Science! Do Plates of Pine Sol Cut Weird Odors?

I had read that just leaving plates with Pine Sol poured onto them in a smelly room will cause the odors in the room to be removed by some magic smell-absorbing property of the Pine Sol. Well, don't bother...maybe.

Well, as I now possess one extra-smelly room, I figured I'd give it a go. Previously, I vacuumed; I Febreezed; I lit candles and burned incense. None of these things made much difference except maybe the Febreeze. It's hard to tell, really, since the source of the odors--a roommate--had been removed, so the place naturally should start smelling better as it airs out.

But I wanted to beat the crap out of the smell in this room, so I threw all the Pine Sol I could onto plates and left them out in the room for about 24 hours. I had about 3 plates and 3 bowls of Pine Sol laying around the room in a spread-out pattern. Afterwards, I removed them and sniffed away.

Well, it doesn't seem to work. I still smelled all the roommate funk, but now I smelled Pine Sol too. As the Pine Sol smell faded, I still smelled funk. However, a fresh nose came over and told me that the place didn't smell that much anyway, and that it was my room that actually smelled. So maybe I'm crazy. And smelly.