Smell-o-riffic Cocoon Of Yumminess
Yesterday I did something that made me feel very, very naughty. I was buying groceries and looking for our usual laundry detergent. They were out of All: free and clear, the kind I usually buy, and I was forced to look around and consider the possibilities.
We have sensitive skin in our family, although I have noticed great improvements with Maggie over the past year. My in-laws use a detergent that used to make me itch, but either I’ve become accustomed to it, or Tide changed the formula, because I can use it now, and suffer no bad consequences. So I bought a bottle of Tide.
The part that made me feel like I was breaking all of the rules, was the fact that I bought Tide with a “touch of Downy”. We don’t do fabric softener. It can be irritating to sensitive skin, really bad for the environment and your dryer, and when I was first married and in college we were so broke that the thought of dropping THREE WHOLE DOLLARS on a bottle of blue stuff with no sanitizing value was just too much for me, and it stuck.
The thing is, I love the smell of Tide mixed with Downy. My mother in-law smells like this. My friend Cori smells like this. I could sit in between both of them all day, squished in a little smell-o-riffic cocoon of yumminess. (I am extremely smell sensitive, and I will noticed how you smell. I am forever weirding people out by telling them how good they smell. I’m learning to keep myself in check, especially where random men are concerned- but seriously, some people just smell good enough to eat.)
So I convinced myself that it would be ok, just this once, to buy something with just a dab of fabric softener. I’m such a rebel. Could this be a slippery slope? Will I be buying economy sized jugs of straight fabric softener a month from now? Quick! I need an intervention!
LOL, Our family has very similar sensitivity issues. I use 7th generation and Country Save. DH has the worst skin of all, but he also has really bad problems with work out odor. I tried everything from adding Bio-kleen bac-out to pre-soaking and nothing helped. DS and I are also odor sensitive. I admit I love the smell of tide, so when DH came home with a box of Tide for the roof (to get rid of moss–didn’t work BTW), I used the left-overs on DS’s clothes. It doesn’t take care of all the odors, but it’s a start. Now my box is running out…Do I or don’t I go out an actually {gasp} purchase a box for the express purpose of laundry??? Yikes!
Comment by pomaika\\\'i — January 16, 2008 @ 11:41 am
Oops, I meant to say on DH’s clothes…
Comment by pomaika\\\\\\\'i — January 16, 2008 @ 11:42 am
This made me LOL. We have to have either All Free & Clear or Arm & Hammer Free–even the Tide Free is WAY to strong. But I do envy those that can use Tide–I just love, love, love the smell.
Comment by Monica — January 16, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
Hehehe, I know what you mean about people smelling good. You want to tell them, but that would just be too weird!
Comment by Amy Birch — January 16, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
I am not one to talk to, the best day of the month is “NEW FABRIC SOFTENER DAY!”
It’s coming up in about ten days.
But who’s counting?
Comment by moosh in indy. — January 16, 2008 @ 6:55 pm
LOL! You ARE a rebel! I love that Tide with Downy. It’s all I use.
Comment by Kate O'Brien — January 16, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
Wow…. it’s nice to know I smell good. *yippee* Thanks!
Comment by Cori — January 16, 2008 @ 9:51 pm
LOL! No intervention from me - I’m the weird gal who’s always commenting on how good people smell… So I’m bascially just tooo much like you to prevent you from being you.
Comment by Zarah — January 16, 2008 @ 11:42 pm
I’m glad special detergent can make you happy. I miss fabric softener (and a dryer, too).
I don’t have a very good sense of smell - maybe because of all the bloody noses as a kid.
Comment by Sanisi — January 17, 2008 @ 4:17 am
You are too funny! Yep, and before you know it you will join the ranks of us who buy generic even!
Comment by Jenny — January 17, 2008 @ 8:30 pm