First, lets look at Fragrance Lamps or Effusion Lamps or Catalytic Lamps or Infusion Lamps ? (They are all different names for the same thing!). Fragrance Lamps were invented by Maurice Berger, who started the Lampe Berger Company in 1898. Early Fragrance Lamps were prized for their remarkable ability to destroy odors, disinfect and purify the air and were sold to hospitals.

LAB PROOF - FRAGRANCE or EFFUSION LAMPS REMOVE SMOKE PARTICULATES, ALLGERENS & ODORS.

Fragrance Lamps work by burning an alcohol based fragrance oil in a Catalytic Wick Stone. You light the stone for a few minutes to get it up to operating temperature and then blow out the flame. The catalytic action in the wick stone cleans the air and destroys odors while powering fragrance into the room.

OK, how about those Reed Diffusers? Reed Diffusers use a special grade of natural reeds to slowly, gently, and continuously diffuse a low level of fragrance into your room over a period of months. The fragrance solution is held in a container that may be a decorative vessel or a simple glass jar. The fragrance solution is pulled up the reeds by capillary action and slowly diffuses into your room. You can “flip” the reeds occasionally for a burst of fragrance.

The smaller Reed Diffusers may last for a month or two while the larger Reed Diffusers may work for up to 9 months. Once your Reed Diffuser stops releasing fragrance, you may purchase a fragrance refill and a new set of reeds and put it back to work for you. As a general rule, the more expensive Reed Diffusers will throw off a higher level of fragrance for a longer period of time .

How about the traditional Scented Jar Candles? Candles have been around for thousands of years. Scented Candles have been a mainstay of the home fragrance scene for hundreds of years. A Scented Candle works by creating a melted pool of scented wax at the top of the candle. The fragrance in the melted wax evaporates into the air in the room. The more fragrance the candlemaker puts into the wax, the more fragrance you smell. The larger the wax pool at the top of the candle, the more scent evaporates into the room.

Since fragrance costs twenty times more than wax, highly scented candles cost more than the cheap ones you can buy at the discount store. Very highly scented candles like Courtney’s Candles actually have little liquid pockets of scent oil that you can see thru the glass container. In addition to our Courtney’s Candles, we also sell other premium scented jar candles including Kringle Candles by the founder of Yankee Candles, Tyler Candles, WoodWick and RibbonWick Candles.

Soy wax candles are recent fad on the candle scene. Their makers tout the advantage of a lower tendency to produce soot. The problem is that soy wax will only hold about half the fragrance load of high quality paraffin wax, so you don’t get all that much scenting power with a soy candle. Besides, as long as you keep your wicks trimmed short to about 1/8”, good quality paraffin wax candles will not smoke anyway.

The newest room fragrancers are AromaLume Fragrance Generator, Tyler Glamour Refillable Faux Flame Perfumer, & EasyScent Diffusers by Lampe Berger. They all use some form of heat or a fan to move the fragrance that comes in cartridges into your room.

So how do you decide if a Premium Scented Candle or a Fragrance Lamps or a Reed Diffusers is right for you? Here are a few pluses and minuses for each:

Reed Diffusers also come in a wide variety of glass and ceramic vessels.