I'd go with cinnamon over ginger, and I love-love-love ginger. Not heavy or overwhelming. These will be all kinds of people looking at your house. Vanilla scent is another one that people are familiar with. Lemon bars would also work very well, another generally familiar scent and very refreshing.

Do you have any fresh herbs, like basil? It has a calming scent you cut put with unscented flowers.

I wouldn't go with cannabis as you never know who's looking and what their personal feelings are. Also, it's just not a fresh scent... says someone who lives in a non-legal state and has no idea what I'm talking about... ; )

Me? I'd go with basil here and there, and bake lemon bars or something with a mild vanilla scent to appeal to all. Some say stews or soups, but that just makes buyers hungry, and you want them to look at your house, not rush through to grab a bite!

Ricky - good luck!

I vote for the lemon bars 2Many mentioned mainly because I love them and just made some yesterday. That being said, I think the best thing you can do when selling is keep things smelling clean, light and neutral. Been there many times!

If you are selling ( with a ridiculously high price just to test the market) , I don't think you should bake.

Go to a bakery and buy a few kinds of ridiculously high price cookies to impress potential buyers.

dcarch

Boil lemon peel in water. .providing you can hide the pot before unlocking the door. Lol

Snickerdoodles!

Bread! According to all my RE associates...who have largely successful businesses...there's nothing more enticing than the smell of baking bread. That's their first instruction to all the clients on opening day. From the list of their sales...they must be right.

Julia Child's Clafoutis....with dark chocolate chunks I added at the same time as the cherries.

I agree a loaf of bread should work.

I think chocolate chip would work best, especially if you leave them out.

When we were looking at our current house, the owners had an electric deodorizer that put out an intense smell - not bad, but I wondered why it was there. When we took possession of the house, it reeked of dog urine, and smell persisted for months, despite all of our efforts to get rid of it. It was extremely nauseating.

I was going to bake bread, but I want to leave a basket of treats out for the potential buyers. Can't see leaving slices of bread. Or wait a minute - little peanut butter and jelly sammiches on fresh baked challah. Nah, damn peanut allergies.

As far as the price goes... we were high priced until we found a house to buy. The market here in Fort Collins is hot! Houses go under contract before they hit realtor.com. We looked at over 60 houses in three weeks before we found one that we both liked and that fit the budget. According to our Realtor, by dropping the price tomorrow at the start of the open house, we should sell the house in an hour or two.

So cookies... I'm going with my standard mint chocolate, chocolate chip cookies with out cannabis. I was going to fool around with oatmeal, but not everyone likes oatmeal. I like the lemon idea, but I'm out of lemons and it's Friday the 13th, and I'm not getting in the car and driving to the supermarket just to get a couple of lemons. But thanks.

That sounds good, Ricky! And I trust your cookies to taste good. The agents around here bake chocolate chip cookies which usually don't taste as good as they smell. :)

ginger cookies -- the fragrance of spice! When we had our home on a homes tour, I took chicken pieces and onion, celery and carrot and had that simmering on the stove all day, had sugar cookies baking all day (guests got one as they left) . . . oh, man the comments about how "homey" the house smelled.

chocolate chip, or just plain sugar cookies ... don't drop the price too much. homes will sell quickly in the larger markets because there are fewer listings. I wonder if you could close before the end of the month ...

fabreze should market a 'fresh baked cookie' aroma [trademarks/copyrights the concept]

I'm going with bacon... bacon anything smells glorious.

Make up about 4 or 5 loaves worth of bread dough...and make several pans of small cinnamon rolls....
Roll out the dough while it's cold so you can roll it thin...brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and roll...should be only about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. let rise and bake all but one pan....timing to come out of the oven just before open house starts. Put them out in a basket lined with a lovely cloth...linen or gingham depending on your style. Turn your oven as low as it goes and put in that last pan. It will cook and smell lovely for easily 2 to 3 hours before is begins to smell burned.
I sold a couple of houses with baking bread!

The house smells like the Keebler factory! Made 4 dozen mint chocolate, chocolate chip cookies. Look at the shine off those chips!

"fabreze should market a fresh baked cookie aroma..."

That made me remember a high school job I had working in a gift/novelty shop. They sold spray cans of "baked good aromas." One was "Chocolate Cake in the Oven." It really did smell just like that.

Good call Ricky - mint for a refreshing scent, chocolate because, well, who doesn't love the scent of fresh baked chocolate cookies?! Very nice of you to give them to the house shoppers : ) Hope you get it sold quickly!

When I first toured my last house before I bought it, they had their bread machine going baking bread. My first thought was "how homey" but my second thought was, "how cheesy." I still bought the house though! It checked off all my boxes. Of course I toured it in Feb. and the weather was awful so walking into a warm house with the smell of bread baking made it seem even more cozy. But it was cozy to begin with.

I’m in house hunting mode and find scents off-putting. Whether candles, room deodorizers, baking. What are you covering up, is my thought. I also find food offerings somewhat awkward. The one and only thing I’ve appreciated was a bucket of water bottles on ice on a hot day.