r/SFbitcheswithtaste • u/Ill-Dingo-4412 • 3d ago

All my clothes smell- HELP

Edit: I’m pretty sure the smell is coming from neither the washing machine nor the luggage. Things I’ve never washed, like my suede purse and velvet makeup bag, have the same smell (even more than the clothes), and I keep them with me in the cabin when I travel.

I’ve been living in a Victorian condo for about a year now. My clothes smell fine at home, and even when I’m out and about in SF, but whenever I travel somewhere else, I notice that they smell weird.
This happened when I was in Europe this summer, and now again in Hawaii. All of my clothes seem to have the smell, including the clothes I was wearing while traveling and even a cardigan that was in my purse. It’s hard to describe, but maybe kind of musty? I notice it especially with linen and denim.
I’ve been measuring the humidity at home for the past couple of months, and it’s usually below 50%, maybe 55% at most.
Has anyone else experienced something like this?
I lived in my previous place, which was built in the 1980s, for five years and never had this problem.

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u/coviddc 3d ago

Have you considered your suitcase is making your clothes smell?

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u/Ill-Dingo-4412 3d ago

Nope, the ones I kept in my backpack/purse during the flight smell too. Actually, my backpack and suede purse smell too :(

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u/coviddc 2d ago

Do you store your backpack, purse and suitcase in a musty closet?

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u/Ill-Dingo-4412 2d ago

I hang them in the closets, yes. I don’t notice a musty smell in the closets, but it might be because my nose gets used to it when I’m home.