Our love of candles is well-documented, but the best room sprays are your shortcut to a fresher home, eliminating the song-and-dance of finding a lighter or matches when clearing the air. With sprays, the results are flameless, immediate, and the fragrance bottles can be beautiful additions to your decor scheme. For AD’s first annual Scent Week, I sniff tested my way through top-shelf picks in the category to bring you the best room sprays that evoke the senses and support the vibe you want to emulate. From earthy, fig-forward scents that suit a calm, neutral palette to mysterious rose interpretations for a serious, wood-lined home, our picks will help you cultivate a beautiful space right down to its signature scent. We’ve even provided you with some additional inspiration from our archives to help you map out your scentscape like a professional would—including a look back at some of our favorite celeb spaces and international home tours. Without further ado, here are several scent pairings that feel like a match made in heaven.

Our Top Picks For The Best Room Sprays:

• Best Contemporary Woody Scent: Diptyque Figuier (Fig Tree) Spray, $82
• Best Modern Citrus Scent: Aesop Olous Aromatique Room Spray, $61
• Best Tea-Forward Scent: Homecourt CeCe Room Deodorant, $45
• Best Revitalizing Citrus Scent: Loewe Orange Blossom Home Fragrance, $135
• Best Rose Scent: Malin + Goetz Otto Home Spray, $52
• Best Gourmand Scent: Flamingo Estate Roma Heirloom Tomato Room Spray, $58

Notes: Ripened fig fruit, fresh leaves, fig tree bark

This fig-forward fragrance from Diptyque is clean and minimal, but definitely not one-note. It encapsulates multiple dimensions of its inspiration—the fig tree—from the leaves, and bark, to the ripened fruit itself. The light and bright aroma would be perfect for a contemporary space—something with a neutral, warm palette that incorporates color in small, but meaningful ways. Think: Athena Calderone’s former Brooklyn townhouse or this Los Angeles home that are both riddled with interesting-looking furniture pieces in neutral upholsteries and wood finishes.

Notes: Galbanum, Grapefruit, Jasmine

Aesop’s Olous room spray smells like you’re brewing a delicious pot of grapefruit jasmine tea at all hours, with the fruit being the star of the show here. Galbanum and jasmine play important supporting roles, too, that put an interesting twist on a fragrance that could easily feel old-fashioned but doesn’t. For that reason, this spray and the “grape Kool-Aid”-colored mohair Eames chair we spotted in this Midcentury Minneapolis living room feel like kindred spirits to us—both updated classics.

Notes: Guatemalan cardamom, dried mate absolute leaves, Sri Lankan cinnamon, carrot seeds and leaves, Indonesian patchouli oil, vetiver oil

The Cece Home Deodorant by Courteney Cox’s Homecourt was another room fragrance that surprised and delighted me. I was really impressed by its long-lasting, luxurious scent that comes at a really affordable pricepoint. It feels robust, with an underlying sweetness that leaves you wanting more. Consider using it to highlight charming, print- and color-filled spaces like designer Rebecca de Ravenel's Los Angeles home or this personality-filled Art Deco home in Melbourne.

Notes: Orange essence

This citrusy, revitalizing Loewe scent feels like walking through an orange grove. We’d peg this as your new go-to for spring and summer to give your home a burst of energy after the winter months. It smells like something you’d catch a whiff of in the waiting room of a really chic spa or hotel—perhaps in the entryway of a wellness company founder’s home or in the lounge at Spencer’s Spa.

Notes: Cardamom, clove bud, black pepper, cassis, lavender, peony, rose, muguet, geranium moss, cashmere musk, guaiacwood, cedarwood

A reimagined take on a rose-based scent, Otto is the latest fragrance from Malin and Goetz that’s making waves. It actually smells very similar to one of my favorite home stores in New York, Coming Soon—modern and youthful in a way that still feels complex. Naturally, it would fit right in at Ellen Van Dusen’s playful Brooklyn home or in Queens with the Cold Picnic founders Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer.

Notes: Green tomato leaves, tarragon, black pepper essential oil

Is it even a question what interior we think would match with this spray? Flamingo Estate’s interpretation of the trending tomato scent can only be described as delicious. This is a scent designed to appeal to the gourmands—one spritz and your home smells like there’s a hidden herb garden growing underneath the floorboards, plus you can tell it’s grounded in really natural ingredients.

Notes: Bergamot, cassis, vanilla, amber

Every element in Dedcool’s Taunt room spray works perfectly together in harmony. It’s got warmth and just a hint of sweetness. The result is a clean scent you might expect from a really high-end laundry detergent (though spoiler alert, Dedcool makes that too). For this classic yet cool fragrance, we think the salty sea air surrounding an equally cool but still elegant beach house would create an added scent layer to really capture a chill vibe.

Notes: Zesty yuzu, mandarin, basil, spearmint, Italian bergamot, neroli, jasmine petals, figwood, oakmoss, cedarwood

I was originally drawn to the eye-catching bottle, but this yuzu and neroli room spray is a calming citrus scent that feels like a natural way to bring the outdoors in. The fragrance itself is robust, and there’s even an equally artful candle you can bring into your space to fully immerse yourself in the scent. Thanks to the playful bottle design, we could easily see it sitting on the mantle in this color-filled California home.

Notes: Fresh Citrus, dewdrop accord, peach, greens, lily of the valley, watery nuances, rose, violet, amber, musk

Anyone who’s crazy about laundry day will want to scoop up Apotheke’s canvas room spray. The scent is a deadringer for freshly-washed linens, but not in a synthetic way. It’s exactly how you would want an expensive bedding store to smell or maybe even the home of your favorite sleep brand founder.

Notes: Ceylon tea, roses, white pepper, pimento berry, moss.

L’Objet’s Rose Noire is dark and mysterious—a stark contrast to traditionally sweeter, more delicate rose scents. This is the scent you spray when you’re trying to seduce someone: it’s sultry and sophisticated but there’s also a playful element—not unlike the brand’s thoughtfully eclectic decor. Any space with wood as a key design feature would feel really elevated with this scent—like the Green River Project-designed dining room at Aurora James’ cottage in Laurel Canyon.

Notes: Sandalwood leaf, tobacco

Think of this Arhaus room spray as an extension of the brand’s simple, but elegant furniture. We envision that it would fit in a space that marries vintage charm with modern silhouettes—like Kirsten Dunst’s ranch home designed by Colin King which we visited back in 2021.

Notes: Ambroxide, musks, woods, jasmine petals

Ambroxyde 17 smells lush and a little sexy—the perfectly unique fragrance for a perfectly unique space. Le Labo calls it a “close cousin of Another 13,” since both fragrances include ambroxide and jasmine. It makes for a scent profile that’s musky but has a certain sweetness cutting through it. There’s no doubt in my mind the fragrance would smell right at home at Paloma Elsseser’s Brooklyn town house to compliment the space’s mix of texture and deeper jewel tones.