How do you make your house smell gorgeous?

[carolmillen]

I try to keep my house well ventilated but as we have a pet, I think the house needs a bit of extra help. Are diffusers any good and do they keep their smell?

Aldi plug-ins. A fraction of the normal price and very effective.

Visitors always tell us our house smells nice.

I have a candle habit - Jo Malone, Dyptique or White Company. I have White Co Cassis diffuser at mo in dstairs loo - smells lovely.

I always open windows too.

PuffyShirt, how long do you think a diffuser would last for as I did have my eye on the White Company Seychelles one?

ventilation
cleaning
fabric softener on radiators
sholl in shoes

Love love love the Seychelles one!

Zoflora down the sinks every couple of days, and Method almondy-smelling floor cleaner.

Puffyshirt I hope your house does smell nice they are expensive candles

I've been using Wax Lyrical pomegranate and lychee diffuser oil for over a year as its so lovely. Don't buy their bottles though - you can buy the reeds separately and use any glass containers you like.

I used to have Diptyque candles a long time ago (before I had DC and more disposable income). They are fantabulous (but I can no longer justify that expense weep weep)

They last ages, Carol, I have an empty one in my study & it still smells -about 3 years on.

Zorflora
Plug ins
Incense sticks
Reed diffusers in the bathrooms
Candles

I can get a bit obsessed with nice smelling things actually

I make a spray of fabric conditioner and water in one of those water spray bottles you can get in the pound shop/super drug.

I spray my curtains and rugs with it and it smells all lovely of clean washing.

Open the windows and doors a lot and quite often have clean washing drying indoors. My house always smells lovely (ie. neutral).

I hate the scent of air fresheners/candles/diffusers.

Cut a fresh lemon into quarters, put in sink, pour boiling water over = lemony fresh kitchen

Yankee candles - they are the only ones that actually give off a smell when burning :)

Sorry to go off on a tangent but Puffyshirt , I have to know.....is your name from Seinfeld?

Yes Yankee candle do a fab baby powder smelling one.

Good idea to use fabric conditioner diluted on fabric. Will give that a go.

This time of year I clean the radiators with baby wipes soaked in fabric conditioner. It smells lovely when you put the heating on

Does it depend on the size of the room? As mine are open plan & nothing seems to last.

I like zeflora and we bought some reeds from Debenhams, they were lovely.

That's good to know Puffyshirt - just ordered the Seychelles diffuser thanks

I like the radiators idea too - although my heating isn't on yet so will try that at a later stage.

What is this zorflora and what do I do with it?

I'm going to try the fabric conditioner one too, what sort of dilution?

I am always disappointed with candles, even expensive ones, as my house has fair size rooms and high ceilings and they just don't seem to be enough.

Yes, lagoonablue!