Favorite Bathroom Deodorizers

On the quest to replace conventional products with something more sustainable, I come to Permies in search of opinions.

What do people utilize, if anything, to act as a deodorizer for their bathrooms?

I've heard of essential oil diffusors but unsure if they actually do a decent job.

Thanks in advance for ideas.

When I was clearing out odds and ends from a relative's bathroom, I took out some foaming hand soap. The brand was Thieves, made in USA, which claims to have all sorts of essential oils. But when I used a tiny little bit, the smell of cloves hit me like a brick. It's one ingredient and maybe this old bottle has lost the other volatiles. But using a tiny bit of this soap overwhelmed any funky odours in "the room."

I have no idea about the impacts of growing cloves. I know that clove oil is available. Maybe that's a starting point?

Keeping the room clean is the first step.

I like the cleanser you can eat approach.

If someone makes an especially smelly poop a match or a candle will take care of that.

Anne Miller wrote:If someone makes an especially smelly poop a match or a candle will take care of that.

I'm more worried about the explosion hazard! In industry, nobody in fire-retardant coveralls has chili for lunch -- it sets off the LEL (lower explosive limit) gas detectors!

I recall stories that forensic experts identifying severely decomposed human remains (genocide type events) used Tiger Balm to control nausea so they could keep working. Perhaps a tiny dab of a home-made equivalent would meet the standards of civility?

(I would dearly like to find something better than those ridiculously wasteful, overpriced aerosol cans.)

azomite

lavendar oil, tea tree oil, or get spendy and buy Thieves oil blend -- you can use a diffuser with reeds in a jar, plug in with little pads or electric misting type, drip on clay or stones

clean with white vinegar

baking soda

air circulation- a good fan

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:If someone makes an especially smelly poop a match or a candle will take care of that.

I'm more worried about the explosion hazard! In industry, nobody in fire-retardant coveralls has chili for lunch -- it sets off the LEL (lower explosive limit) gas detectors!

I thought we were talking about a home bathrooms, do you wear fire-retardent coveralls at your home? Or even have gas detectors?

I'm a big fan of using vinegar to clean toilets (extra points if it's limonene vinegar, when you soak citrus peels in white vinegar)-- it neutralizes urine smells. And no matter what scented products are out there (and I've tried a lot), I really don't think any one can compare to the magical air cleaning nature of lighting a match. That, combined with keeping drains clean.

Anne Miller wrote:

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:If someone makes an especially smelly poop a match or a candle will take care of that.

I'm more worried about the explosion hazard! In industry, nobody in fire-retardant coveralls has chili for lunch -- it sets off the LEL (lower explosive limit) gas detectors!

I thought we were talking about a home bathrooms, do you wear fire-retardent coveralls at your home? Or even have gas detectors?

I was just kidding Anne . Though I do have a gas detector in my basement (we have natural gas) and I did manage to set it off once.

I've never encountered a scented bathroom that smelled better than a clean bathroom. And most oderizers I encounter smell worse and linger longer than poopy air.

So I'm another vote for citrus oil and vinegar.