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"I just love using this detergent on my activewear. The clothes come out great."
Activewear Detergent
Powerful Detergent For Workout Clothes
Fragrance Notes:
- 2025 Men’s Health Smell Fresh Best Detergent & Esquire Cologne Award Winner
- Deep Cleanse: Targets odor-causing sweat stains and buildup with a powerful 4-in-1 enzyme blend
- Fabric-Focused Formula: Works tirelessly to support the technical integrity of performance fabrics including nylon, spandex, cotton, and synthetics—helping maintain vibrancy and freshness
- Long-Lasting Fragrance: Scented in Marine, an energizing blend of bergamot, mandarin, and oceanic notes that power through your workout—refreshing your routine with every move
- 31 washes
- 32 FL OZ (1 QT) 946 mL
Discover freshness that keeps up with the pace of every stretch, serve, swim, and sprint. Our high-performance Activewear Detergent is specially formulated to deep clean and maintain the vibrancy of technical fabrics like nylon, spandex, cotton, and synthetics. Packed with a powerful enzyme blend to remove odor-causing sweat stains and buildup, it’s ideal for the leggings, sports bras, swimsuits, sweats, and gym tees you live in. Featuring our new long-lasting Marine scent, an energizing blend of bergamot, mandarin, amber, effervescent greens, and oceanic notes to transform laundry day into a fresh ritual of renewal. Consider this your new post-workout routine.
Pair with The Laundress Activewear Fabric Spray to elevate your start-to-finish activewear care routine.
Activewear Detergent
Sale price$28.00
About Us
The beginning
We create exceptional fabric care solutions designed for beautifully clean laundry, for people who love their clothes. Our all-purpose detergents and fabric care line will clean and care for everyday laundry, from shirts to sheets. The updated formulas give your clothes a deep clean with just one wash while the enzyme complex targets stubborn stains, dirt, and oil residue.
Philosophy
Our development
The Laundress was founded with a singular mission: to provide exceptional fabric care solutions for the clothing you live in and love. For over 21 years, we've taken pride in helping you care for everything from crisp shirts to delicate cashmere and linens. Our commitment to quality runs deep, and we’ve taken meaningful steps to ensure our products meet the highest standards of safety and performance—because earning your trust is our top priority.
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Fresh Takes from Real Customers
See why clean has never smelled—or felt—so good.
Overall rating: 4.6213593 / 5 from 309 reviews.
AI Generated Review Summary
Activewear Detergent by Men's Health Smell Fresh award winner effectively deep cleans and maintains the vibrancy of technical fabrics. It removes odor-causing sweat stains and buildup, leaving clothes smelling fresh and feeling clean. The long-lasting Marine scent is energizing and refreshing, while the formula is gentle and leaves no residue.
Summary topics
- Scent: 13%
- Activewear Cleanliness: 7%
- Athletic Gear Cleanliness: 4%
- Marine Scent: 76%
- Clothing Feel: 10%
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Review highlights
- "I love smelling good so naturally I want my clothes to smell good as well so that gets two thumbs up from me." —
- "This detergent not old smells great, feels rich but also cleans super well." —
- "My clothes look and feel so much better, and the subtle scent is just so good." —
Reviews
Deep care for your hardest-working clothing
"The Activewear Detergent works magic on my workout/hiking clothing. It is gentle on the fabrics while lifting the funky smells and the fragrance is wonderful (though for some, it might be a little too sharp and masculine. I, however, am a fan of the re-formulated version. )."
"This company is a great company to purchase laundry from. My clothes always smell wonderful. The blend they use for each detergent is remarkable. I have been using this brand for years I noticed the difference in my clothes. My whites are whiter and my clothes just look like they have just been purchased from the store. I have used store brands but this detergent is different and wonderful. Everyone should give it a try or trial run at least"
Nice product
"One of those products you did not know you needed but do!"
Best for my Workout Clothes
"This detergent gets the sweat and grime FULLY out of my clothes and leaves the best smell! Definitely going to repurchase when mine runs out!"
Love the scent
"I started using this for my running clothes! I love the scent so much that I use it all the time! Does this come in the gallon size? It needs to!"
Great on athletic wear
"Eliminates odors from athletic wear and synthetic fabrics and replaces with nice scent. It does not smell like it simply covers bad odor or the weird combo of bad odors and strong scents as with other brands I have used. My kids play sports and I was so tired of washing on hot and still having clothing smell like sweat and deodorant. I sometimes use with a sanitizing rinse and the scent is still nice even after that additional product. For the price, I only use on athletic wear, I currently wouldn’t use on other items that didn’t need the odor elimination just as I know it is an area I can save on by using a product that cleans for a cheaper price per load but in specific circumstances, this is worth the price for me."
"So great for little boys school clothes"
Broken caps
"My three large bottles of detergent all arrived with broken caps. I emailed customer service to request replacements (CAPS, not product), but never received them (they actually wanted me to send photos of the shattered (pieces of?) flip top caps, which of course I had already discarded. Shame on you, Laundress. How hard is it to mail three new caps? You’ve lost a loyal client because of it."
Scent
"I prefer the “Darks” liquid to the “Active Wear” scent. It’s always a process to find your own preferences."