How to Get Perfume Smells Out of Cars
You recently purchased a new perfume. While smelling the perfume, you accidentally spilled it in your car. You cleaned up the perfume, but the smell is still lingering. Getting a perfume smell out of a car takes time. Spray deodorizers only mask the perfume smell. To remove the lingering smell, you need a substance that can absorb the smell and eliminate it from your car.
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Things You'll Need
- White vinegar
- Lavender or other extract
- Large bowl
- Spoon
- 2 plastic containers
- Box of dryer sheets
Instructions
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Mix 4 tbsp. of white vinegar and 4 tsp. of lavender or other fragrant extract in a large bowl.
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Stir the vinegar mixture with a spoon.
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Split the vinegar mixture evenly between two plastic containers.
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Place one plastic container on the floorboard under the brake pedal of your car.
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Place the other plastic container in the back seat of your car.
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Place two dryer sheets under each seat of your car.
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Close your car's doors and windows.
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Leave the plastic containers in your car overnight.
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Remove the plastic containers the next day if you plan on using the car. When you return home, place the plastic containers back in your car.
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Repeat step 9 until the perfume smell is gone. Change out the dryer sheets every other day.
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Tips & Warnings
Do not drive your car with the containers of vinegar left in place---the vinegar could spill and soak your car's upholstery.
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Comments
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This procedure may get the "smell" out of the car, but it will do nothing to get the actual Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), aka chemicals, out of the car. In fact, those "dryer sheets" you recommend using are full of toxic chemicals (petroleum based synthetics) as well. In conclusion, this is no solution at all for those people with chemical sensitivities, asthma, or reactive airways disease (RAD).
