One of my best scented places was an apartment in Bordeaux where we stayed for a couple weeks. It had a wonderful, fresh scent. I pinned it down to the linens and cleaning products. The sheets were ironed using a scented water; gorgeous, simple cleaning sprays that looked like they came from a market; and lovely dish washing and laundry detergents. My point: it was a subtle, second hand kind of freshness and not an overt candle or wicking type thing. Yes, I’m sure they used products with good quality scented oils, but I have no idea. Of course, the apartment was very clean and tidy.

Nest plug in? is that like Glade?

Those smell like cheap chemicals to me.

Buying something like that online is difficult based only on the description of the fragrance.

I think I would need to find physical stores that sell it and then I can buy refills online later.

Do you have any visitors?

I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but I incorporate some scent with my cleaning efforts - I keep a spray bottle with my favorite essential oils very diluted in water (tea tree, clove, orange, are some of my faves)

I use it to spray on my floors and kitchen counters and wipe with microfiber mop/cloth.

A squirt of lavender on my pillow is nice too. Sandalwood is my very favorite, used sparingly with cedarwood an affordable alternative too.

Interesting, I just had a woman at HomeGoods last week ask me for help finding a candle that smelled like a luxury hotel! My mind goes to Vegas hotels like the Waldorf Astoria, the Wynn and 4 seasons. Each has its own unique scent but I always smell an undertone of ozone... like a coming rainstorm smell. I understand Vegas hotels could likely be using an ozone generators between guests and in restaurants to reduce bacteria, viruses and microorganisms. That may be effecting the overall scent of whatever they use in the first place.

I used linen spray from homegoods for lavender scent when guests flipped back the sheets when I was going vacation rentals.

Bake some chocolate chip cookies.

I wish chocolate chip cookie was a woman's perfume. I'd be hooked at the first sniff.

All of those scents cause problems with my allergies. Five minutes and my nose and sinuses are protesting.

The best scent is very clean, and an open window at least occasionally.. There is just no good "fake" that beats the natural clean and fresh air.

In fact, many guests in your home will suffer in silence from any scented candle or plug in. Headaches, difficulty with breathing are common.

Put a cut up lemon down your garbage disposal, set some orange rinds to a slow simmer. Bake cookies and enjoy. Cook fish outdoors. Don't be afraid of fresh air. Empty kitchen trash frequently!! even twice a day if necessary. Run the dishwasher daily. Those tasks ( trash and the DW ) are the most important of all, and failure there is a scent : ( that absolutely nothing will disguise.

A diffuser works well for us and have the one below. I have allergies and we have pets, so natural essential oils are used. You can turn on/off easily and can choose the amount of scent by the number of drops. The secret is to find a scent that is not overpowering.

I treat myself to Diptyque candles. The only time I actually burn them is after I cook meals with strong smells. The rest of the time, they throw a nice scent even when they are unlit.

I've been to stores in a few different locations, the employees are always very helpful.

A clean house does not need any fake smelly stuff ever . I have ahuge dog but he is kept clean I use a very neutral cleaning product it is concentrate so different strenghts for different jobs . vaccum rugs often and for get all the stuff that just masks a dirty house . A good hood in the kitchen removes smells quickly if left on for about 5 minutes after you finish cooking. Open windows on nice days fresh air always the best choice BTW I cannot even go in a store with scented candles all those smeels give me a headache.

I think the first question is what are you attempting to do. Mask scents or add scent to a neutral / clean space.

When I sold real estate I found that some homes did not smell neutral or clean, so I would use a Febreze type air freshener before showing the home.

Personally I like perfumes and wear perfume. I also love all my flowers in my garden or baked goods in the oven and love the scents of good essential oils that mimic those scents when I am not baking or flowers are not in bloom.

I use diffusers and use small clay beads with a few drops of essential oil to scent my rooms.

I use Febreze and then essential oils when the farmer spreads manure on the field and I have left a door or window open.

I also enjoy a nice linen spray on my bedding.

I looked at the various products that you attached and will say that these seem to have a lot of different smells all lumped together. (Many perfumes do this as well). I prefer getting pure essential oils and not mixing 10 different fragrances. I often use just one oil (Jasmine, rose, vanilla, cinnamon, clove, raspberry . . . ) or I might mix 2 or at most 3 scents. I find that they get muddied when too many things are mixed together.

I prefer to purchase absolutes and dilute myself.

I like https://naturesgift.com/

https://mountainroseherbs.com/

We are a nation obsessed with unnatural scents, with masking any potential odor. You have to dig in a grocery aisle for unscented trash liners! Spare me the Gain, and Tide with added odors. A very CLEAN white towel is a clean white towel ! Your trash liner needs no scent! Get rid of the darn contents and the bag that contains those offending morsels.

Fresh air, unless you live next to a dump, is a neutral , pleasing "no scent". So too a home with a cracked open window in each room as you clean.

Scent your clean body as is your preference, just know that your scent will please you, SOME others, and revolt some others as well.

Nothing amuses more than the Lumi commercial. Armpits and a whole lot MORE and I'll leave it at that to spare you. ......?

I see no reason for a home to smell like a hotel, even a fine hotel. I understand there are issues with hotels, via multiple humans over and over again, windows hermetically sealed. BUT. A hotel is that, and your home need not be that.

