The cyclodextrin molecule resembles a doughnut. When you spray Febreze, the water in the product partially dissolves the odor, allowing it to form a complex inside the "hole" of the cyclodextrin doughnut shape. The stink molecule is still there, but it can't bind to your odor receptors, so you can't smell it.

Febreze AIR: fight odors in an instant Unleash your freshness force with a sneak attack. Typical air fresheners just add another smell to the mix, but Air Effects actually fights airborne odors and leaves an instant burst of lightly scented freshness in its wake.

ODOR-TRAPPING Febreze Fabric Refreshers neutralize smells by trapping and deactivating odor molecules. So instead of just covering up smells, it actually eliminates them.

Air Fresheners Air Fresheners & Odor-Fighting Products.

Inside of the febreze scent package. If you look closely you can see that the foil. Inside is ruptured i did have a little bit of difficulty pushing in the blue. Button.

Chemical Composition/Ingredients

What appears on the label: water, alcohol denat., polyethylene glycol monophenyl ether, hydroxypropyl cyclodextrin, fragrances, PEG-11 methyl ether dimethicone, PEI-700, didecyldimonium chloride, PEG-60 hydrogenated castor oil, sodium citrate, sodium maleate, benzisothiazolinone. Contains fragrance allergen(s).

What appears on the label: water, alcohol denat., polyethylene glycol monophenyl ether, hydroxypropyl cyclodextrin, fragrances, PEG-11 methyl ether dimethicone, PEI-700, didecyldimonium chloride, PEG-60 hydrogenated castor oil, sodium citrate, sodium maleate, benzisothiazolinone. Contains fragrance allergen(s).

What appears on the label: water, alcohol denat., polyethylene glycol monophenyl ether, hydroxypropyl cyclodextrin, fragrances, PEG-11 methyl ether dimethicone, PEI-700, didecyldimonium chloride, PEG-60 hydrogenated castor oil, sodium citrate, sodium maleate, benzisothiazolinone. Contains fragrance allergen(s).

learn about the ingredients in Febreze

• the no, no, no list. We'd never introduce anything into your home or the environment that we wouldn't want in ours.
• what makes and keeps us fresh.
• Alcohol.
• Benzisothiazolinone.
• Dialkyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate.
• Didecyl Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride.
• Diethylene Glycol.
• Dye.

Air fresheners introduce fragrance into the air of interior spaces either as droplets which transition to vapor, or as the molecules of fragrance ingredients directly evaporating from a source. Fragrance diffuses into the air to mask other odors or to introduce a specific odor.

Air fresheners or air care products are products that deliver ambient fragrance substances, which serve to mask or remove perceived unpleasant odours or to create a pleasant ambiance due to the presence of perceived nice smells (EC, 2010; Cleanright.eu, 2020).