I was wondering if there were any means of bombing it with a new scent which would idk stick. I tried stuff like air fresheners but they last a day or a few and then aren’t noticeable while the apartment smell persists. I didn’t try candles because I don’t have anything to light them on with. Are scented candles powerful enough to make the entire place smell different long term? I want to eventually invite a guy over and he asked me if the place smells bad because he’s sensitive to smells and knows they renovated it (or rather are about to finish) with me moving in.
You could try to air or dry it out. Open windows, crank up the heat, let the sun shine on surfaces so the chemicals vaporize away.
Ofc if you have washable or cleanable surfaces, you just need to clean those.
Finally add your good scents to replace the lost layer of compounds. I don’t think candles and sprays are very good, those compounds don’t really travel in the air as I understand. Maybe try incense, or cooking some desserts.
I’ve done some of this to air out my place after some pungent cooking
Oh right incense. I’ll see if I can get it cheap anywhere. It smells so strong it surely must work.