Alternative take: nothing should be banned
It’s a psychological trick. They want you to associate those smells with “clean” so that when you have a bunch of perfumed laundry you think “wow this smells really clean!” “Clean” actually smells like nothing.
I avoid scented laundry stuff but at the same time I like wearing fragrances (in small amounts) so I guess I’m not on team no smells.
Buncha’ weaklings in here
There are detergents that don’t have “pulling floral potpourri out of Spring’s ass” amount of scent. I too despise strong scents in laundry, and step one is not buying a detergent that advertises being scented, the same goes for dryer sheets if you use them. You can also cut or tear dryer sheets in half to reduce the amount of scent, and quite often a half sheet works every bit as good as a whole one.
They are better than dishwasher tablets with strong smells. There is nothing like a cup of tea that smells like a chemical plant
I think the difference here is that you don’t carry your teacups around in a crowded bus at 7:30 am to annoy (and potentially endanger) other people.
Many places have adopted “fragrance bans” or etiquettes for that specific reason.
The EU has banned many fragrances based on health risks (e. g. somewhat recently, lilial).
