Families and travellers
- Children and adults with autism or learning difficulties
- Anyone who finds new places or busy journeys overwhelming
- Parents and carers who want one less thing to worry about
Calming scents for sensory-friendly travel
One familiar scent, from home to holiday.
New places can be overwhelming for people with autism and learning difficulties. Sensory Scent sends a calming scent home before the trip, travels with you on the journey, and is already waiting in your accommodation when you arrive.
Why scent
Travel changes everything at once. Scent is one thing that can stay the same.
Unfamiliar sights, sounds and smells arrive all together on a trip. For many autistic people and those with learning difficulties, that can turn an exciting holiday into a stressful one.
Smell is closely tied to memory and feeling safe. A scent that has become part of everyday life at home can act as a calm, steady anchor in a new room or a busy airport.
By using the same scent before, during and after travel, we help a new place feel a little more like somewhere you already know.
How it works
Three bottles, placed along the whole journey
Each kit contains the same calming scent in three forms, so the comfort builds at home and carries through to arrival.
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Before you go
At home
A room bottle is posted out ahead of the trip. Using it in your own bedroom lets the scent become linked with feeling safe and settled.
Room bottle -
On the way
The journey
A travel bottle for the car, coach, train or plane. It brings the same familiar scent into the busiest and least predictable part of the trip.
Travel bottle -
When you arrive
Your accommodation
The third bottle is placed in the room before you check in, so the first thing you notice is a scent you already know.
Arrival bottle
Who it's for
Made for travellers, offered through the travel industry
Travel partners
- Hotels, holiday parks and holiday lets
- Tour operators and travel agents
- Transfer, coach and transport providers
Add a Sensory Scent kit to a booking and show neurodivergent guests you've planned for them. We post the room bottle out and supply the arrival bottle for your team to place.
The scents
Scent types built around how you want to feel
Every kit uses one scent type for all three bottles, so it stays the same from home to holiday. Each is soft, natural and never overpowering.
Calming
For anxious moments and busy places. Gentle notes that help slow things down.
Sleep & rest
For bedtime in a new room. A soft, low scent that signals it's time to wind down.
Grounding
For long journeys and big changes. Warm and earthy, to help feel settled and secure.
Comforting
For when things feel too much. Warm and familiar, like being wrapped in a blanket.
Sensitive to smell? Every scent type can be made in a lighter strength for people who find fragrance overwhelming.
Get in touch
Bring calmer travel to your guests
Tell us a little about you and we'll come back with kit options and how we can work together.