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Am I the only one that doesn't use an air freshener in the athroom? I just keep the bathroom clean. I keep some Febreeze Air Effects with my cleaning supplies, for the rare occasion that I have to go in there after my husband has "done his business."

Every Saturday morning, the bathroom gets cleaned and in the interim we open a window to freshen the air whenever possible.

I don't use air fresheners either, but then I live alone and have two bathrooms...

There really is no replacement for fresh air and if possible sunlight. This applies to my bathroom as well as the rest of my apartment. I live in NC though so it is a little easier to come by then if I still lived in NY.

I don't need an air freshener because I emit no foul odors. My bathroom smells of jasmine.



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I don't understand the general American obsession with air fresheners. We don't use any air fresheners, and I've never had people comment about any smell in our bathrooms. IMO, as long as you keep it clean and don't have damp towels, there shouldn't be any bad funkiness.

That said, I usually have a candle -- sometimes scented, sometimes not -- lit in the bathrooms when we have guests, but I use it in lieu of a nightlight so that my guests aren't fumbling in the dark for the light switch.

I have that round one from method! It's great. I like the purple smell.

An open window is nice, but it's cold in Canada right now...

I just run the fan as needed..

Personally, I find the scents of these Method products to be a little synthetic smelling and much too intense, which is too bad considering the ID is so nice.

Normally, I just use good old fashioned matches, but these are pretty great when people come over ... some scents are a kinda hippy-ish but there are a few good ones in there:

http://incensematch.com/

I clean my bathroom bi-weekly, and I keep a bleach tablet in the toilet tank. I don't like air fragrances and regular cleaning seems to eliminate any odors.

I agree that bathroom scents are a means to concealing what shouldn't be there. I'd prefer to know what's there so I can get rid of it. I also really dislike artificial scents.

When I have many guests, I light my bathroom with several unscented tea lights, which looks good and kills volatile and smelly gases like methane.

My bathroom smells great almost all the time.

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I've found that the Method O-ring works best in my bathroom, it's small, cool looking and doesn't require any electricity or fire. However I agree that their scents are really lacking in comparison to their product design. The only scent of theirs I enjoy is Fig and I think they've discontinued it.

As I dont have a window in my restroom.. and the ceiling fan does little more than make noise.. I usually use a (glade?) scented candle. The "fresh linen" scent is rather pleasent and not very strong.
However.. Last time I went to the grocery, I got some Febreeze.. not sure on the scent.. but it's purple. The color is pretty accurate to the scent. Its a bit over-powering and chemical-smellish.. but once it disspates over about 5 minutes.. it is tollerable. I use it around the living area, usually after the cat has gone potty. It does a better job at hiding litter-box smell than the candles.

I had a chance to air out my apartment over the weekend- no pruduct can compete with fresh air.
Summer will be nice :)

I use Method's Daily Shower spray after my shower in the morning. It keeps the shower clean and scum-free AND it keeps my bathroom smelling like fresh ylang-ylang!
Their Eucalyptus Mint bathroom surface wipes are also great at freshing up the bathroom as well.

I use candles of whatever kind suits my whim, often times they're the only color intentionally displayed in my loo.

The image in this post concerns me, though; it looks as though there should be a caption reading:

This message brought to you by Target.

..or was the product placement purely coincidental?

I have no windows in my bathroom either, it's very small and I live with many boys. I clean my bathroom twice a week from top to bottom, so it doesn't get smelly, but sometimes the boys will STINK up the place. That's when I pull out the method spray. I like the Eucalyptus Mint smell, but can't find it much anymore. I don't care if it does smell like a chemical- it's much better than the other smell

I can't believe there's an anti-fragrance lobby here. I like scents in the bathroom...not just in my house, but I like when i go into someone's powder room or bathroom and it has a nice smell. Even if you clean regularly, there are still times that it's going to smell (I don't think I have to elaborate on that). I have a reed diffuser from Pottery Barn and occasionally burn candles. When I need a boost, I like Oust.

And not only will they stink up the place, they'll laugh about it, too!

fan only. I don't feel a need to use a spray or anything else.

love the method pill plug in. Though I have to get 'sweet water' becuase it is the only clear one. Luckily it happens to have a mild scent. Why does everything have to be colored? I may like the smell of pink grapefruit but my bathroom is NOT PINK! arg.

I use fragrance-free Oust for the bathroom, but I do like the Method soy candles. Sweet water and lavender smell just heavenly; but $8 is a lot to spend on a small candle.

I also like Method sweet water aroma spray, but I use it sparingly because it is expensive.

I personally use the method plug-in with the lavender lemongrass scent. I have that throughout my house (the scent, that is; well, actually the plug-in's as well!) I'm surprised some find their scents to be synthetic, since that's the polar opposite of what the company is all about. I will agree Fig is one of my all time favorites from them, but alas it was a Fall edition scent. I wish they'd bring it back, but I've heard it's gone for good. :-(

- Nate
www.methodlust.blogspot.com

I don't need and airfreshener, in the bathroom... it doesn't smell in there...

