A room diffuser that will work in a classroom?

[Mushroomwithaview]

I'm looking for a room diffuser or some sort of room fragrance gizmo that is going to make my whole classroom smell nice.

Have decided that the answer is to buy a fancy expensive diffuser from a posh shop. I'm okay with that if it will work.

Before I do that - has anyone got any better ideas?

(no naked flames)

Be careful. Lots of students with asthma and other allergies. These would be frowned upon in my school.

Will your site manager be okay with it, before you part with your ££'s.
I can't imagine it going down well.

Have you considered children who may be affected by the stench?
That would be guaranteed to give me a migraine, smells are a trigger.

Absolutely not acceptable. They are very toxic, trigger allergies and asthma. They are chemical air pollution.

What a weird idea!

Definitely do not do this. Plus like above I very much doubt you will be allowed if site manager etc found out.

Are you all talking about the same thing I'm talking about?

Sticks in oil?

Yes.

Toxic chemicals trigger asthma and allergies.

Anything pongy would be a no with our site manager and he is a very reasonable guy.

I'm allergic to those (asthma) so although I could manage to visit a friend (and might sneeze) if I was spending all day every day in a room with one I'd be unwell.

Huh. Not the answers I was expecting.

It effects my asthma,I do have one from a fancy shop in the hall gives a nice smell out there but obviously I don't spend a lot of time standing in the hall.

Could you for example have a plug in in your store or something? Far-away hopefully not to trigger anyway but still gibe a nice smell?

Maybe try febreeze more the students come in,

Please no, there is no need

You can’t put these in a classroom

Is there a smell in the classroom op? Is it because of a student/students?

Does your classroom smell particularly bad? Just open the window before they come in and get some fresh air in. I’ve never heard of putting room fragrance in a classroom before.

Really odd idea. These trigger migraines in me and they smell grim. Open the window or door instead?

Please don’t do this…

These set off our sons asthma, they also will not make a room smell nice, the room will simply smell of diffuser and whatever smell it is mixed together. Just like when you go in a smelly house with a candle lit, it smells of candle and the bed smell. Teenage boys also do this, nothing like someone smelling of both BO and lynx.

At least with diffusers you could use a couple of sticks instead of loads. A plug in can be quite strong. I get a migraine when I'm around strong scents for too long. This won't be good for students.

Don't do it. I've a child with migraines and one trigger is these awful things.

The ones I use are not toxic, as they only contain essential oils, but I still wouldn't use in a classroom, for the reasons mentioned by previous posters. Just open a window.

Wow. I'm not in UK. I've seen fragrance sticks, diffusers, and similar in loads of classrooms here. Non-issue. My team leader wouldn't care or notice.

But I wouldn't want to aggravate asthma or make kids feel unwell so I guess I won't get one.

UK is very, very particular about this sort of thing, isn't it? It's interesting. Makes me think of the recent thread where everyone was having conniptions because a 10 yr old had velcro shoes. Different culture.

I got a lovely-smelling reed diffuser, opened it up, set it out, went to bed, and spent all night having nightmares I was being suffocated or throttled or drowned, half waking up every so often thrashing about, and woke up in the morning with the realisation I was having a prolonged asthma attack. Didn't even have a Ventolin to use as I'd been long "recovered" from my childhood asthma, or so I thought.

Oddly, I'd had a reed diffuser before and been fine, so it must've been some specific trigger in that one, but it's definitely possible for them to trigger asthmatic symptoms.

What is causing the bad smell in the room? Could that be addressed?

slightly here piggybacking on OP's thread here as curious how to make my home smell nice without triggering visitors' asthma, migraine etc.

would having a few drops of (unadulterated) essential oil - eg rosemary - still have asthma etc triggering side effects?

I would be really upset if you put a toxic diffuser in my child’s classroom. They’re really unhealthy.