If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. You’ve heard it here: along with that one upholstery cleaner “Cleantok” goes nuts for and the Pink Stuff paste , designer detergents are officially the it home cleaning item. Long gone are the days when doing your laundry meant limiting yourself to the oversaturated, chemical-y fragrances from popular detergents (not everything has to smell like Febreeze and florals!).
Unless you love feeling like sticking your nose into a spring meadow, today’s detergents are far more luxurious, almost scented closer to a spritz of perfume than a waft of generic chemicals. The best-smelling laundry detergents will not only clean your garments (that’s still their main purpose, after all), but gently perfume your fabrics for a scent that’s not-too-overpowering, but will actually last. Nothing beats that “fresh” smell of just-washed clothes straight out of the machine, but these detergents take it one step forward, elevating your load with collaborations from designer perfume brands (think Capri Blue , or Maison Francis Kurkdjian, the creator behind TikTok’s favorite perfume ).
Whether you want to start actively looking forward to laundry day (it’s the little things), or you just want to smell as luxurious as your clothes feel when you put them on, we’ve rounded up the best-smelling laundry detergents money can buy. Who knows? Someo.