However, should I need one, you can make them. Water baking soda a touch of vinegar essential oil of your choice in a spray bottle is really nice, environmentally healthy and not bad for you if you inhale as it's misted in the air. (The vinegar baking soda also help neutralize any offending odors, like fish in the kitchen, which is what I use mine for).

I like this better than spraying commercial sprays and running out of the room, holding my breath! :)

Frangrance free Oust has a fragrance to me! A weird metallic fragrance. My bathroom is so small if I spray anything in there I always feel like I get a lungfull of the stuff - it's nasty.
In my house we use matches to get rid of poo smells. It works.

I find most 'air fresheners' pretty toxic and, personally, I find it weird to spray some fake smell on top of an unpleasant one. Isn't it better to just clean up/air things out?

Our bathroom is fine most of the time - scentless. If (okay when) smell is temporarily an issue, we just crack the window, or run the fan, maybe light a match.

yeah, i use this toxic wisp thing - and i KNOW it's bad, i just love the smell of that "clean linen". but i am getting turned over to stinky candles (why did i almost spell "stinky camels" ahah) - my cousin got me a "Dirt" brand yummy soy candle, which is DIVINE and has lasted me a LONG time. i also really love the febreze candle (i know, that's prolly toxic, too!)

i don't use them to make something icky smell better, i use it because i love walking into a room that smells of fresh laundry...swoon!

I hate air fresheners.

And although I love most method products, I tried those little rings and they sucked. The scent was sticky sweet and did nothing to eliminate odors...

Fan only. In the last few years I've become really sensitive to scented products. Scented candles that I used to be able to burn now leave me with itching eyes and phlegmy coughs. I notice scented products everywhere, typically because I tear up.

Inmy opinion, air 'fresheners' smell bad. And the chemicals are difinitely unhealthy.

The only exception could be the glycerol mist stuff. The glycerol is supposed to absorb smells and sink to the floor.

I find that air fresheners only mingle with unpleasant odors, creating a negative association, for me, of smells I normally like.

My landlord puts plug-ins on every floor of my apartment building. One week there was some sort of septic problem on the first floor, where there was also a lavender plug-in in the outlet. I now associate the smell of lavender with the smell of sewage.

Air fresheners just add another smell to the smell they're trying to mask, which just makes life worse.

It's not anti-fragrance to object to piling on odours in an attempt to conceal ones you don't like; you can't fix an oversalty dish by pouring in tons of salt.

So, yeay, no air freshener for me. And no scented candles, other than the smell of burning wax and wick...

I go the the Japanese grocery store, Mitsuwa, in Edgewater. They have some great air fresheners. I like the apple scents that come in cans. I also like these ones that sort of look like rabbits and other animals\. You unscrew the head to activate the scents and they are cute but not too cute. The smell isn't too over-powering, rose and orange are my favorites.

In my old place I would open a window. Here I don't have a window so whatever happens, happens. I am sensitive to scented products so no air fresheners, scented candles, incense, and don't get me started on dryer sheets.
Plus anything that features purple or pink or mint green gook that dissolves in the air is questionable.

i usually keep the window open, keep the bathroom clean, but i also have a little vanilla scented candle (ikea, $1.99! what can i say, i love a bargain) in there for guests and on an 'as needed' basis.

but i also find that my green tea bar soap keeps the room smelling nice and herbally-fresh, too....

I hate hate hate hate HATE air fresheners. They smell chemical-y, they cling to my hair, my clothes, my skin. Ugh. At least other bathroom scents dissipate pretty naturally with an open window and a fan. I generally detest perfumes in most of my other products, too, and will get perfume-free whenever possible.

I've always generally disliked things that were artificially scented, but I also may have an allergy; I've discovered that I'm allergic to the perfume in baby oil, certainly! (Makes me itch!) So, yeah, tea lights are fine, (real) flowers, fresh air, fans, yes. No smelly candles or air sprays.

I keep a plain ol candle in there if anyone needs to light it to cover a smell, otherwise the window opens and there is usually a nice smell in there from whatever shower scented products.

I love fragrant candles in my home, but i dont like any fragrant candles in the bathroom, as you come to associate a smell you liked well enough to buy the candle with bathrooms.

Fresh flowers from the garden, a tealight for, erm, bigger smells and a window cracked open (weather permitting).

I made my own air freshener, I have 2 Air Wick Decosphere that were used and where on their way to the recycle. Then I thought there was a way to save it so then I put some water with a couple drops on essential oil in it. WHallah

I like to use fresh air, candles, and spray depending on the situation. I don't like most floral sprays, so I use a natural pink-grapefruit-scented spray. I do agree with Clairepetrol's statement about beginning to associate a (once good) scent with the smell of a bathroom, so I try to vary the use of the pink grapefruit spray with lemon, orange, and mixed-citrus, sprays.

This may sound funny, but I've got a small bathroom and there's a catbox in the bottom of the linen closet. I always shake a little Mrs. Meyers Pet litter refresher (baking soda plus essential oils of clary sage, verbena and lavender) in there and the whole bathroom ends up smelling fresh, herbal and natural.