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Let’s face it, commercial air fresheners are a bit of a disappointment. They claim to fill your home with all sorts of beautiful scents, but many of them don’t last for more than a few days before their smell seems to completely disappear. Plus, most commonly available air fresheners contain a whole host of chemicals that really aren’t that great to breathe in.
Luckily, there’s a simple alternative to wasting your money on commercial air fresheners – making your own, safely, with essential oils. While essential oils smell great in a diffuser, if you need a burst of freshness, fast, you can easily add them to a homemade air freshener to use in smellier situations in your home.
The best thing about making the DIY air fresheners we’ll be sharing with you is that they’re all-natural, and allow you to experience the health benefits of essential oils at the same time. They also don’t contain harmful substances, and they’re extremely affordable because they use simple ingredients that you most likely already have in your cabinets.
There are few basic ingredients that you’ll need every time for making homemade air fresheners, so before we go into our recipes, make sure you stock up on the following:
• Water
It’s fine to use plain old tap water, but if you’re feeling fancy, distilled water is fine, too.
• Essential Oils
These are the key ingredient for every recipe we’ll be sharing. Not only do essential oils allow you to achieve all sorts of beautiful scents, they also help to cleanse the air. Make sure you go for a good essential oil brand so you can be sure you’re getting the best quality air purification.
• Alcohol
It’s a good idea to add a bit of vodka or rubbing alcohol to your air fresheners because alcohol helps the essential oils and water to mix more thoroughly, and helps the air freshener to dry faster. It’s not absolutely essential, but it does tend to produce better end product. If you don’t keep a lot of alcohol in your home, a good alternative is vanilla extract. It adds extra punch to the recipe, and you can even make real homemade vanilla extract yourself.
• Spray Bottle
Having a little spray bottle on hand for distributing your air freshener around the room will make life a lot easier. Each of these recipes is designed for an 8-ounce spray bottle, but feel free to double or triple the recipe if you fall in love with it.
Now that you’ve got the ingredients you need, it’s time to get started. Stay tuned for our 10 favourite natural air fresheners to make from essential oils today.
1. Citrus Mint Air Freshener Spray
You can’t beat the combination of citrus and mint to give your home a crisp, invigorating feel. For this recipe, you’ll need three quarters of a cup of water, plus 2 tablespoons of vodka, rubbing alcohol, or real vanilla extract, 10 drops of wild orange essential oil, and 8 drops of peppermint essential oil. Combine the ingredients in your spray bottle and shake it all up before spraying around your home. The citrus will offer an addictive tanginess, while the mint will freshen up the air. This one works well around the holiday season.
2. Sweet Lavender Air Freshener Spray
This gentle, calming spray is perfect for spritzing in your bedrooms before you tuck your kids in for the night. Lavender is known for being a popular aromatherapy choice for sleep and relaxation – and there’s actual scientific evidence to support claims that it cures insomnia and promotes quality sleep, too. Of course, lavender is also a lovely, refreshing scent that is best associated with nice smelling bathrooms. Just mix three quarters of a cup of water with 2 tablespoons of real vanilla extract, 10 drops of lavender essential oil and 5 drops of chamomile essential oil. Chamomile’s scent is sweet, apple-like, and herbaceous, and is often drank in tea for relaxing the mind and body, so it makes a good partner to the lavender.
3. Summer Citrus Air Freshener Spray
Light and airy, this citrus spray is a great natural air freshener for those summer days, when you don’t want anything too heavy in the air. Citrus oils have a bright and invigorating aroma that are a welcoming scent in any home. Even if you’re not a fan of oranges, your nose probably reacts happily to the citrus scent whenever you catch a whiff of it. Combine three quarters of a cup of water with 2 tablespoons of vodka, rubbing alcohol, or real vanilla extract, 5 drops of wild orange essential oil, 5 drops of lemon essential oil, 5 drops of lime essential oil, and 5 drops of grapefruit essential oil. Feel free to eliminate any of these oils if you don’t have them to hand, but the four make a really great flavour combination. |