Whilst I was cuddled up to family member's Aga when it was chilly I noticed she had an Ambi Pur plugged in and it made her kitchen smell really nice. Then in another room there was a bottle with reeds that were scented. I sometimes use Sense & Spray and although I like scented candles don't trust myself to remember to put them out.

What's your favourite air freshener?

Any artificial scents like those make me wheeze, so I don't use any. Dogs must suffer badly, with their extremely acute sense of smell. If the air needs freshening I open a window.

I love Glade 'clean linen' and Febreze Mist 'cotton fresh', but I don't spray very often, about once per week at the most.

I've had several differnet types of plug-ins and automatic squirty jobbies, but they all give me a headache and/or make me 'chesty', don't want to risk them with my son either who has started suffering with migrain, which can be triggered with strong smells. Such a shame as I love the smell of them.

I too open the windows for a nice blast of fresh air. I've been cussing a lot today, as it's been the perfect day for freshening the house, but every time I open a window all I can smell is a flipping bonfire

I use Yankee Candle plug in's currently and also anything to do with their candles.. Love them..

We do have sprays in the toilets, but much prefer Yankee!!! :-)

Not wishing to frighten anyone but it is said that the plug in air fresheners cause house fires... They are left on all the time and can get too hot and start a fire. I used to us them but do not any more...just as I do not go out and leave dogs at home with dishwasher/washer or T/Dryer on. The thought of the girlies being stuck indoors with a house fire frightenes the life out of me!
I also rely on an open window, a freshener in the hoover and a squirt of something nice if we have a particular problem.
Aileen

PS See here :- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-497446/Plug-air-freshener-overheats-sparks-house-fire.html There are conflictig views (as always) but I preferr not to take the risk

Another Yankee Candle fan, although I use the wax tablets that you melt in a burner thingy. I also use Nag Champa joss sticks and frankincense.

I'm the same as Merlot on the appliance front, I won't leave anything on if I'm not in, one of my mum's friends house went on fire when she went out and left the washing machine on, sadly her cat was killed, put the wind up me when I heard about it .

My friend's had a similar situation, forgot candles on the table, went out in a rush with the dogs and returned to a burnt kitchen. Now it's been mentioned I was quite wheezy after I left that house with the air fresheners going. Normally I have doors and windows open, (except when it rains) but my OH still thinks it smells doggy here (I can't smell it though, ignorance is bliss).

I various fresheners.

I have reed diffusers , and the febreze new small slot in ones ( can't remember what the are called) in various places in the house then spray ones for the bathrooms ( human smells :-) ) then fabric freshners for the girls beds and carpets ( we have wood and tiles in all but our downstairs bedroom )

During the days where windows and doors can be open then this is reduced but I am abit paranoid about wiffy dog smells :-)

> Any artificial scents like those make me wheeze, so I don't use any. Dogs must suffer badly, with their extremely acute sense of smell. If the air needs freshening I open a window

Ditto, JG :) Horrible artificial scents and I hate to think what the long-term affects are :( Much better to have bread baking or fresh flowers in the house :)

yep another yankee fan I love the fresh cotton sent and use the tarts and the car freshener dangly things in the bathroom and toilet. I also spray with neat mistral bubblegum scent

I have the natural smell of the house occasionally mixed with the smell of the washing drying on radiators and doors! :-D I think the natural smell is provided by lots of wood and zoflora on the floors and in a bucket on standby haha

Doggy whiffs are provided by the two windy bottoms until the aroma fades ( everyone in the house are used to it, lol, but particularly noxious fumes are helped on there way by an open window! ;-) )

Can't have the spray matic ones in the house as it makes my oldie wheeze,pant and cough and as he *arts everytime he coughs the smell is replaced by his noxious offerings anyway.
Once when I used one of those Glade spray freshners,it fell over and sprayed directly onto my varnished fire surround and took off the varnish!!!! What it must do to your lungs I wonder as it makes me feel tight chested.
I occasionally use joss sticks.

Folks that get wheezy should take a look at Frankincense, it's a natural resin so shouldn't cause a problem, you burn it in those burny candle things ( I know all the jargon eh ? lol ) you can buy it on line.

Have always been wary of using air freshners with dogs and their sense of smell, what I find pleasant wonder if they find overwhelming. If I do use them, ban them from the room for a couple of hours and open windows. The worst is the sitting room (especialy in winter) where they take over the sofa, but again open a window at night and once we start using the fireplace find the draught from that helps!

Have tried the Reed diffusers - smells too strong to me made me feel sick and gave me a migraine, OH and DS were wheezing like gooduns :(

Tried the plugins - same story and they smelled foul!

Was at SIL's and she had the automatic one that sprays when people pass - I almost passed out with the pong!  again DH and DS were wheezing.   Felt sorry for their dog who had to live with it and kept asking to go out in the garden :(

Having laminate floors and leather sofas I don't worry about smells too much, the dogs aren't stinky either, their beds are washed in Bio, or Mistral if they are a bit whiffy.

For freshening up a room, if I can't open the windows, I use a plant spray with Lavender, Geranium and Eucalyptus essential oils - a good shake and spray makes all the difference :)

For sudden bad smells or when visitors are expected  I use OUST - just a quick spray in the room works a treat ;)

> Having laminate floors and leather sofas I don't worry about smells too much

That's the answer.  The only real way to keep doggie odours at bay is to have as many hard surfaces as possible and keep the little blighters away from anything, like fabrics, that are not readily damp dusted.....and often.  And open windows of course :)

>>Once when I used one of those Glade spray freshners,it fell over and sprayed directly onto my varnished fire surround and took off the varnish!!!! What it must do to your lungs I wonder as it makes me feel tight chested.

With the plug in ones, parrots can drop dead within few minutes of plugging one in!!
They have sensitive lungs but if it can kill an animal like that, I don't want to think what long term use can do to our lungs...

The e-mail regarding plug ins causing fires that went around a few years ago was a hoax.  Not really heard of any proof of it causing any.

I'm another who doesn't use air fresheners a good steam clean every so often and the house smells lovely and fresh.

I use a plug in,in the hall only,been using the glade ess oil one,clean linen,a friend told me to try the pink plug in from asda,cheap and lovely

Sheila

the very berry one from asda is nice and only £1 which is amazing value.  I don't leave them on for long, just short bursts and never if I am going out.  They tend to go on if I have guest due as they help drown out the smell of dog farts which the dogs conveniently develop when we have guests round!

the asda very berry one doesn't smell as synthetic as some of the other types I have