AIBU to expect air freshener in toilets when visiting friends?

Do you really think people have such control on their bowels?

I mean if you are a once a day just after breakfast type of person, fair enough. But assuming that everyone is??

Absolutely correct and to be honest if you smell you should carry your own spray or not use friends toilets!

Tell me you shop in places like Poundland without telling me🙄

Air fresheners are revolting. They don't disguise or cover up poo smells they just mingle with it and smell even more vile.

They're such a 70s throwback that I can't believe anyone still uses them

Not necessarily. I imagine the spray I use has heavier atoms than the poo atoms. (Keeping in mind, an atom's weight depends on the number of protons and neutrons in its center, called the nucleus. More particles mean a heavier atom). When the spray atoms are released into the atmosphere of the loo, they attach themselves to the poo atoms and pull them down into a lower orbit which thankfully is much lower than the nostrils.
When the toilet is flushed the turbulent spiraling vortex created drag the heavier poo/spray atoms down into the toilet, to be flushed away with all the poo droppings.
The spray atoms outnumber the poo atoms and so leave a pleasant and pleasing totally shitless smell lingering behind.

This is true. I was vegan for over a year my poo smelled of farmyard manure

Asthma. Absolutely not will I have an air freshener in my bathroom. Have a window. Let them open it. Its a natural bodily function. You say they can use your toilet should they get caught short. Yet judge them for the fact it may smell.
Interesting.

It's still very obvious what you're about to do, though - nobody is going to ask about sprays if they're only expecting to have a wee, are they?

I suppose, with the reality of getting the stuff full in the face if you walked past the wrong place at the wrong time and didn't hear the warning, the pong was probably the least of your worries!

Isn’t that what windows are for?

Air fresheners are more damaging than the smell of your waste. Flush and open a window.

Plug ins and perfumed sprays are poisoning the environment and your own family.

It would be less embarrassing to say “Would you mind if I use bathroom spray” than saying nothing and leaving an unholy stench. Hopefully, said friend’s bathroom has a window.. which I’m sure someone else will whine about too. 😏

I have never had air fresheners in the toilet because I don't like the idea of inhaling toxic chemicals. You can buy a product called 'Poo Pourri' to carry in your purse in case you find yourself 'having an emergency' and what it does is put a layer of oil on the toilet water (you spray it down toward the water before you go) and it traps the odor beneath the oil, you flush after you're finished, and there's no odor (or much less anyway). Or you can just carry a box of matches in your purse and strike one after you've done your business. That works pretty well also.

Wouldn't that be a rather awkward conversation, though? Surely the reason why people use 'air freshener' in the first place is because they're a bit coy and embarrassed about having left a jobbie whiff?

"I'm about to use your toilet for a code brown, and it's going to be a bad one that will very probably leave an unholy stench in its wake... are you OK about me using this air freshener that I brought with me in readiness?"

Nope, not embarrassing at all...!

We don’t have air freshener because they smell awful. And then the awful air freshener smell leaks out of the whole house, whereas a stinky poo smell usually just stays in the bathroom.
yabu to expect people to have revolting smelling air freshener sprays in their house just for you

Living in a household with 2 boy types and 2 girl types I can tell you that our shit all stinks the same. Shock, horror: we have lavatory brushes. Getting the non adult boy / girl types to use them is a whole other conversation 🫣. ...."Usually men"??? ... get a grip.... I've never met you but I guarantee your shit stinks too.

Bleach? Someone I clean for doesn't have a loo brush either, I squirt the bleach round the inside of the rim, leave it while I do everything else, toilet is clean enough to flush it away at the end. No nasty brush required.

Always got Nag champa joss sticks burning! Problem solved!

Air fresheners stink! Open a window.

Sorry OP, you won't find fake smells in my house or my car, they give me a headache. Fresh air is best for removing smells.

I keep Claire Burke Original Room Spray in my bathrooms. I have used this spray since the early 90's. It's much better than the smell of fruit or flower scented poo.
I think it's rude to expect guests to share their poo smells with the host.
My husband thinks his 'shit don't stink' and has to be reminded to use the spray.

Good grief! Get handle on life's realities already!

YABU to expect anything in someone else's bathroom. If you, personally, require air freshener, carry your own.
But, please don't bring it to my house, I have sensory processing disorder, and strong/fake scents give me a bad headache. Just flush the toilet with the lid down, wash your hands with my lovely naturally scented soap, and open the fecking window.

You do know the air freshener just adds other molecules to the air in addition to the poo molecules? So your choice is breathing in some poo molecules or that plus some synthetic chemicals. Planning permission is not granted for a wc unless it is ventilated. My vote goes to a motorised extractor that comes on for a bit when you put the light on. Failing that open the window. Poo molecules end up outside, and you aren't breathing in any nasty chemicals. Win win.

@mymswashing you have smoke alarms in the loos???

I am absolutely astounded that air fresheners are so taboo to most posters!!! I wouldn't be without them in my bathrooms, and can't think of anyone I visit who doesn't have them !! I am truly baffled!!