I used to buy it from my grocery store, either BelAir, Whole Foods, or the food coop. It does not work at well as Seventh Gen, though. Dirty collars would come out dirty. I wear very light colored clothing, almost no dark colors, so I can tell when something really works!

drugstore.com. But I only use the lavender tabs. Liquid is way too concentrated for our water. Tabs break very easily and the crumbs work well, too.

BTW, vaska doesn't have enzymes. I don't think they are necessary, but they probably help.

I do know it does not work on stains. I use it with very hot water on sheets and towels. Occasionally. It reallly doesnt need a softener but if you like softeners, you should try this one.

If you like the scent and think it's acceptable for sheets try the liquid. I can use a 1/2 tab in my FL but a 1/2 dose of the liquid is too sudsy.

The liquid is 4x concentrated. I had some and had to give it away. It was a mess in my FL.

I never knew about the tabs until I bought new towels and they sent a sample tab. I can't use a whole tab but they break very easily. For most loads I do, half a tab is about right.

For a top loader, I think the liquid would work better and less could be used. Sorry I gave mine away or I'd send you some mamap. No mas! As for the fragrance, I've been trying to be sure things are thoroughly rinsed. Then I use some linen spray to add the fragrance. Caldrea (Mrs. Meyers sister) makes a really nice one. I was using the palmarosa but they discontinued it. Currently using the Agave Pear. Also use the Lilac from LeBlanc but that's more $$$.

Thank you for the compliment about what I would accept mamap. We share that love of great results on cleaning. I'm so particular about that.

Rococogurl - have you tried the Vaska DW tablets? As sudsy as LD was I'm afraid to.

I use half a Method tab or a whole Finish Quantum powerball if there are pots & pans and a full load. Those work. I've had too much etched glassware in the past to make any changes.

What was causing the etched glass Roc?? But its best not to change things if you've got a product that works.

I'm not going to order the Vaska liquid right now, I can still use these lavender tabs on Amiees bedding along with a small amount of Tide Free liquid or All free liquid and with very hot water it will clean well. As for scent, a traditional top loader rinses so well I don't usually have any scent, sometimes just a very faint wiff, so faint I'm not even sure I smell it, linen spray works great for adding scent. Does anyone make homemade linen spray and have a recipe? Isn't it Enduring that makes it. I'd like to try my hand at a lemon and a peppermint. Over the Holidays I like the hand towels to smell like peppermint in the bath and the bath linen if I'm having family overnight. And of course Amiee loves scent. Personally I sometimes have trouble sleeping if I use scent on my bedding I prefer my bedding and clothing to come out of the dryer just smelling clean with no scent. Every once in awhile I like a mild scent on the bedding.

I've seen homemade linen sprays on the internet. Bloggers do everything. I'll take a look and post if I find something.

They all look pretty much the same. I don't understand Vodka -- it needs alcohol which is way cheaper but whatever.

Apartment Therapy - From 2008 and probably ripped off by all the others

Lavender - Specific but has enough water to be useful probably

Peppermint option - There's also a chart on essential oils here -- looks useful

The Vaska tabs that Rococo sent me smelled and worked great, but 1/2 is better unless you are doing a HUGE load. One tab for a med/reg. sized Miele load was too sudsy. Like Roc said, they break/crumble very easily.

AVOID Vaska liquid in a FL like the PLAGUE. Omg.....SUDS-o-RAMA. Insane suds, like almost verging on an I Love Lucy episode. Lmao :-O

I don't like scented laundry detergent, so I put my favorite scents in my linen closet (not together, of course). For the past 2 years it's been The Thymes Olive Leaf bar soap. Next year it may be an open bottle of Royall Lyme After Shave Lotion, a scent I've been using since about 1966, if I can bear to part with Olive Leaf.

My grandmother put bars of soap in drawers and closets. I cure soaps on closet shelves so same concept I guess. It is an easy way to scent clothing.

