Scent in a Stick

At last month’s Atlanta Home Show I sniffed out—literally—a product that I haven’t been this enthusiastic about in a long, long time. You’ve likely purchased or received flowers that are beautiful, but unfortunately don’t smell equally lovely. It’s not that they smell bad … they just don’t smell, period.

Here’s your genius solution: ScentStems. They’re 9-inch-long green, wooden fragrance sticks that look just like flower stems. Pop one in your vase in the middle of a flower bouquet and you have instant fragrance, right from the source! It’s not cheap, manufactured gas-station-style air freshener smell, either. These things smell like an actual bouquet of fresh-cut flowers. (Finally, there’s a cure for carnations).

What I was even more excited about, though, was the company’s line of ScentSicles. If you have an artificial Christmas tree or if you prefer a stronger evergreen scent around the holidays, hang these 5.5-inch-long sticks at the base of your tree’s branches; they even come with ornament hooks attached! They’re completely inconspicuous within the tree, and you’d be surprised by how much fragrance one little stick emits.

If you want more info or to purchase, go to www.enviroscent.com. You can also pick these up at select Kroger stores.