STAY SWEETLY SCENTED ALL DAY (Lenor Fabric Softener)

Member Name: indigojade

Product:	Lenor Fabric Softener
Date:	05/07/02 (946 review reads)
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Advantages: less than recommended amount is adequate

Disadvantages: liquid dribbles if you use the cap to measure it out

I am not in anyway shape or form a fan of doing laundry and will try anything to get out of doing it! When Lenor launched their all-new ?stayfresh? variety of fabric softener with ?Febreze technology? I figured it might just cut down on some of my workload!

To anyone who hasn?t heard of Febreze, it is a trigger action spray that can be used to neutralize odours such as smoke, pet smells, cooking smells etc from clothes and soft furnishings ? you must have seen the advert ? ?Has Dave given up smoking??

So those kind people at Procter & Gamble have combined this idea of neutralizing smells into their fabric softener - a nifty idea methinks rather than just masking the smell with a heavy and overpowering fragrance.


You can buy Lenor from all supermarkets and many thrift stores and prices vary depending on where you shop. I bought a 2-litre bottle from Safeway for £1.79, but have seen it cheaper elsewhere. The bottle is a sea green plastic container with a pale blue top. The liquid contained in the bottle is a very thin consistency and is pale blue in colour.

A two-litre bottle claims to cater for 18 regular washes ? recommended amount for a regular wash is 110 mls or a capful from the bottle. I must admit that I tend to use less than this, probably about a third and find that the softening properties and fragrance is not affected at all. I don?t use the cap to measure, as I found that when I replaced the cap any remaining liquid left inside tended to dribble down the bottle creating not only mess but waste as well ? thrifty to the end eh!

After washing the clothes even wet felt soft to the touch and smelt very pleasant. I find a lot of fabric softeners have a rather cloying sweet smell rather akin to toilet cleaner. With Lenor stayfresh this was not the case at all, the scent is floral without being overpoweringly so and has a slight ?sherbety? fragrance.

Lenor stay fresh claims to ? help clothes keep a just w
ashed freshness all day long. Febreze technology helps to neutralize unpleasant odours before they can settle into your clothes?.

I must admit that the fragrance of Lenor stayfresh lingered more strongly after line drying than after tumble drying and clothes were every bit as soft after both methods of drying ? including towels. Nothing worse than a rub down after a shower with a towel that would smooth the roughest wood. Ironing enhances the fragrance briefly, but does not appear to diminish it in any way.

After laundering the clothes are very soft indeed and they do retain the fragrance of the softener ? on opening drawers/cupboards and airing cupboards there is a definite fragrance of the softener, even after seven days in the cupboard towels and clothes still smell fresh. After 10 days in a cupboard there is still a definite trace of the Lenor stayfresh. After a month in the airing cupboard clothes do still smell clean and fresh, although the fragrance is beginning to fade a little now.

I was skeptical about freshness staying all day long on clothes, when being worn. But put to the test the claim is true, even in some pretty tough circumstances. After an evening in a pub and club you would expect your clothes to smell smokey at least, the morning after the night before sniff test revealed a very slight smell of smoke, not nearly as heavy and sickly as before use with Lenor stayfresh. After a hard days work, my clothes still smelt almost as fresh as when I had put them on that morning

All in all I would give Lenor Stay fresh liquid 10/10 it lasts more than the 18 recommended washes, it makes my clothes soft and easy to wear and care for and it lives up to its claim that it keeps its fragrance. It is also dermatologically tested and I have found no ill effects on sensitive skin. I have found however that using a wash powder with a built in softener and fragrance is pretty pointless now, so save your pennies and opt for a ?norma
l? powder and Lenor Stayfresh.

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