Nice smelling stuff for the house

[AMumInScotland]

I don't like spray air-fresheners, and want to avoid the plug-in energy-wasting ones. I mostly stick some pot pourri in bowls round the place, but it doesn't have much scent for very long.

Does anyone have any other suggestions? Or ways I can "freshen up" the pot pourri?

I have an oil burner from Body Shop. You can add your favorite smelling oil depending on your mood. I like satsuma for during the day it gives a fresh smell and I like jasmin for the evening.
You only need to burn it for about 20mins and the smell lasts ages.

I'm more in favour of opening a window tbh. I do have scented candles at Christmas (The White Company's "Winter" one is my favourite) and an oil burner in which I use an oil that smells like cut grass for emergency situations!

Haven't had pot pourri since the 90s - when dcs arrived I got fed up with it getting tipped over!

baby wipes/tumble dryer sheets over radiators in the winter of course!

nice smelling cleaning stuff, scented polishes, zoflora disinfectant has a nice smell and is really strong!

you can freshen up the pot pourri with essential oils!

scented candles and oil burners are good but my cats would knock them over and burn the house down!! they are very clumsy!

I've tended to avoid burning oils and candles, because I thought you'd have to have them going for quite a while, but 20 mins isn't such a hassle so maybe I'll try something like that.

I've had the windows wide open for quite a while this morning, but now the rain's come on so I've had to shut them down - it has helped though!

Micci - do you just mix it up with a few drops of oil then?

I burn Partylite Candles, they smell wonderful, and dont burn black as they have no animal fats in them. Love the TonkaBean one, it is on most days.

Bowl of bicarb hidden on top of a cupboard to absorb smells and put few drops of essential oil in it every few days.

Candles release something into the air and DH doesn't stop sneezing!

Anythiong that smells of fig!

in an emergency put a bowl of water, cinnamon and lemon/orange peel in the mocrowave and zap it for a couple of minutes. Alternatively put a small saucepan with water, cinnamon and citrus peel on the hob on a low heat. Fills the house with a lovely smell.

I also put a saucepan with water and a little washing powder on to get rid of frying smells or burnt food smells (), it does the trick and makes the house smell of fresh laundry.

I also use an oil burner sometimes, but add water and only a few drops of oil, stops you getting that burnt oil smell fomr forgetting about it and leaving it on too long.

M&S do a lovely fig candle, and just burning it for 20 mins will scent a room.

If you can stretch to it, the Diptyque candles are absoluetly the best of the bunch-Baies, Fig, and Rose Geranium are all perenially on my Xmas list- as teh scent linger for days, but they are aroiund £30. They also doom room sprays, which are less of an air-freshner, more like a perfume for your house, if you will!

M&S do a lovely rose scented room spray.
Also one in the same scent for fabrics, which I spray on the voile curtains.

Thanks all, lots of nice-smelling suggestions there!

I have the M&S fig pot pourri and can often be found with my nose in the bowl!

yeah just a couple of drops sprinkled on!

Thanks - I had just bought 2 bags of "White Jasmine" pot pourri which I've spread round the house, I'll maybe try to get some oil to revive that once it's faded.

I've never really thought of figs as a scent - seem to be a few votes for it here!

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I bought one of these and it's lasted 4 months so far. It's a really lovely, subtle scent.

Jo Malone candles are wonderful if you want to blow the budget!

I loathe any any freshener type things, esp plug ins - yuck, but this www.durance.us/ company do delicious candles and those bottles of scent with bamboo sticks in -lovely ! Jo Malone is my most favourite and White Company candles are v nice.

I haven't seen those perfume-and-sticks things before - I guess you can tell when it's all gone quite easily. That would help!

I had one of those perfume stick things and it did last for ages.

Few drops of real essential oil. (not the oil burner room fragrance stuff) I use orange, lemon, bergamot and lavender mainly.

And if there is no budget ... this

I really, really want one but DH thinks I'm mad

95 pounds and out of stock!

My sis in law has this www.notonthehighstreet.com/velvetbrown/product/geodesis_room_fragrance_diffuser_sticks which i covet. Am saving up for one myself. it asmells gorgeous.

I bought a fragrance diffuser stick set to try from dunelm mill, it only cost about £3 and smelt lovely, a vanilla one.
I also like oil burners, tesco's vanilla one is nice and I've got a few different body shop ones, different scents for different moods