Talk to me about air fresheners, plug ins, scented candles etc...

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We moved last week. I seem to have a sensitive sense of smell - when we looked round the house it didn't smell at all, and it ticked all the boxes. Happy with the purchase. On moving day there was a powerful smell of air freshener. It wasn't particularly unpleasant, just strong. I prefer my houses to smell of fresh air - I've never used any sort of air freshener or room scenter. The air freshener smell has faded but not gone altogether and I've become rather obsessed (husband can't smell anything...). What can I do? We will be replacing the carpets but not for a few months. If my house is going to smell, I'd rather it be a smell of my choice!
TIA

Open the windows and I'm pretty sure it will fade over time.

I wouldn't use anymore artificial scents. Can you get carpets cleaned? Open the windows for as long as possible and use natural beeswax candles are my tips.

It's only been a week, be patient!

Do you like diffuser oil scents? The misty poofy ones?

You would hate to live at my house, it's very fragrant with candles and oils!

Wonder if it’s been febrezed or everything has been wiped down with zoflora.

It will get there. Keep cleaning, keep the windows open.
Probably took a fortnight for our new house to smell like "ours". We are low on air fresheners/fabric conditioner/scents too.

Thanks - I've no idea! I'm not completely sure what that is!!!

Crap - sorry, name change fail.

Windows open may be a good plan - we've been keeping them in so not been able to open windows.

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You put essential oils or oil blends and water and they poof out. Nothing like a plug in air freshener thing

Essential oil diffusers are good
Mix oil with water but use quality ones not some cheap ones

Just open the windows as much as possible. Don't bother adding more scents on top.

I don't use any of them. I just feel that anything scented you breath in has got to be bad for you. I know we can't avoid a lot of air borne pollutants in modern life, but why would you add them to the atmosphere in the confined space of your own home??

Thanks. It's been so warm recently and we'd've had all the windows wide open but for the cats escaping. We're up north now (moved from down south) and it'll get cold soon, I'm expecting.

Thanks @A580Hojas - that's kind of how I feel. I've been trying not to breathe in the strong air freshener smell but it's not very practical!

No offence, but once you've lived up north for a while you'll lose any sensitivities, you'll become hardy 😏.

I hate chemicals, although I do sometimes use Nag Champa sticks after cooking a particularly pungent curry! Otherwise I just open the windows every day for fresh air.

They will so be found out to cause asthma/lung cancer if they haven't already. Wipe everything down with bicarb/vinegar/water mix. Open window all day everyday for a while.

Yep fresh air in time will see the air fragrance go away

Deffo this. And poke behind radiators and similar in case they've left a Zoflora soaked rag or cotton wool ball. Did they leave curtains? Sniff them (the curtains, obvs) and maybe get them down and wash them or stick on the line on a blowy day.

Maybe if one carpet is especially stinky and you've hoovered plenty, try putting down bicarb, leaving for a while then hoovering it up.

We moved about 7 months ago, I was a few weeks pregnant at the time and couldn't stand the smell of our new house. Husband couldn't smell it and wasn't anything specific but it all smelt artificial. Much better now! Just got a scented laundry powder though which I'll have to get rid of as it stinks 🤢 again, husband hardly smells it at all. Hope your house smells more like yours soon!

Pretty much any scent from a chemical product is damaging to your nervous system, so fresh air is the important thing. I agree with looking behind all radiators and you can put bicarb on carpets or use a carpet cleaner to lift chemicals from there.