Home Fragrance Safety: Resources for Pets & Children

A comfortable home starts with informed choices. Explore practical guides for households with pets, babies and young children, including essential oils, room sprays, diffusers and carpet fresheners.

Start here: Read the exact product label, keep fragrance products inaccessible, and ask your veterinarian or pediatrician about individual needs. These resources do not certify any Ella & Iris Home product as pet-safe or child-safe.

For homes with pets

Essential Oils and Pets: What to Know Before You Scent Your Home
A practical starting point for essential oils in homes with cats, dogs and other pets.
Diffusers Around Cats, Dogs and Birds: Placement Is Only Part of Safety
Reed, ultrasonic and nebulizing diffusers have different exposure risks.
Room Sprays and Pets: A Practical Guide to Reducing Exposure
How to plan room-spray use without assuming every formula is pet-safe.
Carpet Fresheners and Pets: Before You Sprinkle, Before They Return
A label-first carpet-freshening routine that keeps pets away from loose powder.
A Fresh Home With Pets: An Odor Routine That Starts With Cleaning
Build a practical pet-home routine around odor sources, washable textiles and informed product choices.

For babies and young children

Essential Oils Around Babies and Toddlers: Storage Comes First
Why concentrated oils need secure storage and product-specific advice in homes with young children.
Room Sprays Around Small Children: Safer Habits for Shared Spaces
Practical storage and application boundaries for room sprays in a family home.
Reed Diffusers, Plug-ins and Toddlers: A Childproofing Checklist
Look beyond décor to open liquids, accessible refills, cords and climbing routes.
Carpet Fresheners and Crawling Children: Plan the Floor Routine
A cautious, label-first approach to carpet powders in rooms used by babies and toddlers.

For the whole household

Home Fragrance Safety for Families: A Room-by-Room Checklist
One practical household checklist for fragrance storage, pet spaces and children’s rooms.

Need help after an exposure?

People in the U.S.: Call Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222. For severe breathing trouble, seizures or unresponsiveness, call 911. Do not induce vomiting.

Pets: Contact your veterinarian or ASPCA Poison Control: 888-426-4435; a consultation fee may apply. Breathing difficulty needs urgent veterinary care. Have the product container or label ready.

Trusted resources

General educational information, not personalized medical or veterinary advice. Reviewed October 10, 2026.