What Works Best

Soft, calming, and restful scents work best in bedrooms. Every bedroom in your house, whether its the primary bedroom, children's bedroom, or guest bedroom, should feel soothing and quiet. You want each bedroom space to feel restful, relaxing, and grounding, and we can use scent to achieve this. 

Scent Ideas

• Most calming scents for bedrooms: Lavender, Chamomile, Bergamot, Cedarwood
• Best Bedroom Reed Diffuser: The Beauty Sleep Reed Diffuser from Brightfield is the perfect reed diffuser for bedrooms with soothing scent notes of lavender, bergamot, chamomile and cedar. It helps promote sleep quality, calmness, and reduce stress. We recommend placing the Beauty Sleep Reed Diffuser in your bedroom on a nightstand or dresser, letting the soothing scent comfort you.

Why It Helps

• Each scent note has been shown in studies to help with relaxation and sleep. 

• Creates a calming, cosy atmosphere.
  

Best Reed Diffuser for the Bathroom

Using reed diffusers in a bathroom is one of the best ways to scent it because you can simply leave the reed diffuser there for six months, flipping the sticks once a week to refresh the scent. 

What Works Best

In bathrooms, use clean, crisp, and airy scents. Bathrooms benefit from fresh and clean scents because they help neutralize unpleasant odours and create a sense of cleanliness in these high-traffic rooms. 

Scent Ideas

• Best scents for bathrooms: Linen, Citrus, Jasmine, light florals

• Best Bathroom Reed Diffuser: Our Linen Reed Diffuser is the best reed diffuser for bathrooms because it is clean, fresh, and uplifting. It will help your bathroom smell clean and inviting with notes of blooming lilac, lemon, jasmine, and amber. 

Why It Helps

• Keeps the room feeling fresh and clean. 

• Helps your bathroom feel like a spa. 

• Works well in small spaces.

Best Reed Diffuser for the Living Room

What Works Best

Living Rooms can often be overlooked, but they are important spaces where we want to feel at home. We recommend using balanced, welcoming scents that are broadly appealing because living rooms are shared spaces. You want everyone to feel comfortable in your living room and to allow for a variety of activities and moods, from unwinding to hosting family and friends. Living Rooms also give you the opportunity to express yourself, so choose a scent that you love the most. For us, we love our living room to smell warm, comforting, and inviting. 

Scent Ideas

• Best Living Room Reed Diffuser: Saturday Reed Diffuser (vanilla cream, caramel, brown sugar) is the best reed diffuser for living rooms because it is a sweet, warm, and comforting scent. It gently diffuses a soft vanilla scent that is easy to live with everyday. 

Why It Helps

• Makes the room feel warm and inviting.

• Adds personality without overpowering. 

• Fits everyday use and entertaining (your guests will think you baked something delicious!) 

Best Reed Diffuser for the Kitchen

Using reed diffusers in kitchens can help the space feel clean and inviting, without competing with food scents. 

What Works Best

The best reed diffusers for kitchens are bright, clean, energizing scents. You want your kitchen to smell bright and energizing because it's a busy, high-traffic space where a lot gets done in a day. From breakfasts to dinner, and everything between, your kitchen needs to smell great. 

Scent Ideas

• Best kitchen scents: Tomato, Geranium, Basil, Vetiver, Lemon, Grapefruit, Mint.

• Best Kitchen Reed Diffuser: Greenhouse Reed Diffuser with notes of heirloom tomato, geranium, basil, and vetiver. It is a fresh, green, verdant scent that is like stepping inside a greenhouse. It's the perfect kitchen scent, complementing cooking, while also being fresh and uplifting. 

Why It Helps

• Helps to neutralize lingering odors. 

• Keeps the space smelling clean.

• Feels lively and uplifting.

Best Reed Diffuser for the Entryway

First impressions matter, which is why scenting your entryway is so important. Using reed diffusers in your entryway can help you make a great first impression for guests and as a way to welcome you home after a busy day. Home sweet home made easy! 

What Works Best

When scenting your entryway, we recommend choosing elegant, inviting scents. As it's the first impression of your home, you want it to feel special. Whether your entryway is a foyer, mud room or boot room, or a small hallway, using a reed diffuser will help to anchor and create a welcoming space. 

Scent Ideas

• Best Entryway Scents: Wildflowers, Sea Salt, Amber, woody, citrus, florals. 

• Best Entryway Reed Diffuser: Skinny-dip Reed Diffuser with notes of wildflowers, sea salt, honey, and amber. This floral-scented reed diffuser is sophisticated, romantic and uplifting. It's a bestseller for a reason! 

Why It Helps

• Makes the home feel welcoming right away.

• Sets the tone for the rest of the house.

• Works well for both guests and everyday use.

Best Reed Diffuser for the Home Office

Using reed diffusers in your home office are a great way to boost your focus, energy levels, and motivation throughout the work day. 

What Works Best

When choosing a reed diffuser for your home office, we recommend using focus-friendly, fresh scents. You want your office fragrance to help with clarity but not be distracting during a busy day. As you'll be smelling it for most of the day, you want to choose something that is easy to live with, while still adding something special to your workspace. 

Scent Ideas

• Best Scents for Home Offices: Fresh scents, woody, soft florals, citrus. 

• Best Reed Diffuser for Home Offices: Countryside Reed Diffuser is the perfect scent when you're working from home with its scent notes of freshly cut grass, peony (soft floral), and grounding wood. It's the perfect combination of fresh, bright, floral, and woody. 

Why It Helps

• Encourages clarity and concentration without being overpowering. 

• Helps the space feel crisp and grounded.

• Supports a productive and comforting work environment by bringing nature indoors. 

How to Choose the Right Reed Diffuser

Match the Room Size

• Use lighter scents in small rooms and fuller scents in larger rooms. 

• Adjust the strength of the reed diffuser by using less or more reed diffuser sticks. 
  

• Regardless of room size, remember to flip your reed diffuser sticks once a week to refresh the scent. 

Think About the Mood

• Choose calm, soothing scents for bedrooms. 

• Choose fresh, uplifting, and clean scents for bathrooms and kitchens.

• Choose warm and welcoming scents for shared spaces.

Consider Ventilation

• Having more airflow in your space can reduce scent throw, so in rooms with a lot of airflow or larger rooms, you may need to use more than one reed diffuser. 

• Smaller, enclosed rooms may need fewer reeds. Adjust the strength of the scent throw of your reed diffuser by using less or more reed sticks. 

Tips for Better Performance

Placement Matters

• Keep reed diffusers away from direct sunlight and heat.

• Place reed diffusers where airflow can gently carry the scent.

• Keep reed diffusers free of dust, pet hair, and debris that can clog the reed sticks and prevent them from working effectively. 

Adjust the Strength

• Use fewer reeds for lighter fragrance or more for a stronger fragrance throw. 

• Flip reeds regularly for a stronger scent, once a week or as needed. 

Maintain the Diffuser

• Replace your reed diffuser oils and reed sticks every six months, or when the scent fades or the sticks aren't able to diffuse the scent effectively anymore.  Timing depends on your humidity levels in your space, airflow, and sunlight, to name a few considerations. 

• Our Reed Diffuser Refills are the perfect way to refresh your diffuser and come in a variety of scents. Each Reed Diffuser Refill Kit includes new diffusing oil, diffuser sticks, and a funnel to pour the liquid into your original diffuser glass bottle. 

The Best Reed Diffusers for You

The best reed diffuser for each space depends on both the room and the mood you want to create. Using the tips we've shared here, we hope you're able to easily choose fragrances that suit each space in your home. We welcome you to discover our full collection of Reed Diffusers here.