With colder weather already driving us inside (we’ve had snow and below freezing temperatures for over a week now), Febreze’s Home Collection adds a touch of elegance and warmth to the environment we’ll be spending so much time in over the long winter to come.  Febreze’s new line adds a touch of class to their widespread fame in the ‘freshness’ business.  Because – let’s be honest – I know I can trust their NoticeABLES to freshen up the house in a hurry, but they are somewhat clunky looking and require a plug-in (we don’t have many of those!)  Each item in the Home Collection stands alone without the need for external power, and adds a certain panache that goes beyond most air fresheners.

In the past I’ve been less than impressed by the performance of Febreze’s scented candles, but their new hybrid soy-blend candle is more powerfully scented, and incredibly attractive.  Soy tends to carry scent oils extraordinarily well, and this is proven again in this blend.  The base can be used to protect counters from the heat of the candle, and once extinguished can be used as a ‘cap’ to keep in the scent.  As always, it’s packaged in an attractive glass candle holder – this one square in shape.  The Cranberry Pear I received to try is a rich purpley red (one of my favourite colours), and smells of rich, ripe fruits – a great scent for fall.

When the Green Tea and Citrus Scented Reed Diffuser arrived I was so excited to try it out.  We’ve all seen those cute arrangements of reeds in stores, so I popped open the bottle of fragrance oil and popped in my reeds…all ten of them.  May Irecommend that you not take my approach and instead exercise caution with your own diffuser set?  I was quickly overwhelmed with the lovely (though very strong) odor emanating from my ten reeds, I cut back drastically, but had to close up the bottle completely as my body was ‘overdosed’ on the fragrance and I could taste it in my mouth for a few days.  I’m about ready to start experimenting again, but please do start slowly – the photograph shows quite a few reeds in the jar – that many scented my whole home!  Try one or two, and build up from there; if you have a small room that should cover it nicely.  Advertising as lasting up to 60 days, I can certainly see why!  This oil packs a powerful punch!

The biggest hit in our home (my young daughters loved this!) is the Flameless Luminaire with scented shades.  We received the Pomegranate Mango set, and it was ready to go.  The lighted base comes with included batteries, all you need to do is open the shade, set it on the base, and it lights up with a flickering light that shines through the scented shade for four hours at one time.  If you’d like it to stop sooner, just take the shade off of the wooden base, if you’d like to restart it, just pick up the shade, and put it back on the base for another four hours of warm, fragrant light.  The scent does emanate from the shade whether or not the light is in operation, but it does look very lovely when turned on when placed on a side table or bookshelf (no plug-in required!).  Limited edition scents that change with the seasons will be available for the Luminaire base to keep fresh scents moving through your home year round.

If you live in Canada don’t forget to stop by Save.ca and take a peek at the coupons for Febreze products to be found there.  On the general coupon site you can find a coupon for $5.00 off the Flamess Luminaire, and here in Alberta there are currently coupons for $2.00 off the new Home Collection reed diffuser and soy-blend candle, and other deals on Febreze, so check it out!  Don’t forget to enjoy your family during this time of in-drawing as the weather starts to cool down.