This isn’t just essential oils. This is… I’m not sure what this is. But it’s VERY VERY STRONG. I had to put it in two ziploc bags to contain the scent. I am having to air out all the other items I purchased in that order because they smell so strongly just from being in the box with these.

I absolutely will not be able to use these as I hoped to since they will make everything around them stink. I had hoped that I could wrap them individually in saran wrap but I don’t think there’s enough saran wrap in the world to contain the smell. I have no idea what I’m going to do with these because I’m legit afraid to remove the box from the double ziploc bags.

So I guess, if you like incredibly strongly scented products – think more like triple strength fabric softener than aromatherapy essential oils – this is the product for you, if you can find a place to store it safely.

Literally all the other shower steamers I’ve gotten have either been packaged well enough to contain their scent or they aren’t so explosively scented as these are.

Keep in mind, a hot shower multiplies scents. I often use aromatherapy essential oils in my shower simply by placing one to three drops directly under the water stream and have a delightfully minty shower. More than that and it’s overwhelming. So I’m not sure what using one of these will actually be like.

Hopefully I’ll find a friend with a reduced sense of smell to give this to. I guess if you had the current disease and it left you having a hard time smelling things, this may be just the product for you!

Otherwise, ehhhh. Beware of getting these as gifts; scent and chemical sensitivity is not uncommon these days and this would be noxious to them. Even without scent sensitivity, it’s kind of nasty to have one of your wrapped presents stinking up everything else under the tree.

Oh and I highly recommend, if you do buy this, to order it by itself and not order anything else days before or days after, so that it has to come in its own box and won’t be packed up with anything else. Even if you find it a pleasant smell, it’s not that great infused into everything else.