Your brain connects smell to emotion more deeply than any other sense. In fact, the right scent can set the tone for how you move through your day. A scent itself can be a mood, an aroma you choose to fill your home or office with that also creates an atmosphere reflecting or altering your emotional state. 

However, scents can change, just like your mood. Every month has its own rhythm, energy, and vibe, so the scents you choose to put into your space should also evolve. Whether the scent you choose is bottled or diffused, it’s sure to smell divine—especially if you buy it from Drift. 

Your Mood-Based Scent Guide: What to Diffuse and When

Your go-to scent might change from month to month, but sometimes you need a new scent infusion to change your mood for the better. If you’re unsure what to diffuse to achieve the ambiance you’re looking for, use the scent guide below to set the mood in any room. Stay tuned for various ways to distribute premium scents throughout your living space. 

Focused and Alert

If you work from home, have a huge paper due in the next few days, or just need to accomplish several tasks around the house, diffusing scents that help you stay focused and alert can increase your chances of success. Anything citrus can help you achieve mental clarity, including orange, lemon, and bergamot. Other scents like eucalyptus, rosemary, and Drift’s Open Air—which includes crisp linen, morning dew, fresh air, and whitewood scent notes—can also help achieve the same effect. 

Relaxed

When it’s time to wind down from a busy day, you most likely want the opposite of focused and alert—that is, calm and settled. Chamomile and cedar are perfect scents for quiet evenings spent in a bubble bath while reading your favorite author’s work or watching one of your guilty pleasure shows. Vanilla Woods and Wild Lavender can also create an atmosphere of tranquility and peace. 

Confident

Preparing for a big interview, an important presentation, or your first date? Amber and Teak can help you feel and smell more confident as you ready yourself for the day ahead. Golden amber, vanilla, French lavender, and eucalyptus exude a quiet confidence, while Teak’s cedar atlas, teakwood, amber, and oakmoss add an element of intrigue.

Energized

Whether you’re moving into a new place, seeking a fresh start, or want to be intentional about your surroundings, working from a clean slate can help center your energy and set the mood. Cucumber mint, sage, and white birch are popular cleansing scents you can use to infuse your living space with opportunity and hope. Drift takes new beginnings to the next level with Grove, a premium scent that incorporates elements of vanilla sugar, mountain greens, blond wood, and juicy citrus. 

Comfortable

“Home sweet home” takes on new meaning with White Pumpkin and Frosted Spruce, two premium fragrances available from Drift. Warm and comforting elements from each scent contribute to an ambiance that mirrors the feeling of curling up with a good book, watching your favorite rom-com, or relaxing inside on a cold and rainy day. It’s reminiscent of the few hours on Sunday afternoons when the world seems to slow down before it whirls back up again on Monday morning.

Premium Scents for Home Use, Regardless of Mood

Bottled or diffused, the type of fragrance you choose often expresses something about your personality and even your mood in the moment. In addition, the way you disperse scent can also help improve your mood, regardless of the scent you choose. However you introduce scent into your home, Drift has a premium solution designed to enhance your living space. 

Establishing a Baseline

Thin and brittle hardly describe the Reed Diffuser from Drift. The oversized reed helps create a mood-regulating background fragrance by emitting a premium scent passively for up to 60 days. When you’re ready to refresh the scent, simply flip the reed for greater diffusion. Low-maintenance and stylish, this reed diffuser is available in four scents: Teak, Amber, Vanilla Woods, and Wild Lavender. 

Mixing it Up

If you’re not ready to commit to a scent just yet, the Home Scent Diffuser makes it easy to test-drive scents at various intensities with three customizable scent levels. Plus, the minimalist, curved body blends seamlessly into any decor. You can also easily change out the scents by removing the magnetic cover. 

Better yet, the plug on the back of this small-but-mighty diffuser rotates to allow you to orient it properly for your living space. Clean ingredients in the fragrance and essential oils mean these scents are safe for use around pets and children. Discover a new way to scent your space without the clunky diffusers you’re used to.

Adding a Drift Home Scent Diffuser to your space also opens the door to our Home Scent of the Month Club. Members receive an exclusive seasonal scent that changes every month, delivered straight to their doors. If you want to embrace a new and exciting mood every time you come home, subscribe today!

Going for a Quick Reset 

When your mood needs to change—fast—Drift’s Room Spray infuses any room with a water-based mist that’s safe for fabrics, carpet, and furniture. It can also be used as a linen spray and is safe for use around pets. The alcohol-free formula comes in a sleek, minimalist bottle in one of four scents: Wild Lavender, Amber, Teak, and Vanilla Woods. 

Endless Moods, One Solution: Drift Luxury Home Products

Moods are meant to shift and evolve as we react to the world around us. Discover how to enhance your space with fragrances that boost your mood using Drift’s lineup of luxury home products. Want even more Drift? Join our mailing list to receive alerts regarding limited-edition releases and exclusive new products.