How to have a delightfully aromatic home...

My son has, for many years, used the plastic-bag conditioner refills (intact) in his car for just such a purpose.
Much more effective and cheaper than other deodorants.

He just pops it under his seat and the car smells lovely for months.

Then it's relegated to the laundry!

I suffer badly from hay fever, when I used conditioner it badly effected my breathing much better since I stopped using it, use small cup of white vinegar in final rinse it separates any pollen from wash but does not smell, so no worries about people assuming I work in fish & chips shop

We were in rented accommodation after we sold our house about 20yrs ago when our children were teens. It had very pale green carpets throughout.
Youngest son was carrying a full plate of spag bol through to the dining room and tripped up. He fell almost flat on his face but somehow managed to keep his plate level. I don't know how he did it. a nearly spillage story.

I might try a liberal application of fabric conditioner to make my flat smell nice.
Despite my having emptied the bins and lighted a candle, there is still a faint whiff of poopy nappy, courtesy of my toddler grandson!

Many years ago when my children were toddlers, I’d dragged them to a supermarket and done a huge shop for Christmas. When we got home I felt exhausted and frazzled after struggling with somewhere to park, the checkout queues, and everything else that went with food shopping at that time of year.

While lugging the many many bags in, one split and a large glass bottle of ribena smashed and splattered everywhere. Keeping my cool is one of the things I’m still quite proud of. I’ve never bought it since!

I once dropped a bottle of Guinness on my kitchen floor. It's amazing just how far a small bottle of this lovely liquid can spread - it just kept giving, and had a lovely 'head' on it. My kitchen smelled like a brewery for days afterwards.

Not a tip but my sons cousin when little decided to help her mum clean. She emptied a bottle of cooking oil onto the sofa to dust it. ... to say the air was blue is an understatement

When DD was a toddler she picked up a tin of paint and dropped it on the lounge carpet, it was black gloss.
We did manage to get it all off but it was a race against time before it dried. Fabric softener smells a lot nicer than paint.

Love these stories! Will never look at a bottle of fabric conditioner in The same way again. Those of you suggesting vinegar and/or bicarb; how much and when and where do you add it?

Oh thanks for the laugh - every something has a silver lining.

I spilled a bottle of fabric conditioner onto a carpet. I never did manage to clear it up properly . It left a stain and after a while it began to smell. Eventually, I had the carpet professionally cleaned and the man who did that came back twice to make sure the smell had gone. I am really careful with those conditioner bottles now.
Good tip about second hand cars.?

When DS2 was young and irresponsible (as opposed to middle aged and semi-responsible), he bought a beer kit from Boots. He was decanting it into containers on my gate-legged kitchen table but hadn't secured one of the leaves. Result - 40 pints of beer all over my kitchen floor which had carpet tiles. Cats were paddling in it and every tile had to be picked up and put out in the garden. The house smelt like a brewery for weeks. Unforgettable - and I've never let him forget it.

A spill of oil is easier to clean up if you throw a bag of lour on it !

Oh jenkins - you made that sound so funny but I'm sure it wasn't, particularly the stone steps and your back. Having read these replies I think I got off lightly! At least it was all over in a couple of hours, involved a pleasant smell and as commented, under the cooker, fridge and dishwasher the tiles are spotless.

my washing machine is in the garage off my kitchen along with my fridge-freezer..left the conditioner on top of the washing machine with top not screwed on properly..I then slipped on the spilt mess landed with my back on the stone step and pulled the door off the fridge trying to get up ..comfort wasn't the word I used....

Just re-read my post. Why oh why does "greenfly" get changed to " friendly " ????

Unpacking a tin of gloss paint (British Racing Green), dropped it over our first ever brand new, wool, sitting room carpet.
Spent many many hours with a metal fish slice, dustpan, rags and turps cleaning it up, whilst fending off “help” from 5 children.
I did get it all off eventually. It was a spill of ginormous proportions but with persistence and lots of shampooing after the event, even the smell was gone...
Unlike the spilt milk in the footwell of the car that just would not budge!

I feel for you Rosina having done something similar. Fortunately, the conditioner bottle was only about half full. I'd put the top on but not secured it as I intended to use it again. Later I picked it up to move it but it slipped through my fingers and bounced on the floor. it didn't break and only about a quarter of what was in the bottle spilled or splashed around. It was a nightmare to clear up and very very slippy. It smelled lovely for ages though.

Tips:

Use bicarbonate of soda instead of conditioner.

Soak a clean dishcloth in a fabric conditioner mixed with water then hang over airer or radiator to dry and it fragrances your rooms lovely.

I managed to spill a bottle of olive oil in the caravan. It took weeks to get it all up but floor was nice and shiny!

Awful isn't it to enjoy reading about others' disasters? Thank you all for your spillage stories. My own experience of something similar (although no large quantity of liquids involved) was when we had just moved into our first house.
The elderly lady next door kindly came round with a tray of tea and biscuits, complete with (now collectable) green 'Beryl' teapot, cups, saucers and milk jug.
We stupidly dumped it on the old enamel draining board which immediately gave way. Fortunately our local hardware store sold Beryl tableware and we were able to replace, but our neighbour was somewhat frosty ever after.

Worst spillage, olive oil. Took ages to clear up but at least it's good for the wooden floor ( advised by ENT consultant not to have carpets). Hate spilling something just as I'm serving up a meal !

I get more sensitive to smells and sprays as I get older. I am currently recovering from spraying the friendly on my roses, think I'll give in to them in future. Don't use fabric conditioners or air fresheners or perfume.

Oh dear! I sincerely feel for everyone who has posted on this thread with their own spillage disasters. Fortunately, the only major mishap I had was as a teenager helping with "tea" one night after school. I thought I could easily open a 2lb bag of frozen peas in the same way as we would open a packet of crisps, how wrong I was. Yes, you've guessed it, peas all over the kitchen but I did manage to get a few dozen in the saucepan!

Just a little tip in case people are unaware, spillages of cooking oil, melted lard etc and broken eggs clean up much easier if covered in salt first and left for a few minutes.

Years ago, I was painting the woodwork in he kitchen with a sort of marine blue gloss paint. DS1 aged about two and curious, dipped one foot complete with new leather boot into the paint pot....

Chaos!

Oh bless you. You've kept your sense of humour against all the odds. Sorry to laugh.