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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 03:43 PM
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What is your favorite indoor air freshener scent?
I've no real favorites, but would love to know about yours!!
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 03:49 PM
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1. Fresh air!
I never used that scented stuff, anyway. Too much crap in them.

If I want a great smell in my place, I'll bake something, or put some coffee on (though I don't drink it, just love the smell :silly: ).
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 04:04 PM
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3. me too
I don't like chemicals.

The irritate me and make me sneeze. I might use a scented candle or incense if I want a scent in the air, usually I just open a door if it's not too cold outside.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 04:09 PM
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4. I like incense
Frankincense, or a combination I have of Frankincese and myrrh.

I had a bird for so many years, so I couldn't use it. Now that he's gone, I should start using it again...:hi:

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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 05:55 PM
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6. I can't stand incense
Gives me a headache every time. Generally, I think you need to be careful with scents. You get used to them so you don't realize that visitors are being knocked over by them.

I do admit to using the occasional scented candle when I think there's a kitty litter smell in the house. Floral, usually, although Yankee candles makes one called Christmas Wreath that smells just like a Christmas tree. I like that one around Christmas.

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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 07:18 PM
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8. Same here!
:hi: I have two scented candles---one is vanilla, and the other is caramel. I use them on the rare occasion that I want a candle burning. But regular "comfort food" smells like coffee and cookies are hard to beat. :D
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 09:08 PM
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13. I don't think
I could ever get a caramel-scented candle - I'd be too tempted to eat it. :P
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 02:12 AM
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21. fresh air is good too!
i open everything up on the weekends.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 03:57 PM
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2. I use a lavender spray in the bedroom but a good one, not Glade
I also put the lavender water in my steam iron when I iron cotton pillow shams. I also spray my sheets. Lavender water is an old world room scenter. You can also put lavender in a little dish as potpourri. It is nice, delicate and conducive to sleep.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 04:15 PM
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5. Lavender for me as well
I also spray it on my sheets for sleeping. I don't iron with it but I keep lavender sprigs in my linen closet.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 07:17 PM
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7. hashish
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 08:26 PM
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9.  orange and clove!
I also have a Yankee Midsummers Night in the bathroom

and a christmas cookie for the xmas season (smells good enough to eat)
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 08:32 PM
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10. I used some of the natural orange citrus spray when we were in Orlando.
That's kind of traditional in that part of the State of Florida.

Here in Oregon, I burn fruit scented candles when I have a chance.

Tonight, it's dark at 5:30 PM, so I think I'll light a couple of candles when I go upstairs.

Thanks for your post.

Radio_Lady in Oregon
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querelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 08:35 PM
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11. Cinnamon
I break up a cinnamon stick and simmer it in a pot of water for a few hours. Since the extractor fan in my kitchen is a cheap piece of shit, I have to do something to get rid of cooking odours and cinnamon works nicely.

Q
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 09:11 PM
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14. Sounds neat - and inexpensive too.
:thumbsup:
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 06:43 AM
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23. Mulling spices, including cinnamon for me
It gets moisture into the air and the place smells great!
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 08:43 PM
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12. I have 2 Yankee Candles plugin air fresheners going.
Both have Pumpkin Spice in them. I like Autumn Leaves and their pine scented products too. I don't really have a favortie. I like to change them up when they run out of oil.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 09:12 PM
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15. Vanilla
a few drops in a pan of water on the stove.

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SoyCat Donating Member (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 11:39 PM
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16. Just a bowl of dried lavender.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-29-06 11:40 PM
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17. usually French Vanilla...
Edited on Sun Oct-29-06 11:42 PM by petersond
but the hazelnut creme, and banana nut bread candles I have are...freakin awesome...when they are lit, it almost smells like someone is cooking cake...seriously.

A few months back on was online(DU of course) and my wife was in the kitchen, and she lit the banana nut bread candle...I was pretty hungry, and then I smelled, what I thought was a cake baking...I ask my wife, what are you cooking, its making me hungry...she replies "nothing, why?"

I was stunned...the candle tricked me, and no cake...:( A sad day at petersond's house...















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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 01:07 AM
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18. Eau de wet dog
I just hose him down, then let him lie down wherever...
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 01:13 AM
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19. Citrus
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 02:11 AM
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20. i have a few
my main one is nag champa incense. can't beat it, it's a classic! after that one is padmini incense, in the blue package...mmmmmm!

i also go mainstream with bath and body works wallflowers. i've tried quite a few of them and am currently using the passion fruit one. coconut lime is good too, that is, if you like the fruity scents. i have mine by the front door, so that when you open the door, the fragrance gets you right away. i'm very "scentsual". ;)
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 02:28 AM
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22. Panther Piss
;)

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