Overly scented homes torture your pet, visiting humans, and destroy the scent and TASTE of the food over which you labored. Competing scents numb you sense of smell. Yeah........you'd hope for that lol

Nothing ever smelled better than my grams house. Good food / baking bread/ cookies/ a roast in the oven. Immaculate. : ) all around and occasionally spray starch on Gramps handkerchiefs,.

When I was flipping homes many years ago, I would put lavender oil on lightbulbs and a dab on door knobs. I had little incense cubes made out of compressed cedarwood. I would burn that incense which really lingered in the house for hours right before brokers open. a little lavender spray on the bedding and I would have people going nuts about the smell inside. One woman told me as she was leaving that the house smelled like her childhood. It’s all about the emotional response with real estate. I always wondered how many people noticed the lavender scent on their hands from touching the door knobs.

I am not trying to cover or mask or cover any other smell. I don’t really smell anything unless something was very recently cooked and that smell goes away on its own.

I just want it to smell extra pleasant the way certain luxury hotels do.

Surprised no one here has mentioned how toxic all of those scented plug-ins, Febreze, artificial air fresheners, scented products, etc. are. Very bad for your health. Look it up. If you have guests or pets, consider their health & well-being, too. It gives some people migraines & headaches. You may not think it smells strongly, but trust me, others around you will smell it on you & their belongings when they leave— if they can breathe long enough to stay for a full visit. I used to have to visit a woman’s home who obviously was using some scented Febreze or whatever garbage plug-ins. Whenever I left there, I immediately had to run home & shower to get all the scent off of me & out of my hair. Not to mention my clothing. And in winter I would freeze to & from the car because I couldn’t wear my jacket in there or it would be unbearable to wear the next day. Also ran into her in a store one time & that scented crap was oozing off of her & I guarantee you she had no idea. Felt sorry for her pets who had to breathe that stuff in all the time. Same goes for the overly scented laundry detergents where you can’t breathe when the people who use them walk by. They don’t realize they’re no different than the young guys who smell like they doused themselves in a whole can of Axe or bottle of cheap cologne & think they smell great. Same concept for all those artificial house scents.

Or.........." inspired" by

https://www.scentiment.com/collections/hotel?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=fragrances&utm_term=hotel_fragrances&utm_content=responsive&tw_source=google&tw_adid=679308134764&tw_campaign=20437716716&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwgpCzBhBhEiwAOSQWQRGJZtLwYjxrOCl1lscHg6jTxyjNjsx8EDPbxkC94AooDkImkSV_ABoCeTcQAvD_BwE

"I am not trying to cover or mask or cover any other smell. I don’t really smell anything unless something was very recently cooked and that smell goes away on its own.

I just want it to smell extra pleasant the way certain luxury hotels do."

^^ My suggestion would be a diffuser with good-quality scented oils of your choice. Tip: Use distilled water in the diffuser, you won't get any mineral build-up with distilled water.

I think the best scent is fresh air. My house has terrific breeze flow, there's nothing better than flinging open all the windows in the house, which I do spring through fall.

I sometimes will spritz a home-made air freshener (cheap vodka and essential oil) after I vacuum or if I just want a whiff of something particular. You can find recipes for thsi sort of thing on-line.

I can't stand the plug-ins or room freshener stuff you buy at the store. Cheap, chemical-y scents. They just can't be good for you, breathing all those chemicals.

@ JAN MOYER

Had to laugh at your statement " Fresh air, unless you live next to a dump, is a neutral , pleasing "no scent". So too a home with a cracked open window in each room as you clean. "

You don't live in the center of a city or out in farm country.

I have lived in both.

The air pollution when I lived in Pittsburgh left our curtains gray when the windows were left open. The only thing you smelled was the output from the steel mills and the cars.

I currently live across the street from a farm. Is it fresh country air or manure? Depends on the day and the direction of the wind.

: ) Admittedly there can be exceptions. You really can't block those scents entirely and the rest still applies. It tortures many in the attempt to mask lol

We use alcohol lamps infused with essential oils.

Norwood Architects Please link to what you use. I have never heard that term.

We have a newish home. When DH and I are away for long periods (this past month we were gone for 3 weeks) we came home to the house smelling slightly like damp sheetrock (my term). DH couldn't smell anything. Others say that it smells like a new house.

My DH "hoards" bbq rubs and spices! I hate the smell of the kitchen cabinet that stores them and I think it contaminates the house. He can't smell it, of course! I have placed as many as possible in canning jars that seal tight, but the smell is still there.

I like the scents by Claire Burke, especially the "original". My grandmother always used this when we were growing up. It's very comforting and not overpowering. I am going to try the lavender balsam next. Claire Burke

A clean house smells nice always . Fresh air too. I have worked in luxury hotels we always tried hard to use no scents since some people are very allergic . I get a migrain if I enter as store with scented candles . I think if the house is brand new open the windows everything in there is off gassing

I’ve had the best results using an enzyme smoke odor eliminator because it actually breaks down the stubborn smoky cling instead of just covering it up. I usually run one while I’m cleaning, and it makes the whole place feel fresher way faster. It pairs really well with a deep scrub and a quick declutter if the smell’s been around for a while.