Fragrancing my home

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Hi everyone, is love my house to smell lovely all the time! I don't really know how it smells because it's my smell if you know what I mean. Is used to use reed diffusers but found they just ended up dusty and covered in cobwebs

Oops didn't finish my post, I've also used room sprays but these are nice instant smells but don't last.
I'm not really into candles.
How do you all keep your home smelling nice?

Plug-ins.

Personally for me it's keeping it really clean, opening windows daily. If your diffusers had cobwebs on them you probably need to dust more (no judgment here, as I def don't always manage this).

I do like candles but don't think of them as responsible for fragrancing my home iyswim - they can smell good while they're actually lit, but the place needs to be clean and fresh to smell good on its own underneath all that. Aiming to have artificial layers of smell hanging around all the time (diffusers) doesn't really work imo.

Just keep it clean and let fresh air in.

All those artificial fragrances smell horrible,imo. When i was househunting it could completely put me off a house

Fresh air and fresh flowers.

Wiping woodwork with diluted zoflo. And family members if they are still for long enough.

I would go with just keeping up with the dreaded housework i wet dust with zoflora and open all the windows. Hate plugins.

Using plug-ins instead of cleaning and opening the windows is a bit like wearing scented deodorant instead of showering. Whether or not you like artificial scents is a matter of individual taste (I don't, personally, so I don't use them) but they can't really cover up a smelly house any more than perfumed toiletries will cover up the smell of an unwashed body. A clean house with fresh air circulating through it regularly will always smell fresh and pleasant. I don't think the smell of a house needs to be noticeable - it's more a sense of a place that is fresh and well-aired with absolutely no damp or mustiness. Do your ordinary housework and open the windows when you can, and that's enough imo.

Neom Happiness reed diffisers are lovely. It really does smell like fresh flowers (to me anyway).

I really don't like the use of chemical cover up to keep a house sweet , these artificial smells point out there's a problem rather than covering it up they emphasise it .

I much prefer the house to be fresh and do this by keeping the windows / doors open as much as possible , keeping surfaces clean , throw rubbish away frequently , dust and damp mop , have virtually all hard surfaces so not too much fabric to hold lingering smells . Ventilate well whilst cooking etc .

I can make my house smell like an explosion in a candy factory.

Use Reed diffusers, wax melt warmers, plug-ins and air freshener sprays.

Saying that I don't use them all the time as it is just simply too much and they're really not that good for you to be breathing the chemicals in. Example there aren't any scents on now, and they haven't been on for a while, but they're there if needed.

I think washing the bed linen regularly and cushions on the sofa. Also any rugs that are machine washable.

Zoflora is good for sprinkling on carpets but only lasts so long.

Open windows. Yankee candles lemon lavendar is the cleanest frangrance I think.

Open windows and open internal doors. Vacuum regularly. Air beds every day (more important than making them look tidy). Allow shoes and coats to air-dry fully before putting them away. Hang towels in such a way that they will air-dry quickly after use.

Ventilation and avoiding damp fabrics, basically.

If you want to add fragrance, try putting whole spices on or in your radiator, loosely wrapped in a piece of foil. (This works best in winter, unsurprisingly.) Vanilla pod, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, whole cloves are all lovely. Dried lavender is, of course, perfect, too. Use very little in several rooms, rather than a lot in one room.

Oh, and laundry - do it regularly. Especially bedding and towels. And teenage socks.

I have a constant battle with this, DP has a really sensitive sense of smell and he really struggles with too much artificial scent like plugins and zoflora. Opening the windows really is key - we try to do it most days for at least half an hour. Make sure to do ones on opposite sides of the house at the same time to get a through breeze. Also wash soft furnishings like cushion covers with nice-smelling fabric softener. Shake n vac is great for freshening carpets.

Little bowls of sodium bicarbonate with a few drops of pure essential oil sprinkled on. Change every couple of weeks and add essential oil whenever it needs a boost.

The sodium bicarbonate will absorb unpleasant smells.

I use Lampe Berger - it purifies the air rather than use a perfumed overlay, although it does leave a scent, depending what you use in the lampe. My favourites are Ocean Fresh or Lily of the Valley at the moment.

One small lampe left going for a couple of hours will freshen a whole house in a really clean way - obliterates dog, smoke, cooking, whatever... I love it and everyone who comes into my house says how clean it smells.

Windows open and cleaning. Maybe flowers?

I find artificial smells truely horrible - I've recently stayed in a hotel with reed diffusers in the bathroom and had to ask for them to be removed.

Plug ins and zoflora smells are revolting -

I understand other people like them though

Agree about air-I really notice it in the living room where we've not been opening as don't want cats jumping out front windows. And airing beds-feel fresher for longer

If you have a garden grow some rosemary and lavender. They both smell great indoors and are free and natural. Rosemary and sage are great at Christmas too.

My latest discovery is to mix some really nice scented fabric conditioner with water in a spray bottle and spritz the carpets before hoovering. The smell lasts for ages, but isn't overpoweringly perfumey. I also wet dust wood with this mixture too.

We have a scent diffuser which you put essential oil and water into and it lets out a lightly scented mist. Definitely not headache inducing.

I open windows. I hate with a passion all those toxic artificial smelling stuff.

Abbey44 can you tell me about lampe berger? How do they work? I had a look on the website but it wasn't too clear. Is it an expensive system?
I'll temporarily have a poorly cat convalescing soon who is rubbish with a litter tray at the best of times but as she will have to be kept indoors (and can't risk opening windows) I need something to keep the house from getting whiffy.

Second the bicarbonate of soda, and keeping windows open as much as possible.