To think air fresheners are for dirty people who don't open windows enough?

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They are so hideous, and actually make my eyes smart, as I discovered when house hunting.

The only time (apart from obvious causes that were easy to remedy, like an un-emptied nappy bin, or cooking smells) that I've noticed a gross smell in my house was when the spare room wasn't getting hoovered regularly enough, so we just stepped up the cleaning.

All the adverts for them, please can't people just air their homes more??

I am allergic to lilies too. I have found I can have them in the house if I snip off the stamens. It's actually the lily pollen that I'm allergic to, not the petal.

Totally agree re chemical smells being yuk. I hate getting in taxis because of the sodding magic trees. They reek! Scented candles are different though. Love those.

A lighted match doesn't get rid of smells, but blowing it out does. It's the smoke created when it's blown out that neutralises the smell. If you just wave it around lit, nothing happens. It isn't actually 'burning' the aroma.

We have one in the loo (not a squirty one, it just sits there) which is an outdoor/fresh smell rather than flowery, it just generally freshens the room after one of us has done a smelly shit.

"ShatnersBassoon, that's what perfume was for in ye olden days."

I know. I was talking about people wearing perfume these days.

I read somewhere that the plug ins are a fire hazard - does anyone know if that's right?

I wish our downstairs loo had a window I could lock open but it's only got those insecure flap things and we can't go out and leave them open.

The cat litter is in there, and we have an elderly cat who misses the tray more often than she hits. The room pongs something awful despite regular removal of offending matter so I ought to have shares in neutradol by now.

I dread opening the front door every day. Phew!

I used to work in a therapy centre and they needed air fresheners of some kind because some skanky people didn't feel the need to wash before they came for their treatments - and of course they took most of their clothes off, so their BO permeated the rooms (and often the corridors and waiting area as well). We had no option on leaving doors and windows open - so sprays had to be used. But not neutradol (I threw it out) - they had to get essential oil based ones.

Oils is different to chemical fresheners though lockets.

Shatners, actually I think people these days are as much at pains to hide their natural smells as they ever were.

Oh no.....I don't know what to do.

It's my husband you see. We do have windows and doors open - the back door has been left open until we retire for bed most of the summer.
We have windows open.

BUT my husband makes bad cooking smells. He microwaves smoked mackerel and eats a lot of eggs. I'm so neurotic about people coming into my home thinking it stinks like smoked mackerel. I do often just light a candle in the evening, but sometimes I get so cross I'll just get the air fresher out and spray it. Doesn't it make it look (smell) like you've made an attempt to acknowledge that you know fish smells?

I agree that the 'man poo' notion is ridiculous...

Women's and children's poo smells equally vile....and diarrhoea...ewwwww

Also hate those car tree things. Hubs bought a strawberry one which I'm dreading him using!

We have a peach smelling one in our loo....which is not pleasant, but I'd rather the loo smelled of that than fresh poo!

babycham, you need to train your DH to use the match trick himself (although not at dinner parties - see above), mine does. And in the interests of equality, I will admit I have had to do it myself on occasion too...

I don't like them to use all the time, but to banish poo smells they are good!

Oh yes. Magic tree's are the absolute worst!

Yes, or for people who think a strip wash is adequate when those of us who go round their houses and inhale deeply know they smell stale.

This is a fact.

Ktay I will make no such admissions (in the interests of equality or anything else!) DH is,sadly, untrainable.Loving my sandalwood febreze!

YANBU I hate them. They actually make me feel sick. I've been known to have the odd plug in in the past with the mildest scent I can find and on the lowest setting. Only used to cover stinky dog smell.

We were told by the allergy nurse not to use them as they can aggravate DDs eczema so now we just put up with wet dog smell.

I was very excited to discover Sandalwood Febreeze - but OMG it is rank!

Surely better than the smell of beer poo,though?

My windows are always open if I'm home, and quite often the back door. I'm clean and definitely not stinky. However I have a rather lovely smelling Yankee candle burning-just because I like the smell

GOULASH My MIL had a dog who shat all up the skirting boards and she attempted to clean hide the evidence it then spray Fruits of the Forest air freshener to cover it up. One of the most rank smells I have come across.

I just dont like air fresheners, I prefer to burn an oil or candle

My windows are always open a fraction, and we open them wider while we sleep. I burn a Yankee candle every evening. Today I've just got an Ashleigh and Burwood fragrance lamp. I've filled it with a fresh linen oil and it smells wonderful. It is not a substitute for cleaning, but I love my home to smell perfumed. I also like my laundry to smell of softener and my toilet to smell of disinfectant! My MIL complains that it gives her a headache but she smells of stale fags so I always light a candle when she's coming round!

oldraver I can almost smell what you"re describing......

my sister has the plug in fuckers fresheners everywhere and i choke on the fumes ick!

i just have my windows open and my house dunt smell, i do spray a bit of 'clean linen' around if im expecting health visitor/midwife but not for normal guests

Everyone's shit stinks. But there's absolutely no doubt that manshit has a smell all of its dreadfully own. Even when they eat the same stuff as you and sit on the lav for no longer than you, their crap smells as if something has crawled up their arse and died. Some while ago.

Not that air freshener makes it smell any nicer. It just adds an unpleasantly chemical extra to the rest of the putrid ambience.