At Vitamin Shoppe, a lavender scent wafts through the air. Stores use air diffusers to pump out lavender essential oils, the company's top-selling essential oil that promotes "calm and relaxation," said a spokesperson. During the holidays, stores switch to a peppermint essential oil.
— Read more in How Abercrombie, Victoria's Secret and Vitamin Shoppe use smell to get you to spend more at CNN.
I read this article and thought myself…hmm…I don’t even need to go to stores w/ pumped in fumes to want to spend more on perfume. Rambling around my own house, catching whiffs from the Closet of Shame while pouring over the intertubes seems to fan my own spending fire just fine.🔥🤷🏼♀️ It’s like I market to myself almost.😆
I’m with you. Going into Abercrombie used to make me feel ill…never understood how the staff could stand it!