About me
Most homes add fragrance occasionally. I help you design it intentionally.
I’m Abhi, the creator of Mists & Melts, a home fragrance guide dedicated to helping people create homes that feel calm, uplifting, and intentionally designed through The Five Scent Roles.
After years of long hours in healthcare, I realised how much our home quietly shapes how we feel and how we show up in life.
Mists & Melts was born from a need to create spaces that support wellbeing.
Experimenting with products in my own home led me to realise something simple but powerful: fragrance works best when it has structure.
That discovery led me to develop the Five Scent Roles — a framework for layering home fragrance intentionally to create what I call a Signature Scent Home™.
Just like lighting, music, or interior design, fragrance works best when each scent has a clear role.
A home with:
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a steady background scent that grounds the space
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an uplifting scent that energises daily life
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scents that mark moments of ritual, rest and transition.
What I do
At Mists & Melts, I help people move beyond random candles and diffusers and start using home fragrance with intention.
For over ten years, I’ve been expanding an ever-evolving selection of only the best home fragrance products through trial and error. Every product I recommend, from reed diffusers to candles and fragrance lamps, has to earn a place within the Five Scent Roles framework, because the goal isn’t simply to add fragrance — it’s to create an atmosphere that supports daily life and mood, helping you thrive at home.
Whether you’re looking for calm, energy, ritual, or transition, I guide you on which fragrance to place where.
My mission
My mission is helping you create a home and a headspace you love.
Instead of guessing which candle or diffuser to buy next, my mission is to help you design the atmosphere of your home deliberately.
By teaching intentional home fragrance through the Five Scent Roles, I help people create homes that feel balanced, uplifting, and full of character.
Because scent is powerful. It speaks directly to the part of the brain that processes emotion, memory, and mood.
The result isn’t just a better-smelling space.
It’s a home that feels calmer, more alive, and unmistakably yours.
How I choose what I recommend
I explore specific ingredients and new methods of scenting that have a positive impact on mood and well-being. I only share candles, diffusers, fragrance lamps, wax melts, incense and oils that genuinely earn a place within the Five Scent Roles. If a fragrance doesn’t serve a clear role in creating a Signature Scent Home, it doesn’t make it onto the site. Mists & Melts is reader-supported. Some links on this site are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you choose to purchase through them — at no extra cost to you. So, sit back (or sprawl out), relax, and let me help make your home feel more complete.