Have you smelled them yet? Current Downy April Fresh Febreze spray smells like real, classic AF Downy.

Tide liquid detergent with a touch of AF Downy smells a tad like real AF Downy, whereas Downy liquid AF softener is absolutely horrid!!

I am going to hit Target tomorrow ISO of them.

I will report my findings.

They are NOT even on the Tide website.

I cut out a $3 coupon for these new Tide with AF Downy pods. I saw them today at Ralph's (Kroeger). Of course, I bought them. They smell absolutely nothing like April Fresh Downy. They do not smell bad, and are not overly sweet (they are on the sweeter side though).

I guess if P&G just keeps using the words April Fresh, enough time will pass and faithful users and lovers of Classic AF will give up, and newer AF users will think that this is what AF should smell like.

Ok...they smell BAD!!! They smell very similar to current April Fresh Downy liquid, and this is such an awful thing. Musty old lady perfume combined with sweet, cotton candy. What in the hell is wrong with P&G??

I got a 12 pod bag at Target and now a 32 pod pack at Wal-Mart.

These smell.... Like? Well, not any April Fresh I've known.

The pack at Target was $4.90 (ish) for 12 pods and if you use the suggested 3 pods for a XL load you're only getting 4 loads per bag. Lets round our numbers and see that comes to $1.25/load. For Tide pods. Over a dollar per load for detergent. Wow! I can import the "good" Persil not spend 1/2 that! No wonder P&G has jumped on this gravy train. I like to spend as many as the next guy but this is getting insane.

Not to mention the sent that these pods feature. I can't put my finger on it but I want to say it almost has an orange hint to it? Reminds me of when Molly Maids switched product lines and the whole house smelled like orange and ass for a week.

Shame that P&G puts out such a good product but insists on nasty scents.

"orange and ass" LMAO

thats hilarious

@andi. I try to keep things fun; and funny.

HAHAHaHAHAHAHAHAHA@ Larsi..OMG HAHAHA

I was sooooo hopeful, and now disappointed. My addiction sent me on a mad hunt yesterday to find these...... what a waste of time! P&G needs to add "NOT" before the word April...and definitely not FRESH. :(

I must have got a bad bag. I bought these when they first hit shelves and mine don't smell like anything. They smell like the original Tide Pods. When they come out of the wash, nothing.

Jt..sounds like you should count yourself lucky.

Has anyone who's tried these noticed their cloths are feeling softer when they first come out of the dryer?

I have done maybe 10 loads and they definitely feel different. I stopped liquid FS after giving up my quest for one that I actually like the smell of. Now I'm sometimes doubling the amount of Bounce sheets I use and so far, after a couple months spent doing away with Downey, I'm a changed man.

My clothes do feel softer. The pod itself is softer. Like fabric softener. It's definitely different than regular Pods.

In my opinion its all about scent with these guys. I could be wrong but isn't the AF Pods just referring to the scent? Liquids will often leave textiles feeling softer simply because they lack the over kill of sodium carbonate. If however these were formulated with a softener than it must be clay based.

Anyone know if there's a softener in these and what chemical name it is? Thanks

I remember back when the liquid version came out I inquired if there was in fact Downy in the liquid or was it the scent. They said it did have some in there. So maybe there's some in the pods?