Neutral air fresheners/odor absorbers for vehicle

My car’s not particularly stinky, but it does transport stinky clothing (‘outdoor sports in the Florida summer’ levels of stinky) a few times a week and the odors can persist for a day or so.

Does anybody have any suggestions for air fresheners that aren’t the typical chemical cocktails you get from a Febreeze or Glade a/c vent dongle? Specifically, I’m considering getting some bamboo charcoal bags, which are billed as odor absorbers. At one point I bought some cedar chip sachets but I frankly have no idea whether they did any good.

Related question: they say that charcoal bags can be “reactivated” every month or so by direct exposure to sunlight. Does anybody know if/how that works? Trying to Google for information gets me stuff about UV rays expanding the pores of the charcoal and it frankly sounds like absolute nonsense.

You might say…

:slight_smile: :arrow_right: :sunglasses:

…it doesn’t pass the sniff test.