Would you use Febreeze? - Page 4

[phathui5]

I'd rather smell old urine or cigarette residue than the chemicals in febreeze!

I don't use Febreeze, but have smelled it at friends' houses. I wouldn't rather smell urine or cigarettes over Febreeze.

[ananas]

Not a lot, however, I do occasionally use it. I don't like the scented ones, only the unscented ones that diffuse smells in the air. I have 8 kittens here right now, it's one of the few things that's kept me sane with all the mess and smell.

[treeoflife3]

Originally Posted by mambera

I don't have any safety concerns with Febreze. The active ingredient is a corn starch-derived cyclic oligosaccharide and I don't see any reason to think it would be toxic. I do think an unscented version would be nice.

I don't have a lot of occasion to use it regularly these days but when I was in med skool I did use to use it on my nauseating scrubs from anatomy lab.

(For several of the PPs: Seriously you would rather have your home smell like vinegar and/or vodka than Febreze? I don't like the artificial scents either but *vinegar and vodka* isn't any kind of improvement!)

My house doesn't smell like vinegar or vodka. Both dry scentless. Unlike fabreze which just has those fancy pancy donut things grab the scent and then just fall and lay there with the flowery fake smell making things dirtier than they were in the first place.

I don't find fabreze to be the worst smell... I even kinda like it. I just have no desire to have any scent in my house that isn't natural. I like things to have no scent especially so if I light a candle, it isn't competing with other smells. It is the same reason I wash my body and hair with things that don't leave a scent... if I choose to wear some sort of perfume... it isn't competing

I like to keep things simple... especially scents.

[mystiquesmom]

H bought a bottle once several years ago, and we still have it. It gives me a headache. I usually do the vinegar or vodka mixtures if things get stinky.

[artemis33]

No way - I think it is gross. I'm another who is very sensitive to many synthetic fragrances - I get headaches.

I do like scented things, but I go for those with EOs instead.

[mamadelbosque]

I voted no way... but I have used it in the past, and would use it again in a pinch, but not on an everyday basis!!

[ThisCat]

Absolutely not. Not under any circumstances would I use Febreeze. Ew! Ew! Ew! I can't stand fake fragrances like that. So gross. I haven't met a stink yet that I couldn't cure with some combination of baking soda, tea tree oil, vinegar, water, some elbow grease, and fresh air or worst case scenario some Bac Out.

Also, for the life of me I do not understand the rationale of trying to cover up stink with more stink. I'd much prefer to clean whatever stinks than to try mask it. There's nothing worse than some horrible stink mixed with a heavy dose of "summer breeze" or whatever.

[Ruthiegirl]

I use what works and Febreeze does not work!

We use a mild bleach solution in the basement when our old cat misses the litter box. I have used vodka on the back of the sofa during a potty learning incident. Both worked great and left no smelly, flowery stink.

[Ola_]

I don't use Febreeze, and I don't have any, but if it were a dire situation and I couldn't get a nasty smell out in any other way I would try it. I would have to air out the item a lot after as I think the scent is really really strong. I did get a bottle of Febreeze when it first came out and used it, and even then I thought it smelled too strong. Now that I mostly use natural and less-scented products it's just way too much for me.

And I agree that cleaning with vinegar doesn't make things smell like vinegar. As it dries the vinegar smell goes away (never used vodka).

[~Demeter~]

I actually recently purchased a bottle... It had been years, YEARS since I had used it. I had two major stinky sort of incidents that nothing else I was using was getting rid of. My dog ate a stick of butter, it fell on the floor and she gobbled it up. She proceeded to find my side of the couch and puked ALL over it, in the cracks and crevices. I scrubbed this darn couch... I used vinegar, baking soda, borax, EO's and a combination of them all... nothing got rid of the nasty sour milk smell. NOTHING. I suffered for quite awhile but there is nothing so nasty as smelling sour milk... blech.

My daughter was also potty learning. She spent a lot of nakey time on my couch... you can see where this is going. The first couple of times she peed on the couch I tried an enzyme cleaner. It didn't fully get rid of the smell but it helped. I ran out of that and she had a MAJOR pee accident twice in one day on 2 different cushions.. and also the next day on my carpet. My house smelled like a fraternity.

Needless to say, that was when I became desperate enough to break my no chemicals rule and pick up a bottle of febreeze. It really helped and I would do it again. I hated coming into my house and smelling piss and vomit. Gross.

[MsVyky]

No way. When I was a teenager, I dated this gross guy who would Febreeze his socks instead of changing them. Now I associate the word with that. Blech.

[phathui5]

Ew. Seriously?

[rachelsmama]

Originally Posted by MsVyky

No way. When I was a teenager, I dated this gross guy who would Febreeze his socks instead of changing them. Now I associate the word with that. Blech.

What I don't get is: if Febreeze is supposed to "eliminate odours", what did they need to do to their fragrances to prevent them being eliminated?

In my case, one of the reasons I don't use it is that the aisle where it's sold smells like so many synthetic fragrances all mashed together that I just don't go there. I'd rather use things like vinegar that are sold in non vomit-inducing aisles.

[justmama]

i voted no, ewwww. Ummm, have you looked at the ingredient lists? not to mention febreeze gives me a massive scent headache. And I LOVE yummy smelling products. I use essential oils in my cleaning products and hair and body stuff all the time. but febreeze is nasty nasty stuff. And I'm no purist, I've used hand sanitizer and the occasional bleach and lysol in my life. It's not all baking soda and vinegar. But febreeze is nothing I would ever need for any reason I'm guessing. I've lived 29years of life without it.

[dbsam]

Originally Posted by mbhf

I use Bac-out like febreez, though, it works much better and the smell doesn't nauseate me.

I also use Bac-out. (I'm a Bac-out fanatic!)
My friend uses Febreeze...I get a migraine if I go over after she's used it.

[Siennaflower]

I've used it before and don't care for the scent. I like soy candles or baking something yummy instead.

[MsVyky]

Originally Posted by phathui5

Ew. Seriously?

Yeah. Gross right?

Originally Posted by rachelsmama

What I don't get is: if Febreeze is supposed to "eliminate odours", what did they need to do to their fragrances to prevent them being eliminated?

That is a thought for the ages

[becoming]

I only use it for odor emergencies.

[MusicalMeg]

I don't use it normally, but I have been known to use it once in a while. Like when we sold our house, we used febreeze to cover the dog smell when we showed the house. It's a great short term solution for people who like the smell (we got tons of feedback that the house smelled great) but it gives me a headache. I prefer a vinegar mix, or I just spritz a little nature's miracle around.

[KayleeZoo]

Also, for the life of me I do not understand the rational of trying to cover up stink with more stink. I'd much prefer to clean whatever stinks than to try mask it. There's nothing worse than some horrible stink mixed with a heavy dose of "summer breeze" or whatever

I cannot tolerate most synthetic fragrances, and the idea of covering a nasty smell up with something that smells nastier just doesn't work for me.

This thread reminded me that I need more Bac-Out!