Bros, I've tried many different kinds of air freshener, like Ambi Pur, Glade etc etc but i stil cannot find a good n lasting way 2 make my taxi smell good. Also can pandan leaves really chase away cockroaches?
1 of my taxi bro told me tat if some 1 vomitted in my cab, by leaving a open loaf of bread overnite in the cab, the smell wil go away? Cos he said tat the loaf of bread wil absorb all the smell away?
Pls share tips of how to make our taxis smell good........... Tks.
put on signs...
eg - no smoking, no eating, no drinking, no blow-job (for lady-boys).. in the cab.![]()
try to clean your cab (inside) with Dettol everyday before you closed for the day...
use those Dettol (hand lotion soup)... smell not that awful.
if you are a smoker, avoid smoking in the cab. if not. the smell will stays...
some of the air fresher do help... the more expensive ones lah.. cheapo ones... no good.
i don't drive a taxi. i just share some tips of purifying the surroundings with you:
1. Used coffee powder
-- For coffee powder bag, after you make your coffee don't throw away. Used coffee powder is known to absorb any foul smell. We always put used coffee powder bags in our refrigerator so that it will absorb those fish, food or durian smell. It can also absorb smellyness from the shoe cabinet.
-- If you used coffee powder by itself, then find a porous bag to collect the coffee powder in it and place it.
2. Fresh Orange and Lemon peels
-- After you eaten your oranges and lemons, leave the peel and the peel will emit the natural fruityness. It last for about hours before drying out and losing the scent.
3. Indian Incense or Japanese Incense
-- If you don't mind Indian fragrance, then Indian Incense is a very good choice for freshening the air. Do not need to light them up. Just get one or two boxes of Indian Incense from Indian shops, tear open the plastic wrapping inside, allowing the Incense sticks to let off the fragrance and leave the box open. This method is good for an enclosed space. For us, we usually get the Lia Incense (one package consisting of 12 boxes consisting of Jasmine, Samtrupti, Chandanam, Prime Rose, Rainbow, Spice World, Sea Shore, and Nature's Gift). We put in book shelves and all the books become nice smelling. These incense are hand-wrapped, and they help absorb the surrounding moisture too. By far I like the nicest smelling Samtrupti (meaning mixed fruits), Nature's Gift (mixture of lily and geranium) and Jasmine. The rest are also equally good.
-- If you don't like or not used to Indian fragrance, the next choice would be Japanese Incense stick though they are not as powerful. I use a variety of brands from Koubunboku, Kokonoe and Shukoukoku.
-- Poor quality Chinese Incense commonly used in homes and temples doesn't work
4. Overly toasted bread
-- Regarding bread, it should not be only a normal loaf of bread. If you find slices of bread which is expired, toast it into Chao-Ta state with your toaster. Only Chao-Ta bread can absorb smell from the surroundings.
Some other methods that I heard before are Lemongrass heated dry with Microwave Oven can absorb smell, and Washing Powder put into a box and poked holes on the cover to absorb moisture, can last for 2-3 months and later on still can use it to wash clothes, no wastage.
What i did ?
1) Hang a packet of hot kopi O overnight , from hot into cold ! And sms my hirer to throw it away , effective !
2) Dettolised the whole taxi ! Effective for weeks , the more u dettol it , and the smell will be there everyday , even if u dun dettol for days !
3) Place charcoal inside boot .
4) Open your window when u are on the highway , off the aircon , ventilation will make the cab really fresh .
My last resort if my cab is stinks !
light up all matches ! Inside the cab before handover . The smoke will oxidised the odour !

Yeah Mango .
From not so ripe , to totally ripe .
Once ripe , it smells really natural and strong , pax will love it .
After 1 week before it rot , throw it away .
Originally posted by Poolman:
Yeah Mango .
From not so ripe , to totally ripe .
Once ripe , it smells really natural and strong , pax will love it .
After 1 week before it rot , throw it away .
Mango rot liao become nua nua liao...... :P
Originally posted by lazyeebone:Pickup working ladies or lady boys.
Free perfume scent for at least an hour.
You are paid for that trip !
haha totaly agree their perfume super strong 1..... ;)
Try the body shop, perfume last for more then six months...
I use Ampi Pur, but it's quite high cost. I want the car to smell like a hospital. Should be some kind of antiseptic lotion but not sure where to buy as a car fragrance. Driving at night, the smell of those paxs reeking of alcohol makes me want to puke..
Originally posted by He:I use Ampi Pur, but it's quite high cost. I want the car to smell like a hospital. Should be some kind of antiseptic lotion but not sure where to buy as a car fragrance. Driving at night, the smell of those paxs reeking of alcohol makes me want to puke..
Go Sheng Siong buy a bottle of anti-septic , like dettol type of liquid , same exactly like SGH .
Originally posted by Poolman:
Go Sheng Siong buy a bottle of anti-septic , like dettol type of liquid , same exactly like SGH .
your cab will smell like a hospital then.... lol.
the tradition leaf still helps
Originally posted by KINGSMAN:Try the body shop, perfume last for more then six months...
Can last more than 1/2 a year? so long? very expensive? can provide more details like cost n name of the perfume? tks.
go to Daiso, spend $2 on charcoal car thingy...
don't smoke in your cab.. take about 20 minutes after you smoke outside your cab before going in, and that is after you rinse your mouth out with listerine.. your clothes will also have cigarette smell...
after the smell is gone (if you are using the charcoal thingy), get an ioniser.. they help.. but smell like vomit.. sorry.. that one too much
occasionally go to Daiso and spend $2 on the car thingies there...
they don't last very long but it's good..
Originally posted by lazyeebone:Pickup working ladies or lady boys.
Free perfume scent for at least an hour.
You are paid for that trip !
hahaha...that's so true.
Originally posted by komade:haha totaly agree their perfume super strong 1..... ;)
but all cheap perfumes.
Originally posted by Poolman:
Go Sheng Siong buy a bottle of anti-septic , like dettol type of liquid , same exactly like SGH .
Aiyo, cannot, some pax dun like hospital smell, so many different kind of pax, very hard to please them. Got once I used a lemon air fresher to spray, a male pax complain that air fresher is no good for health, and ask me to wind down the window,.so, sometime, want to satisfy pax also difficult.
your cab very troublesome lei..
want to smell good.. but got little ghost inside... lol.
must change a brand new cab.. then got new leather smell... no ghost inside.
Originally posted by Just_do_it_lah:your cab very troublesome lei..
want to smell good.. but got little ghost inside... lol.
must change a brand new cab.. then got new leather smell... no ghost inside.
what's the common denominator? ![]()
Originally posted by the Bear:
what's the common denominator?
ask the TS... ![]()
his problem... not mine.. ![]()
or place this in you cab..
$$ smell better than anything....
Originally posted by bowah:
but all cheap perfumes.
Go mustafa theres 1 cheap air refreshner selling at 4.50
can use for 3000 sprays im using it now quite long liao still
haben finish. Ambi Pur 1 smell nice but use up beri fast.......