The best smell is no smell when it comes to selling your house. No Plugins, pleeeease! Their overpowering sticky-sweet florals are a turn off. (How did the inventor of Plugins get past the Sharks?)
While most homes don't smell offensive, it doesn't hurt to be proactive. Prophylactic air care is what I say! I don't think I have ever walked into a Master Suite Closet that didn't have the owner's personal H.O. We all have unique chemistry and it resides within our clothes and shoes.
Part of my job as a stager is to research products to help my clients. I've tried all manner of odor eliminators. For the sake of brevity, I shant list them all. Formerly, I recommended Renuzit Pure Breeze Odor Neutralizer ($3.49). Now, I have found one that, in the words of Tina Turner, "Is the best. Is simply the best. Better than all the rest."
Drum roll:
Zep commercial
Air & Fabric Odor Eliminator
"Eliminates odors in the air and on surfaces, leaving a fresh scent"
Izzie, my Malti-Poo, and I are partial to the "Blue Sky" fragrance. I've never smelled the sky, but apparently someone has and decided to bottle it.
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Izzie doesn't run under the bed and hide when I twirl around the house spritzing Zep. I think she appreciates the smell of the sky in the house as well.
I bought my Zep air freshener at Home Depot for only $2.98!
Let Me Know
If you've found an air freshener that you prefer, by all means, let me know. If you care to hear about some of my other product picks, let me know. If you want me to stop posting about the boring business of air fresheners, let me know.
(Nope. The folks at Zep didn't pay me for this fine endorsement.)
I absolutely need this advice! With cats and dogs in the house, I am very aware of the stench and I hate it. I am currently using Odor Eliminator scent from Bath & Body Works ( recommended by a house cleaning service) but I have 5 of these around the house and have to replace them monthly.
ReplyDeleteThank you for passing this info on, I am certainly going to try ZEP. Love your Izzie- she would like my Nicholas, perhaps.
xo Nancy
Glad I could recommend help Nancy! I haven't tried the one you mentioned from Bath & Body works. I'm guessing they are solids? I bet Izzie would love sweet Nicholas!
DeleteNot selling, have no pets, but I feel like ZEP would be a great idea. One isn't aware of "their" odor!
ReplyDeletePatty you clean your windows daily! I'm sure there is no H.O. in your house!
DeleteI hate that "master bedroom" smell - you know when you walk into someones bedroom and it smells like a human den. This would be a great thing to use there.
ReplyDeleteWe use those air freshener filters from the dollar store - I just tuck one under a chair or a dresser and it "eats" the odors for a long time. They don't really have a fragrance either. And that's one of the things that bothers me about some of these sprays.
Next time I'm at that store I'll get some of this to give it a try.
Never heard of the air freshener filters for the Dollar Store! I will definitely check them out. Let me know what you think about Zep, Heather.
DeleteI'm always interested in a new to me product...can't wait to try!
ReplyDeleteHi Beth and Kristie, I don't know if Zep is a new product-- but it is new to me. Let me know what you think.
DeleteThanks for this great tip!!! I am forwarding this to my husband...hopefully he'll make a Home Depot trip! I think its the running shoes in our closet...or our new puppy...even though out house is clean!
ReplyDeleteWhile I love me some Zep, I recommend Bounce Dry Sheets be put in running shoes. The seem to help absorb the odor. But nothing replaces putting running shoes outside in the sunshine for an afternoon of airing!
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