Picture tutorial: Home made room freshener

 

Todays post will be about a very simple home made room freshener. Here in Shanghai, we cannot get real trees, that smell of Christmas. Years ago, I was very into fragrances, essential oils and the such and still have some supplies left over. It's well known, that you can add essential oils into water, light a tealight under it to warm it up to freshen the room, however a tea light goes out, and with our cats, I am very careful about open flames. Our kitten is still extremely playful and WILL examine every new thing I put out.

 

All you need for this project is a glass jar with lid, some baking powder and some essential oil. Fitting to this season, I decided on pine.

 

Put some baking powder into the glass jar, add 4-5 drops of essential oil, close jar and shake. I made my jar about 5 days ago, open it every once in a while, until the room smells of pine. Give it a nice shake everytime you open the jar and the smell will permeate the room slowly.

Depending on the season, you can vary the scent. Lavender is calming and could be used in the bedroom, citronella keeps mossies away.

Have fun making your own home scents