AIBU to expect air freshener in toilets when visiting friends?

I’m one of the ‘open the window’ brigade.

And if you’re feeling paranoid about smells, squirt some toilet cleaner / bleach around the rim before flushing. Most people keep some near the loo.

I have never in my life bought air freshener…

We do but after someone made awful comments to me as a teen, I refused to go anywhere but at home.
Then endometriosis meant I needed to so I bought some of the poo pourri to try, and it worked so I use that. It’s 2 sprays into the water so not like you’re choking people with febreze

I have loo rolls - non scented lol a toilet brush, a bin, sanitary bags (because who wants to put their tampons ect into someone's bin) reed diffuser on the windowsill and a spray tucked down the side of the toilet if needed next to the harpic

I don't expect to see it, but I always do in other people's loos. I've got air freshener in all of mine.

Air fresheners are really unhealthy, research shows they damage the central nervous system, trigger migraines, cause breathing problems.

Maybe your friends value their health.

You most definitely am not finding any in my bathroom, I can not stand the fragrance of air fresheners! Not asthmatic, just feel suffocated by the false sickly fragrances- I actually find it worse than the poo smell.

We have a window in the bathroom- if you make it smelly- open the window and get some clean air in for Christ's sake, don't make it smell overwhelmingly of floral poo, nobody needs to smell that.

I don’t use any home fragrances apart from the reed sticks in glass jars. I honestly never want chemicals sprayed into the air like that. I think it’s selfish and wasteful. Creating more waste, more chemicals, for what, because you like people to think your shit doesn’t stink like everyone else’s?
WE ALL SHIT. And that is what toilets are for. Let’s not pretend otherwise.

I'd rather a toilet brush was avaliable than sickly, stinky airfreshener to burn the back of your airways.
Opening the window deals with it- even if it's teenager strength odour.

Even better, light a match. Cheap and it works.

Yep I always have loo roll, wipes, air freshener, toilet brush. It’s considerate on both sides.

Op you would love my mums house there's airfresheners, plug ins and them timed spray things everywhere. She can't bear the idea of her home smelling (I had asthma growing up and she still wouldn't get rid of any of the sprays lol)

OP totally agree. Something to save your friends from an embarrassment. Even if it is a reed diffuser (turn it over) but personally I find them more synthetic than a spray.
We use the airwick droplet spray one.
EVERYONE i know has something in the bathroom.
As for the ones who dont have a brush!! I did read they just said put bleach down , it works! NO IT BLOODY DOESN'T ! I have a friend who often needs a look suddenly and would be mortified if there wasn't a brush

Air fresheners literally highlight poo smells! Poopouri all the way + an open window. I’m more confused about the people without toilet brushes who expect guests to use loo paper to manually clean up after number twos??

There’s no such thing as ‘flushable wipes’. They may say they are on the packet but it’s a marketing lie. They’re terrible for toilet systems and plumbing and don5 break down properly. They should be binned (and banned if they continue to perpetuate the lie that they’re flushable).

As for needing air freshener at all but especially after a wee - if your urine smells that bad you’re dehydrated or worse and probably need to see a doctor.

Air fresheners don't freshen the air, they fill it with a revolting sweet floral nastiness.

Opening a window freshens the air.

I have never bought a glade air freshener in my life and never intend to. But I do have windows.

I get some people may be affected by asthma but surely if you had asthma you wouldn't use it?

If you had asthma you wouldn't use it - and you wouldn't want anyone else to use it either! Your lungs don't care who pressed the button on the spray. It lingers for ages and gets out into the rest of the house.

So you use a brush - how do you clean the brush? How do you clean the bacteria in the loo? How do you stop dribbling bits of poopy water all over the seat while you put the brush part back in it's container?

We have a VIPOO spray bought as a joke for DH. Only person who’s ever used it is a friend and frankly synthetic flowery shit smell is a million times worse than just shit. Must get rid of it.
those of you who think it’s less embarrassing for friends to use a spray - is that to pretend they haven’t shat in your toilet? And surely using a spray just advertises that’s exactly what they’ve just done?
as for spraying after a wee - WTF? Do you live on asparagus? Don’t drink enough water? Because can’t think why there would be a noticeable smell otherwise.

I’m asthmatic and synthetic fragrances hang around a lot longer than you might think.

Poo smells sometimes. Bathrooms smell sometimes. It’s not really that traumatising.

I just have a bottle of bleach and a toilet brush next to the loo…surely that will do OP! Chuck a bit of bleach down and give it a scrub 🤷‍♀️

I don’t have a bathroom window so… I’ll stick with the poo pourri! Same at work, no windows

I’m annoyed if I do see an air freshener in a loo. I don’t want to be forced to breathe horrible toxic chemicals, thank you very much. Just open the window.

I have a silicone toilet brush, and once I have cleaned any 'mess', I flush again to rinse it. I then add bleach, and dip the brush in to make sure it is super duper clean. I then hold it in place under the toilet seat to dry out before putting it back in its holder.

I don't leave it out for guests however as I don't believe they'd do the extra rinsing, bleaching or drying. So they can use hands and toilet paper if they must go at my house. Hopefully it will encourage them to go before they visit!

No air freshener though. If there's one thing worse than smelling someone else's shit in my toilet, it'll be smelling someone else's shit mixed with cloying artificial fragrance in my toilet. Bleach is fine.

I'm with the PPs who dislike the smell of poo thinly (it is always thinly) veiled by an overpowering artificial scent. It's like a double whammy.
I'm also interested if the OP has a similar requirement for farts released outside of a bathroom? Are they sprayed too?