10 ideas on how to naturally scent your home

Guendalina Guaita
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“How can I make my house smell natural?”: if this is the question that haunts you every time bad odors invade your home and you want to get rid of them without using chemicals, you're in the right place.

Luckily, there are countless ideas on how to deodorize your home naturally, from DIY perfumes made with flowers and spices to essential oils, including fragrances for use in ultrasonic diffusers. In short: the more the merrier.

To help you decide among the dozens of options available to you, we at Casavo have compiled our list of 10 tips for scenting your home naturally. Let the olfactory journey begin!

Ideas on how to perfume your home naturally:

1. Natural fragrances for the home: aromatherapy

Have you ever heard of the benefits of aromatherapy? Deodorizing home environments by exploiting the properties of some specific plants has a double utility: it spreads the clean aroma in the home and gives a sensation of well-being to all family members.

To freshen up the rooms of your home and, at the same time, relax your body and mind, use essential oils with extracts of juniper, chamomile, or lavender, which help maintain calm and relax the nerves.

A convivial evening with friends? A few drops of neroli, grapefruit, or myrtle will bring a breath of fresh air that will liven up everyone at the table. For an intensive study or smart working session, however, opt for bergamot, lemon, or mandarin: citrus fragrances are good for concentration.

2. Palo Santo, perfume and spirituality

Palo Santo is a type of incense, totally natural, with a scent very similar to that of anise and mint with some citrus notes.

To perfume your home naturally with this stick - because Palo Santo looks like a small piece of wood - it is enough to burn one end for a few moments: the smoke generated by the combustion, very pleasant to the smell, is able to remain in the room for several hours.

But it is not everything: in addition to covering bad smells, this particular incense is an excellent insect repellent and is said to be able to chase away negative energies that affect your mood on some bad days.

3. Shamanic incenses

Also known as smudge sticks, shamanic incenses come as small bouquets of dried aromatic herbs tied together, to be burned like palo santo sticks.

Among the most popular plants The herbs used to make them are lavender, rosemary, sage, pine, and cedar. You can buy them ready-made or, if you like the idea of making natural home fragrances at home, create them yourself, collecting your favorite aromatic plants.

But be careful: always remember to dry the herbs upside down for a few days and tie them together with natural fiber string – like hemp or linen – which, when burned, do not release chemicals that are not recommended for your health.

4. The most A classic among classics: potpourri

Flowers, leaves, spices, fruit peels, and aromatic herbs: potpourri is the most classic remedy for naturally deodorizing your home.

Usually stored in wooden or tin containers, this mix of scented elements has petals and flowers as its main ingredient, which also serve to color the composition. Then there are thyme, mint, sage, cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, and pink pepper. And finally, dried lemon and orange peels.

A trick to enhance its scent: add a few drops of essential oil directly to the mixture. A joy for the eyes and the nostrils.

5. Coffee? If it's in beans, it's not for the moka pot

How to perfume your home with natural products? Using coffee beans!

If you love the unmistakable aroma of a freshly made moka pot, an original and undoubtedly sustainable idea is to buy some coffee beans. in grains to distribute in strategic areas of the house, especially if you can't buy too many trinkets and need space-saving solutions for your small home.

Arrange the grains inside decorative containers and place them on shelves or racks. And remember to stir them every now and then to ensure they release their scent gradually but steadily.

6. Bamboo stick diffusers

You can also buy them ready-made, but do you want to put the satisfaction of making them yourself? All you need is an empty glass bottle, which can be transformed into a perfect bamboo stick room diffuser.

Once you have purchased the sticks (online or in DIY stores), move on to making the essence to put in the container: you need 100 ml of white alcohol to which you add 3 ml of essential oil, of your choice.

A practical solution for deodorizing all the rooms in your house without spending a fortune.

7. Scented Sachets

During the summer, take advantage of your walks in the open air to collect flowers and aromatic plants to use to decorate and perfume your home naturally.

To make practical aromatic sachets, also fantastic for deodorizing wardrobes and drawers, pour a handful of rice and bicarbonate of soda, cloves, mint, sage, a few rose petals, and a little essential oil into a bowl. Place the mixture in a cotton container and close it with colored ribbon.

8. The essence burner

To enjoy all the benefits of burning essential oils, use essence burners.

To diffuse the aroma in a medium-sized room, simply add a few drops of liquid to the burner tray, along with a little water, and place a candle in the designated space. The faint flame and time will do the rest.

However, we would like to give you one more piece of advice: always choose 100% natural essences, which do not contain harmful substances. Read the label carefully and find out about the processing of the plants and the type of cultivation. Defining a product as “healthy” is easy, a little less so is making sure it really is.

9. The Ultrasonic Aroma Diffuser

Unlike the essence burner, the ultrasonic aroma diffuser allows you to control the combustion of essential oils and keep all their properties intact.

Some diffuser models on the market also function as humidifiers, others as lamps. And they come in all types and shapes, making them perfect for every furnishing style.

The peculiarity of this method of deodorizing environments is that it allows you to control the combustion of essential oils and keep all their properties intact. intensity of the scent: thanks to the steam, the fragrance of the essential oil spreads quickly throughout the house, giving you the sensation of being in a spa.

10. Do you have a fireplace? We have an original idea for you

If you are lucky enough to have a fireplace at home, we have found a truly original idea that is perfect for you.

On cold winter evenings, along with the wood, try burning a few rosemary sprigs, some pine needles and, because... No, a few cinnamon sticks. In no time, your home will be transformed into the greatest air freshener you've ever seen. And it's practically free.

Now that we've answered most of your questions about how to naturally scent your home, all you have to do is find the home that best suits your needs. Whether you're in Milan, Rome, Turin, Florence, Bologna, or Verona, on our advertising platform you'll find only verified listings from the best real estate agents, selected by Casavo especially for you. Happy searching!

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