I had a real wreath delivered by a relative which must have been stored by the well known company for quite a while no smell and a touch of brown starting to show and I really did not need it so I placed it on my front porch on one of my dark brown metal chairs and attached three medium red balls to it. It turned brown before the end of the holidays so I ordered this to replace it because I loved the look as you entered the porch. I attached the three balls to it and it looked perfect to last for the holidays and many more to come.