Melissa—October 28, 2015
This stuff really works and it smells so so good. Smells like you just pulled laundry out of the machine.The only problem is the bottle goes so quickly. All I did was spray the bed, a couple pieces of clothing, and a few spritz around the room and I already used a quarter of the bottle. I wish the product was a little cheaper as well but because it works and makes things smell fresh it's semi worth it. As for the staying power of the scent, it's about what you'd expect. It stays a little better on clothing than on couches/curtains. Read more
PaulineAndEddie—September 10, 2015
I actually keep some in a little spray bottle in my purse to spray on us when my hubby & I smoke when we're out so we don't offend non smokers around us. Also, I live in downtown Chicago and use their awesome public transit, but Good Lord I'm glad I carry it with me for those unsavory smells on the train & buses. Read more
Awkward Moment—March 3, 2019
A while back, I had a bottle of Febreze fabric refresher in Cranberry Scent. It had been on sale for the holidays, ostensibly to make every absorbent surface smell like a big family dinner, and wow, did it work. I'd sit down to watch Netflix and absentmindedly chew on the arm of the couch. When I ran out of Cranberry Febreze, I went to purchase more, and it had become a rare commodity, with a price that reflected its scarcity -- way, way out of my range. I liked feeling like I lived inside a can of Ocean Spray, but not for $35.00. So, I bought Febreze with Downy Scent, because the folks here in the review section (Hi, folks in the review section!) said it was a beautiful, gentle fragrance that smelled "just like the fabric softener." I'm going to admit that I thought I remembered what Downy fabric softener smelled like. I hadn't had any actual Downy in my life for years and years, but long ago, I had one of those fabric softener balls you throw in the washing machine (remember those?) and I THOUGHT I remembered the Downy liquid I poured into it smelling like...fluffy soft blankets? I thought I remembered the smell being...what the color pale pink would smell like, if it had a smell. What a cotton ball would smell like if it was getting ready to go on a date with a cute cotton ball it had recently met and was attracted to. I thought I remembered the TV ad for Downy featuring a teddy bear falling down from the sky, landing softly onto a pile of freshly folded laundry in a laundry basket, and bouncing once, gently, before coming to rest on the high-thread-count sheets. I now realize that was probably the ad for Snuggle, not Downy, but seriously, who can keep these things straight in our modern world. I digress. My point is, whatever smell I was holding in my sense memory -- a favorite towel, or an amorous cotton ball -- it's not what Febreze fabric refresher: Downy Variety actually smells like. This spray smells like diapers. Not USED diapers. Dear lord. (There's a market for that, but it's very, VERY niche.) No no. NEW diapers. CLEAN diapers. Really, it smells like baby products in general. That mildly antiseptic, slightly plasticky, manufactured powdery scent that, the moment it hits you, makes you look around for the puking, mewling, larval human that you know must be in the vicinity, about to need something from you. If you're not a parent, and not in any way associated with the world of babies or their accoutrements...if you are, in fact, for example, say, a menopausal woman experiencing the night sweats that come with this delightful phase of life, and you purchased Febreze fabric refresher to use on your hormonally-dampened bedding so that you can maybe not have to change the sheets quite so often and not feel so gross and unhygienic about that choice...spritzing the Febreze bottle and releasing Eau Du Bebe is an ODD experience. Like...Fertility and the Lack Thereof duking it out with each other in the form of a thick mist. But! Household metaphors for the female life cycle aside -- since no one actually asked for those (what else is new, patriarchy?) -- here are the relevant facts I leave you with: * Febreze fabric refresher in general is a wet spray, but it dries very quickly; * It seems to be safe to use on all fabrics; * It really does eradicate odors; * The initial scent it carries fades to no scent at all as the spray dries: * In this specific case, that initial scent is DIAPERS. If you aren't bothered by having an ethereal, phantom baby in your mist, then I say, get Febreze: Downy Variety. OR, wait a few months for the holidays to roll around, and grab yourself some Cranberry. Your furniture's never tasted better. Read more
Patsy Fuentez—September 7, 2020
I love this product. It great for any room. I use it in hampers, bathrooms, jus about everywhere there is odor. The smell stays long, where-ever you stay! 👍🏾 Read more
Cynthia Willis—December 1, 2023
I buy this in Target and the fragrance lasts for weeks. This particular bottle barely has a smell and when I spray it on fabric, it doesn't even last for 10 minutes. It appears to be watered down. Read more
