Is there a room in your house with “bad breath” — a stuffy attic or closet, a damp basement, or maybe a hallway where the dogs sleep, or the nook where the litter box is kept? Even an entire house can suffer from architectural halitosis: a mountain cabin or beach house that’s been closed for months has a stale, musty smell. We’ve all entered a hotel room, inhaled too deeply, and smelled yesterday’s cigarettes and coffee, the previous guests’ hairspray or perfume that’s permeated the carpets, curtains, upholstery.
I have found the perfect “breath freshener” for such malodorous spaces and odeurs — Diptyque’s Feuille de Lavande (Lavender Leaf) Room Spray. It is bracing, astringent and energizing; it zaps the air of staleness…


