# Unscented Dish Soap **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-dish-soap/991650 "2023-10-16T15:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-dish-soap/991650/1 "2023-10-16T15:21:32Z")
This is pretty mundane, but I thought of it while I was reading the Dawn dish soap comments. First of all, I am the queen of scents. I love scents - laundry detergent, fabric softener, soaps, etc. I’m always opening bottles at the grocery store to find the fragrance that I like best. My dish soap of choice was Gain, which had all sorts of good smells and was much cheaper than Dawn. One day as I was eating some homemade chicken rice soup that I had stored in a Rubbermaid container, I thought to myself how I hate that I can taste dish soap in my food. Then it dawned on me, which should have been a no-brainer years ago, buy unscented dish soap! So for the last 6 months or so I’ve been buying Palmolive Free. Guess what? My food doesn’t taste like dish soap anymore!! Even now, when I take out a container that I haven’t used in a while I can smell the dish soap on it. I’ve had to soak some of them for quite a while to get the smell/taste out of them. Why didn’t I think of that sooner? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-dish-soap/991650/2 "2023-10-17T00:05:48Z")
Nice TIP ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-dish-soap/991650/3 "2023-10-17T04:12:03Z")
I mix unscented dish soap with just a touch of lemon-scented dish soap just so that I can be sure I’ve rinsed it off all the way. Eta: Not that it matters, but I detest most household cleaning scents. If I smelled dish soap in my plastic containers, they’d be outta here ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-dish-soap/991650/4 "2023-10-18T16:26:00Z")
Similarity, when i hand-wash clothing, i use the soap with a strong scent, not the unscented bottle of the same stuff sitting next to it. That way i can tell when I’ve rinsed it adequately.