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An Easy to Make Natural Home Air Freshener.

An Easy to Make Natural Home Air Freshener.

You like your home to smell good.

It's so much nicer!

But to get rid of bad smells, there's no question of spending a fortune on chemical air fresheners.

Fortunately, there is an easy to make, natural and effective air freshener for your home:charcoal! This is what our grandmother advises us.

An Easy to Make Natural Home Air Freshener.

How to

1. Collect a piece of coal from your fireplace or stove.

2. Wrap it in a cloth.

3. Place it in the room or place you want to deodorize:kitchen, refrigerator, shoe cabinet, sports locker room or even in your car.

Result

There you go, bad odors are neutralized and your house smells good! :-)

Why it works

Charcoal, and more specifically bamboo charcoal has remarkable deodorizing properties.

Made up of numerous microscopic cavities, it is capable of absorbing humidity as well as gases that cause bad smells.

This air freshener is particularly economical, since its shelf life is about 4 months.