Onions Remove Odors Naturally

Posted by Victoria Anisman-Reiner Dec 28, 2007

There are dozens of marketable, natural remedies that remove odors from your home. Cat or dog smells, paint fumes, cooking smells can all be cleared up with aromatherapy or the new scent-absorbing crystals that can be found in many health food stores.

Undoubtedly, most of these recipes work (and I have personal experience with how much fun the aromatherapy side of it can be!) but there is a simpler approach that works - if you can stand the smell of onions. For paint fumes and other chemical odors, in fact, it seems to work better as a first line of defense than most commercial scent-fighters.

Ingredients: One or more onions.

Directions: Slice or chop the onions - the more surface area, the faster it can absorb bad smells. Now lay the onions out on a dish for as long as necessary. As the onion pieces shrivel and dry out, they will absorb aromas from the air.

Finally, to get the onion smell out of your home or office, I recommend diffusing essential oils or using your favourite incense, which might not have been powerful enough to remove a chemical smell on its own.

It sounds pretty odd... but it really works!