Now Every Room In Your House Can Smell Like Steam-Grilled Meat And Onions

maura johnston
The Awl
Published in
1 min readMay 3, 2010
french fry air freshener optional

Today’s sign that maybe it’s time to move on from the whole “Making Things That Smell Like Other Things” industry, because we have run out of nose-pleasing scents: the White Castle scented candle, which is shaped like the mini-burger-chain’s paper wrappers and which when burned emits “the steam-grilled-on-a-bed-of-onions scent of America’s first fast-food hamburger.” Also, if you buy five of the $10-a-pop wax creations? You get a free air freshener. If you’re the type of person who loves burgers, or just hates the idea of people lingering around your homestead for more than five minutes, this home-scent solution is perfect!

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maura johnston
The Awl

i edit @mauramagazine and teach at @bostoncollege.