Tuesday, March 30, 2010

:: False advertising ::

I'm sure many of you are familiar with the air/fabric freshener, Febreze. What makes it different from other similar products, according to advertising, is that it does not mask the smells, but actually eliminates them somehow.

Nice marketing pitch, sure, but it's all crap.

I've come to realize this in the last month since Christene and I moved into the basement. The basement, you see, is only about 200 sq.-ft., plus a little bathroom. And without getting too graphic, let's just say there is not much room for smells to, uh, hide.

Solution? Why, Febreze of course!

In our bathroom are two different scents of Febreze spray. One is called "clean linen" or something - smells like clean laundry, and the other is some kind of tropical Hawaiian scent.

Both of 'em are nice. But that part about eliminating the old smells?

Bull. Shit.

Depending on which Febreze bottle you choose to spray, all it does it make the room smell like you either a) took a shit in a clothes dryer, or b) dropped a deuce inside a pineapple.

It is not overly pleasant.

Oh. So much for not getting too graphic.

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