Faux Febreeze

I've been using this for about a week. My couch smells good, but I wanted a little stronger smell, so I put in about 4 tablespoons of Downy in a 32 ounce spray bottle. My house smells fantastic and the cost is outstanding compared to Febreeze. I just used this on white pillowcases, and it didn't stain. And the price can't be beat! I'll be using this from now on instead of expensive Febreeze. Thanks, B!

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I loved this! Not only does it work great, I feel so economical & "house-ly" knowing that I made it. Edited to say I used 4 tbs per Denise's suggestion.

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This is right on the money! Pun intended. Make sure to use a spray bottle with a mist setting or your furniture will take forever to dry. This is great! Thanks so much!

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Do you know how much imported Febreeze costs in Israel? If you can get it at all? Wine is cheaper! I'm so pleased to have found this recipe. I'm overly-paranoid because we have a dog in the house, and I don't want my house to have that pet-smell. I used some locally-made laundry softener in orchid scent and spritzed the whole house. I'm going to invite all my friends over just to come and smell my house! Thanks Bethany!

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In the winter you can lightly spray this on your carpets and it reduces static. I also spray our fabric car seats so we don't get "shocked" getting out of the car.

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works great , smells great and CHEAP (like me) to make. I also make my own laundry detergent and fabric softner. Yes I also use a solar powered cloths dryer AKA outside clothsline.

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First off, I love Febreeze, but sure don't like the price. This is just as good and so much cheaper. I'm on my second bottle. I can't wait to try different scents of fabric softner. Thanks for an awesome recipe. Somebody said not to spray on microfiber furniture. Does anybody know why not? I did it before I read that, but can't see that it hurt the furniture any. Thanks. Just wanted to add - I vacuumed one cushion on my microfiber couch and it still left dog hair, so I sprayed another cushion with Faux Febreeze, let it dry a bit and vacuumed. Not a single dog hair remained and didn't hurt the couch at all. This is one awesome recipe.

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Awesome! I haven't used it as Febreeze yet as I still have some in my bottle. I put 4 oz. in with the water and used it as de-wrinkler. I think it works better than the store bought stuff. I am sold on it already. I bought distilled water and tested it on a shirt that I didn't have to keep(in case it messed up the shirt). If you decide to try this, make sure you read through several o the reviews because you will get more suggestions and ideas.

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thanks so much for this! forgot to review, have been using this for about 2 years. works great to spray on clothes to refresh and de-wrinkle. perfect for travel!

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I have been putting off buying febreeze for months, but I miss it. So happy I found this. I had a smaller spray bottle so just used way less ingredients! Wow this is perfect!! I just finished cleaning and then sprayed this and Wow I can relax and my house doesn't smell like cleaners!! Thanks!

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Made this to eliminate the odors in my son's dorm room while we were moving him out....worked wonderfully! Thanks.

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Thank you so much for this "recipe"!! I made it with Downy White Lavender and Sandalwood fabric softener and it smells amazing!! I used 3 tbs and then filled a recycled febreeze bottle (27 oz) pretty much to the top. I've been spraying it everywhere!

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This stuff is awesome! I will never buy Febreeze again. When I went to the store to get the fabric softener, I saw they had Febreeze on sale...for $5 a bottle! :-O I used 4oz. of downy april fresh(I didn't like any of the other scents of fabric softener) with the 25 oz. of water and sprayed it around the house. Several hours later the scent is still detectable and the house smells wonderful. Thank you so much from a mom of a very stinky football player!! This is a keeper!

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This is great as both a fabric refresher and as a wrinkle release spray! We always have it on hand! Thanks so much!

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I have been mixing fabric softener and water in spray bottles for years. I have serious allergies and I spray the air with this mixture to keep the dust, dander, etc. down to the carpet and vaccuum it up! Word of caution.. DO NOT spray on microfibre furniture.

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Amazing! I used Method brand fabric softener (water lily and aloe vera scent), making it practically all-natural and free of animal products/animal testing. It smelled way better than Febreeze. I was compelled to spray it on every fabric surface in my house, so I will definitely make this again. There is an almost-identical recipe (No-Iron Wrinkle Remover) for a wrinkle remover. I found that it worked really well for both purposes, which makes me love it even more! Thanks for posting this.

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I decided to try this because I used febreeze like it was going out of style. For clothes it wets them more then the real stuff even though I am using the same bottle, but I can deal with spraying them a little sooner then I normally would. As someone suggested I did a test on my carpet. I initially vacuumed and got 1/2 a bag of dirt. I sprayed then vacuumed again and got another 1/4 of a bag. The anti static properties of this really does make a big difference! From now on I am spraying before every vacuum! And it smells great to boot.

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Firstly I have to say I am not a big febreeze fan, but considering that this was a quick and easy recipe to make a homemade version, I said why not. I bought some cheeper good smelling softner,but a word to the wise, dont skimp, I think because it wasnt downy it came out weaker smelling, however I used it in my cars and it's a great air freshner for my car. Next time I would definately buy downy, but I will be making it for a car freshner. Thanks for the recipe!

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This definitely doesn't need another review!! *LOL* But I had to tell you , not only does it work great for what it's actually FOR , but found another use for it , quite by accident! I keep it under my kitchen sink. Well, tonight I was doing dishes and afterwards the suds wouldn't go down ... I grabbed this and sprayed 3 or 4 times and BOOM , suds were gone and the sink smelled maaaaaaahvelous ;) Great recipe! Thanks!!

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Thanks, Bethany! My house smells wonderful because of you! I took Denise and Jane's suggestion and used more Downy than in the recipe! I also used it on my white sheets and it didn't leave a stain! I will be using this often! Thanks again for posting!

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