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MIButterfly

(2,347 posts) Tue Apr 1, 2025, 01:37 PM Apr 2025

I bought a box of "white pine breeze" scented trash bags by mistake and now the whole room smells like a Christmas tree lot. Good grief.

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What is up with scented garbage bags? [View all] MIButterfly Apr 2025 OP

Scenting the garbage bag doesn't improve the smell of the garbage. Ocelot II Apr 2025 #1

Aren't they repulsive ?!! I too bought some by accident. Quakerfriend Apr 2025 #3

I agree! MIButterfly Apr 2025 #5

The scents are nauseating. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #2

Nasty smell in your kitchen. OMG! That is HILARIOUS! MIButterfly Apr 2025 #4

I am a meticulous housekeeper Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #8

I could use a meticulous housekeeper. MIButterfly Apr 2025 #15

I like to clean house. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #16

Good advice. MIButterfly Apr 2025 #18

Yeah..i associate the smell with garbage..i walk into kitchen "ugh" Demovictory9 Apr 2025 #6

probably not healthy to breathe either cadoman Apr 2025 #25

Unlimely A Concern ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #30

Superstitious Is An Appropriate Word ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #36

I hate them. cksmithy Apr 2025 #9

Oh cksmithy, that is awful. MIButterfly Apr 2025 #11

Hotels also do it. cksmithy Apr 2025 #19

The strong odor of cleaning supplies is bad enough. MIButterfly Apr 2025 #20

Your welcome. cksmithy Apr 2025 #21

It would not surprise me to learn soldierant Apr 2025 #24

Thank you KT2000 Apr 2025 #10

The only one I can stomach is 'coffee' scented. BigDemVoter Apr 2025 #13

Thank you, Mike 03, for another perspective. MIButterfly Apr 2025 #17

Put the box out in the sun for a few days womanofthehills Apr 2025 #29

pro tip from the former caretaker of a dog with megaesophagus Kali Apr 2025 #31

grocery bags enid602 Apr 2025 #22

I get them in the dollar store.... but the scent disappears quickly. IcyPeas Apr 2025 #23

Haaaaaaaaaaate them. nt Drum Apr 2025 #26

Horrible pattyloutwo Apr 2025 #27

baffling to me Kali Apr 2025 #32

Just like scented tissues bif Apr 2025 #33

They remind me of the way i remember bug Figarosmom Apr 2025 #35