In order to "smell" something the odor particle must bind with a receptors protein in your sinuses. Febreze works by binding do the odor molecule so that the same binding sites are not available to bind with your sinus receptors.

There are perfumed versions of Febreze which do mask odors but the primary method of action aligns more with absorbing the odor.

The active ingredient is cyclodextrine.

Here is an article on how odors are detected:

https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-human-smell-rece....

Thanks very much, Tug

Great Wired article.

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If only we could train our receptors to recognize viruses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Febreze#:~:text=The%....

Thanks...

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