What pops into your head when you think of car fresheners? Immediately, visions of tree-shaped, cardboard pine-scented things come to mind. Heh. I used to be fond of “New car scent” myself. Anyway, while I was at First Markham place, I stopped by the car accessory shop. They seemed to specialize in air fresheners, but they were a hell of a lot more expensive than those inexpensive trees from the gas stations. I don’t think I saw anything in there that was under $9. They were all imported from Japan, which explained their high cost. What was most interesting though was the different variety of scents the store had: none of the usual suspects were there! I was awed by scents like “pinky musk” and “cashew”. I ended up buying one out of curiosity more than anything else. I ended up buying a scent called “squash”. So yeah, apparently my car now smells like a gourd. The smells is a bit sweet, and a little bit…umm…nutty (I think). To be honest, it really smells like what I’d imagine the car would smell like if a Sprite exploded all over the place. It’s not unpleasant, but not necessarily great either. Maybe I just need to get used to the scent.

You know, after paying $15, I’d better get used to it, because it’s not going anywhere.