Every company claims their toilet paper is septic safe (looking at you, Charmin, you big liar), but this isn't always true. Is bamboo toilet paper ok for septic? Truth time!

It's getting to the point where I have to return 90% of what I buy from Amazon, Target, Costco or Walmart because everything smells so strongly of tide and downy (or Gain!). I am so sick of Downy Butt contaminating everything from vitamins to new clothes. P&G changed all their detergents and fabric softeners in 2025 to make the scents much stronger, and now everything their laundry products are stored near just plain stinks.

I'm a caregiver to a person who is remote and home bound, so we have to use these major retailers. I can't shop elsewhere for everything, these are my main or only choices. CVS and Walgreens have also become problematic, everything from there smells and tastes like laundry products. It's so gross! No way is this safe. We are not supposed to eat laundry detergent, and I don't want to eat food that tastes like laundry detergent either.

The fragrance contamination doesn't wash out of brand new fabrics, even after weeks of trying everything. We are fragrance free because we all have asthma... One in twelve people does too. Plus tons of people have allergies, MCS, autism, Lyme, and other medical conditions and disabilities that cause severe fragrance intolerance are affected. These are not small groups of people.

It's crazy that we can't get anything from any of these major retailers now because of these intense laundry smells, and they don't go away or air out, even with time.

We are getting asthma attacks when we open most amazon (or target, walmart, even costco) packages, the smell is so strong and doesn't air out. I wish all these major retailers would refuse to sell tide, downy, and gain because those products now make everything stored near them stink and taste like chemicals. Nothing gets these smells out now!

Costco used to be safest, but now they sell so many of these laundry scent beads and scented laundry products that everything really reeks. It's not fair to have new things arrive already smelling contaminated like Downy Butt. Nasty!

It's getting to the point where I have to return 90% of what I buy from Amazon because everything smells so strongly of tide and downy. P&G changed all their detergents and fabric softeners in 2025, and now everything their laundry products are stored near stinks. Food tastes like detergent and fabric softener, and it doesn't wash out of brand new fabric. My house is fragrance free because we all have asthma... One in twelve people has asthma, we’re not a minority. It's crazy that we can't get anything from amazon now because of these intense laundry smells, and they don't go away even with time.

We are getting asthma attacks when we open most amazon packages, the smell is so strong and doesn't air out. I wish all these major retailers would refuse to sell tide, downy, and gain because those products now make everything stored near them stink and taste like chemical cleaners--forever. Nothing gets these smells out now!

Amazon, please do better!

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I saw this poster on my facebook feed, I wondered what my fellow asthmatics thought of it. I am really tired of smelling other people's fragrance and cologne and scented laundry stuff everywhere I go, it makes it hard to breathe. What do yall think? It's kind of aggressive, but honestly imo so is monster fragrance. I thought it was interesting at least

iHerb is the worst! My most recent order that arrived yesterday stinks of perfume and cologne from the people packing products, my food and medicine should not smell of other people's smelly fragrance. Fragrance contamination is so unsanitary and unhygienic, it is basically secondhand smoke. And there is no customer service, only a shitty chat bot! No phone number, no way to reach anyone.

I'm not going to take medicine or use a toothbrush that reeks of fragrance! Disgusting!

I tried spironolactone (50mg and 100mg) for almost a year, with not enough improvement in skin or hair. Finally a new dermatologist told me to switch everything to fragrance free--laundry products, shampoo, everything! I wasn't sure what to think, but wanted to look better and feel better. I discontinued spiro and went totally fragrance free, and after about 6-8 months my acne was gone. Turns out fragrance is full of terrible hormone damaging chemicals, and it can literally cause acne. Even perfumes and scented lotions. I mean, yikes. I had no idea.

It took some time for the laundry scents to wash out of my clothes (a few months, actually!), but wow what a difference. My hair is coming in fuller, acne cleared up, I look younger, and my sex life is incredible! My partner had struggled with erectile dysfunction for years, but a few months after we stopped using fragranced anything, things for him started... WORKING. And he's not on ED meds anymore, either.

Anyway, if anyone out there is struggling with acne, PCOS, or hair loss, try switching to fragrance free. It wasn't hard, and it wasn't really more expensive. I've found that my new fragrance free products are much higher quality for close to the same price, turns out the ingredients have to be better quality in fragrance free anything because nothing is hiding behind masking scents.

I did some reading about fragrance and was shocked by what I found... The words "fragrance" and "parfum" can legally contain thousands of carcinogens, the same ones in cigarettes. Fragrance can definitely cause hormone problems that lead to PCOS, acne, lower sex drive, even erectile dysfunction. Until companies are no longer allowed to hide any chemical under the fragrance label, we have to get smarter about knowing exactly what is in what we buy. And "fragrance" turned out to be a code word for "covering up a chemical that can break you out!"

I hope this helps someone! Acne is no fun, and it's not fair. Mine cleared up once I ditched fragrance and scents, and I'm so happy I found the dermo who suggested it and told me fragrance free was better than spiro.

I thought I'd be sad without fragrances and perfumes and my partner's cologne, but frankly, I don't even miss the scents! I much prefer clear skin and a bangin' sex life to the smell of laundry scent beads. :)

Good luck to anyone who tries it!

My partner has been struggling with erectile dysfunction for years, nothing was really helping. We went to a new doctor who basically said fragrance causes erectile dysfunction, he sees it all the time in his practice. Around the same time, a friend of mine who is a doctor suggested going fragrance free to see if it cleared up some stubborn skin problems I had. When not one but two doctors talked about fragrance free, we decided to check it out.

It sounded kind of far fetched, I mean seriously... Does fragrance cause erectile dysfunction? Turns out--yes. Yes, it absolutely does.

