Because of Febreze for sending me to this occasion and sponsoring this publish.

Y’all know my ideas on smells/scents. I’m typically not a fan of inhaling something apart from air. However since being a member of the Cleansing Collective for P&G, which incorporates Febreze merchandise, I’ve had much more scent in my residence than I had earlier than. That is largely as a result of my boys instantly grabbed the Febreze merchandise out of the field of stuff that arrived at my home final fall. They’ve lastly hit the stage the place they need to not stink (Hallelujah!!), however they completely blame one another for any less-than-pleasant smells of their room.

Earlier than I knew it, the Febreze was gone.

And I’d solely skilled good smells and no antagonistic reactions.

I visited P&G’s headquarters final 12 months to attend Febreze’s first ever Febreze Safety Immersion and came upon there’s quite a lot of fascinating stuff to study scent! I’m sharing all issues odor elimination, scent and the way I know that Febreze is a secure product to make use of round me and my household.

And actually, as a result of I work on the web the place info overload occurs (and a few of that info could be a little sketchy), I did have the query: Is Febreze secure or poisonous?

I spent a day final 12 months at Procter & Gamble’s residence care labs in Cincinnati and met just a few of the scent scientists (<-my time period, not the official one) who’ve devoted their careers to defeating schtank. Or, as they a lot extra maturely seek advice from it, malodor.

I discovered there may be extra to this product than simply protecting up smells with perfumes (which is, actually, how I’d all the time assumed it labored).

The scent scientists research malodors to grasp their chemistry to allow them to create an interplay with the schtank molecules and really change their chemistry. Two issues caught with me. First, there’s a donut formed molecule that traps the stink molecules within it in order that they not stink. Second, citric acid (like in lemons) is used to vary the pH of the molecule to be nearer to water. Scent-free water. To see how the stink-fighting science of Febreze works, go right here. That web page consists of a number of movies displaying how the chemistry works (floating molecules of stink interacting with floating molecules of Febreze) which are unusually satisfying to look at.

A Few Extra Issues I Discovered Fascinating about Febreze

One factor that got here up when discussing whether or not Febreze is secure or poisonous was the rumor that air fresheners have formaldehyde in them. Febreze doesn’t. None of the main manufacturers of air fresheners have included formaldehyde in a few years.

P&G, as an organization, employs greater than 500 scientists whose work is devoted to making sure the security of the merchandise they make. They take product security very critically.

Do you know you shouldn’t shake Febreze? Febreze’s propellant is completely different from most, utilizing solely nitrogen. (Nitrogen makes up about 78% of the air that we breathe and permits for a water-based spray as an alternative of a hydrocarbon-based one.) This enables the bottles to carry much more. Shaking a Febreze bottle isn’t unsafe, however it’s going to trigger you to expire of propellant sooner.

I’m a fan of eliminating stinkiness, nevertheless it’s the perfumes that typically give me a headache. I’ve discovered that the merchandise that don’t hassle me are the ones with citrus scents. And I’m an enormous fan of the Febreze ONE line which has no aerosols, dyes, or heavy perfumes and is particularly designed to have a lighter scent that goes away extra rapidly as soon as the malodor has been eradicated. I particularly like the Mandarin scent one.

As somebody who’s a bit phobic about what I’m inhaling, I appreciated being taught that particle dimension determines how far one thing goes into my respiratory system. This infographic explains.

That picture at the high of the publish? The flowers are sitting in Febreze to reveal its gentleness. At the dinner the night earlier than our day in the labs, one in all the Febreze scientists poured Febreze cloth refresher into that vase and put the flowers in it. This image was taken near a full day later and the flowers have been nonetheless contemporary and alive.

So how has my new information about Febreze affected my own residence? Since coming back from my day of studying about Febreze security, I’ve been utilizing Febreze considerably extra in my own residence. Now I perceive the pretty apparent (although not apparent to me earlier than) fact that 75% of my house is air, so the air must be a part of my cleansing routine. I’m way more excited to make use of Febreze merchandise (the ones with scents that don’t hassle me) on my furnishings and for basic air-cleaning.

NOTE: Giveaway has ended. Wish to win a present pack of Febreze merchandise valued at greater than $25? Simply depart a remark telling me what you discovered from this publish that you simply didn’t know earlier than!

Winner will probably be chosen utilizing random.org. Giveaway will shut on June 15, 2018 at 9 p.m. Central. Sorry, however that is open solely to residents of the continental U.S. or Canada. Winner should reply to my electronic mail inside 48 hours or one other winner will probably be chosen. See all my giveaway insurance policies right here.

–Nony

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