Malin + Goetz Tomato Home Spray Review

I make salmon at least twice a week. No matter how much I scrub my nonstick pan or spray my countertop surfaces, I constantly battle lingering fishy cooking odors — even hours after dinnertime. I just moved to a new apartment where the kitchen is in the center of my living space. Those cooking odors I just mentioned? They’ve become a bigger problem. 

Luckily, Malin + Goetz recently launched a genius Tomato Home Spray that reduces unsavory smells in the kitchen, bathroom, and pet spaces. In need of a kitchen odor-neutralizing solution stat, I tested the spray for a week after receiving an early sample. Here’s what I found.

Malin + Goetz Tomato Home Spray 

I used this spray every night for a week after my partner and I made dinner. We cooked salmon twice, roasted a small chicken on a Sunday night, and made some combination of broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and baked sweet potatoes on the side throughout the week. After dinner and our dishwashing routine, I spritzed the tomato spray in my kitchen and living room.

Unlike other home sprays I’ve tried that have only masked unsavory smells but not eliminated them, Malin + Goetz’s Tomato Spray neutralizes odors by binding with malodorous molecules to create a new, fresh scent. This spray neutralized the cooking odors in my kitchen and pleasantly tamped down any odors that traveled into the living room. It also lasted for several hours into the evening. As my partner and I settled on the couch to watch Netflix after dinner, he said it “smells so green in here.” 

If you’re a fan of the brand’s twice-sold-out Tomato Candle, you’ll already know and love the smell of this Tomato Home Spray. It has green top notes of fresh basil, lavender, and mint, plus woodsy hints of cedar and comforting petitgrain. The spray makes my apartment smell like the vine of a perfectly ripe tomato — mixed with a luxurious bed of fresh herbs. It’s also alcohol-free, which makes me feel more comfortable when I spray it near my pet space. Packaged in a sleek and minimalist box, this would also make a thoughtful host gift.

I’ll reach for this spray over my go-to kitchen candles whenever we have dinner guests, cook our weekly salmon dishes, or I just want to pretend that it’s tomato season forever. 

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Price at time of publish: $52