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What are scent booster beads made of?
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Post# 1117010   5/12/2021 at 06:50 (1,050 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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What is the soluble substance scent booster beads are made of?
It looks some sort of soapy-waxy compound but never actually found out what exactly.
Salt perhaps?
Any info?




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Post# 1117154 , Reply# 1   5/13/2021 at 15:32 (1,049 days old) by spiralator60 (Los Angeles)        
Scent Booster Beads

This is an interesting question that you raise, one that is not directly addressed on many product label ingredient's lists.

Searching for the answer led to this US patent, currently assigned to Procter and Gamble (P&G), providing a clue to what is in this particular brand product:


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Post# 1117158 , Reply# 2   5/13/2021 at 15:52 (1,049 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.)        
Lenor Unstoppables 'Fresh'

Polyethylene Glycol
PARFUM
Benzyl Salicylate
Hexyl Cinnamal
Citronellol
Eugenol
Aqua
BHT
Colorant



Basically a waxy perfume concoction. But they may cause allergic reactions:
"Polyethylene glycol as a cause of anaphylaxis"


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Post# 1117161 , Reply# 3   5/13/2021 at 16:13 (1,049 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.)        
Even worse...

The 'Scent of Ariel' version:


Polyethylene Glycol
PARFUM
PARFUM
Aqua
Butylphenyl Methylpropional
Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
Coumarin
Citronellol
Benzyl Salicylate
Linalool
Limonene
Urea
Hexyl Cinnamal
Eugenol
Methoxypolyoxymethylene Melamine (MW>500000)
Hydroxycitronellal
Magnesium Chloride
Butylated hydroxytoluene
Sodium Sulfate
Sodium Hydroxide
Propylene Glycol
Colorant
Xanthan gum
Hydrochloric Acid
Formamide, N-ethenyl-, homopolymer, hydrolyzed, sulfate
Diethylene Glycol
PEG-33
Colorant
PVP
Sodium Bisulfate
Colorant
2,7-Naphthalenedisulfonic acid, 5-(benzoylamino)-4-hydroxy-3-[2-[2-(2-methylphenoxy)phenyl]diazenyl]-, sodium salt (1:2)


Post# 1117162 , Reply# 4   5/13/2021 at 16:13 (1,049 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)        
I like em

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I never used the entire capful, but they came in handy for my mother when she was alive. They gave her clothes a fresh smell that she enjoyed.

I also like to put about a tablespoon full into a new vacuum cleaner bag to have a fresh smell through the house, to refresh just throw a few on the floor and vacuum them up as I go along. A big canister will last forever.


Post# 1117211 , Reply# 5   5/14/2021 at 08:43 (1,048 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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Polyethilene Glicol.
So that is the stuff.
Thank you!!!


Post# 1117220 , Reply# 6   5/14/2021 at 10:59 (1,048 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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I certainly have to stay away from that kind of stuff! I almost never use softener or something like it. Only just a tiny bit of Ecover softener if necessary for example with sweaters that tend to get static.

Post# 1117620 , Reply# 7   5/19/2021 at 04:14 (1,044 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)        

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The only thing I use scent booster beads for is to suck up into the Kirbys to keep them fresh.


Post# 1117640 , Reply# 8   5/19/2021 at 10:09 (1,043 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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They are really expensive for what they are.
I used to put dryer sheets inside vacuums.
Talking about dryer sheets I know of people putting the beads inside dryers and they are heat pump dryers!
All that glycerin like stuff will end up clogging everything in no time as those heat pump dryers already are prone to get clogged.
You can fix the dryer eventually but not dumb people..


Post# 1117659 , Reply# 9   5/19/2021 at 11:35 (1,043 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany)        

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Is vacuum cleaner deodorant a German thing only? I think Vorwerk came up with it about 30 years ago. Still a niche product today but it`s only 99c as a store brand imitation.
Wouldn`t waste those darn expensive Unstoppables for anything else but laundry.


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Post# 1117662 , Reply# 10   5/19/2021 at 11:44 (1,043 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)        

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No it is not. They sell the sticks and discs etc here but never smell good to my nose😂
And I agree, too expensive to put in the vacuum, but also in laundry for that matter!!!


Post# 1117675 , Reply# 11   5/19/2021 at 13:03 (1,043 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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My Electrolux vacuum that I bought 10 years ago came with some scented pearls standard in the box, I tried a few once, just a tiny bit of the dosis for one bag. I didn't like the scent at all, so I don't use them.

Post# 1121041 , Reply# 12   6/22/2021 at 08:06 (1,009 days old) by Louvac (M)        
Vacuum Cleaner Deoderant

What I currently use and in my opinion, it's harmless. I use cotton makeup rounds and dab them with scented oils that one would use in a potpourri dish/decanter. Then insert them into a fresh filter bag-I prefer NOT to suck them up for fear that they may get stuck somewhere. In Kirbys or other machines with outer bags, I will place the scented cotton round in between the outer bag and filter bag so that as the filter bag fills with dirt the cotton round will not get smothered and lose it's effectiveness.

I also have used the women's perfume paper samples that come with a Kohl's or Macy's or magazine. Simple tear the, up into pieces and suck 'em up!


Post# 1121109 , Reply# 13   6/23/2021 at 09:02 (1,008 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.)        

I remember you could once buy lavender-scented vacuum cleaner paper bags, probably in the late Seventies, early Eighties. They were the Hoover Senior/Junior style, grey coloured. I don't remember the brand, they were probably just generic spares.



Post# 1121124 , Reply# 14   6/23/2021 at 11:28 (1,008 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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a simple Car Tree freshener placed inside the vacuum works wonders....I prefer Vanillaroma.....

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