The £3.50 M&S buy homeowners are using to make their whole house smell like a ‘boujee candle' without a single flame
A HOMEOWNER has revealed how she gets her whole house to smell like she's had a "boujee candle" burning all day - without lighting a single flame.
Hannah explained she's a big fan of the cleaning products in Marks & Spencer, with the green tea and bergamot £3.50 concentrated disinfectant among her favourites.
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And as well as using the liquid in its intentional way, she's also figured out a clever hack to make her home smell like the scent.
"Fill a sink with some M&S disinfectant and your house will smell like you've burnt a boujee candle all day!" she wrote over a video on her TikTok page.
"I'm sorry but this smell..." she captioned the video.
And people were quick to comment on the clip, with one writing: "Need to try this, love their cleaning products!"
"The almond toilet gel as well," Hannah replied.
"Ooh this would be great in my hand steamer too," another added.
"Just need to check it's pet friendly!"
"I fill a dishmatic brush and do my radiators and skirtings every few days too," a third revealed.
"We do this too!" someone else added.
"Yessss I do this with Zoflora when it's on sale," another admitted.
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And the positive reviews of the disinfectant kept on coming in the reviews section on the Ocado website - where you can nab the product online.
"I just love the floral fragrance- doesn't smell like a disinfectant at all and makes the house smell clean, fresh and lovely," one wrote.
"This product smells amazing ,subtle but also fragrant enough that a little goes a long way," another added.
"I always add a couple of capfuls to my weekly wash and makes the laundry smell really fresh.
"I also add some to my reed diffusers when they are running out of fragrance and they make the whole house smell clean and fresh."
"Lovely long lasting smell, smells divine," a third commented.
"Good value when compared with leading brands," someone else wrote.
"Very long-lasting fresh and floral fragrance."
The disinfectant also comes as a spray, in the same scent, with one person writing in their review on Ocado: "Always keep this spray handy for holidays and trips and completely blitz wherever were staying.
"Toilet flush, tv remote, door handles, light switches etc.
"It smells really nice and seems to last a long time too!"
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