Febreze - what is it & how does it work?b

[fighting_ignorant]

Is it more like a deodorant (i.e. scented to mask the odor) or some kind of disinfectant? Or some other thing altogether?

[Squink]

Febreze employs cyclodextrins to mop up odors:

One of P&G’s biggest recent successes has been its Febreze odor-removal product line, which is based on cyclodextrins—ring-shaped molecules based on six, seven, or eight glucose monomers that can either deliver or entrap odorous compounds.

[Enola_Straight]

According to the ingredients, it contains:

Water, alcohol, odor eliminator derived from corn, fragrance.