Home Scents Under P1,000 That Will Make Your Place Smell Like a Hotel

I bet we can all agree that hotels—especially their lobbies—smell amazing. The good news is, we don't need to blow lots of cash to make our homes smell as fancy as these places. 

Here are some affordable luxe-smelling home scents you can buy online: 

1. Shangrila-inspired Reed Diffusers, P400/50 ml and P750/120ml, from Spruce Up

If you love the luxurious scent of Shangri-la Hotel's lobby, you'll be happy to know that local brand Spruce Up Gifts has come up with reed diffusers that were inspired by this. The best part is they only cost less than P800! 

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P.S. They also have a Smart Scent Machine (P6,000) that's designed to automatically dispense fragrance oils (you may adjust how often the machine sprays.) You can use it to effortlessly maintain the pleasant scent in your home. 

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2. Ginger Flower, P421.81/125ml, from BC Fragrance 

Fun fact: BC Fragrance's scents are being used in several hotels and showrooms. Their best-seller is Ginger Flower—it contains a blend of lily of the valley, jasmine, ginger flower, citruses, and vanilla. As BC Fragrance tells Real Living, customers would often describe this scent as "amoy mayaman." 

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3. Warm Cotton Waterbased Oil 100ml, P690/100 ml, Mia Maison 

Keep your bedroom smelling clean all day with this cotton fragrance oil—it has a comforting warm scent that will remind you of fresh linen! 

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4. Pure Caribbean Reed Diffuser, P960, Alexander Fragrance 

Alexander Fragrance recreates the feel of staying in a "five-star hotel" with this reed diffuser. The local brand describes the scent as "light floral" and "aquatic-powdery." It has notes of light bergamot and tea, and it's spiced with ginger. Its base notes are sandalwood, vanilla, and musk. 

5. Fresh Bamboo Waterbased Oil, P690/100ml, from Mia Maison

Pick up a bamboo fragrance oil if you want to come home to a fresh-smelling, resort-like space. This one from Mia Maison has a clean and crisp scent. According to the fragrance brand, "Fresh Bamboo reminds you of crisp jungle leaves in a damp bamboo forest or a day hike to a majestic grassy mountain range."