We did some research and were stunned to learn that the word "fragrance" legally contains thousands of carcinogens that really screw up hormones in both men and women. We started shopping around and the cost for fragrance free products was about the same. Switching detergents was easy, but it did take a few months for the scent of our old products to fade. Which made us start to wonder more about what really is in the scent beads and scented detergents and fabric softeners, because it took forever for the smell to finally wash out of our clothes.

I stopped wearing perfumes and scented lotions, and my partner stopped wearing cologne. Frankly, the more we swapped for non-scented, the better we both felt. It did take time but we noticed a huge change in our energy, and less depression.

It took a few months, but the erectile dysfunction is gone. Like, wow! I don't get migraines anymore, either. This is really personal to share, but not enough people are talking about what is really in all these fragrances we use to try to feel happy or better or sexier, and people deserve to know. I wanted to bring it up because I hope trying this simple switch will help others too.

In the end, this makes me angry: Label laws currently protect companies from having to disclose full product ingredients, it's really dirty. We deserve to know what is in what we buy, especially when it can harm our health, well being, and sex life. Cigarettes used to be advertised as sexy under similar label laws, and look how that turned out. Fragrance is no different, apparently. And it's being marketed to more teens and young adults, who have no idea that fragrance absolutely causes erectile dysfunction and low testosterone.

Anyway, switching products was easy in the end, and it made our lives a lot better in the relationship department. He's not on any meds for erectile dysfunction, and everything is good! No more fragrance meant no more erectile dysfunction, that was the only thing that changed.

It's World Asthma Day! One in twelve people has asthma, and fragrance is a top trigger for life threatening asthma attacks. Today, it's my wish that everyone who uses scented laundry products will consider switching to fragrance free, which is better for the environment, but also more considerate of the one in twelve people who can literally stop breathing if we're around fragrance.

Masks do not stop fragrance from causing an asthma attack. Saying "just wear a mask" isn't considerate, especially when the consequences of an attack can literally kill.

Scents and fragrance are completely optional, but breathing in shared public spaces isn't. Please, world, remember that one in twelve people can't breathe when you wear fragrance!

Aveeno fragrance free was my old reliable, I had a long time stash and finally ran out. Sadly, the Aveeno hand and body lotion formula has definitely been changed, for the worse. The old bottles have a different color top (brown), now the bottles (green and off white top) smell through the plastic, I had to store them outside and thought maybe they switch to a bad recycled plastic but never imagined they would change the formula. The formula ingredients on the label are the same.

The new aveeno “fragrance free” lotion smells so disgusting I had to wash it off within ten minutes, it is also greasy and gave me a basically instant itch reaction. I made the mistake of touching my face a few minutes after I put it on, and now my face is having a reaction exactly where I touched. I don’t know what is going on with aveeno, but this is a major betrayal.

Has anyone else had problems with aveeno changing their fragrance free lotion formula sometime in the last while?

Has anyone who has problems with the new aveeno found a good hand and body lotion substitute, non-greasy? cerave is good but the cream is too rich for full body use for me.

I am even wondering if maybe they changed to recycled plastic and that is contaminated with something awful that is keeping into the product, though I don’t know why this would make the only non-greasy lotion I ever found as greasy as an oil slick.

Warning; the new aveeno is so oily, it does not wash off! And the stink is on my clothes. Aveeno, this is a huge betrayal. This product isn’t what they sold for at least a decade, it’s smelly, oily badness. The entire room smelled like perfume and I could not figure out why, then I realized it’s this new Aveeno fragrance free lotion. It does not feel fragrance free at all, something has definitely changed.

The bottle even reads different: The old (good) bottle says "24 hours" of moisture, the new (bad) bottle reads "48 hour" moisture. I don't know when the formula changed because I keep up a stockpile for just this kind of problem, all I can say is the new aveeno lotion is gross!

EDIT
aha! they legally can change ingredients and not change the label. current label laws are dirty, dirty, dirty. we deserve a class action lawsuit for this kind of thing, it should be illegal to lie about what is in products.

• Companies making minor formulation and ingredient changes to their products because of scarcity due to the coronavirus pandemic do not have to make corresponding changes to their labeling, according to new guidance from the FDA
• https://www.fooddive.com/news/fda-allows-ingredient-swaps-without-label-changes/578571/

and

https://www.theecowell.com/blog/skincareclaims
Misconception: You’ll be able to see if a product will work by the ingredient list

Reality: ingredient lists really don’t tell consumers that much, outside of e.g. allergen disclosure. Anyone who tells you otherwise probably doesn’t really have a good grasp on what it all means.

1 ingredient name can represent 100s-1000s of ingredients with very different performances.

Aveeno old fragrance free lotion (good), and new aveeno fragrance free lotion (bad)

I assume this is because of transitioning to lower quality and shorter fiber cottons, but Life is Good used to be a good quality brand with shirts that lasted for years and now they are poor quality, worse than Hanes used to be. Life is Good is still expensive, but the quality has gone way, way down. Even their "heavy weight" crushers stretch out of shape badly with wear, and get huge threadbare holes within one season of regular use. The images on shirts don't stay and flake off in chunks.

I had a coupon so ordered a few more because I know at least the sizes are consistent, but the new batch is scratchy, not thick, and does not feel like the good quality that kept me loyal for so long. When calling customer service, they don't care.

I used to buy Life is Good for the quality of fabric and longevity and softness, and the cotton held its shape well with wear. But now Life is Good is not very good! Still expensive, though!

Fresco has suddenly become laggy and draws only dots where I put lines, it's a bit maddening. I stopped using procreate because of this problem. ipad is brand new, only a year old. Everything was fine until two days ago, apple pencil is great, tip is great, no smoothing settings turned on. Why is this happening? Thanks!