1) is it possible he's doing something odd like washing his hair in ammonia? Because I can see a very rough version of my cousin being like “hey this cleans stuff. Maybe it can clean hair in a pinch”. Hair would hold onto that smell where skin wouldn't. I'd also smell his shampoos to see if that's it.
2) do y'all have pets? Because my bathroom towels smell great but as soon as they are wet I can tell if in a prior washing they were used to clean up animal pee. It's awful and does make my hair smell like piss — not my husband though, but that may be because he uses hair products and I don't. I genuinely have to buy new towels or bleach the old ones to not smell like pee.
Two thoughts
1) is it possible he's doing something odd like washing his hair in ammonia? Because I can see a very rough version of my cousin being like “hey this cleans stuff. Maybe it can clean hair in a pinch”. Hair would hold onto that smell where skin wouldn't. I'd also smell his shampoos to see if that's it.
2) do y'all have pets? Because my bathroom towels smell great but as soon as they are wet I can tell if in a prior washing they were used to clean up animal pee. It's awful and does make my hair smell like piss — not my husband though, but that may be because he uses hair products and I don't. I genuinely have to buy new towels or bleach the old ones to not smell like pee.
Rape
Off topic, but I worked at a pretty big thrift store and we often had racquets there for cheap.