Little Trees

The Miracle Tree is a disposable air fresheners in the form of a silhouette of abstract tree for use in motor vehicles. Basically, the air fresheners are aimed at increasing the well-being from the levy pleasant odors. The air fresheners are available in different fragrances; the most popular are vanilla, Sport Fresh, New and Green Apple.

You can depending on the country have a different name, such as Miracle Tree ( in Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Denmark), Little Trees ( in the U.S.), Magic Tree ( UK and Ireland) or Arbre Magique ( in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal).

History

Julius sower, a Canadian biochemist and businessman of German descent ( born in Uffenheim, the father and his ancestors came from Ermetzhofen ), created - after a milk driver had complained about the foul smell of spilled milk - in 1951 the Little Trees -called air fresheners made ​​of porous carton. A year later he founded in Watertown in the State of New York, the company Car - Freshner Corporation for the commercial production of air freshener. Today, it has branches in Berlin (New Hampshire) and De Witt ( Iowa).

Operation

The air freshener comes in a plastic sleeve welded. It consists of an absorbent, open-pored felt-like paper that is printed on both sides and impregnated with fragrances and additives. To activate and distribute the fragrances a small part of the shell is removed and the hanger attached. Depending on the size of the opening in the plastic film and of the surrounding air flow, the fragrances are well dispersed in the ambient air. For the uniform odorant delivery into the vehicle interior, the casing should be drawn every week an inch down. Many users see the film envelope but as packaging waste and remove it, contrary to the manufacturer's instructions, complete. So the maximum amount of fragrance is released within a short time, the concentrated odor impression leads to an over-stimulation, and often cause headaches.

Criticism

So-called " air fresheners " cover compared to odor neutralizers only the space smells and can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals.

Miracle tree in popular culture

The miracle tree and its contour have become part of popular culture. They play in numerous films ( Repoman (1985 ), The Fisher King (1991 ), Seven (1995 ) ) play an important role or are unimportant detail as in Cleaner (2007) or I - Despicable Me (2010). Wonder trees are in the Greaser subculture, a youth culture of children of the working class, which formed in the 1950s in the USA from the street gangs of central importance: No aufgemotzes vehicle is complete without the appropriate scent tree. A similar scene can be found today in the rural areas of Scandinavia.

Miracle tree as a costume. Split ( 2008).

Oversized miracle tree in packaging. Globe City Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne (2008).

Giant Wonder trees as Christmas trees. GPO Melbourne, Australia (2007).

Giant Wonder trees in the front yard (2007).

Giant miracle tree made ​​of steel, odorless. Thayngen, Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Odorless giant gourd in the Pure Evil Genius exhibition, London ( 2007).

Miracle Tree Silhouette as a light element. Tuomas Laitinen, Finland ( 2009).

Oversized, moss -filled gourd contour on a fence, smell direction according to the label: Spring forest. Edina Tokodi, Brooklyn, New York ( 2009).