I don't typically buy Dawn dish soap, but I've used it enough to know that it's smelled the same practically forever. It was a mildly soapy, subtle fresh scent. Key being subtle. I saw a bottle at work that says "new clean scent". The new scent is fruity and flowery, kind of like typical shampoo. It's a stronger smell which I don't like.
We recently got hit with the new "fresh" scent Dawn Platinum ourselves with the latest Costco purchase, and where I could tolerate the old scent, the new one makes me literally nauseous to the point that I can't be in the kitchen while it's being used, and no matter how thoroughly you try and rinse the dishes after, it feels like you still get whiffs of it while using them to eat, which makes it worse. Somehow, it's an odor that can somehow
cling to Corelleware, and it's infuriating.
Problem is, the unscented enviro-friendly stuff Costco sells doesn't clean for crap, and I'm now a little too house-bound to go on a migraine-inducing tour of a store sniffing dish detergents trying to find one that won't make me sick that also still cleans well.
I simply cannot tolerate the smell of the new blue Dawn dish soap, so I have switched to buying the more expensive fragrance-free Dawn which is clear (but not available at every store).
Good to know, we'll have to look for some.
Just a wild-ass guess. A lot of people (including DH and me) have experienced a diminished sense of smell post-Covid.
I have to wonder how much the new scents are trying to combat the combo of altered and diminished smelling here in a post-COVID-world.
I remember what COVID did to the smell of the clear, "unscented" Softsoap and off-brand knock-offs for me for months a couple years ago. It had this sudden, pungent, disgusting odor that made me retch. I just know that the problem was so bad for me, that we had to stop getting something that shouldn't have had perfumants in it (but does anyway if you look close enough - because apparently "unscented" still has added scent profiles to hide the chemical smell to make it appear neutral) and switched to something citrus scented, as a solution. The Softsoap thankfully doesn't offend me anymore, but once I could actually smell its presence, I couldn't unsmell it on my hands after using it to this day, and the citrus scent doesn't linger for near as long, and isn't a scent that ever made me feel ill.
My theory is that most Americans have so many products with strong fragrances that companies are needing to ramp up their scent profiles to be smelled over all the other fragrances. It's like a never-ending fragrance arms race.
I've had similar suspicions as well. Marketing and branding is so invasive now, that they're trying to subliminally advertise with overwhelming scent profiles, which is just ratcheting up the arms race trying to drown each other out, and all that's left is air pollution that makes the lives of those will allergies absolutely miserable.
Yes! Tea tree oil is some sort of bizarre magic for my stinky sweat. The problem I've found is that if I use it full strength multiple days in a row it irritates my skin, so I have to alternate days with my original (now different smelling) deodorant. I'm going to try mixing the tea tree oil with some sort of diluting agent to see if that results in the perfect de-stinkification.
You should always be cutting teatree oil (and any other essential oils) before applying to skin, as the stuff's potent. Try using fractionated coconut oil as the carrier (the clear stuff that doesn't solidify), as it doesn't smell of coconut, and still has some antimicrobial properties of its own. Try starting out with a blend of around 3% teatree.
