Imagine walking from one room to another in your home and being overwhelmed by a sweet and pleasant scent that gives you a feeling of pleasant calm for a few moments.
It’s not a dream and you don’t have to spend a lot of money to achieve this result! All you need is a little imagination and a few natural ingredients to make a different perfumer for each room of the house .
Let’s see together how to do it .
What will you discover?
Living room
The living room is the place to chat with guests but also to relax.
For this environment, often larger than the others, a long-lasting perfumer is required, whose notes are not overly intense and have an elegant tone. That’s why our suggestion is to prepare a simple but effective potpourri .
The preparation is not complicated at all and you can vary the ingredients according to your taste. The classic ones are made from rose petals , citrus peel (lemon, orange or tangerine), aromatic herbs and cinnamon sticks . Everything dried thoroughly : To do this, simply leave them in the sun on the hottest days.
Once you have all the dried ingredients, place them in a bowl and place on a shelf or coffee table. If you wish, you can enhance the scent of the potpourri by dripping a few drops of a fragrant essential oil into the bowl.
A simple, quick, but extremely effective alternative is to add some rose petals to a pot of hot water to infuse, bring to a boil for 15 minutes , allow to cool, and then store the mixture in a closed container for an entire night.
In the morning, add a few drops of perfumed essential oil and spray the mixture on the living room curtains : these will absorb the smell and distribute it throughout the room for a long time.
Kitchen
Now let’s move on to the kitchen, where the smells of food are often in the air and create a somewhat stale atmosphere.
The air freshener we offer is based on sage : the leaves of this aromatic plant can not only flavor our dishes but also perfume our rooms.
All you have to do is take 3-4 leaves of this plant, put them in a pot of water and bring to a boil on the stove . A few minutes after boiling, you will immediately notice a slightly pungent but at the same time delicate scent . Now turn off the flame and let the fragrant steam spread throughout the kitchen.
Sage has a strong smell that can mask even the most intense smells of food being prepared in the kitchen. You can also add a few cloves to the pot to sweeten the notes a bit.
All you have to do is repeat this simple process, of course with new leaves whenever you want: the smell of sage stays in the room for many hours , sometimes even days .
Bad
The bathroom is the place in the house where it is most necessary to keep away bad smells and always maintain a delicate scent.
The most suitable perfumer is based on sodium bicarbonate : this substance actually has the ability to absorb bad smells .
All you need to do is get a medium sized bowl, fill it with 4-5 tablespoons of baking soda, and pour 5-6 drops of a fragrant essential oil on top.
In this way you get a double result: the perfumer eliminates bad smells and spreads a pleasant perfume. Our advice is to use an essential oil with a mint scent if you love fresh scents, rose if you prefer classic notes and slightly romantic tones, or sandalwood if you have a preference for woody scents.
bedroom
After a hard day at work or in stressful everyday life, there is nothing better than lying comfortably in bed and… breathing in the scent of the bedroom!
For this room we offer you the scent of lavender , which, according to many experts, promotes sleep, relaxation and serenity.
All you have to do is let the lavender flowers dry in the sun (or, if you prefer, you can buy them already dried), put them in a cloth bag closed with a ribbon at the top, and leave it to put something around.
If you want, you can also put them in the wardrobe to perfume your clothes .