<p>…without candles? Do diffusers work well?</p>
<p>cinnimon sticks?</p>
<p>By cleaning it?</p>
<p>Fresh flowers. Lilacs. Tuberose. Stock. Farmer’s markets are an affordable source.</p>
<p>I get those Glade or Renuzit fresheners. They make your room smell much better. Good alternative if you don’t want to use real flowers.</p>
<p>^We use those in some rooms.</p>
<p>We also use those big spray bottles of Febreeze. Just spritz all over after you clean. They smell terrific. :)</p>
<p>I used to have one of those electric air fresheners from Bath and Body Works, I think I got Pumpkin Pie scent or something. It smelled amazing and everyone who used to visit my dorm would comment on the scent.</p>
<p>I think two of them lasted me the whole year, and it was a constant fragrance - though not overwhelming, so you don’t have to keep respraying.</p>
<p>Oust, Fabreeze</p>
<p>Yeah cleaning it, with something that has a refreshing smell… Also leaving dorm window open sometimes, as well as door ( some say when your dorm room door is open, it’s a gesture of being friendly/ open to meeting people, so many students may stop by… not sure how true this is).</p>
<p>Empty the trash cans OFTEN. Empty food containers/pizza boxes/ soda cans tossed out ASAP. Things get gross fast in a tiny room.</p>
<p>You CLEAN it and you stay clean yourself (along with your roomate[s]).</p>
<p>Dirty people + dirty room = dirty smells</p>
<p>It’s common sense/simple math/basic hygiene.</p>
<p>umm maybe some Glade plug-ins and open ur window?</p>
<p>Try a product called ‘Say NO smell to dorms’. Its a subtle way to make a room smell better.</p>
<p>get a scented oil plugin</p>
<p>I concur with the Bath and Body works plug ins. They come in loads of scents and last forever. I use them in my bathrooms at home and my son uses them in his house at school.</p>
<p>Sometimes dorm rooms just smell, even if the people living in them are very hygienic and clean the place often–I think it’s the lack of air circulation, especially in the winter when you can’t open a window.</p>
<p>It helps to throw away all perishable trash in your floor communal trash cans (we have them by the stairs, in the kitchen, and in the bathrooms) and only use your room trash bins for non-food trash.</p>
<p>Also, be very wary of fresh flowers–my roommate found out the hard way that if you keep them too long they’ll emit a gross smell.</p>
<p>I use one of those reed diffusers. It seems to work pretty well, and lasts for a relatively long time. Plus, once you have the reeds and the glass container, you can buy plastic refill bottles of the liquid. It comes in all different scents.</p>
<p>Edit: Fresh flowers are great, but you have to be careful. For one thing, you have to replace them often, and for another, you have to make sure that neither you nor your roommate(s) is(are) allergic to them.</p>
<p>I’d recommend cleaning your room often and then either having scented plug-ins or flowers. Flowers would be better if they fit in with your rooms design.</p>
<p>febreeze? i’ve never tried it but i’ve heard its popular</p>
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<li>Leave the windows open if you have a screen and when it’s not freezing outside.</li>
<li>Empty the trash every couple days. Or whenever you throw something in there that’s not dry. </li>
<li>Throw any nasty or non-dry trash in the public trash cans outside your room, if they’re available.</li>
<li>Don’t leave a hamper of dirty sweaty clothes sit in your room for more than one week unwashed.</li>
<li>Febreeze or plugin air freshners.</li>
<li>Avoid eating strong smelling food in your room or leaving it to sit on your desk for hours.</li>
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