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Bklyn761 · Mar 20, 2009, 06:59 AM

I have a roommate who eats, breaths, lives in his bedroom. Well the room smells. I have had him, dust, use air freshener, open windows when its warm and the room still smells. He doesn't smell because he is used to it. Help, it is driving me nuts.

Stratmando · Mar 20, 2009, 07:08 AM

If the roommate leaves, hopefully the smell will follow. Negative Ion Generators/Ozonizers can help on smells, Febreeze is good, Roommate may be stronger than the Febreeze. Good Luck

XOXOlove · Mar 20, 2009, 01:27 PM

Perhaps you can try cleaning the carpet or floor with deodorizer and one of those shampo machines. I think you can rent one from home depot or Lowe's. Buy a plug-in freshner and plug it into the wall. Make him clean his sheets, laundry, and himself often. You can be his new mama. Lol

XOXOlove · Mar 20, 2009, 01:29 PM

Perhaps you can try cleaning the carpet or floor with deodorizer and one of those shampo machines. I think you can rent one from home depot or Lowe's. Buy a plug-in freshner and plug it into the wall. Make him clean his sheets, laundry, and himself often. You can be his new mama. Lol

templelane · Mar 20, 2009, 01:37 PM

Febreeze is pretty good. It used to clear up the cigarette and pot smole form my flatmates.

Febreze Fabric Refreshers

Lowtax4eva · Mar 20, 2009, 01:48 PM

If you go the Febreeze route buy the antibacterial one... you don't know what's causing that smell!!

0rphan · Mar 23, 2009, 01:42 PM

You have to find the source of the smell before it can be successfully treated.

There is the option of masking a smell which will be an on going task, the best thing to do is fined the offender and dispose of it.

Temporarily fabreeze or a cheaper brand will do a cover up job especially if you have visitors but long term you need to fine the source.

Lowtax4eva · Mar 23, 2009, 01:46 PM

Agreed, if the source is something like mouldy food left in the room yeah... you have to find and remove that.

When I suggested febreeze I was thinking perhaps the source of the smell is in the fabrics in the room. Over time any soft maerial (sheets, couches) can hold onto odors and odor causing bacteria so you may need a non-bleach antibacterial spray safe for fabrics. Hence the idea of antibacterial febreeze.

simoneaugie · Mar 23, 2009, 02:06 PM

If he can't smell it, he probably has little motivation to correct the problem. Ideally, he would go on vacation, away from the house for a couple of weeks. When he returns, his room will assault him.

If this is disrupting your life you could take up smoking... Ask him to move out. Find a roommate who smells more like you do. Shop for a new roommate by visiting their current home and room. That sounds extreme but can be very important for a smell person.

I totally understand, being a smell person myself. For a few years I worked in a candy store. Now, chocolate smells nice but after an hour or so at work, I couldn't smell it anymore. Your roommate needs to frequent other parts of the house and you need to spend some time in his room. See what I mean about getting a new roommate?

Catsmine · Mar 26, 2009, 05:06 PM

My brother stayed with us for a year. At the time he was drinking heavily, smoking, etc. His perspiration and dirty clothes made his room a hazmat area. Amazingly, my grandma gave me the solution -- SUNSHINE --! Laundering his clothes and setting the mattress out in the sun for 6 hours got all the odor out of the room(got to flip it over halfway through). Folk wisdom is called that because it works, I guess.