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It seems no one stops to read the directions on their car air freshener tree.<\/p>\n
Turns out, there\u2019s a science to getting the air freshener to last as long as possible\u2014and the instructions are easier than you\u2019d think.<\/p>\n
In a viral video with more than 4.5 million views, life hacks connoisseur Sidney Raz (@sidneyraz) shared something about your car air freshener that you probably didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s something I didn\u2019t know until I was in my 30s,\u201d Raz said.<\/p>\n
It turns out that you shouldn\u2019t remove car air fresheners completely from the packaging.<\/p>\n
Instead, you\u2019re supposed ot pull the plastic down to expose the top of the tree and expose a bit more as each week passes. This not only increases the longevity of the air freshener, but it also lets you control how strong you want the fragrance to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?!\u201d Raz said in the caption.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re still in denial about this, we\u2019re unfortunately here to burst your bubble.<\/p>\n
Little Trees, the leading tree-shaped air freshener company, wrote in a product description<\/a> that its trees can last up to 7 weeks if you follow the instructions, which are to \u201cOpen top of bag along dotted lines. Pull bag down to expose top of tree. Each week, expose more or less of tree to adjust fragrance strength. Hang freely!\u201d<\/p>\n In 1952, chemist Julius S\u00e4mann spoke to a milk truck driver complaining about the smell of spilled milk. To help the matter, S\u00e4mann combines fragrances with a blotter material, thus inventing the first car air freshener, according ot the company\u2019s about page<\/a>.<\/p>\n He shaped it like an evergreen tree to honor his years extracting aromatic oils in Canada\u2019s pine forests.<\/p>\n There are now dozens of scents available, with Black Ice being a fan favorite.<\/p>\n And the little fragrance trees aren\u2019t just for cars, they\u2019re also used in places like lockers, closets, and even bathrooms.<\/p>\n \u201cNo wonder I almost faint every time I ride a taxi with one of those hanging on the rear view mirror!!\u201d a top comment read.<\/p>\n \u201cYou mean I\u2019m not supposed to expose the whole tree and get choked out every time I get in my car until it loses its scent a week later??\u201d a person said.<\/p>\n \u201cCould they at least make it look aesthetically pleasing?\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n Motor1<\/em> reached out to Raz for comment via email and TikTok direct message and to Little Trees via email.<\/p>\n It seems no one stops to read the directions on their car air freshener tree. Turns out, there\u2019s a science […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2317,"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions\/2317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.undergroundz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The History Behind Scent Trees<\/h2>\n
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