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How to Choose a Fall Room Spray

Fall home fragrance can mean cranberry and warm spice, citrus over woods, fresh pine, earthy herbs, or creamy warming spice. Start with the notes you enjoy, then choose a candle or room spray to suit how you want to use the fragrance.

This guide compares Fall, Flannel, Forest Cabin, Earth Moss and Sage, and Warm Cardamom. Each comes as an 8.5 oz candle and a 3.4 oz (100 ml) room and linen spray. Here is what sets the five fragrances apart, plus a way to narrow the choice when two sound equally tempting.

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Find your fall fragrance

Answer two quick questions, then explore your match as a candle or room spray.

Explore fruit and spice with Fall, citrus and woods with Flannel, fresh pine with Forest Cabin, earthy herbs with Earth Moss and Sage, or creamy spice with Warm Cardamom.

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What do you want the room to smell like?

Think about the fragrance itself: fruit with clove and cinnamon, citrus over woods, pine with fresh herbs, sage and moss, or cream with cardamom and ginger. Your favorite direction is a more useful starting point than the product's name alone.

Five fall fragrances to consider

Cranberry, pear and warming spice

Fall

Cranberry and green pear meet clove and cinnamon, with eucalyptus and pine wreath adding an evergreen element. Vanilla bean and balsam fir round out the base.

Choose Fall if cranberry, pear, clove and cinnamon are the notes you look forward to each autumn.

Citrus, apple and woods

Flannel

Lemon, lime and green apple open Flannel. Anise, jasmine, water lily, clove and lavender lead into sandalwood, velvet woods, white amber, vanilla and musk.

Consider Flannel if you enjoy citrus with a woody base, with vanilla and musk adding another side to the fragrance.

Pine, spearmint and evergreen

Forest Cabin

Fresh air and spearmint lead into pine needles, winter berries and eucalyptus. Oakmoss, vanilla and white musk sit underneath.

Start here if pine and fresh herbs catch your attention. Berries and vanilla are part of the fragrance too, so think evergreen with those additional notes.

Sage, moss and earthy herbs

Earth Moss and Sage

Peppercorn, coriander and sage open the fragrance, with moss, patchouli and chamomile in the middle and balsam underneath.

Choose this fragrance if sage, moss and patchouli are the notes you most want to explore.

Cream, cardamom and warming spice

Warm Cardamom

Cinnamon and peppercorn open Warm Cardamom. Cream, black cardamom and ginger lead into tonka bean, chestnut and wood.

Choose it when creamy notes with warming spice sound more appealing than a fruit or citrus opening.

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Our 3.4 oz room and linen spray format. Choose the fragrance notes you want to bring home.

Torn between two scents?

Look for the difference that matters most to you. These pairings can help narrow the choice without needing to recognize every fragrance note.

Fall or Flannel?

Both include fruit, spice and woods. Start with Fall when cranberry, pear, clove and cinnamon are what you want. Consider Flannel when lemon, lime and green apple over sandalwood sound more appealing.

Flannel or Forest Cabin?

For citrus and apple with woods, begin with Flannel. For pine, spearmint and eucalyptus, begin with Forest Cabin. Let the citrus-or-evergreen preference guide your choice.

Forest Cabin or Earth Moss and Sage?

Forest Cabin emphasizes pine and fresh herbal notes. Earth Moss and Sage brings sage, moss, patchouli and balsam. Think about which draws you in more: evergreen and mint, or earthy herbs and moss.

Fall or Warm Cardamom?

Both have warming spice. Choose Fall when you want cranberry and pear alongside clove and cinnamon. Choose Warm Cardamom when cream, black cardamom, ginger and chestnut are the notes that draw you in.

The notes describe a fragrance's direction. Your own impression may differ, which is why trying a smaller spray can help when the descriptions leave you undecided.

Try a fall fragrance in a smaller size

Fall, Flannel, Forest Cabin and Warm Cardamom also come as 3 ml Scent Shots. A Scent Shot is a mini room spray, ready to mist into the air, so you can explore a fragrance at home before choosing a larger product.

If you are choosing a candle, use the spray sample to explore the fragrance notes. It cannot demonstrate the candle's scent strength or performance when lit.

Compare one scent at a time, on separate occasions after the earlier fragrance has cleared. Our Scent Shot guide gives you a simple way to try and compare fragrances.

Fall candle or room spray: which format fits?

Choose the fragrance first, then think about the moment you want to create. You can enjoy the same scent direction in either format, although the way the fragrance develops and fills a room can differ.

For fragrance and candlelight

Choose an 8.5 oz candle when you want to settle in with fragrance and the glow of a flame. Our candles are poured in Aubrey, Texas, using soy wax with beeswax and coconut oil.

Choose a time when you can stay nearby while it burns. For wick trimming and burn care, read how to burn a soy candle.

For a light mist of fragrance

Choose a 3.4 oz room and linen spray when you want to add fragrance to the air or suitable fabrics. Start lightly and follow the bottle's directions.

Before misting fabric, check its care instructions, test a hidden spot and let it dry. Read how to use room and linen spray for the steps.

Find your fall fragrance

Explore the fall collection to choose your candle or room spray, or try a smaller Scent Shot first. If you would like a broader starting point, the fragrance quiz can help you explore scents based on your preferences.

Shop online for delivery within the United States, or explore the fragrances at Grapevine Mills, in front of Pop Mart.

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