This $1 Vacuum Accessory Makes Your Whole House Smell Fresh

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Vacuuming your home doesn't tend to spread the most pleasant scents around the house, especially if you have pets. Dust, pet hair, dander, and household mess all carry their own odors, and as air flows through your vacuum, these odors can be expelled into the rooms you're cleaning.

But this $6.46 pack of vacuum fragrance tablets at Amazon, costing just 81 cents each, can solve this enduring issue, while demanding little effort. Simply crush up a tablet, sprinkle it on your floor, vacuum it up, and the constant airflow will release the lemony scent throughout your home.

It's an easy, inexpensive way to turn your vacuum cleaner into your next best home fragrance, effortlessly replacing musty odors so that your home can finally smell like an Anthropologie store.

Your Vacuum Cleaner Can Fill Your Home With Fresh Aroma

Easy to use

EnviroCare Vacuum Cleaner Scent Tablets – 8 Pack

Crush one of these tablets and place the remnants in your vacuum’s dust bin or bag. As air flows through during use, the scent will be released throughout your home. They are non-toxic, made from ingredients low-risk at typical cosmetic concentrations, and made in the USA.

Dog and cat fur can leave a persistent odor in your home, regardless of how often you vacuum. Even if you have one of the best vacuums for pet hair with robust HEPA filtration, odor particles can easily seep out of your vacuum's exhaust, as HEPA filters aren't able to capture them all.

That's why many of us, myself included, use alternative methods to mask the smell of household mess and hair.

The EnviroCare Vacuum Cleaner Scent Tablets at Amazon are one of the easiest, safest solutions I have found in my two years as Homes & Gardens' Home Tech Editor and professional vacuum tester, during which I have spent 400 hours testing and speaking to dozens of householders to find the most effective vacuuming methods.

Unlike essential oils and baking soda, other odor-releasing hacks that can actually damage your vacuum, crumbled up tablets are safe to vacuum up, and EnviroCare asserts that they're made from non-toxic materials, contributing to your calm, non-toxic home.

Shoppers have praised the fresh, lemon scent that it gives off, and how long-lasting the aroma is in the room. One reviewer at Amazon said, 'it works perfectly', while another Amazon reviewer said, 'These tabs get rid of any leftover mustiness. Definitely recommend.'

The EnviroCare Vacuum Scent Tablets are available at Amazon for $6.46, for a pack of eight.

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The EnviroCare Vacuum Scent Tablets are one of many solutions to beat household odors while vacuuming. Here are six more recommendations.

All prices were correct at the time of publication.

Long-lasting

OVO Lemon Fresh Vacuum Cleaner Scent Tablets

Sitting directly in your vacuum dust bin or bag, and designed to last up to two years, these vacuum scent tablets should prove to be more long-lasting.

Fresh aroma

Taylors of Harrogate Earl Grey Tea, 20 Tea Bags

In a similar vein, another hack is to place a tea bag in your vacuum's dustbin, and as you clean your home, the scent of tea leaves will gently fill your space.

Minty

Celestial Seasonings Peppermint Herbal Tea Bags (20 Count)

Peppermint is another strong-smelling tea choice, leaving a fresher, mintier scent.

Targets odors directly

Coway Airmega Mighty

The reason vacuum cleaners can't handle odors is that they only use HEPA (or particulate) filtration. To actually remove odor particles from your air, you need an activated carbon filter that traps them, such as this Coway model that's one of the best air purifiers we've tested.

Read more in our full Coway Airmega Mighty review.

Odor neutralized cleaning

Shark Cordless PowerDetect

The Shark Cordless PowerDetect has an anti-odor cartridge that actively replaces smells as you clean.

Read more in our full Shark Cordless PowerDetect review.

Anti-odor, for large homes

Shark POWERDETECT Upright

This robust vacuum cleaner is one of the most powerful we've vetted, while also having anti-odor technology to leave air smelling fresher than before.

Read more in our five-star Shark POWERDETECT Upright review.

Next, learn the best natural deodorizers to use around your home.

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Dan is the former Home Tech Editor for Homes & Gardens, where they covered cleaning, sound, smart home, and air treatment across the Solved section. Before joining Homes & Gardens, Dan worked across a range of home, garden, tech, and lifestyle titles, including Top Ten Reviews, BBC Science Focus, YourHomeStyle, and Gardens Illustrated. They have spent more than 400 hours testing and reviewing vacuums, soundbars, and air purifiers. Dan holds a BA in Philosophy and an MA in Magazine Journalism. Outside of work, you'll usually find them at gigs and art galleries, cycling somewhere scenic, or cooking up something good in the kitchen.