Tide Powder did change their scent from the Original Scent although the original scent is still used in Tide Mountain Spring Liquid detergent and Tide Pods Oxi.
Tide powder does work in cold water but Tide liquid detergent works better and dissolves better in cold water.
But Tide powder will work good in cold water as all Tide detergents are formulated to work well in cold or warm or hot water.
Powdered Tide is better than liquid Tide and cleans better in my opinion.
Tide Powder does work better than liquid and cleans much better because of the enzymes the Tide powder contains.
I prefer using Tide Powder detergent when I can but will use liquid detergent if it's all I can get.
I find my clothes come out cleaner with Tide Powder detergent than it does with Liquid detergent.
Although when using cold water the liquid detergents dissolve better when compared with liquid detergents but overall I prefer the powder detergent.
Tide powder laundry detergent in the Free & Gentle version and scented powder laundry detergent has been discontinued.
However Tide Original powder has not been discontinued and can still be found in most stores and even through Amazon.com
Tide Free & Gentle Laundry detergent powder has been discontinued due to not enough demand for it.
However there still is enough demand for the Tide Original powder laundry detergent and so they still continue to make and sell it.
My Walmart store here has Tide Original Powder laundry detergent but not the Free & Gentle.
You might still find some Tide Free & Gentle Powder detergent in some stores that still have stocks of it.
However if not and you want the Free and Gentle Tide you can get it in liquid detergent form instead.