Although now does not seem like the ideal time to sell your home if you can resist, but if you must, you can take heart knowing that small actions can make a difference in the sale of your home.

Scentmosphere isn’t exactly new, but it’s fast becoming a way to try to attract buyers. So, right now, take a deep breath. What kind of smell is your house producing?

Choosing to make a positive statement in the way your home smells is just another step in helping you sell your home faster. It’s the next step after curb appeal. The curb appeal attracts buyers, but then they come and smell your home and begin to decide if this is the home for them. If it is an unoccupied house, it may mold. But if it is an active home, it could also have odors from any activity that takes place in the home.

Are buyers going to smell the oversized dog that walks through the house after rolling in the freshly cut grass? Are you going to smell your child’s gym bag full of dirty socks that has been buried deep in your closet for the past five weeks? While we certainly don’t all have the same preferences for scents, most would agree that neither of those two things has a cozy scent.

Candle fragrances like the smell of freshly baked cookies. Although not everyone likes to eat cookies, everyone enjoys the smell of cookies, and when I say that everyone, there may be an exception here or there, but the vast majority would enjoy the smell of baking. That is why we always like fragrances that belong to the vanilla family.

Fragrances like French vanilla, buttercream, and crème brûlée that mimic baking scents are inviting and attractive to shoppers. Scents register in our brains and often remind us of our past experiences. Creating pleasant scents in your home can help the buyer experience an emotional connection to home.

When it comes to bathrooms, large rooms, or even basements, it’s a good idea to try different fragrances. You may want to think about what we call clean or fresh fragrances and that could be based on various fruits, so the citrus family is really good. However, there are some fragrances that you should avoid as they tend not to attract the masses or have too strong a scent.

Sellers should wear instantly winning fragrances, such as vanilla, kitchen spice fragrances, citrus, and the smell of fresh laundry.

With all the advice out there about selling a home, the olfactory factor is often the most overlooked. If you don’t have a scent you want in there, buyers are going to smell what’s going on in that room. So if it has been closed or doesn’t have much air flow, there will be more musty, musty, or less desirable odor. It just makes sense that if you want to create an attractive environment for buyers, pleasant scents should be part of the sales plan.