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7 Genius Ways To Make Your Dorm Room Smell Amazing | How To Make Your Dorm Room Smell Good

July 24, 2019 By Cassidy Lucille 73 Comments

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This post shows you ways to make your dorm room smell good.

Your first dorm room. It’s very exciting! You’re all on your own, and you probably have a roommate you don’t know and the whole world is in your hands.

Let’s get to the facts though – dorm rooms are small. Even if you’re lucky, and you attend a college that has bigger dorm rooms, it’s still a relatively small space to actually live in.

With any small space, it’s easy for smells to linger. Even if you’re relatively clean, pay special attention to keeping the air fresh and clean – and smelling good – in your college dorm.

Here’s 7 genius ways to make your dorm room smell amazing!

How To Make Your Dorm Room Smell Good

1. Essential Oil Diffuser

This was my favorite way to add some light scent to my dorm room, while not overpowering with some kind of room spray or perfume.

I liked to keep my essential oil diffuser on my desk, and especially liked using it when I studied or worked on my blog.

Here’s the one I have, it’s fantastic!

2. Wash Bedding Regularly

This is a big one. Think about it – you spend 8-10 (hopefully) hours a night in your bed, and you should treat the bedding that way! Wash it at least once a week, no one wants to have gross smelly bedding.

Here’s my favorite laundry detergent, fabric softener, and hamper.

3. Scented Trash Bags

I used scented trash bags in my first dorm room, and I think it helped keep any garbage odors down considerably.

What I really like about scented trash bags is they don’t smell super strong. Instead, I like to think of them as just neutralizing odors in dorm rooms.

Here’s the ones I used, and a garbage can I recommend if your dorm doesn’t come with one.

4. Take Out Garbage 2 Times/Week

Hand in hand with scented trash bags, take out your garbage! This is the place where bad odors in your dorm room would start, and taking out your garbage regularly is crucial.

Make sure you pay special attention to this tip if you throw any food in your garbage!

5. Clean Out Fridge

Stick to a cleaning schedule, and make sure cleaning out your fridge is a big part of it!

Use labels to date your food. This helps remind yourself when food is expiring, helping to keep smells down, and to save you some more money!

Using a red, yellow, green dot system for how quickly food needs to be eaten can help a lot. Red = needs to be eaten very soon (cheese, yogurt, produce.) Yellow = don’t let it sit (apples, other fruits.) Green = fine for a long period of time.

Related: 14 Things to Clean In Your Dorm Room Immediately

6. Febreze Fabric Spray

Throw pillows, the couch, ottomans, etc. Anything that can’t be thrown in the washer regularly, benefits from a spray of febreze fabric spray.

7. Fan and Dryer Sheets

I never thought of this trick until I saw my boyfriend using it to keep his dorm room smelling fresh.

Place some good smelling dryer sheets on the back of your fan, in between the spokes in the fan shell, so then dorm room air is pushed through the dryer sheets before going through the fan.

This really kept his dorm room smelling fresh, and it’s always a great idea to keep air circulating in a small space.

This post showed you 7 genius ways to keep your dorm room smelling fresh!

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Filed Under: Blog, College Dorm Room, College Dorm Room Hacks, College Dorm Room Organization

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