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    Old 03-30-2018, 08:46 PM
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    Originally Posted by Peckish
    I would think if you consider air sprays, you'd also have to consider things like grease from frying foods, candle/cigarette smoke, and Obnoxious Husband Poots.
    I literally LOL-ed!
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    Old 03-30-2018, 10:01 PM
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    I will eventually wash my quilts and any odor or smell would probably come out. I do like a clean smell so I will use Tide with fabreeze. I burn candles sometimes and I have spay air freshers in the bathrooms. I use plugin air fresheners throughout the house including the quilt room.

    Since i don't have any problems with smells or allergies I love to smell the Jasmines outside my bedroom window and the orange blossoms in the yard but my DD avoids going outside because she is very allergic to pollen.
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    Old 03-31-2018, 03:58 AM
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    I use air fresheners, if needed. Not paranoid about what's left behind. I do like to use the scented wax melties. As far as burning candles, no way! The smoke from candles do rise and can permeate things...and stain celings.....
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    Old 03-31-2018, 05:04 AM
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    After we cook onions or other stinky food we simmer some cloves on the stove....harmless and very effective.
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    Old 03-31-2018, 05:22 AM
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    Boston, those sprays are nasty. Read the labels.
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    Old 03-31-2018, 06:29 AM
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    In the past I used plug in air fresheners, until I noticed they were leaving a sticky residue on the unit itself and on the windowsilsl above them. Figured if there was a sticky residue there there would also be residue elsewhere. Now don't use anything but cloves boiled on top of stove for a few minutes.
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    Old 03-31-2018, 07:20 AM
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    SusieQoh,
    Oh Sweetie, I do not have any. I just started thinking when I saw the commercial last night.
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    Old 03-31-2018, 08:10 AM
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    All those grocery store air fresheners and scented candles are toxic. We are exposed to so many toxins we can't avoid, I certainly avoid the ones I can. A diffuser with GOOD essential oils is my chosen method. The only trouble with that is with the rising popularity of essential oils, there are many adulterated ones on the market. I have one going right beside my design wall and don't worry about the fabric.
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    Old 03-31-2018, 01:56 PM
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    Ditto. And if the air freshener is oil based, imagine what breathing that in all day, every day, is doing to your lungs.
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    Old 03-31-2018, 02:01 PM
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    I have allergies and occasionally shop in thrift stores and pick up fabrics while shopping. From personal experience, I can tell you that perfumes and air fresheners penetrate fabrics, even if they are in closed cabinets. At the very least, I have to wash those fabrics twice to get the scent out.
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