Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Crystal. We take great care in testing our products to ensure they leave your fabrics smelling fresh and clean when used as directed, so we're sorry to hear that your Downy Ultimate scent beads didn't provide the level of freshness that you were expecting, and we really appreciate your feedback on this. It may be helpful to know that the amount of beads used per load can be adjusted to meet of the amount of scent that you want, and the less product you use, the less scent you'll experience. Additionally, larger loads need more beads than small loads to deliver a similar amount of scent. We'd love to provide some more tips and assist you further with this; please give us a call at (800) 688-7638, anytime from 9:00AM-6:00PM EST Monday-Friday or 9:00 AM-5:30 PM EST Saturday, so we can help!