The evening commences like many before it. Among the shadows and delicate polypropylene folds of your kitchen’s most unmentionable corners — where peelings have sweated and secrets fermented — you again toss your refuse. Only slightly malodorous for now, but your experience tells you stronger stenches await.

Tonight though, a new ritual.

Tonight, you reach for Eau de Garbage No.1, before the detritus has wilted in the bin, much less reeked.

Fingers brush the smooth cylinder (compostable, no plastic).
A gentle grasp. Flick of the wrist. The rhythm begins.
Sometimes quick. Sometimes… longer.

An ecstatic plume erupts: crystalized sodium bicarbonate — uncut, unapologetic — flooding the bin’s dark places.

Odors retreat. Time bends.

Notes of papaya and herring... are nowhere to be inhaled.
You breathe. You linger.
When the moment ends, peace remains.

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• Odor Neutralizer for Trash and Compost Receptacles
• Powder
• Active ingredient: 100% Crystallized Sodium Bicarbonate
• Compostable Sprinkle-Top Canister
• Made in the United States
• To use: dust the bottom of the receptacle and each fresh layer of refuse