Customer Reviews

Bionaire BSSP101-U Febreze Scentstories Player

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After finding myself going to the store every month and buying refills for plug-ins at $3 - $5 I was interested in this machine. I saw it a few weeks ago and was too lazy and just picked up my old refills for my plug-ins. I started to notice though my plug-ins were getting old and they needed to be replaced too, not only the scents. Plus, for years if you notice the refills for the plug-ins doesn't even last three days! Creatures of habit we are. So after realizing I probably had dumped more money into buying `replacements' I thought the price of this unit was really reasonable. I bought mine for $36.99 and it comes with a scent CD. I too was not crazy with the scents just be reading them. When I bought the unit it seemed bulky but that proved me wrong. I opened the container and was surprised the unit was smaller than I thought. People who wrote it was too large or not small enough, when you buy the box what do you think you are getting? It is wrapped in a clear plastic container. I was happy not only with the size but the design. Very easy to function; it took me longer to remove the tape to open the container than it did to plug it all in. I opted to place the unit in the bedroom since it occasionally has a `stale' smell to the air. I had just cleaned the linens and plugged in the unit and when I walked back in the room I was pleasantly surprised at how well the distribution of the scent was! The bedroom had a really clean smell to it and it was very relaxing. I found myself walking in and out of the room like an idiot to get `fresh whiff'. I turned the scent down (you can have it at three levels) and I still can smell it in the hallway but it is not overwhelming. I am very happy with this product and would recommend it for anyone looking to scent up a place hassle free. Febreze has always had great products and this is just another one on their list. I would highly recommend this product.

I got one of these for Christmas and I must say that I am totally in love with it. I have a very large open living room/den/dining room and the scents travel well.
What I really love about this machine is the scents are so NICE! They are not heavy, or fake smelling. I didn't know how they would make 5 scents work together but they blend seamlessly.
I catch myself walking by and just blurting out "mmmm they smells good!"
I would tell anyone to buy this in a heartbeat. The scents last..they play for 2 1/2 hours at a time, the machine turns itself off (so no worries there) and just make your feel good!

I have always loved it when I walked into a restroom in a restaurant and smelled "piped in scent". I had always wanted to have that in my house.

I have to admit that when I bought this item I was extremely skeptical that it would really help. I was concerned that it would either be too overpowering or not enough scent to really make the room smell nice. BOY WAS I WRONG!!!

This ScentStories is WONDERFUL. It does indeed scent the room but very mildly and the scents are not overpowering. Once you put the "disc" in and turn it on you have 2 1/2 hours of wonderful scents being blown into the air by a very quiet little fan. There is an intensity switch too so you can determine how strongly you want your room scented. It was sooo wonderful to walk into my house and have the room smell of soft wonderful scents. We have a dog and this little machine even takes care of dog smells. I used the Mountain Trail scent disc that came with the machine and have thoroughly enjoyed walking through my living room and smelling the nice fresh, clean smell. The fan blows strongly enough to move the air around it and push the scent out. I cannot say enough about how thrilled I am with my Scentstories. May seem like a lot of money but believe me it is WELL WORTH every penny. At last my hope for a nice smelling room has been answered.

I am going to ask "Santa" for another one of these units for in my bedroom. You will LOVE this!

I have enjoyed Febreeze sprays for removing odors from my house--musty smells, pet odors, and scents that linger from cooking seem to disappear when I use Febreeze on my upholstered furniture and curtains. I prefer to remove offensive smells rather than cover them up with other smells, especially artificial ones, so I was a bit skeptical about the Scentstories player.

I received a Scentstories player with a complimentary "Exploring a Mountain Trail" CD. I found most of the fragrances on this particular CD a bit too cloying and artificial. They made my home smell as if I had emptied can upon can of air freshener into my house. There was one smell I enjoyed on the entire CD.

I did like the option the machine had to increase or decrease the intensity of the frangrance. I have a fairly small house with small rooms, and I do not need much fragrance in order to fill it. I also liked the fan feature of the machine, which did an effective job of circulating the smells through the house.

Since I liked features of the machine, just not the particular frangrances I first tried, I decided to try a different CD, "Relaxing in the Hammock." I enjoyed this CD much better. The scents on it seemed much more natural and pleasant, not as chemical and artificial smelling as the first CD. I just read that there will be a CD of holiday fragrances, and that's something I'd be interested in trying.

I am pleased with the product overall, especially now that I have a CD of fragrances I enjoy. The biggest drawback for me would be the size of the product, and the fact that it cannot sit on the floor (due to the heating element inside it). Ideally, I would hide this product behind the toilet in my bathroom, but since it must sit on a raised surface, I keep it in a closet and bring it out to use it, to avoid cluttering my countertops with it.

I would recommend this product to someone who had the space to accommodate it, and who could find a CD or two of preferred smells among the options offerred.

I wanted the Febreze Scentstories player for almost a year now, after hearing of all the rave reviews and recommendations for scentaholics such as myself and I have finally remembered to hunt it down ( as it's always sold out everywhere at al times).

