Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
surodorant
English translation:
aromatic (cleaner)
French term
surodorant
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Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
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Jan 13, 2010 07:54: Radu DANAILA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Romania
Not just words!
Native in: Romanian (Variant: Romania) 
Works in: French to Romanian, English to Romanian, French to English, and 3 more.
aromatic (cleaner)
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Note added at 5 days (2010-01-13 07:53:39 GMT) Post-grading
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thank you!
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translatol
: No need to translate "sur-" literally.
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Stephanie Ezrol
: scented is more common with cleanser, and sounds better to me
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Dr Lofthouse
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rkillings
: Avoid, because of this term's meaning in chemistry, which may not apply and which the detergent's mfr would be unlikely to use in any case.
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I only guided my answer on what already is used, as shown by the link, without getting to deep into the connection between the chemical "sound" of the word "aromatic". Might it be a sort of "false friend" here?. Thanks!
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super-perfumed
Maybe...
Spain
BSc in Microbiology. Thorough.
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, German to English
United Kingdom
Chartered Linguist, MA Legal Translation
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: French to English
extra-scented
perfumed
I would say the word 'surodorant' simply means that the scent of the detergent is strong enough to overpower any unpleasant smells... which is just what perfume is for!
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rkillings
: The mfr. may well list 'perfume' in small print among the ingredients (it is the technical term after all), but it would never use this adjective for marketing purposes!
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Actually, I think you have a point there!! 'Scented' is better.
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United Kingdom
WorldWideWords
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Deodorising/Odour neutralising
Powerful, deodorising/odour neutralising detergent for all washable surfaces.
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Trudy Peters
: That's how I see it.
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rkillings
: The best of the suggested answers IMO.
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Reference comments
Israel
Quality, Reliability, Experience.
Native in: English 
, Romanian
Works in: French to English, Hebrew to English, Romanian to English, and 3 more.
Surodorant
On peut considérer que les agents masquants et les surodorants sont des agents de même nature et d’efficacité similaire.
La grande majorité d’entre eux revendique une action « désodorisante » au sens large, avec toute une panoplie d’équivalences sémantiques :
améliore l’ambiance,
retarde/traite/abat/bloque/réduit/détruit/supprime/diminue/élimine les odeurs,
surodorant,
désodorisant,
masquant,
assainissant
http://tinyurl.com/y9nj7jc
Discussion
Cf. for instance this description:
"Nettoyant surodorant ALOHA est un nettoyant sol et surfaces surodorant. Parfum citron. Nettoyant surodorant ALOHA nettoie, dégraisse et laisse une odeur agréable et durable. "
http://www.voussert.com/Structure/produit.aspx?Id=13192
But I'm not expert on cleaning products!