I thought it was the cologne they spray at the store, but even clothes I have delivered from a distribution center also have a smell that is very discernibly NOT Tide detergent.
How?? What are they washing these clothes with to make them smell like that??
They use some rather consumer unfriendly chemicals, like formaldehyde as others said, but also things like flame retardants, pest deterrents, anti molding agents etc to preserve the clothes if they’re stored improperly. You should ALWAYS wash new clothes before wearing them, even ignoring the possibility of others having tried them on. Maybe consider another scent for your clothes.
Anyone else read this in Tuvok’s voice?
Clothes are often treated with chemicals such as formaldehyde during manufacturing, which are responsible for that “new clothes smell”. They aren’t all that good for you though!
Spray them down with microplastics, unnatural dyes, and hazardous chemicals.
I’ll be real, this sounds like a question a criminal would ask.
You caught me
Step 1. Turn on washing machine. Step 2. Hit head with hammer.
Instructions unclear, I put on the brain washing machine then hit head with hammer, clothes don’t smell any different though
I think that’s just their natural scent. Add a few weeks of getting your stink all over them and then using chemicals to replace your smell with Mountain Breeze, and the original smell slowly disappears