I must say it's as great as people say! Scentstories is hands down the best way to fill a room with fragrance without burning any wax or setting up messy oils and burners.

The unit looks like a small portable radio or cd player ( about the size of a regular tissue box) with a lid that pushes open, and all you have to do is plug it into an outlet and hit the Play button, that's all it takes for glorious scent to fill the room in seconds! The unit emits a soft buzzing sound, the fan dispensing the air through a vent at the front as each scent section is heated. It doesn't bother me in the least, and is almost unnoticeable when I am busy doing things in my room.

The first scent disc I tried was "Exploring a mountain trail" with five separate scents of the same genre that complement each other and blend seamlessly for a fresh, dewy and juicy forest enriched air that spills almost as a soft cloud in seconds. Each scent plays for 30 minutes and rotates to the next spot or it can be changed by hitting the PLAY/NEXT button. The discs can be changed at any time, there is no need to use it all up ( each disc lasts up to 50 hrs of scent release once it's on) and the intensity can be changed form low to medium or to high depending on the desired potency of the aromatics.

I cannot recommend this player enough for those who are sick of always buying candles, air fresheners and other chemically enriched products and I am still blown away by the glorious scent selection available, never in my entire life have I smelled such fleshy, pulpy, succulent aromas in my room, it makes me feel as if I am plunged into a medieval forest of freshness. And I am definitely walking into my room more often, breathing in the heady aromas with a smile on my face.

- Kasia S.

I have played my scentstories on several occasions and noticed that the scent pretty much last the day it has played. I had it in my bedroom for 2 days and now it is in my living room. I like the whole concept of this item even though I couldn't comprehend the whole of it until I read the reviews and owned one. It would be a lot cooler if it played soothing sounds. The disc it comes with is really strong. I purchased the pink floral disc at Target yesterday since it was clearanced to $4 but have yet to try it. I have no pets so it really covers no odors except for musky or maybe lingering cooking smells. If you are having company, just press a button and it literally takes seconds for a room to be fragranced unlike a candle or a plug in. So even though the scent just lasts a day in my home and I don't play it daily, I love it. If the discs were cheaper maybe I would play it more often. The machine is extremely quiet when it is running and a lot more compact than the box shows. I have it underneath an end table in my living room on top of a $1 step stool (since it should not sit on the ground). When I run it, I just pull the table cloth up to allow the scent to be blown out. I recommend this item.

I got this for Christmas and I love it! It really works to make a room smell great for long periods of time. I bought one for my baby's room too and it really helps with the diaper smell. If you play it for the full 2 1/2 hours, each disk lasts about 20 times before it starts to lose smell. It is easy to put together and change disks. It fits easily into any onto a small table. It works much better than spray, plug-ins and all the other things on the market! Makes a great gift.

The price of this may scare you at first; it seems like a bit much to spend on "air freshner" but if you are "into" scent the way I am, it's well worth it. This player does evenly distribute scent throughout the room, enough so that I bought a second unit to keep in my bedroom (wait for the sales, and use the coupon, this makes the price easier to swallow.) I have found the fan a bit too loud for my liking in the bedroom but in the other rooms it is not noticable.

I am having difficulty in finding all of the available disks, I am just seeing, "hammock" and vanilla and would like to try the others. I do like the disks that I've tried and would probably try any that came out. I love fragrance and spend a lot on candles (Votivo are fabulous if you're interested), oils and oil burners, plug-ins, and incense; pretty much anything to do with fragrance, and I consider this a good long term value.

I would prefer that it take up less space and come with a smaller plug so that I could have more options to place the unit but I obviously am willing to live with it's size since I now have two.

Overall assesment, don't let the price thwart you, it will eventually become cheaper to buy a 50 hour disk than various plug in type scents. Keep in mind that quality candles that burn for 50 hours cost more than the price of a disk (in most cases, double). The same goes for essential/fragrance oils. So, go on and get it and enjoy.

Just got the scentstories yesterday and used it once. It is a great player, however I was expecting a little more.
It seems that while the player is playing for 2.5 hours...it is great and wonderful. I was thinking that the scent would linger a while when the unit had shut off...at least a day or so. I am disappointed that I only get the smells when the unit is turned on.

That is my only complaint. The unit does provide instant smells within a minute of turning it on.
Who knows, maybe after a few more uses, maybe the scent will linger for a while.

Other than that...this a good product.

I bought the Scentstories about a year ago. I love how easy it is to use and how wonderful the smells are. It is very quiet too. A great plus since mine is in my living/dining room. I really like the fact that I can have 3 levels of scent. If one of my friends decide to come over with her puppies, I can turn it up and not worry about their smell. The different scents are great too. I just wish their were more to choose from. The discs last a long time as well. I thought at first I would be spending a fortune on the discs but I have had one of my favorite discs for about 2 1/2 months and it still smells as fresh as it was the day I bought it. Although, sometimes the discs are hard to get out at times. I also like that if I am going somewhere I can shut it off and it turns the disc so that it is not "wasting" the smell when I am not home. It is a wonderful product and I would recommend it to any of my friends.