Our story

It started with a hotel room

There's a moment when you walk into a good hotel and the air tells you something before anyone says a word. You put your bag down. Your shoulders drop an inch. You're somewhere else now.

We started Aroma House because that feeling never made it home with us. You can buy the robe. You can buy the sheets. But the thing you actually remember about a room isn't something anyone sells you on the way out.

So in January 2019 we started making it ourselves, at home in Miami Beach. It began as a family conversation and turned into a lot of wax. We got one scent right, then another, and eventually it stopped being a hobby.

Today there are eighteen scents across three formats, plus a five-piece collection built entirely around hotel suites. Every one is still poured, labeled and boxed by us, in batches small enough that we know which came from which pour.

We're Lara and Chris — married, and co-owners of all of this. We're not a big company. That isn't a limitation we're apologizing for; it's the reason the products are what they are. When you email us, you get us.

Find your scent

Six families

Eighteen scents is a lot when you can't smell any of them through a screen. So we sort them into six families — start with the one that sounds like you.

Floral Jasmine, neroli, rose. Soft, not sweet. · 10 scents

Woody Cedar, sandalwood, leather. Warm and grounded. · 6 scents

Fruity Blackcurrant, pomegranate, fig. Bright, a little tart. · 6 scents

Gourmand Coconut caramel, pistachio. Warm and edible. · 6 scents

Citrus Lemongrass, bergamot. Clean and awake. · 4 scents

Aquatic Sea salt, ocean air. Cool and open. · 4 scents

Getting the most out of it

How to use them

Most complaints about home fragrance are really about how it was used. Ninety seconds here saves the product.

Sprays Shake first. Mist into the air or lightly onto fabric from about a foot away. Test an inconspicuous corner before spraying anything delicate, and keep it off skin, finished wood and polished stone.

Melts One cube at a time. Add a second only if you want it stronger. Melts fade rather than burn away — when you stop noticing the scent, the cube is spent even though it still looks like wax.

Candles On the first burn, let the wax reach the edge of the jar, usually two to three hours. Wax has a memory, and a short first burn leaves a tunnel for the life of the candle. Trim the wick to about a quarter inch before every burn, never burn more than four hours at a stretch, and stop when half an inch of wax remains.