I have laundry envy. It’s not that I’m envious of how much laundry someone else has. Unless of course they have less than me or they have someone do it for them. What I envy is HOW their laundry smells. Seriously. I love clothes that smell clean. Do you know what I mean? That just washed detergent smell. For some reason I cannot obtain that same smell for my laundry. My family’s clothes smell clean if I sniff the fabric but I want it stronger. I want them to smell clean when they walk in the room.

Please don’t think I’m crazy. I don’t know why I’ve become so obsessive about how my laundry smells. I’ve tried every detergent there is. I run out and buy every new scent that hits the market. I use fabric softener and dryer sheets. I’ve tried different combinations of scents in hopes of obtaining that strong clean smell but to no avail.

I’ve come to believe that it must be how I do my laundry. Should I use double the amount of detergent? Liquid or powder? One dryer sheet or two? Is my dryer too hot? Should I line dry my laundry? What am I doing wrong? Would someone please enlighten me?

I am seriously envious of people who have clean smelling clothes. I will question them about their laundry habits to the point that I get a you-are-a-freak-look. I can even name all my friends and family that I’ve deemed to have the best smelling laundry. I don’t know why this is so important to me but it is. Just another odd fact about me that you probably wish you didn’t know.

I’ve recently come close to achieving that strong clean smell. I was sent Tide’s new product Pure Essentials detergent with baking soda and Bounce pure essentials dryer sheets in the white lilac scent. Now that you know about my clean smelling laundry obsession can you imagine how excited I was to try a new scent? I was even more excited when these two products passed my sniff test. Still not as strong as I would like which leads me to believe that I probably should just get a new washer and dryer. The problem has to be with my machinery. I’ll have to figure out how to render them unusable since I don’t think my hubby is going to buy a new washer and dryer just because I don’t think they clean well enough. As far as he’s concerned if his clothes look clean then they are clean. He does not understand the importance of smelling clean.

For now I’ll stick with Tide Pure Essentials Detergent, and Bounce Pure Essentials dryer sheets. Tide and Bounce have always been at the top of my list and I am not being paid to write that. I swear. I love how both of these smell and they do a great job of cleaning and softening too. My samples ran out a few days ago and I was like a laundry crack addict trying to score some more samples since these two products haven’t hit the shelves yet at my Target store.

But one of my lucky readers is going to win a P &G Pure Essentials Prize Basket, which includes the following:

  • 50 oz. Tide Pure Essentials
  • 44 oz. Downy Pure Essentials
  • 70 Sheet Bounce Pure Essentials
  • 27 oz. Febreze Fabric Refresher
  • Wicker Basket
  • Bath Towel

Leave a comment here to be entered in the giveaway. I will randomly pick a winner on Tuesday, November 6.

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