A few months ago, I was preparing our home in Baltimore to put it on the market, by just giving it last-minute, decorative finishing touches. While I am by no means an expert, I really enjoy home décor and interior design. Similarly, I have an amateurish passion for real estate. I know that to sell a home, especially in this market, you have to appeal to a buyer’s senses. You want the buyers to walk into your home, and feel as though they can see themselves living comfortably there.

So, like any desperate home owner, I exhausted all possibilities—I cleaned like a maniac, I de-cluttered, and I had beautiful curb appeal. I was missing one aspect though… there are these funny, old theories and suggestions to bake cookies or to have scented candles strewn about to leave a pleasant aroma in the air. Well, I’m no Better Crocker, and I’ve always thought that candles are so qwowi! (My husband can’t even walk into a candle shop with me because the odors give him a headache.)

Although I had never previously owned any, I had seen many homes and businesses with diffusers in their rooms. I love the clean, chic look and fragrance of diffusers. For those who may be unfamiliar with diffusers, they are essential oils and perfumes that are often encased in clear glass bottles. Once the bottle is un-corked, people place long reeds or wooden sticks into the bottles, leaving several inches of the stick above the upper rim of the bottle to diffuse the scent of the oils into the room. Diffusers are a great alternative to candles, mostly because the scent is constant, and they’re just as attractive, while being a lot safer, since you don’t have to light them.

Admittedly, I did not do a ton of research before purchasing the Orchard Diffuser Trio Pack by Anthousa from Amazon. However, I have been extremely pleased with this product. While many of my friends also like the diffusers they purchased for their homes, they do have minor complaints about the quality of theirs, which are not by Anthousa. Several friends will commonly say that the diffusers they bought had a pleasant, discernable aroma at first, which quickly diminished. Even though there was still a decent amount of oil left in the bottle, their diffusers no longer emitted a scent. On the other hand, my Anthousa diffusers, which are now several months old, still emanate a perfect fragrance, which is not too strong or too weak. It is honestly the ideal amount of subtle fragrance, which just continues, despite its shelf life of approximately five months. What’s even better—there is still nearly half of the oil present in the bottles, so I know they’ll last about a year.

Since I truly didn’t know what to expect from these Anthousa diffusers, I have been genuinely happy with their quality. What you must realize is that I am generally a frugal person, so I can’t believe I spent $78 on three bottles of home oil fragrance! I must have been desperate to sell my house! Right after the purchase, I beat myself up about it, but it’s honestly been worth it. Their quality is impressive. I’ve been very pleased with the elegant, simple look of the bottles, the numerous reed sticks that accompanied the bottles, the perfect non-qwowi scent they release, and the overall duration of the product.

The Anthousa Orchard Trio Pack comes with the following three scents: Cucumber & Green Grass, Fig Leaf & Bitter Almond, and Nectarine & Red Currant. They are all fresh, clean, natural scents, which aren’t over-bearing. When I walk into the rooms in which I placed them, I notice a lovely, subtle aroma, and plus… they just look cool! The look of the diffusers is a sophisticated touch to a shelf. I appreciate that the fragrances are delicate enough that it doesn’t seem like I’m trying too hard, either!

Hey—the wonderful news is that I did sell my house. Was it all because of the diffusers? Okay, I doubt it. In fact, I’m shocked that I rambled on in the way I did about diffusers. Here’s the thing, though—when I see a product of special quality, I do enjoy sharing it with others. If you are looking for a neat alternative to candles, or if you have a desire to spruce up a shelf with a classy look that also happens to make your room smell fabulous, Anthousa diffusers are worth it!

As previously mentioned, the The Anthousa Orchard Trio Pack is available from Amazon.com.

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