Why does my "Hairstory New Wash" have a rancid smell in glass container (lemmy.ml)

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I use Hairstory New Wash for my hair.

A few months ago, I bought a glass and metal dispenser to squeeze out my refills into.

I recently noticed that instead of a pleasant smell, there is a rancid / acidic smell coming from cowash inside and pumped out of the container.

I wonder if this is because I would just layer a new refill on top of the old refill over and over. But the same refill packets still smell perfectly fine inside, even after months of being on the side & having been opened before.

Any ideas why the glass container now has an expired cowash, or is my guess correct?

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[-] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 5 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, something in there has gone off, you probably need to wash it out at least every couple of refills. The same thing happens if you use a different bottle for olive oil, if you don't clean it out before refilling it, eventually some of the oil will be rancid and your oil will stink (also you'll probably get sick).

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