Alternatives to air freshener

[AgentPenny]

Does anyone have good ideas for an air freshener that is not full of chemicals but makes your house smell nice. I currently have some auto spray ones which smell lovely but I can actually taste it in my mouth! Don't want to slowly poison my young children.

Reed diffusers which are made with natural essential oils.
Open windows regularly even in winter.
Light candles in the evenings (I prefer ones made with soy wax or beeswax and natural ingredients)

Incense sticks.
I bought some lovely ones from a garden centre a few weeks ago, really nice fragrances, not too overpowering and the scent lingers in a nice way.

Just make sure you get a 'holder'

I open my windows daily, in the summer some are never closed. Burning candles helps to keep rooms fresh. I also keep on top of things that would leave smells. E.g. I cook with the kitchen door closed and the window open. Bins are emptied daily. Clothes and bedding frequently washed. Throws washed on a regular basis and I shampoo carpet yearly and soft furnishings about twice a year. We don't have pets and the child is regularly dunked in soapy water.

Open windows! Hang laundry outside.

A cold mist diffuser with natural essential oils works well.

I open windows daily, ensure pots are washed and oven/hob are clean asap, all pet food is disposed of immediately if the cat or dogs don't eat it (the rabbit is okay as he grazes, but he's an indoor rabbit and is cleaned daily), and the conservatory door is open daily, each evening we light a citrus candle in the kitchen, a spiced apple one in the dining room and sometimes light soy wax melts if we don't have a candle.

I spritz a bit of Zoflora in my window cleaner so the sun heats it up and releases the scent and I clean the glass coffee table with the same solution.
Make sure Zoflora is dry before any animals go near it though as it can be toxic if in too high a dose.
I also use it to clean my kitchen bin.

I stopped using aerosol and plug-ins after one of my cats began acting really oddly and we discovered we were actually slowly poisoning him.

I have reed diffusers too, and I use a gentle room spray or a pillow mist in my bedroom (the cat doesn't go in the bedroom). I can't stand the artificial smells of plug-ins or aerosols, but a subtle pillow mist is nice. I also hang sandalwood disks in my coat closet.

I used to have the battery operated autospray ones but I've changed over completely to wireless diffusers (a mixture of Neom and Lintros) with essential oils in every room. I even have one in my car.

I also light candles in the evening. It's all about the ambiance (I can't type that without sniggering at comedian Mickey Flanagan's "om-bee-ornce")