Can white wine vinegar be used to remove smells?

Distilled white vinegar is not available where I live (Greece), though I can easily get hold of various wine vinegars. Most people have told me that white vinegar can be used to remove smells - e.g. by putting some in a bowl in your room, but I would like to know if white wine vinegar can be used as a substitute. It seems to me that white wine vinegar leaves a strong smell of vinegar in the room for a long time afterwards. Would the same thing happen with ordinary white vinegar - or perhaps it is so pure that the strong vinegar smell would evaporate and disappear pretty quickly?