Why Do Fake Flowers Smell?

It’s common for artificial flowers and plants to have no scent or a slight, less-than-desirable, plastic smell. Don’t let this stop you from using artificial flowers! You can easily elevate your artificial flowers by giving them a light scent yourself.

Whether you want a strong scent or a more delicate one, go for it. Here are a few scents we tested and how to use them!

Before we start adding scent, it’s important to clean your artificial flowers regularly to prevent the buildup of dust and mold. Mold buildup can cause your flowers to have an unpleasant odor.

How to add scent to artificial flowers?

It’s important to consider the texture of your artificial flowers; “wax” artificial flowers and leaves may have a different scent than “fabric” artificial flowers and leaves. To learn what we found works best for “wax” and fabric artificial flowers and leaves, keep reading.

Before you start adding scent to your artificial leaves, make sure you’re in a well-ventilated space.

Using Fragrance

For a sprayed scent, you can hold the plant or artificial stem at a distance and lightly spray the plant, or for a more realistic effect, you can get up close and use a sprayer and spray only the flowers.

Use Essential Oils or Diffusers

One to two drops of essential oil or liquid diffuser scent can be added directly to the center of the flower.

To add scent to artificial leaves, add one to two drops of scent onto a cloth and "rub" into the leaves.

To prevent any color distortion on artificial stems, we recommend choosing an alcohol-free diffuser.

Use Scented Lotions

For scented creams or lotions, simply add a pea-sized amount to your hands and "massage" into the plant.

What scent should you use?

To enhance your artificial experience, try to find a scent that matches your artificial rose. Applying rose scent to a beautiful artificial rose can easily be mistaken for a real rose!

For flowers, a mild floral scent will create the most realistic tone; for leaves, menthol or woody pine scents work best.

Essential oils are often very strong and can be too overpowering. Try to find the essential oil that works best with your type of artificial plant, for example, using lemongrass essential oil on herbs is both effective and realistic.

Ultimately, it’s up to you to choose the scent you like, which will make your space more cozy.