What smells like "clean" to you? When your house is clean, what's the smell that signals that to you? Is it?

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Scent alone does not mean clean to me. But I usually use citrus scented cleaning products. It is hard to say that something is clean just because it smells good.

You can spray an air freshener all around a room, but if there is dust and dirt all over everything, it is still not clean. I like scents a lot. When I clean my house, I usually prefer citrus smells like orange and lemon.

And when I do laundry, I love the smell of Tide Clean Breeze. For scented candles, I like tropical scents. But the best example I can ever remember of something smelling clean was several years ago.

I spent two weeks in France visiting many beautiful OLD buildings. After a few days, I got used to the smell of the old, musty buildings, most of which would have been considered "clean" despite the lingering scents. When I finally arrived back home and opened my apartment door, I realized what "clean" smelled like.It was the LACK of a scent that smelled clean to me then.

My apartment was just a few years old, and I lived by myself so it was always neat and tidy. The was no stale, old, musty air, no air freshener, no cleaning products, and since no one had been in the apartment for two weeks, no smell of a person.It was the simple smell of nothing that smelled so clean to me. Rarely have I been able to re-capture that "clean" smell that I smelled that day.

And now that I have a 50+ year old house, I will never have that smell of "nothing" again, so I have to make due with masking with air fresheners and cleaning products. This was an interesting question to answer.

Citrus - lemon, orange, etc. Many cleaning products include this aroma in their products, so I have come to associate these smells with cleanliness.

Clean to me, no more unpleasant odors in indoor spaces plus perfumey" smell in the air. aromaweb.com/recipes/rafresh.aspSome DIY Air FreshnerAir FreshenerIngredients: * 4 oz. Clean spray bottle with a fine mist setting (do not use a bottle that previously contained cleaning products or hair products such as hair spray).

* 30-40 drops of your favorite essential oil or essential oil blend keeping the safety data of the chosen essential oil(s) in mind * 1.5 ounces of distilled water and 1.5 ounces of high-proof alcohol (vodka is suitable, rubbing alcohol is not) or 3 ounces of distilled water. Example blends of essential oils that may be used: * 20 drops lime * 14 drops bergamot * 4 drops ylang ylang * 2 drops rose * 15 drops clary sage * 9 drops lemon * 6 drops lavende * 20 drops rosemary * 8 drops grapefruit * 4 drops peppermint * 2 drops spearmint (optional) * 15 drops bergamot * 15 drops spearmintBe sure and take heed in the safety data for the oil(s) you choose to use since an air freshener, by its nature, will come in contact with all those in your household. Directions: Fill the spray bottle with the choice of either 1.5 ounces of distilled water and 1.5 ounces of alcohol or 3 ounces of distilled water.(Even though a 4 oz.

Bottle is suggested, leave about 1 oz. Unfilled so you can shake the bottle well between uses. ) Then, add 30-40 drops of essential oil.

Essential oils can very in strength. You may want to try 20 drops at first especially if you live in a household with someone who is sensitive to strong aromas. Shake the bottle prior to each use, and let it sit for about a day before making a conclusion that the aroma is too weak; the aroma can change after the air freshener has had time to sit.

Mist lightly in the room. Be especially careful not to allow the air freshener mist fall onto furniture or into open beverages. http://www.momsbudget.com/cleaners/vanillaair.htmlAromatic Vanilla Air Freshener Recipe1/4 c.

Baking soda4 c. Warm water1 tsp vanilla extractEucalyptus essential oilCombine baking soda, vanilla extract and essential oil in a spray bottle. Slowly pour warm water into bottle, stirring gently.To use, set the spray bottle on mist, and spray.

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For me, it's when I don't smell anything. No scent of dirty dishes, no garbage yet-to-be-taken-out, and no litter-box smell from our cats. When I walk in to the apartment after being at work all day and don't smell anything at all, that's when I know it's clean.

Of course, a scented candle smell is nice too, but if it's covering up something else, that's not OK. In my opinion that smells worse than just the stinky smell alone. Lazylightning's Recommendations Heavy-Duty Can Liner, 13 Gallon, 24"x31", White Amazon List Price: $19.73 lazylightning's Recommendations Cascade 2-in-1 Action Pacs Dishwasher Detergent, Citrus Breeze Scent, 28-Count Bags (Pack of 5) Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 3 reviews) lazylightning's Recommendations Air Freshner * Electric Home Fragrancer * Plugs Into Outlets .

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