Eight car air fresheners to consider

This usually coincides with the early days of car ownership where every aspect of your new baby must be perfect. If you haven’t yet experienced this, it may explain why no one seems to ask you for a lift anymore.

The days of Little Trees being your only option are in the past and a massive range of affordable car scent options are within reach. So after a quick office consensus, we’ve compiled a list of car air fresheners which may spice up your car smell game.

If you want to add a bit of pop-culture as well as some fragrant smells to your car, a character air freshener could be the funky-fresh way to do so. With a range of personalities from the likes of Kim Kardashian, Post Malone, the Kath and Kim cast and George Costanza himself, you’re bound to find a personality and smell that appeals to you. Benefits include being able to boogie to some Eminem with Eminem himself! Disclaimer: Eminem won’t actually come with the product.

An odorless alternative, Moso Natural, sell small linen pouches filled with bamboo charcoal. These sacks absorb odors, bacteria and pollutants and can be reactivated monthly by sitting them for an hour in the sun. The coolest part? After two years you can cut open the bag and use the bamboo charcoal on your plants as a source of nutrients!

The absolute gem of the pack and an option that is just too good to pass up, the good ol’ auto fragrance at the car wash will do the trick. If you want your vehicle (and soon your clothes) smelling like “snazzy strawberry” then blast the heck out of this spray across every conceivable inside surface of your car. However, be aware that you may attract an influx of pollen-seeking bees to your vehicle.

Retailing for an enticing $4 at Kmart, you can’t go wrong with this eye catching, oversized jellybean. With classic Jelly Belly flavours converted into a range of car air fresheners including favourites such as Tutti-Fruitti, Island Punch and Bubble Gum, this affordable addition to your car will be sure to amuse adults and children alike.

With sweet and fruity flavours like Guava & Lychee and Sweet Pea & Jasmine, the range of Ecoya car diffusers have subtle notes of bougie running throughout. The product is described on their website as a "small and sophisticated diffuser, designed to sit unobtrusively on your car vent" is a description fit for a $19.95 luxury smelly block.

The French Pear Scent is described to smell like the "essence of a crisp, tree-ripened Queensland pear" which sounds like it would sit perfectly in a BMW, and not so much in a 1996 Camry.

The Ambi Pur car air freshener range remains a fan favourite for those who do not want to hang things from their rearview mirror and promises to eliminate odors for up to 70 days. Three of the five instructions for use relate to the spilling of the product including “NEVER TURN UPSIDE DOWN”. Which makes sense, really.

If this threatening instruction doesn’t deter you and you can ensure your air conditioner vents will always remain upright, then this could be the product for you!

From Malibu Melon to Concord Cranberry, getting a California Scent from Super Cheap Auto is tradition. They’re ridiculously easy to store with its tuna tin shaped design. Unlike the Ambi Pur you can store these bad boys around wherever you please! After some diligent research and an unnecessary amount of review reading, we’ve deduced the least popular scent is Newport New Car. In contrast, customers adore the Golden State Delight odor, describing it as “extremely long lasting” and the “longest lasting car smelly” they have come across.

At some point, most people have either seen or been involved in some form of road rage. It’s easy to project the stresses of our day onto others, especially when driving.

To combat this our beloved David Reynolds has established the CURB THE RAGE campaign and produced the Chill Air Freshener. The product is designed to be a conversation starter on the topic of how we can manage our road rage and reduce the amount of abusive incidents on our roads. The goal of the campaign? To stay chilled when behind the wheel.

If you’re known to be a bit of a hot head on the road, this might just be the reminder you need to prevent you from letting out a ‘bullshiz’ or ‘firetruck’.

Related: We smell test five Little Trees air fresheners to see which is best

Related: Eat the odour with these four DIY air freshener car hacks

Related: What are the best car cleaning hacks and tips?