Hidden sources of scent
5 tricks to keep your bathroom smelling amazing
With these 5 hidden sources of scent, you can transform your bathroom into an oasis of wellbeing.
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Could your bathroom smell better? With these five tricks you will receive a fragrant freshness as soon as you enter the room.
Just because your bathroom is clean doesn’t mean it smells good. You can clean as much as you want – after a few days, the soothing scent of the cleaning agent will dissipate and the familiar atmosphere will be restored. This won’t happen with these five tricks! They ensure lasting freshness, so that you will be pleasantly surprised every day.
5 tricks for a fragrant bathroom
It is always the same tormentors we have to deal with: the garbage can, the toilet and the drain. Perhaps the one or the other smelly towel adds its mustard, but that doesn’t make the herb greasy either. Basically: Bacteria stink! So in the first step you should take everything with you vinegar clean. With “fragrant freshness” you probably imagined a different scent note, right? That comes in the next step – trust the germicidal effect of the vinegar here. It neutralizes the odor and prevents the formation of mold.
A mixture of baking soda, vinegar and hot water is ideal for all types of drains. The deodorizing effect of the Natrons also binds bad smells and completes the magical trio. Spread the powder in the toilet or drain and pour the vinegar afterwards. Let it work for a short time – it foams slightly – and then rinse with hot water. So now the rough work is done – on to the promised fragrance experience!
Create hidden sources of scent
For the first trick, you need an essential oil of your choice. You put a few drops of it inside everyone Toilet paper rollsthat are in your bathroom. So in the role that is currently being used and also in the one in stock. Be careful not to overdo it with the oil – if the cardboard soaks and the liquid penetrates the paper, it can cause skin irritation. You can also use this trick on decorations such as artificial or dried flowers.
Are a hidden champion for soothing freshness Dryer towels. Because they are more versatile than you might think. For example, you can choose between folded towels place or under the trash bag and the Bath mat hide. So that the freshness lasts longer, you can sprinkle the cloth with essential oil every now and then. But not with the towels, because skin irritations can of course also occur here. If you don’t want to buy such towels, you can also use a cotton pad, which you spray with the oil or perfume and hide in the bathroom. This is also great in the drawer!
Another hidden source of scent is that Toilet brush holder. Take a cleaning agent of your choice with an intense scent, such as dish soap, floor cleaner or laundry detergent, and pour a little of it into the holder. You can now find more tricks on how to turn your toilet into a scent hotspot.
Problem child: toilet
We don’t want to blame everything on men, but the fact is that they are not the most purposeful sex when peeing. So if the inevitable happens and a few droplets go wrong, you can smell it immediately. That’s why we’re now focusing on the floor around the toilet (and this of course mainly refers to the men who once again didn’t want to sit down): It has to smell particularly good here! Mix your floor or bathroom cleaner with something softener and let the mixture sit as long as possible until you wipe it off with a cloth. Fabric softener is also a real insider tip for the sink or on surfaces in general. Because this also ensures that less dust is deposited! Not to mention the intense freshness.
With these five tricks you can quickly and easily transform your bathroom into a fragrant dream. Just try it out and enjoy!