Persil ProClean Liquid Laundry Detergent, Original, 150 Fluid Ounces, 96 Loads

I came across this particular laundry detergent first by reading about it's #1 ranking on ConsumerReports.com. I then wanted to get real "consumer reviews" from Amazon.com and Walmart.com. Since Walmart struck their deal with Persil to be the exclusive carrier in the United States, this #1 rated UK product came available to us in the states. MY PARTICULAR NEED: I became frustrated with our endless search for an effective laundry detergent. Firstly, I have eczema that can be triggered by fragrances, chemicals, dye's, etc, but most importantly, the smell of my husband's workout clothes started to appear on my 'clean clothes' if I tended to sweat a little; and I mean, just a little. A little background, he is an F-16 and commercial airline pilot. He works out everyday and likes to get a good sweat in to keep his body in tip-top shape. During his trips when working with the commercial airline, he keeps his used sweaty clothes in a sealable laundry bag until he can get home to launder them. So yes, these nasty clothes would sit and marinate for several days, up to a week. Trying to keep our footprint small, we try to keep our separate washing loads to a minimum and the size of our loads to the maximum. However, I wash his workout clothes in a separate load, all together. Because they would never been fully clean the residue would somehow transferring to the rest of our clothes through the washer, in the finished loads basket, or in the closet/drawer. They would come out 'smelling clean' but after getting a little sweaty in our normal clothes, that same B.O.wy/musty/pungent smell started to appear. So I was in between a rock and a hard spot. Either keep throwing away and purchasing new" sweat wicking" gear after he wears them or try to find a detergent that will actually work. Challenge accepted. METHOD: I have always had to soak the clothes or prewash them with vinegar to try to release all of the smell,bacteria and dead skin cells that interweave themselves in the special fiber's that his clothes are made with. So I have tried every suggested method and detergent that I could find on the internet to get those clothes back to not stinking so bad after he starts to sweat. HOW I USED THE PERSIL ON HIS STINKY WORKOUT CLOTHES: What I did with his entire drawer of workout shirts, shorts, socks, and underwear. I soaked them for 1 hr in a mixture of warm/hot water with a little Dawn dish soap, vinegar, and a touch of TSP (Yes, I know that this is extreme but they were very pungent even after repeated washings in our machine.) I then placed them into the LG washer (model number: WM80000HWA) on the "Sanitary" setting. I them place them into the dryer on the "Cotton/Normal" setting. RESULTS: With other detergents, same settings and method, they would come out smelling clean. With further investigation; i.e. face-buried-into-the-freshly-laundered-load-sniff-test, I could still smell a tiny little linger of stink. Even after repeated washings, I could never fully get those clothes clean. Time after time, the moment he starts to sweat, the room is filled with yuck. After just one load of soaking with my simple solution for 1 hr, washing on sanitary and drying normal, the entire load of his marinated workout gear came out smelling clean with absolutely no linger of stink! So I then took his entire pile of folded "clean" and stored workout clothes from his drawer and did that load as well. They all came out clean. The real test was after a hard workout. To my utter surprise, he didn't stink up the entire gym, and close up, he didn't stink. I mean, if you put your face into his pit he would stink, that is normal, but HASMAT didn't have to come into the place after he left! OVERALL: I give this product 5 stars. I too have had better results and less headache with using this product in my laundry. Not only did I find that my husband's clothes would actually come out cleaner compared to all other brands, but my whites were coming out whiter as well (without pretreating). I am very impressed with my results and this is my current preferred brand of detergent for all of our clothes. *NOTE - Yes, the detergent smell will be too strong on your load if you use TOO MUCH and not throughly cleansing your clothes after washing them with detergent! That is the fault of the machine and how you wash your clothes! I did not find the smell of this detergent over powering nor offensive (I am very sensitive to smells). My eczema has not flared up and it hasn't caused any concerns so far. I also put half of the recommended amount of Persil into my washing machine that LG indicates/recommends. So I am saving a little there! BOTTOM LINE - IT IS A MUST TRY! Purchase a little bottle like I did and use it on a few loads. Get the amount that you use, dialed in and see the performance of this cleaner. Worse that could happen is that you don't like it and have to find another.

Love the scent, although it's not clear that EVERYBODY loves it as much as some. It's also one of the highest rated detergents by Consumer Reports as well, and as typical of CR, they were right on. Tide Plus Ultra Stain Release was rated the best, while Persil 2in1 was number 2, and Persil ProClean (the version I'm reviewing) was rated #3. Btw, if you don't have a membership to the CR website, it's relatively inexpensive and I highly recommend it as you have easy access to all of their reviews. At any rate, I absolutely love this scent and the way it cleans... and for those that may like to add scent packs, there's really no need with Persil ProClean, as the scent is more than strong enough just from the detergent, itself... therefore, if you're spending extra money on scent packs (and you like the smell of Persil, of course) then you can save some money. All of the above said, I wanted to add that Amazon (and the diligent workers at the Amazon warehouses) do an excellent job of packaging the Persil laundry detergent. It has a cardboard holder with two holes in the top that lock the detergent in the tightly spaced box, while Amazon uses special tape on the lids of the Persil to keep it from loosening, and then leaking, during transport. So, finally, if you can pick up Persil ProClean at a reasonable price (and I did), then I very highly recommend giving it a try.

