To think air fresheners are unpleasant?

[Panamanian]

We have come away for half term and the house we are staying in has one of those plug in air-fresheners in every room. I’ve turned them off but they still smell so strong. I genuinely can’t understand how anyone thinks they smell nice. Also (and I have no evidence for this so feel free to correct me) I can’t believe it’s good for you to be breathing those chemicals every day.
AIBU - they make a home smell lovely
AINBU - they are horrible and make me feel ill.

They give me migraines. I unplug and move them outside if I rent a cottage. Then replace them at the end of the stay.

I love them

I agree, they’re awful.

We’ve tried them on two separate occasions, both times the smell made me feel nauseous.

I think people who have them in every possible space are nose blind to them. But if you aren't used to them they are completely overpowering and unpleasant.

Less is more with those things.

I unplug them then replace them before we leave. They’re so overpowering.

Can’t stand them - so overpowering and never particularly pleasant scents. Much prefer good quality reed diffusers but even then, only in the hall & bathrooms.

They’re awful, so artificial. I prefer burning natural essential oils in an oil burner if anything, but really a clean house and open windows is the best thing

Yes, I hate them too! So strong and fake smelling .
I also hate it when I go away and the bedding smells strongly of fabric conditioner. I understand it’s personal taste but in a holiday let it’s not my taste, it’s too strong !

I’d assume that in the case you mention, they’re covering up a smell of damp, or drains or something. Yes, they’re unspeakably awful, and give a fairly significant minority of people violent headaches or trigger actual migraines.

I mean, just open the window, for God’s sake. Even if you live in the middle of air pollution central, or among fields where slurry is being spread, it will still smell better than air freshener.

Revolting and toxic.

Always make me think there’s something to hide too.

They smell horrible and are a fire hazard. What’s to like?

Awful things. They make a house smell of horrible, fake ‘perfume’ and chemicals. They also give me headache.

Also give me headaches. MIL had them everywhere, plus other ones dotted about. I remember her being really offended because I moved one from the bedside table to the hall. It was making me feel so ill.
I worry all the time my house smells, but I open a window instead.

They affect my breathing dreadfully. Last time we stayed in a holiday rental with them I unplugged them all and put them in a cupboard until we left.

Plug ins, stinky sticks and overpowering fabric conditioner all trigger my son's asthma which he never has in our house. (He is also triggered by mould and damp.)

I would love to read a paper exploring the link between these and ill health. I worry how he will cope when he goes to university as on recent uni visits, I noticed how many artificial smells there were in halls of residence.

We live rurally, in a place where these are not very common and notice these smells everywhere when we come to England. Added to the smells from vapes, I find myself scrunching my nose up everywhere and racing back to my isolated home.

Horrible yuk

They're awful. I used to babysit for a pal and she had them. I turned them off.

Buy some sandwich bags , unplug and put in the bags . Put back when leaving .

Why anyone would choose to introduce toxins to their family like this is beyond me. Oh, and pay money for it too! Airwicks laughing all the way to the bank

Plug in ones I agree. Spray ones may sometimes be the lesser of two evils, especially in a bathroom where it is too cold to open a window or there is not one to open.

Horrible toxic things.

I’m a chemically sensitised asthmatic, they’re a nightmare for me as are smelly wash powders and scent boosters

It makes it so hard to go anywhere because they trigger asthma attacks. Went to IKEA the other day and they’ve now started using something too

it leaves people like me and our families very separate from society, worried every time I go anywhere

Horrible things. We used to have them in work. Thankfully an fire safety officer was in one day and told us to remove as they are a fire hazard.

In a holiday cottage I always assume they’re there to get rid of the smell of dog.

The one we go to has those scented stick things. I always put them in the outhouse for the duration of our stay.

I would feedback saying they’re overpowering.

They are full of chemicals. I have a plastic spray bottle with a tiny drop of washing up liquid to stop the oil separating and some drops of a few essential oils. Also use soya candles.