Downy
Downy, also known as Lenor in Europe, Russia and Japan, is an American 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.
Lenor is a brand name of fabric softener and dryer sheets, also produced by Procter & Gamble, sold in Europe, Russia and Japan. Lenor fabric softener had entered China in 2007 but ceased later. Scent beads under the brand Downy have been sold in China since Dec. 2017. Plans to rebrand Lenor as Downy in the UK were dropped in 2002. In the UK, the word “downy” is an offensive term for a person with Down Syndrome, or for someone with any intellectual disability.
Amy Sedaris and Tituss Burgess are the talents hired to promote the Downy/Lenor Unstopables In-Wash Scent Boosters range in both the US and the UK. The commercials were filmed by Grey Advertising.
