ORANGE POWER AIR FRESHENER

The problem with a lot of air fresheners is that they simply layer a nicer smell over the top of the awful smell you’re trying to get rid of. Instead of smelling like shit, your bathroom now smells like shit and jasmine, or shit and cheap vanilla, or shit and “an enticing blend of lemongrass and verbena” when I’m at the hippie place I go to get remedial massages. For me, this produces a subconscious association between the smell of air freshener and the smell of a recently used toilet, such that I can no longer smell jasmine or cheap vanilla without recalling the stench of human turds. Orange Power is one of those cover-up jobs, and now that I’ve used it for a couple of days, my brain indelibly associates the smell of fresh oranges with bathroom odour. Don’t think I’ll be drinking any orange juice for a while.