fresh scent

Pleasant new aroma

Fresh scent describes a clean, light smell suggesting newness, cleanliness, or the outdoors—the opposite of stale or musty.

The phrase appears constantly in marketing for cleaning products, air fresheners, and personal care items: fresh scent laundry detergent, fresh scent deodorant.

What counts as "fresh" varies widely—pine, citrus, ocean breeze, rain, or simply the absence of odor.

The term is so overused in advertising that it's nearly meaningless as a specific descriptor.

Related

clean linen · lemon zest · linen · breeze · sea breeze · mint · pine · dewy · air · morning · spring rain · rain · soap · eucalyptus · ocean · mountain air · cucumber · green

Categories
Opposites
olfactory quality

fresh scentstench

Powerfully offensive odor

foul odor · bad smell · stink · reek · noxious fumes

temporal state

fresh scentmusty odor

Stale, damp smell

mustiness · staleness · stagnant air · mildew smell

Family

fresh, scent, fresher, freshest, freshly, freshen, freshness, freshened, freshening

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G