Odor Exorcism vs Fresh Wave

By Father Olor Fresco

September 29, 2025

So, you’ve found yourself in the precarious position of encountering a demonic odor in you home, a place that’s supposed to be devoid of such menacing and odoriferous apparitions…what do you do?

If you’re a Fresh Wave fan, you might think you already have the tool you need to expel the satanic scent. Think again…

As it turns out, Fresh Wave is scientifically proven to be ineffective against just such unholy emissions. If you’re in the presence of stinky evil, only the world’s most naturally powerful odor eliminator will do, and that odor eliminator is Odor Exorcism.

Cast aside that plastic bottle and summon the assitance of the odor clergy, because it’s about to go down.

Without further ado, here’s a product comparison between Fresh Wave & Odor Exorcism.

Fresh Wave Ingredients

  • Water

  • Purpose: Solvent base
  • What it does: Dilutes the concentrated oils and helps with even distribution when sprayed.
  • Natural? Yes

  • Essential oils

  • Purpose: Natural fragrances and deodorizers
  • What it does: Provides the formula’s scent and possesses some antimicrobial properties.
  • Natural? Yes

  • “Proprietary natural plant oil blend”

  • Purpose: ???
  • What it does: Who knows…your guess is as good as ours.
  • Natural? Probably, but can’t say for certain

  • Tocopherol Alpha (Vitamin E) Antioxidant

  • Purpose: Preservative
  • What it does: Extends shelf life
  • Natural? Yes

  • Polysorbate 80

  • Purpose: Emulsifier
  • What it does: Allows essential oils to disperse evenly in water, preventing separation.
  • Natural? No

  • Sorbitan oleate

  • Purpose: Co-emulsifier
  • What it does: Works with Polysorbate 80 to stabilize oil-in-water mixtures
  • Natural? Yes

Now, let’s have a look at Odor Exorcism, a Fresh Wave all-natural alternative:

Odor Exorcism Ingredients

  • Water

  • Purpose: Solvent base
  • What it does: Dilutes the concentrated oils and helps with even distribution when sprayed.
  • Natural? Yes

  • Essential oils of lavender, sweet orange, and frankincense

  • Purpose: Natural fragrances and deodorizers
  • What it does: Provides the formula’s scent and possesses some antimicrobial properties.
  • Natural? Yes

  • Vegetable glycerin

  • Purpose: Co-solvent
  • What it does: Helps to blend water with small amounts of essential oils or fragrance compounds by dispersing them more evenly.
  • Natural? Yes

  • Leucidal SF Max

  • Purpose: Preservative
  • What it does: All-natural anti-microbial that augments the efficacy of the formula’s odor-eliminating capabilities and extends shelf life.
  • Natural? Yes

  • Soy lecithin

  • Purpose: Emulsifier
  • What it does: Allows essential oils to disperse evenly in water, preventing separation.
  • Natural? Yes

  • Xantham gum

  • Purpose: Stabilizer
  • What it does: Works to bind soy lecithin and essential oils together, preventing separation.
  • Natural? Yes

  • Sodium citrate

  • Purpose: ph buffer, chelating agent, and odor control synergist
  • What it does: A supporting powerhouse. It buffers pH, chelates minerals, and helps other ingredients work better, all while being gentle and naturally derived. It’s especially useful in formulas that include preservatives or want to maintain long-term stability.
  • Natural? Yes

  • Grain alcohol

  • Purpose: Solvent, odor neutralizer, volatile carrier, and antimicrobial agent
  • What it does: Ensures a uniform distribution in the solution, especially in water-based sprays where oils would otherwise separate; helps carry away unpleasant odors with it; can also dissolve some odor-causing molecules, making them easier to neutralize or disperse; alcohol helps kill odor-producing bacteria on contact; because alcohol evaporates rapidly, it gives the formula a fast-drying quality, making it ideal for fabrics, air, or surfaces where you don’t want residue or dampness.
  • Natural? Yes

Ingredient summary

Lest we forget, Fresh Wave leaves out two monumentally important ingredients in foul odor exorcising—sodium citrate and alcohol—and it’s safe to conclude that Fresh Wave is appropriate for sending demonic odors to purgatory, but not all the way to hell. That destination is only reachable by Odor Exorcism, and Odor Exorcism alone.

Fresh Wave bottle: more plastic

Beyond the formula itself, the Fresh Wave producers have decided that the world in fact doesn’t have enough plastic in yet and have chosen to add more to that already staggering total.

Odor Exorcism comes in an amber glass round bottle, the container of choice of exorcists throughout the course of human history.

Fresh wave sprayer: the bane of some random reviewers’ existence

Fresh Wave routinely receives feedback that it’s sprayer trigger isn’t up to the task of effectively dispensing odor elimination formula:

Fresh Wave trigger sprayer complain review

A bottle of Odor Exorcism, on the other hand, is capped by a serious sprayer usually reserved for larger-sized bottles.

The sprayer, a 28-400 trigger sprayer, comes in jet black (approximately the same hue adoring exorcists since time immemorial), and has two spray settings (stream and spray, though stream should ONLY be used on hard surfaces; always use the spray setting when spraying in the air or on fabrics).

Fresh Wave label: more pastel than Cinque Terre

If you’re a pastel fan, Fresh Wave is for you. Depending on the scent, you can get your plastic-laden, unnatural odor eliminator in virtually any variation of soft pastel.

Odor Exorcism, on the other hand, comes in one visage only, and that’s evil aroma-fighting black and red. You’ll have no trouble finding it next to the other pastel cleaning products in the cupboard. (The true believers might be so inclined to store their bottle of Odor Exorcism on a coffee table, fireplace mantle, or ofrenda for maximum visibility…and we support that.)

In closing

When the situation calls for the most powerful and natural odor eliminator in existence, reach for Odor Exorcism, and unleash the power of (s)prayer.

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