Non toxic ways to make the home smell nice

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With a DD currently potty training and two cats I sometime feel my house doesn't always smell it's best . Don't like using these sprays/plug ins as alway hear they are full of chemicals. Just wondered if anyone knew of any non toxic products? TIA

Open the windows.

Essential oils are just chemicals too. If you stuffed your house with lavender or essential oils it would set off my asthma no matter how 'natural' or 'pure' they were.

The majority of essential oils are toxic to cats as well:

www.pdsa.org.uk/taking-care-of-your-pet/looking-after-your-pet/kittens-cats/cats-and-essential-oils

I recommend a steam cleaner. I have a Kärcher one and it's fabulous

I put essential oils (mainly Clary Sage) in water in small china dishes and place them on the central heating radiators, so they release their aroma when they heat up.

Baking and proper coffee ( only if you like the smell of coffee, I dislike coffee but love the smell)

Open the windows through the day and fresh flowers.

Open windows, vac lots. I found using wood chip cat litter made a massive difference.

Sorry ignore that, incense sticks are toxic!! I will ask MNHQ to delete

Bicarb of soda the carpet and hoover it up. Lots of scented things (natural included) give me hayfever/asthma. I actually findclighting an uncented candle gets rid of cat smells. I guess it helps with air movement.

@ChristineBaskets it was a glade plug in that was Lily scented. Not sure if she licked it or if was just the scent alone but she developed breathing problems and organ failure.

Open windows, especially in teen bedrooms
Brew coffee
Bake bread or cakes
Change bedding and towels every week
Rub a single drop of citrus or lavender essential oil onto each radiator
Wash your curtains and your soft furnishing covers
Mop floors with plain boiling water. Gives the house a really fresh smell without any notable scent.
Stick teenagers under the shower and turn it on

Boil some water on the hob and add cinnamon sticks, cloves and slices of orange. Keep topping up the water though 😎

Another plus one for open windows!

Pet and pregnancy safe scented candles?

Our fridge was stinking recently even after a deep clean so I have some bicarbonate of soda in a dish absorbing the smells - try that on a bigger scale wherever you have concerns?

Wash what you can, as often as practical and if you can dry outside. If you are in a good area for that (windy is enough!) the smell will be amazing!

EVERYTHING is made of chemicals. Toxicity is dose dependent. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

I have never found a form of room fragrancing I like or could tolerate (in fact on one visit MIL had to get rid of a reed diffuser she had in the bathroom which made me wheezy and streaming). UNTIL I was given a wax tablet scented thing for my birthday this year. No melting or anything, just hang it up in a corner and it gently smells nice.

The one I have is from these people and I might well get another couple. Excited to see they have christmassy ones which can hang on the tree.