I’m tired of the febreze plugins not lasting very long and the scent seems to disappear after 3 or 4 days.
Weed
nothing. We clean the place and we open windows as often as possible (even during winter cold).
Candles, preferably. I am cleaning constantly, but I’ve always had an overly sensitive nose so I sometimes need something stronger if there is a smell I can’t get rid of.
What do you use to make your home smell good?
Windows. I can open mine.
I often clean and place aromatic oils in the rooms + live plants.
Incense. Lavender mostly, helps keep away certain insects too
I love incense, although I once had a neighbor and smoking buddy tell me that my place smelled like “a French whorehouse.”
Depends on how much money you want to spend. People here giving pointers on cleaning sources of smells and I second that, but to answer your question, three things work for me to actually make my home smell like something in particular:
1- Essential oil diffuser. IMO the most effective, the downside is that not all essential oils are as fancy as, say, the fragrances of the other options in this list. Also you have a bit of an investment upfront, diffuser+oils. But they last reasonably long.
2- Reed diffusers: vast variety of prices here, the pricier ones are nicer and last longer. The downside is that the scent will lose effectiveness with time. Usually I can’t smell the oil once it’s reaching a quarter left unless I pick a reed and smell the oily end. YMMV depending on how large and how ventilated the area is.
3- Scented candles: again, you get what you pay for. Honestly it’s usually the big very expensive ones the only ones that really work. Also, fire, so that’s a potential hazard if you have pets/kids. IMO they can work if they’re good, but they don’t last as long, meaning, more expensive.
So yes I hope this helps. Good luck
Feel like reed based lasts longer as it’s applied during a longer duration.
The smell from diffusors is mostly gone as soon as the oil is used up.
Don’t use air fresheners of any kind, they’re all cancer chems.
I read advice sometime, I don’t remember the recipe, but they put something plus cinnamon in the oven at a low temperature with the door slightly ajar.
Plates of baking soda also helps. If you have like an old rug or sofa thats smelling up the place, sprinkle a good layer of baking soda over them and let it sit for 24 hours, then vacuum it up. Works wonders for smells.
I don’t remember the recipe, but they put something plus cinnamon in the oven at a low temperature with the door slightly ajar.
I think it might be citrus rinds
Whenever I cook, the house smells amazing for a few days. Last was 2 batches of banana bread!
The main thing I recommend is having house plants. They will filter out things in the air and will add additional oxygen which to our noises make things smell cleaner. I would also recommend cleaning more often especially your floors. We use Florida water whenever we clean our floors which lingers in in the air for days. We also leave bounce sheets under our garbage bag in our closed garbage can it captures the main source of bad odors for a house. We also use incense sticks in our bedroom which smells great. In the winter when the house gets very stinky and stale we like to set up a simmer pot. Its basically just a boiling pot filled with good smelling spices, fruits, and / or spices. It also humidifies the house which is great.
Clean regularly.
Used coffee grinds.
I use nothing, I don’t feel like fighting a never ending battle. But maybe you could try getting some flowering plants around your house to give it a floral scent
Soap, particularly the one made for washing floors. It has a very discreet smell and doesn’t linger too much. I also have quite a small bathroom so I hang laundry to dry in most other rooms.
I mostly prefer my home smelling “clean” rather than perfumed, but I have on occasion used those sticks in containers with perfumed oil, but with only one or two sticks (the fragrance can be really overpowering when using all the sticks, and the oil will last longer with fewer sticks in it) - maybe try that? It will last a few weeks at least.
Still…3-4 days sound very short for a plugin. It might be that you get used to the smell after a few days? Most of us become nose-blind to our own homes. Ask someone else to visit and tell you if they can smell it once you think the fragrance is gone.
Steam machine for cleaning, airfilters always open, climate/humidity control, no smoking.
I don’t use scented stuff, it is bad for your health breathing in all these chemicals. With scented candles and incense, burned chemicals. My wife was into the diffuser stuff and all, but stopped after a few days because I had increased asthma attacks.
