Whois & Analysis for downy.com

A fabric softener (recently called fabric conditioner by some producers for marketing purposes) is a chemical compound that is typically applied to laundry during the rinse cycle in a washing machine.

Fabric softeners are available as solutions and solids, and may also be permeated in dryer sheets used in a clothes dryer.

In marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a market that might satisfy a want or need.

In retailing, products are called merchandise.

In manufacturing, products are bought as raw materials and sold as finished goods.

A service is another common product type.

Downy is a brand name of fabric softener produced by Procter & Gamble and sold in the United States.

It entered the U.S. test market in August 1960 and went nationwide in December 1961.

It was also sold in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Egypt, Kenya and Latin America.

An odor or odour or fragrance is caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds, generally at a very low concentration, that humans or other animals perceive by the sense of olfaction.

Odors are also commonly called scents, which can refer to both pleasant and unpleasant odors.

The terms fragrance and aroma are used primarily by the food and cosmetic industry to describe a pleasant odor, and are sometimes used to refer to perfumes, and to describe floral scent.

In contrast, malodor, stench, reek, and stink are used specifically to describe unpleasant odor.

The term smell (in its noun form) is used for both pleasant and unpleasant odors.