With all the junkyard traveling I do, I run across hundreds—thousands—of the iconic Car-Freshner Little Tree air fresheners every year. The most common trees installed by their final owners (because such cars certainly tend to need some olfactory assistance) have been Black Ice and New Car Scent for many years, but today we're going to check out photographs of a far more unusual scent: Green Apple.
Green Apple—whose "perfect blend of tart and sweet" scent creates "a lip-smacking, crisp apple fragrance" that, ideally, drowns out the smell of burning electrical insulation and decades of stale fast food—has been around for quite some time. The oldest photograph in my collection of Green Apple trees in junked cars dates back to 2008, while the most recent one was photographed yesterday.
Green Apple Car-Freshner Little Trees in Junkyard Cars
If you'd like to see the complete collection of Little Trees in Junked Cars, here are the additional galleries.
Lose yourself in breezy meadows of wild daisies with this uplifting floral fragrance.
An exploration of some "cloth" scents of the Car-Freshner Little Tree family.
Another Little Trees cloth scent; fabrics are a rare category for the brand.
This scent came and went quickly, but you'll still find Fresh Surge trees in discarded cars today.
A very popular scent with owners of cars in need of olfactory assistance.
This scent became one of the most popular a few years ago.
An uncommon Little Tree scent, photographed in the junkyards of three states.
Smells like the promise of a new day ... which these cars really needed.
This discontinued scent still shows up in discarded cars to this day.
Eleven years of Lime, Lemon, Orange Zest, Pink Grapefruit, Lemon Grove, and Sunny Citrus .
Four states, 12 years, 126 Car-Freshner New Car Scent Little Trees.
These cars' final owners hoped that a wholesome county-fair scent would de-hooptie-ize their rides.
There's something especially sad about a discontinued Little Tree in a discarded car.
One of the more manly Little Tree scents, still a bit rare in junkyard cars.
One of the newer Little Tree scents, now climbing the junkyard air-freshener popularity charts.
Cinna-Berry Little Trees in wrecking yards in California, Colorado, and Wisconsin.
Officially called Vanilla Pride, not to be confused with the Vanillaroma Little Tree.
One of the most popular scents of all, for decades, has been the Strawberry Little Tree.
One of the rarer Little Tree scents, found in wrecking yards between 2007 and 2015.
The Royal Pine scent was more popular a decade ago, but you'll still see them today.
One of the most popular Little Tree air fresheners, shot in three states over a decade.
A late-comer to the Car-Freshner Little Tree pantheon, but already quite popular.
Peachy Peach is a fairly rare Little Tree, though not as rare as Spice or Morning Fresh.
