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On a related note, a lot of folks feel air fresheners actually make the air fresh. Don't they usually just hide the smell?
by pcx 7y ago
On a related note, a lot of folks feel air fresheners actually make the air fresh. Don't they usually just hide the smell?
- 0xBA5ED 7y agoEasy brain hack. Name your thing what you want people to think it does.
- jojo2000 7y agoTotally, the reality is : smell is masked and air is full of chemical components harmful to your health [0]. Our olfactory receptors are there to protect us. It should be noted that persons with bad perception of odors are closer to their end [1]. At least, use some natural products which may be dangerous, but for those, our body has had generations of evolution to tolerate those. There is nothing like odour destruction. It's just tricking the nose into believing that another scent is around. Odours add in bizarre ways. If something smells bad, 1) open the window and 2) solve the root cause. [0] https://www.considerable.com/home/cleaning-organizing/are-air-fresheners-bad-for-you/ https://www.considerable.com/home/cleaning-organizing/are-ai... [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561743/
- peterwwillis 7y agoHiding a smell is air freshening. If you're thinking of purifying, that's a separate thing.
- blattimwind 7y agoNo, replacing foul air with fresh outside air is air freshening.
- peterwwillis 7y agoThe parent is talking about a literal air freshener, not removing and replacing air.
- bovermyer 7y agoCorrect. Unless they're based on whatever chemical combination makes Febreeze work, in which case it does actually eliminate odor. There's a fascinating story behind the invention of Febreeze.
- zamadatix 7y ago"The use of cyclodextrin as a sprayable odor absorber was patented by Procter & Gamble until November 24, 2019." Interesting note on the patent from Wikipedia.