I don't like the smell too!!!! The clothes and cloth diapers have a strong yucky smell and it also leaves an oily residue on the cloth diapers and caused it to be waterproof! so my baby was leaking wee wee on my bed!!! Another time, leaking while sitting on my lap!! Not recommend for use on cloth diaper!!!! Last time at aeon I bought 1 to try but was a wrong decision! Previously and now I use CC樂 & Nuk (which ever one is on sale) and had no problem with the cloth diapers (emoji)(emoji)(emoji)