As someone who is really allergic to a lot of those room fragrances, I'd beg you not to – it would destroy my ability to enjoy the exhibit, and remember that those room fragrances rarely stay in the gallery where you put them (especially if you have an older HVAC system that circulates air among the galleries). Instead, how about smell boxes, so that people can pick them up and sniff them. This is one company that will do custom made "aroma cubes" for exhibits:
Aroma Cube Pack of 8 - Make Your Own - AromaPrime (Not an endorsement, just an example – there are other places you can get them, and a number of places have directions online).
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Emily
Emily A. Murphy, Ph.D.
Curator
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
160 Derby Street
Salem, MA 01970
Cell: 781-248-6424
"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt
whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool;
the truest heroism is to resist the doubt;
and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it
ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed."
--Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance (1852)