Adverts for Home Fragrance

I don't get annoyed by ads because I never really watch them. But I have never bought any of these products - I prefer good unscented fresh air in my home - and the bonus is that it's free! I hate to think of all the extra unwanted chemicals they put into the environment.

No, you are NBU!
There's no way I'd want to fill my house or douse my laundry with these horrible synthetic smells.
Last month, SO and I checked into a hotel and, within minutes of arriving, I was coughing my lungs up, my skin was red and I had a splitting headache.
The reason? One of those vile plug-in "air fresheners" plugged into a socket in a dark corner so it took a while to locate it.
We immediately unplugged it and put it outside on the windowsill, adding a note for the cleaners politely requesting that it was not reinstated during our stay. Fortunately, the weather was good but, even with a fan and open windows, it took hours to get rid of the stink.
It's not the first time this has happened in various hotels or B&Bs and I'm firmly of the opinion that the use of these things in public spaces should not be permitted.

What's wrong with opening a window and good old fresh air?
I have memories of MIl giving a DD what she called a fragrant Freddie for Christmas.
The Christmas lunch was late because DH was held up at work and we had fizz when he came in. MIL phoned to say Happy Christmas by then I had retreated to bed. I could hear DD saying"She's in bed with a bucket because of your Fragnent Freddie". MIL did not speak to me for a while but we got no more Freddies.

Oh this is one of my hated things , how on earth is spraying chemicals better than a good scrub with hot water and opening the windows
I’m a fan of bicarbonate and vinegar to clean and remove smells
And that stupid ad , flushing the loo without closing the lid ! What do they think the lid is for ?

I agree with the above comments, however a good part of my income comes from a global company who manufactures these products.

I have a panel of people around 200 who test the prototypes and feed back, we did a test a few days ago involving 50 people to check one aspect of the design, in September we will repeat the same test with 100 people!

By the time it reaches the supermarket shelves every aspect of the product will have been tested extensively.

My panel members are huge consumers of air care and some spend hundreds of pounds every year.

We have a local company that makes fragrant diffusers and scented candles. Most are called after places in the lakes but a few are from the west. I bought my DDs one each as a joke for Christmas and to support local businesses. One assures me that Cleator Moor smells of clean washing and not the chip shop that Lowrie painted. The other got St.Bees that has family associations and says it just smells of clean sea air. So maybe there are some out there that are not so bad. I still prefer clean air from an open window and washing dried outside not tumbled with a perfumed sheet.

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No, you are NBU!
There's no way I'd want to fill my house or douse my laundry with these horrible synthetic smells.
Last month, SO and I checked into a hotel and, within minutes of arriving, I was coughing my lungs up, my skin was red and I had a splitting headache.
The reason? One of those vile plug-in "air fresheners" plugged into a socket in a dark corner so it took a while to locate it.
We immediately unplugged it and put it outside on the windowsill, adding a note for the cleaners politely requesting that it was not reinstated during our stay. Fortunately, the weather was good but, even with a fan and open windows, it took hours to get rid of the stink.
It's not the first time this has happened in various hotels or B&Bs and I'm firmly of the opinion that the use of these things in public spaces should not be permitted.

Am with you there 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I’ve felt nauseous a few times in friends houses and then realised they have plug ins.

Admit to liking Lenor tho

SAGO My panel members are huge consumers of air care and some spend hundreds of pounds every year.

Apologies Sago, I am not trying to be disrespectful to you personally here but ‘air care’? Really? How ridiculous has society become if that is now a thing. Is there not something deeply disturbing in deliberately filling the air with chemicals and calling that care while so much effort is going into trying to remove other air bourne pollutants. No matter how much testing your company might do there are still people like me who will be sucking on our asthma inhalers in direct response to even the most fragrant of chemicals.

Unfortunately if a company spots a gap in the market they go for it.
Then convince consumers it’s the best thing since sliced bread. We don’t need it, we just need to be huge consumers of air, breathe in breathe out.

Near to me, planning permission for a small block of flats was refused because the builder wanted to include windows which could open. 😮

There is a source of noise nearby and the planning dept wanted them to have non-opening windows to reduce noise in the flats, plus air conditioning.

The builders did not want to comply with that and, I think, probably felt that being unable to have fresh air inside would make their flats unattractive to buyers / renters.

If I were to live there I would much prefer the option to open & close windows as necessary, making my own decisions about the noise level.

(I'd also be worried about the difficulty of getting out, in case of fire.)

Artificial air fresheners, especially the ones that pump out aromas, can be a nightmare for asthmatics.

Hate them. Some of them trigger my migraine.