# What IS that smell? (chemicals in soaps) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 4, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-smell-chemicals-in-soaps/508873 "2009-09-04T15:47:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![JustThinkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@JustThinkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustThinkin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-smell-chemicals-in-soaps/508873/5 "2009-09-11T23:11:50Z")
> [@Doper logic in which questions to answer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-logic-in-which-questions-to-answer/509669/17): > > I used to work in the detergent business, and don’t really know what that OP is referring to. It has been a few years, and s/he mentions it’s new, so maybe there is something to it. I don’t want to post in a pariah thread, so I’ll ask here: What products has this been noticed in? Also, is there any similarity in the packaging by chance - same bottle plastic, for example? Every shampoo I’ve bought since I first noticed it. Most notably, two different formulas of Suave Daily Clarifying. I also remember a Target knockoff of Pantene had it and a current bottle of TresSomme has it. My current bottle of Ivory dishwashing has it and a couple other brands that I don’t remember had it. That’s what I remember off the top of my head. Different kinds of plastic bottles – some clear, some colored. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-smell-chemicals-in-soaps/508873)._