We Americans spend a lot of time in our cars, so it makes sense that we generally like their interiors to be enjoyable places to inhabit. We like them to be clean, not too hot or too cold, and, perhaps most importantly of all, to smell nice. To that end, there are thousands of different automotive air fresheners being produced to help you give your car’s cockpit the aroma you desire. Of course, “New Car Smell” and “Fresh Pine” aren’t the only games in town; not by a longshot.

Here, then, are 20 of the most, um, unorthodox shapes and scents we’ve spotted.

Mmmm…bacon…

Smells like overcoming adversity

Will the neighbor kids steal this, too?

Warning: Do not dip in Propofol

And you can tell he understands you by the look in his eyes

The kind of air freshener you’d bring home to Mom

Some say he likes hanging from mirrors, and that his toenails smell like lilacs…

Extra sprinkles, please!

May or may not get you out of a ticket

Litter sold separately

Who’s the banana boat captain?

Who wants to plazizzle fetchizzle?

It’s automotive perfume…on a stick!

Distracted driving kit



Och, your car smells great, laddie!

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

I pity the fool who drives a stinky car!

No lie, ladies

Business on the front side, party on the back side

Uh…lost in translation?