TL;DR It's good cleaning at a good price with a good scent. I love it. Pros: Cleans well, smells amazing, has not caused any problems with the sensitive skin issues in my family, good price, available in multiple scents and sizes, can also be found in stores, good on colors or black or white without issue Cons: Dyes and fragrances may irritate sensitive skin, some may not appreciate the fragrance as it is rather strong, stain removers may still be necessary I won't lie and say that Persil is some miracle detergent that will wash away not only your stains and smells but also your financial troubles and your worst enemies. It's just a detergent, after all. But it IS a good detergent, and sometimes that's as good as you're going to get. I made the switch from Gain to Persil despite the slight price increase in doing so and I have no regrets. Several members of my family, including myself, have very sensitive skin and will develop contact dermatitis due to irritation, but we've been using Persil for about three months now with no issues at all. It smells amazing and works quite well, although it still does require using regular stain removers for the tougher issues. Best of all, it is available in several scents and in multiple size options, both in stores and on Amazon, so there's probably a scent and size that will work for you no matter how much laundry you do or what your favorite smell is. All in all, I'm a fan of Persil and it would take a LOT for me to get to switch to another brand again. 10/10 would recommend.

I've wanted to try this for awhile now but it was too expensive in my local store. Not overpriced, just didn't want to spend much on an item I wasn't familiar with. . Finally Amazon had it at a great price. I'm excited about this laundry soap. . It even took iron stains out of my kitchen towels! . I had to use such a small amount of this to get results I could hardly have even wished for. Overall I'm a happy, happy camper!! . This is beyond what I dared to even hope for. . It promises a lot and delivers even more. . Our soft water system went down and our water was beyond terrible. This soap took out iron and other stains that our water treat sales person said would never come out. . When you see what it can do and how little you need to use the price actually works out to be far less than our previous brand. My previous soap wasn't an expensive big name soap either. I'm totally sold on this now and it's in my monthly Subscribe and Save. . I only wish I had not waited so long to try it. . I have not even had to use pre-treatment on any item yet. So I'm saving even more time and money. Also I wash my clothing only in cold water. It even cleaned the iron build up out of my washing machine. I saw that and tried it in my toilets. This is totally worth every penny and more. My toilets are shinier than ever. .

I used to feel that, for the most part, all laundry detergents were relatively the same. But over time, I've come to the realization that if you want something done right, you have to have the right tools. Persil Pro Clean Liquid is the first laundry detergent that I've used that actually follows through on its promises and not only leaves my clothes cleaner, brighter and smelling fresher, the first time, every time, but it has even saved some of my favorite shirts from the trash heap. It's a little more expensive, but there's really no comparison of the level of clean that this delivers every single wash. I have small predominantly indoor adult dogs who use washable pee pads. Persil easily gets the odor out. Seriously in my opinion, This is by far the best laundry detergent on the market. It even beats competitor brands by a long shot. Nothing else is comparable. It cleans extremely well, smells fantastic (get the Intense Fresh scent!), and doesn't fade clothes. A little goes a long way. I'm a lifelong Persil user since switching from its competitor.

We recently traveled to the UK and got a chance to try out a version of this Percil detergent while staying in an Airbnb. I'll say that I've not been able to find the white version that we tried in the UK (it wasn't named anything special, it seemed like their "standard UK product"). I remember it has the nicest soft clean smell and really left clothes feeling softer than anything I'd tried in the US before. After a bit of searching and finding a Pro version, a soft version and a different version which includes active cultures that eat stains (or something like that), I'm glad I decided to go with this specific Pro detergent. It has almost the same scent as the UK version (a tiny bit "more intense" of the smell) and does a great job of cleaning our clothes without being too harsh (I can tell the clothes are fluffier and softer after coming out of the dryer), and the clothes smell SO NICE for a LONG time. We use this in an He machine and it works great. Our towels smell lovely for much longer than they did with Tide (FWIW, I disliked Tide He because it would leave this waxy film in the clothes that left streaks on things my clothes touched...very weird). My opinion is that this is the best "American" version of the Percil that we enjoyed using in the UK (a milky color in a white/blue bottle). Unfortunately, after a lot of other searching on the internet, I CANNOT find the UK version we used anywhere online (no where in the world...?) that will ship to the US. This will be your best compromise, but it's a pretty good one actually!

When it comes to regular laundry, we've been pretty dedicated Tide users, only straying a few times but feeling dissatisfied. Just to note: I use WIN for our athletic clothing. Anyway, we decided to give this a shot when the Tide we prefer was either unavailable or astronomical in price. I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised. Not only is this less expensive than Tide but it cleaned just as well and has a smell that is so much fresher. I do have to do a side note here when it came to delivery. I apparently was lucky as this was packaged very well and there was no leakage at all. The only thing I don't like is a common complaint I have with most laundry detergents. We have a new machine that requires liquid instead of pods, so of course, you have to measure it out. It would be great if companies could determine how to make the lines a different color so it was more noticeable on the cap. This one is very hard to see. Aside from that, I'm VERY satisfied with my purchase, which is not good news for Tide because I think we are switching.

I live out in the country. Everything in my home turns dirt red. If you have ever been around red dirt you know what I am talking about. I gave up owning anything white years ago as it will become dingy and red in a very short period. For those that aren't aware, red dirt becomes this very fine powder in the summer and blows all over everything. You can't keep it out of a house. You can write your name in the dust inside from it literally within 24 hours of dusting. It gets into closets, closed drawers and settles on to everything. Nothing stays untouched and it stains. Life in the country. However, since I have started using this laundry soap, my clothes are cleaner and I can actually have a few white things as this seems to even take the "red" out. I do personally love the scent, but I marked it as a 4 star because my animals are not crazy about it. The scent on clean clothes will last a couple of weeks or so. I rarely have to use drier sheets now. It just bugs the dogs noses, but they get over it after a day or so after washing day. I have a pretty new front loader and it works just great in that.