In this guide you’ll learn how to bring your home alive with seasonal fragrances that enrich your senses and get you excited for each time of year.
Why switch fragrances in your home throughout the seasons?
When decorating your home throughout the seasons, you might change colours to help you get into the mood of each season – such as green and red at Christmas time or blue and yellow throughout the summer. Similarly, we associate different fragrances with different seasons, and it helps us feel happier to be in that time of year.
It’s also fun! Many people don’t like to look at the same décor and smell the same fragrances throughout the year. Changing fragrances helps give your home character and keeps it alive and evolving whilst allowing you to put your personality into your space.
How do changing fragrances affect your mood throughout the year?
Much like the weather, changing fragrances affect your emotions throughout the year. Fragrances can be nostalgic and transport you to memories of your childhood that you didn’t think existed.
When it’s cold and raining in the winter, you want to be cosy inside under blanket. Warm and spicy scents subconsciously help you feel safe, calm and secure like a nice hot chocolate or a delicious mulled wine.
On the other hand, when the sun is shining, we want to be outside whether that be a hike, laying on the beach in your local beer garden. Fresh and exotic fragrances help you feel energised and make you want to try a new experience.
Spring fragrance examples
Groundbreaking: spring fragrances often include floral and fresh notes which include scents such as:
- Lavender
- Cherry blossom
- Rose
- Violet
- Jasmine
- Lily of the valley
- Orange blossom
Summer fragrance examples
Summer fragrances are exotic, tropical, aquatic, sweet and fruity. They make you want a cocktail in the sun whilst laying on a beach. Popular examples of summer fragrances include:
- Pineapple
- Passion fruit
- Monoi
- Scent of the sea
- Vanilla
- Lemon
- Orange
- Verbena
- Honey
Autumn fragrance examples
Autumn fragrances often contain dark, earthy and woody notes including scents such as:
- Patchouli
- Sandalwood
- Oud wood
- Cedar wood
- Amber
- Eucalyptus
Winter fragrance examples
Winter scents should make us feel warm and festive with a hint of spice. These include scents such as:
- Cinnamon
- Red wine
- Gingerbread
- Christmas Tree
- Herbal fragrances
How to choose the right fragrance for your home
Much of the time the fragrance that you choose will be down to personal preference but there are a few tips that can help you find a new fragrance that you’ll love.
Consider complimentary scents
For example, if you already have a floral scent in your home, other floral scents can compliment your home fragrance, providing greater depth and enhancing the feeling of spring.
Follow your taste buds
Your sense of taste and smell are closely intertwined which is why food that often smells nice, tastes nice – the same can be said in reverse. If you enjoy spicy food, there’s a good chance you’ll like spicy fragrances in the winter, if you enjoy the sweet taste of fruit, you will like tropical scents in the summer.
Each room matters
You may want to feel different moods in each room. For instance you may want spicy fragrances in your kitchen to aid your taste buds, but you may want softer and calmer scents in your bedroom to help you sleep.
We’re here to help
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- Room sprays
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