I will tell you some things about Tide - not relevant to scent, but still...
1 - highest level of detergents in the general marketplace, the others are more watered down
2 - cleans the best hands down. hot water, cold, whatever
3 - the combination of tide as a pretreat and tide in the general wash out performs any other pretreat
4 - it's shelf life is NOT "forever" - it has enzymes in it which degrade, so do not keep that bottle on the back of the shelf for once a year. use it up. no, I don't know what the shelf life is, but they should if you call them (same topic, kinda - pretreat products are not particularly stable - use 'em up)
5 - the fragrance in tide is EXPENSIVE, and part of the product cost. patchouli is an important part of it and that's gotten very pricey. but patch, and some other relatively expensive fragrance materials DO cling, linger, and make it through the wash.
tide products work better and smell better because they are better - they spend more on their ingredients than anyone else.
ALSO: woolite. woolite is NOT more gentle than any other NON-ENZYME detergent. and the enzyme issue is only relevant for wool or silk. in the ad where they show the fiber breaking because it was weakened by tide.... that woudln't work with cotton, or the All detergent because All doesn't have the enzymes and cotton doesn't have the proteins that the enzymes work on. So don't waste your money on woolite - use a half-dose of whatever non-enzyme detergent you wish (enzymes are called out on the label in tiny print)
Chrissy - I think it's Ariel
ok - back to your soaping.
