Scent-sational oils, lotions and sprays are easy to make. Room spray, for instance, is simply eight drops of any essential oil (grapefruit or lemon to energize, rose or lavender to relax) added to two cups of water. Shake and spray!
Mix half a cup of baking soda with several drops of your favorite essential oil or room spray. Then, add this mixture to a bottle and let it sit for 24 hours.
There are two types of room spray bases. One is an alcohol-based product called Perfumer's Alcohol and the other is a silicone-based product called Cyclomethicone.
Air freshener spray with the fragrance oils of your choice can be used in any space to refresh the air and surroundings. Mix 10-20 drops of fragrance oil with 2/3 cups of water or witch hazel. Swirl the bottle to combine oils with witch hazel or water. You can search online for recipes that suit your needs.
Create your own air freshener.
Add a few drops of fragrance oils to a plastic spray bottle, then fill with water. Shake the bottle well to mix the oil into the water. You can then spray 2-3 times into the air to spread the scent into any room. Be careful not to spray into the eyes of any people or pets.
Generally, room spray aroma should last for 1-3 days when sprayed in the air - depending on the air circulation of the space. When sprayed on fabrics or bedding, room spray aroma can last up to a few weeks.
Add about 25 drops of your favorite essential oil to 2 tablespoons of baking soda and stir to combine. Lemon and lavender are great choices, but eucalyptus is my favorite because of the refreshing scent. Pour the baking soda and essential oil mix into the water and stir. Then funnel the water into your spray bottle.
The key difference: Spray fragrances fill a room while oil-based scents wear closer; you can spray a traditional fragrance onto clothes to prolong their wear but oils last longer.
The Basic Recipe
You can make a very simple room spray by simply mixing 1 part infused vinegar and 1 part distilled water. You can optionally add extracts as well.
By combining 1 cup of water with 2 tablespoons of vodka or rubbing alcohol, 7 drops of eucalyptus essential oil, 7 drops of rosemary essential oil, and 5 drops of tea tree essential oil in a spray bottle, you can easily make your own air freshener that will leave your room smelling amazing.
Mix the Fragrance Oils: For the first step, prep the Oil Burner by adding water to the Oil Burner's reservoir until it is two-thirds full – now it's time to create your blend! Add a drop or two of each Fragrance Oil you've chosen to the water to make up your new fragrance mix.
The most common way to utilize your old perfume is by using it as a room freshener. You can either spray it all over the room, or add a few drops of perfume in boiling water over the stove. The steam of the perfumed water will infiltrate all over, thus spreading the fragrance all over the house.
Alcohol serves 3 purposes in homemade room spray. For one, alcohol acts as a preservative hindering the growth of microorganisms and mould. Secondly, it also helps to dilute and blend the essential oils in the room spray. And lastly, alcohol helps the scent molecules to disperse in the air.
The baking soda will absorb odors to help freshen the air on its own. However, adding the essential oil will allow the freshener to give off a pleasant scent too. Use your favorite essential oil to scent the air freshener. If you want to get creative, you can even mix two or more oils to create a custom scent.
If you don't want to include vodka, you can substitute it for more distilled water or a hydrosol like rosewater.
Everclear, or other grain alcohol (190 proof; 95%): Grain alcohol does two things: it acts as a preservative and fully dissolves the essential oils, much more so than a lower proof vodka or witch hazel will.
Use only distilled white vinegar or cleaning vinegar for misting or spraying. The flavored vinegars can be placed in a bowl to use as an air freshener. Vinegar does not expire but should be stored in a cool, dark place.
It's all thanks to a clever gizmo known as an HVAC scent diffuser. These are ultra-quiet attachments to heating/air conditioning systems that use high amounts of air pressure to deliver nanoparticles of scented oils uniformly around a room, area, or building.
Baking soda: Just as baking soda works to absorb odors in your refrigerator, a bowl placed in a room will also absorb odors. Lemon water: Water absorbs odors and adding slices of fresh lemon will provide a clean citrus scent.