Larsi, I've heard this before that the Vaska Tabs work great in FL'ers, apparently my washer with its full fill just dilutes it too much to be effective. Perhaps if I added more it would work great but on the otherhand it would be too expensive for me to use it this way other than as a treat. On my next load of bath towels I will try them again using more to see what happens, otherwise I will just use them along with a small bit of All Free on Amiees Sheets...they sure do smell wonderful.

Roc..thank you for posting the links for Linen spray. I don't have vodka lol is it acceptable to use isopropyl alcohol?

It's crazy to use Vodka when Walmart has a huge bottle of alcohol for about $1. Bloggers do whacky things because they don't do much research.

Just checked the Caldrea bottle. First ingredient is water LOL. Then they list the oils. There is no alcohol in Caldrea -- they use sodium citrate to disperse the oil and there's also a small amount of citric acid.

I can see that alcohol might be corrosive on some fabrics though it does evaporate and would be diluted.

I'd use alcohol. Easy. Cheap and likely effective. We have an essential oil shop in town. If I can get some tuberose I will try my own spray as well.

Thank you Roc...I only have Lemon Verbena essential oil right now, I had lavender and pepperment but I can't find them, I always keep everything I'n my house in it place so can't understand where they went, so ill have to order. Lol. I'm going to make a small amount with the verbena but its not my fav. I prefer lemon to the verbena if I want a straight up lemon scent.

Maybe the blog sites recommending vodka is so they can drink the leftovers lol. Thank you much for your help.

I did a load of Twin sheets, bottom, top, 2 pillowcases, duvet cover (twin size) all white, I used hot 135 deg water, 2 Vaska lavender tabs and 3 Tablespoons Tide Free and clear liquid...I had some bubbles popping up but nothing major...the wash water smelled amazing, I love that Vaska scent. I didn't use any FS, they smelled so beautiful out of the washer, not like detergent more like fresh and clean, my favorite scent. I threw them in the dryer for 30 minutes and took them iut, all dry they smell beautiful and clean, and they have a nice soft smooth feel to them. This is exactly how I like my bedding to feel, smell and look. So although I'm not able to use the Vaska tabs alone a little help with some free and clear liquid gave me perfect results. I will be ordering more of these.

Or maybe try the FS? 2 tabs a load is steep.

Steep but its also in 27 gallons of water lol

Pink: So your washer uses 54 gal per cycle without prewash or extra rinse? Gosh that SQ uses the water! They should be rinsed(and washed) well.

Sparky they are at that lol. My water bill with running this machine and you know I do a lot of laundry and 6 people in the house runs between 60&70 $ a month. Theres obviously no shortage of water in my area, just the opposite, lol.

Actually Spark, I think my washer uses 47 gallons..this is why my clothes are rinsed so well that rarely is there any residue detergent scent left. Lol

Mamapinky -- before you order the tabs. Let me get you a bottle of the 4x concentrated lavender Vaska to try -- it's around here in grocery stores. I think it might be the perfect solution for your TL. It doesn't have enzymes and it has the same fragrance. Then you can compare. Of course, the All-Vaska tab cocktail may be better than the Vaska liquid alone. I have a grocery run today/tomorrow. I saw it in the market.

Ahh, Roc you are just soo nice, but I'm good, I figured out what to use these Tabs on...Amiees delicate sleep wear, I did a half load this morning and used 1 tablet on her delicate sleep garments and hung them up to dry, everything is clean and smells lovely. So they are going to work perfectly for this type of load. But I do thank you Roc for your kindness.

I used a couple bottles of the unscented Vaska detergent because a friend of mine liked it so much. It did not clean as well as Charlie's Soap, so I went back to Charlie's. My friend eventually moved on to something else as well. What she liked was the lavender scent, but she decided that other things cleaned better and still smelled nice to her.

@mamap -- ok. Just a thought though I prefer the tabs to the liquid.

Roc, I did make a small spray bottle 3oz lemon verbena linen spray, I lightly misted the towels after washing and drying yesterday...everyone that's showered commented on how great they smelled, including me..Loved it..Thank you Roc.