Fathers are Tough! Soften Him with Scent Scent Fill’s 2024 Father’s Day Gift Guide

You want a personalized Father’s Day gift, so we wrote this Father’s Day gift guide. You’ll never get back to a doily photo we know, but you can still elevate his mood, touch deeply held memories that he loves, enhance his perception of life, engage his sociality, and support his well-being. You want a unique gift, we understand. No kidding about this: Engaging his sense of smell will help you check those boxes. It makes a great gift. Scent proves that you get him.

Science and research have only recently begun to understand that our sense of smell is robust. According to a recent report published by Rutgers University, smell is “much more important than we think. It strongly influences human behavior, elicits memories and emotions, and shapes perceptions. Our sense of smell plays a major, sometimes unconscious, role in how we perceive and interact with others.” Smells are powerful. They shape perceptions. They have staying power.

And as we age (like your father) smells can bring things to our perception that have become more important and even allusive. Brain stimulation through the sense of smell is a crucial touchstone of health. It is a way to maintain a feeling of connection across distance. It can even cut through the fog of dementia (read more about that here if you are interested). Elevating his environmental scent will touch your father deeply in ways he won’t expect. Scent Fill all natural plug-in air fresheners are a powerful gift choice. Make this Father’s Day gift usable, sustainable, and enduring.

A Bit About Us and Our Gift Giving Credibility

Scent Fill is the first and perhaps only air freshener company with products that have your well-being in mind. We offer air freshener plug-in products that are 100% natural and plant derived. Not one of our plug-in air fresheners has a harsh chemical or something detrimental to you or your indoor environment. All our scents are certified by Leaping Bunny to be cruelty-free. We hope to earn your trust and will honor and protect it.

Integrity of product is our mantra. We make these claims with well-placed, and science-backed confidence. Our industry position gives us standing to discuss olfactory health, the impact aroma has on wellness and its connection to emotional and physical health. Learn more about us and our products here.

Also, we invite you to look at the Scent Fill’s classification wheel. It will show you the families of scents that we offer, and the fragrance notes you can expect from each. A useful tool for gift givers, promise. And we can fill that last minute gift for procrastinators.

Ok! Let’s Find Your Dad

Your father is a composite of many different traits, personality, and likes. We have identified a few fatherly personalities and think you might see your dad in here somewhere. At the outset, you might think about a few things to get you in a dad frame of mind. Maybe try to describe his perfect vacation. What does he do when he doesn’t need to do anything? What are the memories make up your family lore? What is his favorite meal? What does he sip? What does he gulp? When happiest, is he outside or inside? You know ... try to capture a solid picture of him.

Let’s see which of these dad architypes might fit:

Wisdom Dad: He has a lot of experience and can speak to so much of human existence. Sometimes that’s just what your need to hear. And sometimes it's a lot. When he says: “I remember one time …” you know a one-sided dialogue is coming. The only question is how long the journey will be. But admit it … you know your dad best through his shared wisdom. Think of it as an expression of love.

We recommend that you embrace the dad wisdom and enhance his awareness and cognition something from our Herbal and Mint Collection. Perhaps Peppermint or Eucalyptus Spearmint, which has long been thought to support mental acuity, cognition, and stress relief. Palo Santo is also a terrific environmental scent for wisdom dads. This is a particular interesting gift idea from a daughter that shows how well she knows and appreciates him. It's an ageless and timeless gift, like he is.

Travel Dad: A living and breathing embodiment of a Johnny Cash song, Travel Dad has been everywhere, man. Taking a business trip soon? Ask travel dad, he’s been there. His recommendations might be a little out of date, but he’ll know where the best burger can be found. And he’ll give you directions. Heck, my travel dad once told me where to find the best street food grilled octopus in Turkey when I merely had a layover at Istanbul International. Travel dad can help keep you safe. His advice, while perhaps unsolicited, will be worth holding on to.

Travel dad walks on the edge. He’s unafraid and unapologetic about his place in the world. He embraces the exotic. We recommend something that reminds him of the road. Perhaps something in our camphoraceous family, like basil, sage, tee tree, and rosemary. Remind him of smells and experiences in exotic places and put a smile on his face.

Motorhead Dad:  If you were fortunate, your dad was best in the garage.  If your needed to talk or even just commune with him, you knew where to find him.  Motorhead dad does his best parenting with a wrench and screwdriver.  He can analogize any human condition to the parts of a car.  Motorhead dad doesn’t just share … you got to work for it.  It might just be to hand him a tool or hold the light just right.  But more likely it's going to get grease under your fingernails.  But listen carefully.  He won’t repeat himself.  And who doesn’t love a muscle car.

Contrary to his greasy condition, we think motorhead dad needs something clean in the garage.  Perhaps a scent from Scent Fill’s ozonic class of products.  Rainfall, sea breeze, ocean minerals, or glacier.  A direct counterbalance to the machine shop he plays in.  He’ll respond to it, we are sure.  It is oil after all.

Man-Cave Dad, AKA Superfan: Home theater affectionate, beer connoisseur, superhuman WIFI extender, amateur turntable DJ, and, most of all a superfan. You know this dad well. His cave art and his design ethic could be a set on SNL, but the space is oddly comfortable, homey, welcoming, and peaceful (except on game day!)
For superfan dad in his man-cave conversation is a team sport. He wants people to surround him. A locker room environment brings out his best. Superfan dad is not an introvert.

But isn’t it obvious? The air down there needs cleansing. Man-cave dad and his people can ripen like a teenager. We think something from our ScentDiffuse line of products. Each is a unique product that combines with malodors to render them undetectable. Read more about the magic of ScentDiffuse here. Superfan Man-Cave Dad can have a fresh domain and a clean air environment. Even if his dog lives there. Even if he smokes. Even if it's a cigar.

By the way … ScentDiffuse makes a perfect gift for new dads, too. Different reasons, of course, but new dads have their own set of new smells to deal with, right?