Clothes from Goodwill, Savers, what is that smell? - Page 3

[NettleTea]

I might be wrong, but I think that there's two different smells being discussed in this thread. One is the musty, dirty, "old clothes" type smell. And the other is the strong, chemical,  "air freshener" (barfy) smell that is HELL to remove from clothes and other items. I've experienced both and I'll take the musty smell any day over the chemical smell.

[DaughterOfKali]

My mom shops at Savers and told me about the smell.  That's nasty that they spray them with disinfectant!  We have severe asthma/allergies so we can't buy second hand clothes from places like that.  Yucky.

[hildare]

i don't know what the value place is but i frequent the goodwill. 

to me, it smells like some sort of laundry detergent.  i honestly think that at the goodwill they wash the clothes first.  how could there not be dirty stuff?  or do they throw it out. 

whatever it is, it doesn't smell like the nonscented laundry stuff we use, and it usually overpowers our eco friendly unscented stuff for the first couple of washings but it comes out eventually...

i was so curious i tried to call them to ask but they transferred me to voice-mail-land.