AIBU to expect air freshener in toilets when visiting friends?

I could smell both of my children’s poos when they were breastfed but I have a very keen sense of smell. It smells a bit oaty. YMMV. It really does depend on the person as my husband could never smell it even when I could. Where I work currently I have been told my sense of smell is amazing (unfortunately for me!). I’m also one of them super taster people if it’s at all linked. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Not if there isn’t one…

And given the way most MNers react to the smell of anything, I’m surprised that they would rather have the smell of shit in their home

Air fresheners of any type are vile, and smell far worse than the natural aromas they are intended to disguise. I never buy them, and I won't buy them.
A window can be opened, if necessary.

Some extractor fans are realy loud, too loud for talking to be heard, So you sit there, waiting for it to stop . . . Not a lot of fun.

I am really hoping that this is a take on the great quote often attributed to Churchill 😆

We use old perfume or aftershave as air freshener in the bathroom but always open the window

It really does depend on what you eat or drink. Entirely breast fed babies' poo is odourless, then as foods are added the smells begin, and if you pay attention you will find the odour alters with what they eat. I was amazed to know a person who didn't stink the place out but they walk among us, they really do. I wish there were more of them.

Exactly - a huge blockage in the sewer is exactly what the environment needs.

Wipes are flushable the way a watch or necklace is flushable. It will vanish round the bend but will not dissolve.

You don't spray it into the air, silly ~ it's no good there!. You hold it close to the water and spray.

Yuk. Air fresheners are revolting, and make a bathroom that smells of poo just smell like poo with air freshener. I've never seen one in anyone's bathroom.

Sickly sweet flowery shit smells worse than just shit.

Our bathroom window is permanently open until the deep depths of winter. At which point a splash of bleach round the loo afterwards does the job of neutralising the smell.

I can’t remember the last time I even saw an air freshener. I don’t know anybody who has them.

But if you flush whilst you're still sitting down, you experience the 'Poseidon's Kiss' effect!

I can assure you that shit doesn't always smell ~ or doesn't smell much. I've noticed that those who eat red meat are very whiffy; and people whose diet includes a lot of processed meat, or drink spirits. A diet heavy in fast food will produce strong smelling poops. Also some illnesses, like food poisoning, produce identifiable odours.

That's what it is. I do think it makes a difference, although wouldn't say it eliminates niffs.

It works very well indeed!

Air fresheners do not 'freshen' the air. Use one and you'll still be smelling shit ~ plus a sickly, cloying artificial 'fragrance'. You're doomed, folks.

Toilet paper and bleach works well.

As long as you don’t pretend to object to the air freshener on the basis of the environment 🤷‍♀️

Not going to RTFT so apologies if this is a repeat...

Top tip is to flush the loo after pooping, before wiping/getting up. Most of the smell will have gone. Flush again to get rid of loo paper.

Obviously I only do this when using public loos, or in others' houses, before people have a go at me for wasting water...

Personally I don't like air fresheners, they're synthetic, exist to mask smells not remove them. I'd prefer just a clean house, and an open window if needed than fresheners, candles and diffusers everywhere. I therefore am not wasting my money buying air fresheners on the off chance that a guest, who doesn't live here, might want to use it.

Mainly posting though in response to all those saying they'd rather have a toilet brush to clean up...this horrifies me. To me the toilet brush is for general cleaning, not for scraping up your skid marks - the water will literally wash them away, just leave it. I would find it absolutely grim if I found my toilet brush caked in a guests shit next time I came to clean my bathroom.

No I don’t.

But they don't actually work - they just add the (fake) smell of Spring Meadow to the smell of honking turd!