IF THERE'S one thing that Brits love to do, it's worry.
And when it comes to having guests over there's little we don't fret over.
Almost half of Brits worry their home smells because of pets, smoke or dirty drains.
In fact, the average adult spends £121 per year to banish pesky smells, from scented candles to vacuum scent bags.
It seems we're all concerned that we can't smell our own stench and even refuse guests because of it.
A study of 2,000 adults found three quarters believe the way a person’s home smells leaves a long-lasting impression visitors, so it's no wonder we're all so concered.
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Research commissioned by Scentsy, found 22 percent of us hold off from having guests over entirely if our home isn’t up to scratch.
Even though most homes have a fury friend, 40 percent of us say that the smell of pets is enough to stop us from hosting.
The top scents people like to be greeted by are mostly sweet and floral, with 25 percent and 55 percent of us favouring the sumptuous smells.
In fact more than a quarter of Brits have given their home a signature scent.
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Unsurprisingly, most of us don't want guests over if our home isn't perfectly tidy.
In fact, it's the top reason for turning guests away or pretending to be out when they pop round unannounced.
But over a quarter of us don’t really care about other people’s homes, it makes no difference to if they will or wont visit.
And 64 per cent will continue hosting regardless of the state of their own pad, yet a whopping 65 percent admit to judging others by how clean their homes are.
A spokesperson for Scentsy said: “Fragrance is processed in the brain’s olfactory bulb — which is why it’s so closely tied to memory.
Having somewhere for guests to sit and relax was discovered to be the fourth most important factor when having guests over.
Comfort it key for all of us it seems, as the fifth highest thing people care about when having guests over is having somewhere plush for them to relax.
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“Senses like touch, vision and auditory stimulus are processed through a completely different part of the brain.
"That’s why smells are often more powerful than any other human sense,” a spokesperson of Scentsy shared.
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