HM room / air freshener / deodoriser

FrugalWorker

I don't like sprays/etc... I just think of all of the artificial scents and chemicals. I like to open the window, I bake lovely scented bread, sometimes some fresh coffee.

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I grew some Helichrisums (Everlasting Flowers) and dried them off, took the flower heads off and put them in a bowl. I was given some Frankincense and Myrrh essential oils years ago as a pressie and liberally sloshed some of this on the flowers. That was at christmas and they are still really fragrant. I have one bowl in the hall and one in the lounge and they give a gentle background 'nice niff' to the whole downstairs of the house, also didn't cost me any more than a packet of seeds! I still have most of the oils left so can refresh the bowls when they need it. Hope this helps, Cheers Lyn.

Sambucus_Nigra

I also don't like artificial scents - febreze - smells horrid [sorry].

I do however grow my own flowers to bring in - this time of year I have a bowl of sweetpeas in the kitchen freshly cut every other day.

And the back door is always open when we are in - bringing all the lovely scents from the flowers and herbs outside the backdoor in.

When we trip the lavender and other woody herbs, I put the trimmings into the woodburner cavity - this means we get the scent and the first fire of the year always smells lovely.

And fresh coffee - yum. and Hmm, smells great.

Not that I can smell anything with this hayfever at the moment.

jumblejack

A great tip that I saw was to put a few drops if essential oil onto a hanky and wiping the radiators.

When the heating is on,the aroma diffuses.

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polkadot

elsien wrote: »

A dark glass bottle is better if you have one, it lasts longer. And distilled water if possible.

Also to preserve it for longer,mix it half and half with water and vodka...and if you have a slowcooker and like the lavender-pop a few sprigs in the slow cooker with some water and turn on low with the lid off.You can also use citrus peel and just about anything else you might like.

Christmas in our house always "smells likes christmas" as we constantly have the slow cooker filled with mulled wine (with the lid on) in case we have visitors stop by.

valk_scot

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

I also don't like artificial scents - febreze - smells horrid [sorry].

I do however grow my own flowers to bring in - this time of year I have a bowl of sweetpeas in the kitchen freshly cut every other day.

And the back door is always open when we are in - bringing all the lovely scents from the flowers and herbs outside the backdoor in.

When we trip the lavender and other woody herbs, I put the trimmings into the woodburner cavity - this means we get the scent and the first fire of the year always smells lovely.

And fresh coffee - yum. and Hmm, smells great.

Not that I can smell anything with this hayfever at the moment.

Lavender and rosemary in the woodburner sounds fabulous, it makes me want a woodburner! I do grow a lot of lavendar for drying though, I put it in the linen cupboard and clothes drawers to help keep moths away.

I like woodsmoke too, and baking smells, and lemon and beeswax polish, and laundry in from the sunshine. Fruit in the fruitbowl, a real Christmas tree...all lovely smells.

Candles_by_Lisa

As you can probably guess by my username I make my own candles and can really vouch for yankee too. Most cheap candles only have a thin layer of scent on them (as the scent is the most expensive bit) so when you burn the candle that layer of scent burns really quickly and you are left with plain old wax (which smells pretty horrible in my opinion).

In the winter months I put tumble dryer sheets down the back of radiators as has been said before the aroma freshens when you put the heater on.

Oil burners are really good too. A few drops of essential oil mixed with water then either use an electric or ordinary oil burner (just watch out for the water evaporating as you will be left with oil which can catch flame not to mention the mess it makes when it splashes).

In the summer months I don't think you can beat the smell of fresh flowers (scented lilies are my favourite and seem to smell the hole house out).

valk_scot

pigpen wrote: »

) and the boy pee in the loo, they are far too poor an aim to get it in the bowl it seems.. it does mean I can make them mop though

After spending a couple of years after my sons were toilet trained mopping and toilet swishing twice a day in a vain attempt to get the loo to not smell it was only when we got a new loo seat that I realised where the problem was. The hinges! You can scrub the hinges every day if you like but it's the pee seeping under the seals that makes the lingering smell. So now I unscrew the loo seat a bit once a week and wriggle a strip of j-cloth with cleaner into the gap to clean under the hinges and between the seals. Huge improvement in the whiff department!

heavenleigh

Scented candles, a quick 30 min burn and they take over the room, i know where you're coming from i love a scented room xx

ShonaM

I used the flash with Febreeze alot and the smell of that does linger for a day or 2, great for washing down kitchen surfaces, laminate floor and most wood work.

I bake alot for my job, so the house always smells like cupcakes most of the time.

When my friend was selling her house she was told to put a bowl of water in the oven with a vanilla pod in.

Our noses get used to smells after about 20mins so your house probably smells lovely already