does 64 loads, one ounce per large load. I did my first stinky load of sheets, and they came out smelling like sunshine! Really they smelled like I just pulled them in off the clothes line, no lie. You can be sure I'll never go back to any of the other major brands. And the plus is that this brand is phosphate free, which is better for the environment!.png) |
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Why should you try this detergent you may be asking yourself ? Well I may be stinky but my opinions are awesome!
That's great! I love yummy smelling laundry--especially linens--so I'll have to give this brand a try. Glad the scent didn't provoke a migraine--those are horrible.
ReplyDeleteIt really does make them smell great, hope you like it!
DeleteHaha. Great take on this!!! Sorry you get migraines, I do too :( They are awful! Glad you found a solution!
ReplyDeleteHee hee.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few places around here that have banned the use of fragrances for that same reason.
I'm glad that you found a detergent that doesn't smell like you ran a marathon and rubbed your socks on the linen ;)
Said like you've been sleeping in my bed momma bear!
DeleteI have no idea about stinky sheets but the other "odors" in the house get blamed on the dogs ( if you know what I mean : )
ReplyDeleteI totally get that! Believe me the blame game get's more interesting when the dogs are gone Janna!
DeleteI love the smell of fresh sunshine smelling sheets :) it feels great getting into bed & having that smell absorb you. Great post!
ReplyDeleteLOL, you are too funny - glad you aren't stinky anymore ;)
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you reviewed this because I have the same problems with odors and migraines. My sister wears all these expensive perfumes that give me raging headaches! I will try to see if I can find this stuff!
ReplyDeleteThe web page for Biokleen has a store locator for their product line it's http://biokleenhome.com/ you can check.
DeleteI feel your pain Peg, my Mom does the same thing with perfume. No matter how much I "hint" she pours it on if you know what I mean.
Love your ending line! :)
ReplyDeleteI hate how a lot of detergents smell too "perfumy"...
I'm so glad you don't have to smell yourself anymore!
ReplyDeleteBut some people really do have a strong smell. I can't stand the smell of my BF. If my clothes accidentally get tossed into the same pile as his, they get his smell on them and I can't wear them. I have to rewash and get that funk out!
I have noticed that scented laundry detergents really do a better job of covering up the smell of me (I think we are all smelly LOL). Thankfully I prefer them...but are they actually masking the smell instead of cleaning???
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