Can I ask how you scent your bathroom?

[SparrowInTheHedge]

Sorry to ask.

All the air freshers and reed diffusers I've tried smell very toilet-y. Most are completely overpowering and artificial. They have all been from supermarkets.

I just want a nice, subtle background scent when you walk in, is that too much to ask for?

I use shield soap and find that you can smell it when you walk into the bathroom which smells nice and clean. In the winter you can usually smell washing powder smell from the towels when the heating is on.

Other than that we keep the window open pretty much all of the time. Obviously shit stinks so after a poo it might take a few minutes for the smell to dissipate but an air fresher would just make it smell of lavender AND shit. The only thing that deals with smells are making sure everything is clean and the room ventilated. Same goes for all other rooms.

No window in my bathroom,it smells of imperial leather or Pears soap

I hate my downstairs loo, it takes ages for the smell to go when dcs and dh poop. There's no window and the extractor is rubbish. I rarely use it because 9/10 times when I go in there it smells from the person before and air freshener makes it worse.

We open a window if necessary, I use neste Dante or l'occitane soap, which I can smell of someone's washed their hands or had a shower.

I clean it regularly and open the window.

Those plugins make my nose then the rest of my face swell up.

First time I was around a friend's house I was at the point where I was going to be taken to hospital until another friend realised it was plugin air fresheners. It was immediately unplugged, all the windows opened and antihistamines downed.

We use Method cleaning stuff, usually. But if you wanted something more 'natural' just sitting there, you could use essential oils, few drops in a plant spray bottle of warm water, shake it up and spray the bath mat or a 'decorative towel'?

I was given some reed diffusers by a couple of kids at school for Christmas/end of term and the nicest ones were from M&S with some sort of 'seaspray' type scent for about a tenner - that smelled like a light perfume, rather than a toilet cleaner smell.

Is "I keep it clean", "I open the windows" the new version of I only have one slice of potato, a piece of baby carrot and half of a toddler's portion of meat for the day and I'm stuffed. One chicken breast can last us a week?

I have a neighbour who seems to boil liver and manure every few days 🤢

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Right, I didn't think it needed saying but obviously we clean the bathroom, and I have a can of oust for pongy visitors and know how to operate the window

I just wanted to have a nice smell to walk in to. So did DP My entire house is not scented, but I do burn candles in the bedroom sometimes.

I'll have a nosy in Aldi/Lidl for the Jo Malone rip-offs and look up some of the brands suggested here, thanks

An open window and bleach?

Method shower spray leaves a nice smell.

IwishIhadaMargarita

What does it smell of? Mine has almost run out, I might try it.

Aesop's poo drops. This is thing!

It makes the bathroom smell lemony fresh. A bottle lasts a long time but to save costs I'm going to use lemon oil as a replacement when it runs out.

Sorry it's actually called Aesop's post poo drops

I don’t think so @NowThisIsWhatImTalkingAbout I think people just either like things to smell clean and fresh, or like artificial smells.

Yes I understand that but it wasn't OP's question though. Seems some PP were falling over themselves trying to show they don't need to scent their bathroom because they "keep it clean" and "open the windows" as if OP might not have come across that concept before

I sprinkle lavender oil on the towels and mat sometimes and sometimes on the inside of the toilet roll.

Fresh air, cleanliness plus I always have a lovely nelly soap bar which if good quality will fill the room with scent too

I’m another fan of Aesop post poo drops - very good against teenage boy smells

I did actually buy the Aesop poo drops and handwash around Christmas time, but the package was stolen from outside my house

Capful of Zoflora in the toilet cistern. Put a squirt of jif in the shower head before cleaning the bath with it too, it works like a jet wash. Just dont forget to rinse it out afterwards.

I've got a couple of True Grace diffusers, and they last for AGES (like I bought them about 3 years ago and am only just thinking about replacing). I bought mine from an outlet, but they're sold in John Lewis. Again, because they were outlet buys, they're discontinued scents, but they're all gorgeous.

I bought a tisserand essential oil from amazon (£4.50) in orange scent and dropped a few drops in the loo. It smells lovely. I might try other scents in it too.

Think I'll try the mandarin scent next

Ah shit in it