Febreze--product review

[arbilab]

I'm skeptical of anything advertised on TV. But Febreze claims to eliminate smells rather than mask them. Kroger still doesn't carry natural/neutral/unscented Febreze. But I had to try something. In this nasty government institution, one walks down the hall assaulted by the smell of boiling horses, including skin, hair, and sweat. How do I know what boiling horses smell like? In 1979 OKC I lived 2 miles south of a pet food factory.

Today's smell was more like boiling dog. Delightful [gag]. But I came home from Kroger with Febreze 'laundry' scent and liberally blasted it in the hall. IT WORKS! Not only did it kill the boiling-dog smell, but 10 hours later it still smells vaguely of laundry. I spritzed it in my apartment, can't smell it anymore.

I don't want to smell ferpume (sic), I want to smell NOTHING. But if I have to smell something, laundry would be it. Now I have a weapon against these senile cows boiling who-knows-what for 18 hours and this building with virtually zero air exchange.

Never before had I a need for a dis-odorant. Turns out, now I do. And there is one that works. It doesn't overstink like air sprays used to, it UNstinks. How do they DO that?

 

[frigilux]

I like it, too. I use it on throw pillows kept on the sofa and bed.

 

[mich]

I hear...

Baking Soda + Fabric Softener (you can use unscented if you want) does a surprisingly good job, as well

http://fakeitfrugal.blogspot.com/2011/07/fake-febreeze.html

 

[arbilab]

They boiled another horse today. I sprayed again and it's gone. Whatever it takes, but I could be going through 2 cans of this stuff a month at this rate.

It's not just me. People complain to the office about these gross "food" smells. The office empties a third of a can of counterstink, some 'floral' stuff that makes my nose run and doesn't cancel the stink at all whereas to a great extent Febreze does.

How these people could possibly eat anything that smells that bad cooking is beyond me. The worst-smelling stuff that I cook is spinach, and it doesn't linger for hours.