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Why are so many cleaning products lemon scented?

Is it a universally agreed-upon "fresh" smell? Cultural? Or is lemon fragrance just cheap to manufacture and use in products? Something else?

I don't hate it, but I also don't care for it, either. Now I'm curious why so many cleaning products use that smell.

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  • Limonene is a pretty good solvent and as it's naturally occurring about 90% of the oils in citrus peels. I would imagine there's a good connection between Orange juice manufacturing and cleaning products

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