Homemade Febreze

Here at my house, we go through A LOT of Febreze. In fact, here are some bottles we just recently emptied.

Yes, that's three different kinds of Febreze- the air effects, the one for fabrics, and the extra strength one (sport). All empty.

So when I saw this recipe to make your own Febreze for about 15 cents a bottle, I thought it would be a great way to save money. Febreze is expensive when you buy as much as we do.

Since I have 3 empty Febreze bottles, I just used one that I had for this recipe. But any empty spray bottle will work (just remember to label it so you know what's in the bottle).

1/8 cup of your favorite fabric softener
2 Tbsp baking soda
Fill with hot tap water

I used this fabric softener because I love the smell:

Add the ingredients, shake to mix, and that's it!

The whole bottle of fabric softener new from the store is about $4.15 (I used a coupon so it was a little cheaper than that). That's less than a new bottle of Febreze at the store and will make several bottles of this home made kind of Febreze.

As far as how it works, it worked well at our house. Everywhere I sprayed it smelled like fresh laundry. I also noticed the smell was pretty strong awhile after I sprayed it. The only kind of Febreze that I used that sticks around like that is the Febreze sport. Although Febreze sport smells good, I like the smell of the home made Febreze better.

Has anyone else tried this? Let me know what you think.