Home Fragrance Gifts: A Guide for Every Budget

Thoughtful home fragrance gifts from $29: scent sample sets, travel reed diffusers and luxury reed diffusers, with tips for choosing a scent for someone else.

Scent is one of the best gifts you can give: it's personal, it's used every day, and it doesn't add clutter. The only hard part is choosing a scent for someone else. Here's how to get it right at every budget.

Under $50: let them choose

• The Discovery Set ($29): three signature scents as 5 ml samples. Perfect as a stocking stuffer or a "thank you".
• The Complete Hotel Edit ($45): all six of our hotel-inspired scents in one gift-ready box. The safest gift when you don't know their taste, because they get to find their favourite.

Under $60: a small luxury

• A travel reed diffuser (100 ml, $59). Sized for a bathroom, a guest room or a small apartment. Flame-free, so it's safe to leave on all day.

$95: the statement gift

• A 200 ml luxury reed diffuser ($95). Our signature: black fibre reeds and a smoked glass vessel that looks beautiful on a console or a bathroom shelf, and scents a room for 60–90 days.

How to choose a scent for someone else

• If they love hotels and clean, fresh homes: Thé Blanc or Grand Foyer.
• If they like warm, cosy evenings: Ambre Safran or Santal Vellum.
• If they like florals: Velours Rose.
• If they have a moody, dark style: Cèdre Noir.
• If you have no idea: the Complete Hotel Edit. It's the gift that can't miss.

Who it's for

• Housewarmings: a reed diffuser for the entryway. It's the first thing guests smell.
• Hosts and hostesses: a travel reed diffuser for the guest bathroom.
• Clients and colleagues: the Complete Hotel Edit, which is elegant, neutral and easy to send.
• Someone who already has a diffuser: a refill in a new scent.

Tick "Make it a gift" at checkout for gift packaging, and order early in December: everything is blended and bottled by hand in Toronto, and ships across Canada and to the United States.

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