If you have ever used laundry services outside the store, you will surely feel the very fragrant smell of clothes and the scent lasts a long time. As for home laundry, it has a lighter and faster scent, and the fragrance does not last as long.
Why doesn’t home laundry last as long as store-bought laundry?
Here are the reasons why home laundry doesn’t last as long as store-bought laundry, even though your clothes have been washed clean but when you take them out to dry, there is no fragrance left.
Mixing the wrong detergent and fabric softener
This is one of the leading causes of clothes not smelling good. Do not use detergent and fabric softener with similar fragrance oils because this combination will make these fragrances blend together and they will “conflict” with each other. This will result in our clothes not only smelling less fragrant but even having a strange smell.
To make clothes smell good for a long time, if you use scented fabric softener, you should use unscented detergent and vice versa.
Why doesn’t home laundry last as long as store-bought laundry? You may have combined the wrong detergent and fabric softener
Using low-quality fabric softener
Using high-quality fabric softeners will also help prolong the fragrance on your clothes. Therefore, we should choose good fabric softeners with reputable brands and high trust.
In addition, to make clothes smell good for a long time, you should pour fabric softener into a place with a lot of water in the washing machine, or dilute fabric softener with water, then pour it into the washing machine. Do not pour fabric softener directly onto the clothes because the residue of fabric softener will stick to the clothes and create hard-to-clean stains.
Not using scented paper or essential oils
You only need to put 1 – 2 scented papers already soaked with fragrance into the washing machine and it can help your clothes smell good for a long time. You can also add essential oils when washing: Mix scented oils with water and then add them to the machine when the washing program ends and wait for the rinse program.
When using scented paper or essential oils, you do not need to use additional fabric softener because the clothes will have a strong and conflicting fragrance.
Scented paper and essential oils keep the fragrance longer
Not immediately drying the laundry after washing
Why doesn’t home laundry last as long as store-bought laundry? It’s because you delay hanging the clothes to dry. Many families have a habit of washing clothes in the evening and leaving them in the washing machine until the next morning to dry. Leaving clothes in the washing machine for too long will make the clothes lose their fragrance, even smell bad due to bacterial growth.
Why doesn’t home laundry last as long as store-bought laundry? It may be because you leave the clothes overnight in the washing machine
Not regularly cleaning the washing machine
Not regularly cleaning the washing machine will also cause bacteria and dirt to accumulate in the nooks and crannies of the machine. These bacteria will stick to the clothes, making them smell bad.
Therefore, to keep clothes always smelling strong and lasting as when washed at a store, after washing, you need to immediately hang them to dry and regularly clean the washing machine.
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