Can you suggest a healthy alternative to air freshener?

What about opening the windows? How about not causing any smells in the first place? How about having some plants inside, they clean up the air? Is there any inside plants that give a nice smell? Is there any natural air fresheners in the health food store? I really have no idea!

hi pinkytabor yes air fresheners make me feel ill and so they must not be very good for us. Bowls of potpourii set out in the rooms always smell so good, and you might try some pots of Star Jasmine on your bacony. they smell so sweet and so good they will scent up a room a lot like a grove of orange trees in bloom. there are mixes of spices with orange and lemon peel you can heat on the stove to send out a nice homey perfume but potpourii you can buy most anywhere and it will scent your rooms.

I have one of those little mini-crock pots and I put in some water and different spices. Sometimes I'll put in pumpkin pie spice, a dribble of imitation vanilla, allspice, and the usual spices I'd use if baking a pumpkin pie. With the mini-crockpot I can leave it plugged in most of the day and the whole house smells great! Sometimes I'll mix peppermint spice (liquid), cinnamon (or cinnamon sticks), vanilla, etc, and it has a sweeter smell. At Christmas, I'll put in some water and some real pine needles for that pine tree scent. Citrus peels work good, instead of throwing them away I stick em in the pot to simmer their great smell! I don't care for using commercial air fresheners, they make me sneeze lol. I've also read it's not healthy to breathe them in. I much prefer to go for the natural smells and aromas that spices and natural things can give. I used to do candles, but with my 2 cats I don't feel it's safe, and every time I'd leave the room I'd have to blow them out. Another alternative to the little crockpot is to just use a pan on the stove on low. The only thing with that is you have to check on it more often because the water evaporates quicker and the pan will dry out.

You could try a potpourri in containers around the house. My grandmother also has these 'scent satchets', which are basically little fragrant beads in a pretty bag. She hangs and puts them places like the shower rod, on top of the fridge, under the couch, etc. and her home always smells amazing.

Have you tried using citrus peelings? Sometimes I use in my bedroom but the scent doesn't last long though. Or I use charcoal, it absorbs the odors so you won't need an air freshener. I use charcoal too for the refrigerator.

I have asthma and air freshener makes me cough, candles are not good also. I put powder scent that come in sachets that go into the vacume cleaner and they smell lovely. I love my house smelling nice. Plants, flowers or herbs do smell nice, but they do not last well. I like the charcoal idea below. Stopping odors might be a good option.