Not the welcoming scent of my home! (Glade Air Infusions)

Member Name: dizzymonkey

Product:	Glade Air Infusions
Date:	09/03/08 (38 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: lasts up to one hour

Disadvantages: can be overpowering and only masks smells

Being a full-time mum means that there are constantly people visiting to play with their children, there are three adults living in our house and a terror of a toddler who seems to emit smells from morning until night, throw into the mix a cat and you get one slightly odour concious woman! I love the smell of a fresh clean house and so would hate to have a home that people walk into and feel the need to hold their breath for fear of smelling anything!

I imagine I am like many people, I loathe air fresheners that cling to the smells in your home, mix with them and create an even worse smell.

I have never been a big Glade fan however I discovered this product on offer in my local Tesco and rather impulsively picked it up, I am not an impulse buyer so feel that it was the packaging that made my hand reach for it!

The Packaging...

The packaging is bright, colourful and eyecatching as well as informative. The can is curved making it the ideal shape for ease of holding, it has a purple plastic lid that does not detatch, designed for easy spraying.

The can carries all the usual warnings about keeping away from naked flames and children.

The scent...

This product can be quite strong whern you first spray it although it does fade to a soft subtle fragrance that is reminiscent of my favourite childhood sweet, Parma violets.

Ylang ylang is a small green-yellow flower, occasionally pink that smells similar to jasmine, it is a delicate scent and is thought to be an aphrodisiac. It is used in aromatherapy oils and believed to have calming properties. The ylang ylang (pronounced ee-lang ee-lang) adds a muskier edge to the air freshener which I feel makes it smell less one dimensional.

This product carries the claim that it lasts up to one hour, I mostly agree with this statement although I found that I had to spray it rather liberally to achieve this!

Would I buy it again? Probably not.

This product did work on tobacco, dirty nappy, cat tray and general food smells, however although it is subtle compared to other products in the Glade range I still found it to be a quite overpowering and choky at times. Personally I would not recommend this product to people who are sensitive to strong smells and who have young children.

I would prefer it if this product did not just mask smells which is unfortunately all it does.

It is not an altogether unpleasant air freshner but I think I will stick to opening my windows and blasting good old fresh air through the house!

If you think that this air freshner is the one suited to your house then you can pick it up at Tesco or Co-op and I would imagine most other supermarkets for around £1.99 for a 300ml can.

Glade is part of the SC Johnson Family Company and you can contact them at SC Johnson Ltd, Camberley, GU16 7AJ.

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Summary: I am not likely to buy this again!