how do fragrances at hotels, malls, etc cover a large area and stay intense?

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So, I’ve tried dupes of famous hotel scents and although they smell the same, there is no intensity or coverage.

Why can’t we get the same for our homes?

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I worked at a fancy hotel when I was younger.

One day a saleswoman came by with a catalog that had a system of fragrances.

It would be installed in various parts of the hotel and looked like soap dispensers they have in public restrooms but blended in with the walls perfectly.

Then there were options to fill these units with concentrated fragrance which the unit then “toned down/watered down” to a level where it wouldn’t be overpowering for sensitive people or smell too much.

They would automatically dispense into the ducts and airways of the hotel and thus leave the whole building with a faint smell of roses or vanilla.

We installed this patented system but due to some people not wanting the smell in their rooms and some didn’t like to eat in the restaurant and smell a certain smell we decided to remove the system and cancel the “subscription” of fragrances they would come by every 4-5 months and refill the units.

I’ve never seen anything like that before and even when I went to other hotels they didn’t have a clue. Might have been something exclusive to the European market, I haven’t seen/noticed it in any other part I’ve been when traveling.

Either it’s systems like that or they are actively spraying something manually, but even then it wouldn’t stay around for that long in a mall? And I’ve yet to see some janitor spraying a whole mall with scented spray.

Anonymous 0 Comments

I used to work at a Marriott hotel that also had the dispensers around the lobby and in the hallways.

It was explained to me that all Marriott hotels smelled the same. So it gave a feeling of familiarity for returning guests no matter where in the world they enter a Marriott.

I understand the concept as frankincense immediately takes me back to places I have visited in East Africa and the middle east.

Smells have a powerful effect on memory, but they need to be discrete and not overpowering.