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? asked in Home & GardenCleaning & Laundry · 1 decade ago

Help me make my house smell lovely?

I am having people come to my house all the time now for my job and since nobody can smell their own house, I want to make sure mine smells good. I`m lighting candles every day, opening windows, I`ve heard about boiling sticks of cinnamon, but I only have ground cinnamon. Can I still use that?

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    If you are having people over to your house as part of your job - you will need to think about balancing a fresh smell with the potential of 'too much of a good thing'. Many air freshening products can cause problems for people with allergies or asthma There are some allergy free solutions though:

    1. A clean house is the first and most important step

    2. purchase a bottle of natural peppermint extract and some cotton balls. Put a few drops in each cotton ball and place around your home for a fresh but not overpowering scent (you can do the same think with a natural lemon or orange extract).

    3. grow herbs - basil and rosemary have lovely fragrances

    4. make your own spray freshener - put 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1 tablespoon of white vinegar in a clean spray bottle. Once the fizzing sops, add 2 cups of warm water. Wait to make sure that there is no more foaming, and then put in the spray attachment. Shake before using. It does not leave a vinegary smell - just fresh air.

    5. For a short-term 'fix' boil one of the following in a saucepan - a few apple slices and some cinnamon Sticks or ground), a few slices of lemon, or a few slices of orange.

    Good luck!

  • 1 decade ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Make sure your home is clean. No hidden dirt. Wash all fabric that can be washed, like small rugs and drapes, or spray them with a fabric spray like Febreeze. Then, get some dryer fabric softener sheets and hide them all over your house in drawers, under furniture, in the air vents.

    Cooking and pets are the worst offenders for making homes smell. Ensure your pet is clean and avoid cooking smelly foods if you know company is coming.

  • 1 decade ago

    I use the wooden sticks in the scented liquid. They last WAY longer than anything else like glade plugins or the like. They smell great, look great and you get your moneys worth. I have them in my home and office! I hated changing the cartridges and buying all the refills in those glade plugins, and febreeze doesn't last long at all. The plug ins also look gross after a few months so you eventually have to buy more of those too.

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    a chum of mine offered a house that regarded clean. yet after an afternoon or 2 he observed that the domicile smelled humorous. It replaced into using him loopy. He ought to no longer come across what the scent replaced into. It replaced into no longer cigarette smoke or foodstuff or animal injuries. as quickly as I went over to domicile (a small domicile, fortunately) I requested him who have been the individuals who offered him the domicile. He mentioned it replaced into an quite previous couple, one in each of whom replaced into unwell and were for some years. i replaced into no longer shocked by using fact it smelled to me vaguely like a scientific institution. no longer a solid subject. We have been given one in each of those sponge mops and he washed the ceilings, and that i washed the partitions with a answer of water and Clorox. Then he washed the flooring (a million.wood, 2. tile interior the showering room & kitchen) with a million. "Murphy's Squirt & Mop" oil floor cleansing soap for wood flooring, and a pair of. with "technique" Lavender All purpose cleanser. Then after placing out all the domicile windows he boiled a pot of water with cloves, cinnamon and apples and enable it simmer for some hours. That labored. yet i visit alert you it replaced right into a tedious activity. Get helpers. maximum so-noted as air cleaners will in basic terms artwork for an extremely short while. you may desire to do away with despite this is this is inflicting the scent. despite if this is invisible mildew i'm hoping this is on surfaces you are able to attain. in specific cases mildew is in air vents, baseboards, the tops of doors the place you regularly can not see something, room moldings, decrease than the refrigerator, air con vents, dissimilar places. i might attempt the defined technique in one room until now tackling the full domicile. If it particularly works, then large. solid success. You for sure are an extremely clean domicile guy or woman and that i'm specific this is totally stressful to you. additionally, you sound such as you're from Britian or Australia or NZ, so which you should could desire to apply diverse products. yet i'm specific you will discover comparable products.

  • 1 decade ago

    No, ground cinnamon is a totally different chemical composition than cinnamon.

  • 1 decade ago

    bake something, even the store bought cinnamon rolls smell fantastic, and you can offer your co workers a treat when the come as an added bonus.

  • 1 decade ago

    candels are goooodd!!!

    also, if u put some vanilla on a pan and bake it....or bake cookies!

    if u dont have any pets, or u dont smoke...ur house should smell good already!

    but if u hav a pet, ur house doesnt always smell bad! my doesnt, and most of my friend's dont either! smokers...thier houses always smell bad..

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    get the glade things

  • 1 decade ago

    I use candles and febreze.

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