FRAGRANCES FOR YOUR HOME

Open the windows and bin the artificial smells.

I second that ? I much prefer to smell freshness that’s real not artificial and breathing in all those chemicals isn’t good for anyone. Bin them and open up everything.

Chemical air fresheners? Yuk!! Try a vase or two of scented , real flowers about the place or a few bowls of dried rose petals and lavender flowers.

I have been known to treat myself to a reed diffuser from time to time for the bedrooms, especially those not in regular use. However I will always buy those that are as natural as possible, Neals Yard or similar. Can always remember visiting someone's house and needing to use the loo. They had one of those ....excuse the pun.....motion sensor air fresheners. However it was placed on top of the loo cistern and it was a very small cloakroom. The result was that as I entered the cloakroom I was sprayed in the face!

Jo Malone candles. Expensive but last forever. .I can not bear the synthetic, cloying smell of plug ins. But a reed diffuser is an acceptable second choice.

Will only use candles as lighting (I cannot forget they are alight - and always as pure as possible). We are timber framed but thankfully not thatched......still better safe than sorry.

I cut lavender from the garden and arrange in vases without water. It dries out but the perfume lasts for weeks and you can then strip the dried flowers off the stems and make lavender bags if you want to.

Chemical room fragrances are said to be damaging to health, as are all sorts of chemical cleaners which should be used sparingly and with care - or preferably not at all.

I'm not sure about the reed diffusers. As they use oil, I would imagine they're OK. However, I bought one several years ago when they first came on the market and, unnoticed by us, it was knocked over and the oil took a large patch off the polished finish of our then sideboard.

I would go for opening windows when possible.

Thank you for all your comments. I do of course open my windows and let fresh air get in, however I do like a fragrant smell in my house. I will keep looking - thank you all.

Must admit its reassuring when you come home after 2 weeks away and get to sniff your own home and find out what it actually smells like to others - and realise its perfectly pleasant!

I open windows but in the utility room near the litter tray I use a reed diffuser.

I have just discovered NEOM products after being a Jo Malone fragrance fan for years. NEOM aren't cheap but use natural fragrance and there is a whole background to the combinations of oils used. Their candles are divine and like the JM ones last for ages.

Ahh a girl after my own heart, I was going to ask the same question.The ones I have tried and loved are Marks and Spencers fig, oil diffusers and oil drops very expensive smelling, also somebody has just bought me a Katherine Kidston oil diffuser, think it's linen, or something similar, it's lost its label unfortunately, that's also lovely, without being overpowering.I think though for the best effect it's better to use the same fragrance throughout your home, maybe in different ways with candles, room sprays etc.I also spray cushions and other soft furnishings, it seems to work, as my dil always says it smells lush.

Although a great fresh air fan there are occasions when a helping hand is welcomed and although I love my candles again there is that danger element.
Having been introdiuced to ASHLEIGH & BURWOOD,London and given one of their attractive Fragrance Lamps complete with bottles of Lamp Fragrance which comes in differing sizes and aromas I vouch this will gloriously fill your room and surrounding area (availably from above or through Amazon)
At the moment I have Sea Breeze floating in the air and it is just as though the sea air is pouring in through the window.

Fresh flowers are the best fragrance for a house. I have a beautiful bunch of stocks in my living room at the moment.

I find all the other ways of creating fragrance smell chemically and overpowering and have an unpleasant after smell, some give me migraine.

Why intentionally assault your nose with artificially contrived long-chain molecules?

Remove the sources of any bad smells and ventilate your rooms while conserving energy.

Sparingly use personal fragrances to match your mood but ditch the smelly smoking candles and plug-ins.

Bake bread....!

Be careful with diffusers if you have pets. The oil can burn them if they brush against the sticks. Personally I like fresh flowers or dried lavender

I second the idea of binning fragrances. Nothing like the smell of fresh air, cut grass and baking.

Dried lavender is a wonderful base for making pot-pourri, I try to make fresh each summer by gathering blooms & heads from the garden drying off in the airing cupboard wth Lavender. Then sprinkle with drops of one of two essential oils, maybe rose, geranium, bergamont many others to choose from. Place in a wide open bowl turn the pourri every few days refresh with oils when necessary. Enjoy!

Brunette10

I had a dozen red roses on Valentines Day(totally unexpected) I didn,t want to throw them away when they died, so I dried them, put them in a decorative glass vase and bought an essential oil from M&S and add drops of the oil to the dried petals eh presto my own personalized natural air freshener.

Brunette10
Everyone's olfactory senses are different as are bottled/boxed/wax fragrances so unless you come across a fragrance you like in a formulation you like, then our suggestions are not much use. Pomegranate and fig fragrance (or any other) is not the same in wax form, oils, sprays or diffusers and varies from brand to brand.
Artificial scents can be overpowering and some people are allergic to them.

I have one of these,which filters the air and uses natural oils which come in various fragrances.It gives a lovely perfume throughout the home without any chemical nasties.

www.amazon.co.uk/AMOS-purifier-freshener-changing-fragrances?tag=gransnetforum-21

Plugins can be nauseating.Can't beat fresh air although that can be tainted if the wind is in the wrong direction and wafting into your home the stench from 'muck spreading.'