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Scent Diffusers: Pros and Cons
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
air care
Scent Diffusers: Pros and Cons
When considering an investment in ambient scenting, you first want to know its benefits and potential problems, just as you would with the car you’re interested in or the new couch you’re eyeing. But what is ambient scenting? Why do it? What does it involve? Where might it fall short?
At State Chemical, we manufacture, distribute, and service several ambient scenting solutions. We know you don’t want to make a purchase until you have all the information, so it’s our goal to give you the information you need to make the right purchase.
In this article, we will cover the pros and cons of ambient scenting for different facilities. After reading, you’ll know whether ambient scenting is a good fit for you.
Pro: Ambient Scenting is a Comprehensive, Consistent Solution
The main draw of ambient scenting is that it’s not just temporary odor control but a continuous treatment. With ambient scenting, you have a system that continues to work throughout the day each day. This means your fragrance is consistent, and bad odors fade into the background.
If you instead used a handheld product, the fragrance would be more sporadic depending on when you sprayed it. Since it’s also harder to keep up when using handheld products, ambient scenting more comprehensively addresses odor problems.
Con: Ambient Scenting is Not Effective for Spot Treatment
While ambient scenting can address recurring, consistent odor problems within a space, if your issue is tied to a certain area, ambient scenting may not be effective.
For example, if you’re dealing with stubborn smoke odors in a hotel room, ambient scenting may not be enough to get to the root of the issue. Instead, trying a fabric refresher on the drapes and furniture would be beneficial to eliminate the odor where it’s been most absorbed.
Overall, when an odor is tied to a specific object, like a piece of furniture, you have a different issue than ambient scenting can effectively resolve.
Pro: Ambient Scenting Helps You Build Your Brand
Ambient scenting is often used to add a pleasant scent to rooms that may smell musty, stale, or downright rank, but it can also help you build your brand.
When you choose a fragrance for your diffuser, you get to decide what image your facility wants to project.
Do you want to come across as clean, neat, and professional? Try a light, linen scent. Do you want customers to see you as warm, comfortable, and welcoming? Test out a vanilla or cinnamon fragrance. Would you prefer for visitors to associate your facility with relaxation, escape, and peace of mind? Try an earthy, green aroma.
Scent is a powerful trigger of memory. When you use this to your advantage, you successfully build your brand.
Con: Ambient Scenting Can Be Costly
Compared to handheld products, ambient scenting has a significantly higher price tag. For a smaller space, you should expect to pay $100–$250 per month for a system. A larger system might be $150–$350 per month. Meanwhile, a four-pack of Febreze Air is $10.99.
It’s important to recognize that the difference in pricing is due to the service, consistency, coverage area, and convenience of a fragrance system. However, if you’re on a tight budget, handheld air fresheners might make more sense for you.
Pro: Ambient Scenting is Customizable
Scent diffusers are computerized and are, therefore, customizable. If there’s a certain time of the day you want them to run, you can simply program them to run at that time of the day—or even choose which times on which days.
This can help you avoid wasting product if, for example, no one uses your facility from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. And when you save product, you also save money and time by not having to replace your fragrance as frequently.
Con: Ambient Scenting is Sometimes Difficult If You Have Multiple Air Handlers
If you plan to invest in a scent diffuser that connects to your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system or your air handling unit (AHU), be sure you’re aware of your air handler situation first.
Most buildings will have one or two air handling units, and fragrance systems connect easily to these. However, if you have several small air handling units, centrally connecting a fragrance system can be challenging or even impossible.
Many facility managers are unsure of their air handler system setup. When considering a facility-wide ambient scenting program, determine how many handlers your building has, which ones are responsible for which parts of the building, and any other information that may make your setup unique. This way, you’ll know the full scope of what your options are.
If you have several small air handling units, invest in wall-mounted fragrance systems rather than those that distribute through your HVAC system.
Pro: Ambient Scenting Involves Less Manual Work
One of the main perks of having an automated fragrance system is the convenience. Instead of having to worry about manually spraying an air freshener before the bad smells return, a fragrance system keeps the room fresh and odor-free at all times.
Plus, when you purchase a fragrance system that includes a service agreement, you won’t even be responsible for refilling the system when it goes empty. Instead, someone will come in each month to refill the system and replace the batteries if needed.
Learn About State Chemical Fragrance Systems
Before you invest in ambient scenting, you want to know if it will really benefit your facility. Now that you understand the pros and cons of ambient scenting, click here to learn more about State Chemical’s fragrance systems.
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