A liquid dispensing system comprising a universal refill of liquid and an emanation device wherein the refill comprises: a housing at least one reservoir in the housing for holding the liquid at least one aperture in the housing sealed by at least one valve wherein said at least one valve defines a liquid pathway from the reservoir to the exterior of the refill, wherein at least one of said valve(s) is configured to be automatically resealable when not being held open at least one wick housed entirely within the housing and wherein the emanation device is selected from: an emanation device configured to spray the liquid an emanation device configured to evaporate the liquid by electrically powered means an emanation device configured to evaporate the liquid by passive, non-electrically powered means an emanation device configured to emanate the liquid by two or more of spraying the liquid, evaporating the liquid by electrically powered means and/or evaporating the liquid by passive, non-electrically powered means characterised in that each emanation device is provided with a chassis configured to receive and releasably retain the universal refill and the universal refill is operationally compatible with each emanation device.