Air fresheners have always bothered me. How is something that puts more junk in the air making things fresher and cleaner?
If you think your house has a scent problem here are some green things you can try to make it smell better:
- clean everything
- open windows
- place bowls of baking soda, vinegar, or charcoal out to absorb scents
If you just want to give your house an extra boost of good smell try baking something yummy.
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I have always had a huge issue with them too. Especially the huge Fabreeze ‘culture’ that seems to be taking hold. Yes, lets spray some nice chemicals on all of our possessions so that everyone can inhale and absorb as much as possible. I make my own air fresheners with some essential oil drops and some water in a mister. The less you use air fresheners the less you can stand to be around them.
I soooooo agree!
Any kind of scent bothers both my husband & i so much. We had to stop attending Church on high holy days because of the use of incense.
I have never used air fresheners, but i used to have a roommate who placed them all over the house. It was awful.
Now that i've gone to homemade cleaners (baking soda, vinegar, etc.) i find that even walking down the isle where they have the commercial detergents drives me crazy! (I still buy 20 Mule Team Borax.)
My favorite way of "cleaning" the air in the kitchen with a fresh scent is to put down lemon rind down the garbage disposal on occasion.
@Kathryn
I put all my extra lemon pieces after cooking down the garbage disposal too. I had forgotten about that. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve never understood air fresheners either. Can’t stand the way most of them smell – it’s too fake. And putting chemicals into my air just to change the scent for a few minutes never made sense to me.
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