How to have a nice smelling house?

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My house smells like nothing. I'm sure it will have a smell (all houses do) but I just want it to smell nice.
I have tried candles (hate having them lit though) and reed diffusers, I have a plug in in now and it all still smells like nothing.

What do you use?

Have you ever tried simmering washing tabs in a pot on the cooker? It fills the house with a lovely clean smell. I'm trying to get rid of that grease cooking smell and that works well.

I bet your house smells lovely to anyone walking in but you've become immune to it yourself. You've got nose fatigue.

I have one of these and use different oils - favourite is patchouli. You can buy cheaper the Neal's Yard but not sure how good they are.

Always best to keep the window open and let fresh air in.

another option in the colder months is to soak a piece of cleaning sponge in fabric conditioner and leave it on top of a radiator. Your whole house will soon smell of clean washing and its much cheaper than having scented candles burning constantly (although I love a scented candle)

Two words: Air Purifier

They even get rid of pet smells. Don’t get a perfume air freshener!!

Put a bottle of fabric softener on top of the washing machine without the lid on then, when it falls on the floor, make a half-arsed attempt at cleaning it up and leave it until the next day. It worked for my DH.

I take (some of) it back. The lid was on but it broke in the fall.

Scentsy is nice and you can change the smells to suit

At the moment I’m burning Incense and Embers by Jo Malone and it smells heavenly. Agree with other posters though that you shouldn’t really smell your house!
When we got back from holiday I noticed that it doesn’t really smell of anything other than a kind of ‘stone’ smell which must come from the flagstones.
When we’re living in it it smells of a variety of things depending on what we’re doing. Many times it smells of fresh laundry, wood smoke in the winter.... and sometimes dog!!

I recommend Method’s Rhubarb anti abc cleaner, it smells utterly divine and I often get comments on it. Smells a lot more natural than Zoflora, and better for the environment too.

I use wax melts from candlewick greens, never any other brand. They're the strongest and best smelling. Today I have soak and spin which is three different scent layers of washing powder/laundry scent

OP given everything you say you do I think it’s your nose that’s the issue. The house must smell of the products you use. My dh can’t smell candles that I find quite strong (so rarely use them).

I put unstoppables (those things you put in washing machine) in my electric wax burner they are fab

Open windows.
Waitrose Eco grapefruit and eucalyptus kitchen and floor cleaners smell amazing.
Prices "open window" diffuser in bathroom for smell boy arses, and their chefs candle for occasional use in kitchen to get rid of egg or fish smells. It's magic.

Other than that....open windows

I’m also not a fan of air fresheners etc. I’m quite allergic in general and find they give me a runny nose and a headache. I sprinkle essential oils on the carpets (but they are super old so I’m not fussed if they get damaged, I might not be so kamikaze when we finally replace them). I also sprinkle them on the bath mat, door mats etc. That really works.

Put essential oils on your lightbulbs and radiators - when they heat up they spread the smell through the house so you get a fresh boost of scent every time you turn your lights on!

Pine cones and dry orange slices in a very very low temp oven for a long time . They smell divine .

In marks and Spencer they have some cleaning sprays for 90p. A mandarin scented one, a floral burst and a sea breeze one for the bathroom.

Anyway I am RELIGIOUSLY stocked up at home with the orange on every and with a few floral burst ones too. I use them to wipe down the counters, spray the kitchen sink, clean my tv, spray my flooring and everything with the sprays. Everyone is forever commenting on how fresh and nice my house always smells. And I can smell it aswell. It’s not an artificial, stifling smell you get when you use zoflora either. Its a fresh and clean smell and lasts ages.

Now I’ve thought about it, think I’m gonna stock up on some more.

@Witsendagain isn't that dangerous? You're not supposed to rub stuff on lightbulbs ...

Im not sure how it could actually be dangerous. If its a tiny bit then the worst that happens is that it gets hot and evaporates. Just like if you put it in an oil burner? Its not like putting cloth on a lightbulb which could get so hot it catches fire.

I put unstoppables (those things you put in washing machine) in my electric wax burner they are fab

Have you ever tried simmering washing tabs in a pot on the cooker?

Surely both of these ideas are dangerous?