Best way to scent a room with natural scents?

[metomeya]

Ya, so................uh.........

wondering what is the best way to sent a room, with natural scents?

[Leonardo]

Eat lots of garlic and beans, I would suppose.

[fatcat]

Eat lots of garlic and beans, I would suppose.


:thumbsup: beat me too it....I was just gonna say eat some mexican and let out a few farts.

i use scented candles...

[metomeya]

haha you guys crack me up

[metomeya]

seriously, anyone try candles or anything? any girls on this forum to give advice?

[Thrax]

Incense or candles. Pick your poison.

[Clutch]

I would go with an incense, candles seem real girly like, lol. If Lin is around I'm sure she can give you a womans advice.

[Thrax]

BOTH OF THEM ARE GIRLY. Deal with it.

[Lincoln]

So you want there to be a noticeable scent? If you're looking to get rid of a scent, use Febreeze. I used half a bottle on a pretty foul smelling carpet (and the futon while I was at it) in my dorm last year and it totally removed all traces of it.

[RWB]

I use the carpet powder stuff, and I clean with this new Windex Berry stuff, smells FANTASTIC! My cousins have these scented candles as well, the chicks love'em.

I guess the biggest thing is to keep taking the trash out consistently every couple days depending on the type of garbage and such because that stinks the apartment up, and to clean up(not just pick up) after every meal you cook, putting dishes in the dishwasher. Kitchens and bathrooms can easily make a small apartment smell not so fresh.

I also like keeping windows open on good days, or slightly open on cold days, fresh air is nice.

[bothered]

I don't like 'air fresheners' or any artificial smells in a room at all. You stop smelling them after a short while but the air is still full of chemicals. Just open a window.

[Nightwolf]

I burn incense in my room all the time. I really like the smell of vanilla candles.

[Leonardo]

Metamoya - I'll be serious this time. I would stay away from incense and candles. The scents might be intriguing to one person but might be stench to another.

I recommend what has already been mentioned, that is scent neutralizing, using Fabreeze (works just as well as advertised and leaves no scent) and fresh air. If you are in the middle of a big city, the fresh air part may not work for you. Consider also an "ionic" air purifier. They really work! The original is the Ionic Breeze, and then's the half price Ionic Pro (same thing, half the price), which we have. They are amazing.

[metomeya]

I guess i should be a bit more specific, i want different smells for reach room in my house. I want it to be light, and natural, no chemical smells (like those ones you plug). At the same time candles just seem to be dangerous.

So I guess incense be the best bet. But what types are there? Are there artical ones to stay away from? Anything that will give a smell to a room without burning/plugging something?

[Lincoln]

You could also do those plugin things. I dunno, candles, plugins, and incense are all releasing crap into the air to create the scent. I've heard of constant candle or incense burning creating a film on walls and furniture :-/

[metomeya]

I had this one candle, that we never burned but kept next to the refrigerator.

I smelled like cake batter! make me hungry every time I got a whiff.

[profdlp]

Get a dog. A big smelly hairy dog.

Or two medium-sized ones, such as I have. :rockon: :rockon:

[GHoosdum]

So far the most long-lasting natural scent contraption I've seen is this thing my mom got in her house: it's essentially a bottle of scented oil with some bamboo sticks poking out the top. The oil wicks up the bamboo stick and is released very slowly into the air. Her house has smelled like lilac or something for a couple weeks now, and the oil is only about 10% used.

My wife uses the scented oil plugins, and they last a week or so at the most for us. I wouldn't recommend them. Incense only lasts a couple minutes to an hour, depending upon the type and size of the stick.

[Leonardo]

I'm always amused by the definitions of "natural." I think there are as many definitions as there people who say the word. A smelly underarm is natural. Burning tobacco is just as natural or even more so than burning incense. LOL
Get a dog. A big smelly hairy dog.And wet it down once a day!

[Buddy J]

My horse leaves big "natural" piles out in our field. I'd be glad to send you some. It's just grass and water.

[GHoosdum]

My horse leaves big "natural" piles out in our field. I'd be glad to send you some. It's just grass and water.

That's basically the same as incense, anyway.

[profdlp]

My horse leaves big "natural" piles out in our field. I'd be glad to send you some. It's just grass and water.
That's basically the same as incense, anyway.
I never heard my Uncle Dean down on the farm cuss a blue streak because he stepped in some incense. ;)

[metomeya]

So far the most long-lasting natural scent contraption I've seen is this thing my mom got in her house: it's essentially a bottle of scented oil with some bamboo sticks poking out the top. The oil wicks up the bamboo stick and is released very slowly into the air. Her house has smelled like lilac or something for a couple weeks now, and the oil is only about 10% used.

My wife uses the scented oil plugins, and they last a week or so at the most for us. I wouldn't recommend them. Incense only lasts a couple minutes to an hour, depending upon the type and size of the stick.

From what I've been reading they have to cut the oils with synethic materials to be able to have the oils wick up the bamboo (they also use reeds). So I guess it wouldn't be natural...........:banghead:

[Thrax]

What is your obsession with natural? You afraid of catching the cancer through the air or something?

If you want a natural scent, buy some flowers.

Incense is synthetic.
Candles are synthetic.
Glade Plugins are synthetic.

The vicious cycle continues.

[Leonardo]

Try Fabreez (sp). That will eliminate almost all the odors in your room(s). That way you can start from a neutral baseline. Perhaps then you can bring in one scent emitting item at a time, such as flowers and decide what is the most pleasing to you.

[Crazy Joe]

I can scent a room my my natural scents... Come to think of it, I just did... ;)

[Jengo]

dude, just like... buy a bunch of plants and make your room into a jungle with your own monkeys that fling poo at each other, then like.. put on a loin cloth and like... roll around and scream funny noises..

that ought to bring in those natural scents. ;)

[profdlp]

Jengo, that sounds like some peoples idea of a great Saturday night. ;D