If people say your home smells gorgeous

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What do you use/do to make it that way? I want my home to have a beautiful smell so it would be useful to know what is recommended to achieve this.

Small spaces are easier to fill with lovely scents than large ones. So this would be one of the benefits to having a small house! I have reed diffusers and I light candles too.

My favourite reed diffusers are from Rituals (under a fig tree is my all time favourite but I've only been able to buy it online recently, sakura is nice as is Ayurveda. I don't find that dao releases a strong enough scent), but a cheaper one that I also love is Wax Lyrical's reed diffuser in sweet pea and violet. You can buy refills which are much cheaper than the version that comes with the sticks.

I am a figgy person, so my favourite value for money candle is Wild Fig by yankee candle. I like the tall pillar version, which burns for ages and ages and is currently £20 on amazon. I also love Yankee Candle Midsummer Night. It smells quite masculine, but it lingers and smells very clean and grown up to me. The scent lingers, so I move the candle around the house and then I can smell it all the way through. If money was no object, I would buy Jo Malone red roses and Lime, basil and mandarin and have the room spray as well as the candles.

Other candles that I love are the White Company Seychelles and also Fresh Fig. They reduced Seychelles by 30% at the end of the summer last year. I buy as big a candle as I can afford at the time as I think they're better value then. Verveine is nice if you like a strong scent.

I also have lots of Zoflora for when finances are more stretched . There are many a MN post on how to use Zoflora. Decanting it into a spraying bottle and spraying it onto radiators so that the scent is released more when the radiators warm up is a good suggestion.

Everyone always says my house smells clean- I use zoflora in my steam mop and cleaning solutions smells lovely very fresh without overpowering

Candlewick Greens wax tarts

Interesting someone mentioned narcissus and someone else vanilla. These smells turn my stomach!
I would say keep windows open and fresh air flowing.

Hyacinth zoflora in the steam mop water is lovely.

Ive just bought two different Zoflora and am weirdly excited to use it. Will try some in the hoover filter.

mrsdilber be careful with the zoflora in your steam mop. I broke two different ones by using it in them.

Coffee pot always brewing, baked goods nearly always on the go in the weekends.

My fabric conditioner - lenor gold. It's lush and makes everything smell nice.

Country garden Zoflora in hot water in my sink

Tumbl e dryer sheets down the back of the radiators give a nice clean smell.

I put kitchen towel soaked with a few drops of Zoflora in the bottom of the kitchen bin, before putting the bag liner in. It wafts perfume every time the bin opens.

Clean clean clean, you can't expect any candle, diffuser or burner to make your home smell good without the basics being clean to start with. With all the fragrances out there, the more you pay, the better the quality of essential oils etc, the more expensive it will smell.

I soak old rags in fabric conditioner and pop them behind the radiators

Open the windows and put a paper towel with 6 drops of neroli oil on it in the hoover bag. I am allergic to zoflora and all those spray the room things and life is becoming difficult as so many people have them...