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??

  • Swordgeek
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    6 hours ago

    Manufacturing detritus. Machine oil. Pollution. The rancid sweat of 100 hands they’ve passed through.

    That smell is an excellent reason to wash your clothes before wearing them.

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        Not crazy, just conditioned. Buying new clothes is exciting (after you turn 15) and the smell is part of the memory.