Poo-Pourri Spray

Okay, folks, we’re about to get personal here. You may have figured it out by my blog post title. Am I right? And Kristy thought her post the other day showing the contents of her purse was “personal”. Ha ha ha. Not.

For some reason this is a subject that makes us humans either giggle or gag from the time we are about four years old. But today we are going to be real adults and discuss something that will help us ALL when we’re faced with the "gag" part of this topic. Hee hee.

Whether you are in the safe confines of the loo in your home or in the hovering (pun intended) conditions of the public toilet, today’s “recipe” will ensure you have nothing to be embarrassed about after you do your business. (Told you it was going to get personal!)

Did you know there is a spray that is actually marketed and sold for $9.95 for a one ounce bottle? They have sold almost 5 million! As you can see, this is a serious matter.

How it works? If you spray it beforehand then it creates an oily film on top of the water which creates a physical trapping the smell below and keeping the fragrant essential oil scent on top.

The difference in using a product like this instead of something like Glade spray or Febreze is that 1) you’re not getting just a flowery stinky smell, and 2) you’re not polluting your house (or the public restroom) with harmful chemical fragrances.

Let’s doo-doo this! *snicker*

Loo Doo Spray (get it?)
printable recipe here

1 teaspoon rubbing alcohol
20-30 drops essential oil(s) of your choice
Water

Add alcohol to a 2 ounce spray bottle then essential oils and lastly, water. (The alcohol is supposed to keep the essential oils from separating from the water so you do not have to shake it each time.) Spray 3-4 times in the toilet (before or after the deed). You may want to label it with instructions for family or guests. Now, sit back and enjoy its end product! *snort*

I like these small 2 ounce glass bottles because they are easy to carry in your purse if you want and do not take up a lot of space on the back of the toilet. You get a dozen for $13. There are so many essential oil projects in which you can use these. Using the plastic 3 ounce size from Wal-Mart would work fine too just adjust the ingredients accordingly.

This will not harm your toilet and in fact is made of some of the ingredients we have in cleaners so it may help. It's abso-toot-ly all natural, of course!

Price breakdown: About 50 cents in essential oils, maybe 1 cent for the rubbing alcohol (if that) and my biggest expense was 75 cents for the bottle. Grand total of $1.26 for 2 ounces. Quite a bit of savings.

You can come up with all sorts of combinations with your essential oils to mask the odor. A few to get you started are:
peppermint, rosemary, and lemon (clean, fresh scent),
orange and ylang ylang (a fresh, energizing blend),
orange, cinnamon, and white fir (a favorite with the guys),
bergamot, lemongrass, and grapefruit (the original smell for Poo-Pourri).

I have made some labels with the name "Loo Doo Spray" and a little ditty on it to help people to know what to do with it. You can click on the images below to download them or if you want all three, click here for a PDF you can download.

So I have brainstormed and have come up with some various names for your special spray. I am sure you can think of your own. Any ideas? Share them in the comments.

Loo Doo Spray (what I'm using), Heavy Doody Spray, The Dump Pump, Parfum pour la Toilette (saying it in French always sounds so much better, right?), Poop Deodorant, Toilet Bomber Diffuser, Dumperfume, Bricklayer’s Spray, Dismantling the Bomb, Fumigant, Vaporizer