What are you trying to get the odour out of? Clothing, or the actual washing machine?

I found this on The Spruce: How To Get Perfume out of Clothes

1- Soak in machine filled with warm water and one cup of baking soda before washing. make sure clothes are completely submerged, at least over night.2- wash clothes after soaking as usual with unscented detergent. Add one cup white vinegar to rinse and soak for 1 hour. Complete cycle with extra rinse.

I used this method after using Tide (can't remember the flavor) and Downy. I'm sure knowing me I used more than a cup with some Borax thrown in. Usually all you need for odors is some Borax and for really tough odors Dirty Labs Booster works amazingly well. Still use Tide and Downy but only the F\G version. Clorox 2 pods work well also. They have a very light scent and added bonus of added TAED. Yeah,these companies think that adding fragrances actually remove odors.

Carol, I edited my post to include that the problem areas are sheets and pillowcases, plus my bathroom where I had soaked them in the Oxiclean in the bathtub.

Olychick, Never thought about that. We don't get the newspaper and it wold probably take a lot of it to trap this horrible strong scent.

beaglenc, Thanks. Will give it a try.

Looks like the Oxiclean product "blasts" the odors with perfume, since fragance is a listed ingredient. We only use free, clear, etc. laundry products. No perfume covering up odors.

The only way I get odor free pillowcases is by adding some STPP to the HOT water wash.

If you can get your hands on a real big kettle, you could try boiling them. Sometimes even the hottest water setting on washing machines isn't quite hot enough to get the gunk to release. Even after running just the hottest water and nothing else in the washer. So the stink sticks and then the odor blasters stick to it too.

I noticed in your original post you said fresh air. Did that include hanging them on a make shift line on a sunny day? I am wondering if you rinsed them out-again-and then hung them to dry outside on a warm, sunny day, if that would help.

armjim, It was a sunny day, but I was only able to leave them out for a period of time in the AM. They were mowing the field behind our house the rest of the day and stirring up dust, so had to take the pillow cases in. They have been having equipment problems so have been back through here for 3 days and still are not done. So I haven't hung anything back out.

OP here. I have decided to just throw everything out after so many soaks and washes. Lots of water, lots of products, lots of soaking time, lots of time wasted dealing with this. Fragrance got less, but not totally gone. Tired of soaking things overnight and wasting so much water and having to buy more products to try to cut the smell. We are not permitted to hang things outside (even though I did have the pillowcases out for a few hours). I will never use Oxiclean with Odor Blasters again!!!

I'm still trying to get the smell out of my bathroom where I originally soaked the sheets/pillowcases in the Oxiclean. The smell is not as strong as in the beginning, but it is still there. I don't have a window in that bathroom. I've washed the tub with vinegar, baking soda more than once, have baking soda on the counter, have odor removing rocks on the counter (not sure what they are called), I've sprayed the tub and air with Zorb-X, and used blue Dawn, used the exhaust fan, used Borax. Besides washing the tub with the previous mentioned things, what should I try? Can't throw the tub in the trash.

Enameled metal tub or acrylic? If enamel use bon ami since the surface is impervious. If acrylic I’m not sure…

The only thing I can think of that's supposed to remove suborn orders/scents is Pooph.

It's supposed to eliminate smells not mask them.

george, the commercial for Pooph is hilarious. I wonder if it works as well as the spokesman says and is equally non-toxic.

georgect, I'll contact the Pooph company and see what they think. I'm wondering if it is similar to Zorb-X, which I used. Zorb-X is a miracle worker and used by some hospitals. I use it for all kinds of odors, but it did not work for this. Those chemical companies sure know how to make fragrances that just won't die.

Hallett & Co., It is fiberglass, I think. Maybe a tub company would have a suggestion.

Peabody1, if I were you I would contact the company and ask for some compensation for the time and cost of materials used. At least go on every site the offers said product and leave a detailed review. It's ridiculous that companies add unnatural scents to remove odors. That alone is a health hazard.

Try dish soap on surfaces. It helps break it down more if the scent was at all oil based. also, maybe hydrogen peroxide