I've found that it really doesn't scent my clothes. In my last batch I used a pretty strong-smelling pine bar that I made for last Christmas, and I don't detect any pine in my clean laundry. I will sometimes put a few drops of essential oil into the laundry soap mix. It just makes the laundry soap smell nice, and makes laundry day a little more pleasant, but my clothes just smell "clean." I thought I would miss the scent of a commercial product, but it turns out that I really like the naturally clean smell of freshly washed clothing better! I think because I always use vinegar in the fabric softener dispenser (keeps the washer clean and cuts soap film from fabrics), it would dispell any artificial scent anyway. (No, your laundry will not smell like vinegar.) I'm using the pine soap to wash floors tomorrow, and I'm actually looking forward to the chore!