How to make an air freshener from essential oils with your own hands?

In the general home atmosphere, aromas play an important role. An apartment filled with unobtrusive pleasant smells becomes more comfortable. It is pleasant to return to it after a hard day, and on the weekend you can completely relax and get medical psychological relaxation. There are many flavors on sale, but not all of them are completely harmless and ideal in composition. The article will talk about how to make an air freshener from essential oils with your own hands.

Besides the fact that you can be the creator of your favorite fragrance, showing creativity and making it unique, the fragrance made at home has other important advantages.

• Naturalness and harmlessness. You can choose the components yourself, taking into account the particular health of your family members. And, of course, you do not have to add synthetic substances and chemistry. And if one of your loved ones is allergic to certain natural essential substances, you simply will not add these components to your home flavor.

• Many who are trying to make the usual home appliances with their own hands have noticed that in the end it turns out to be good to save on this, because manufacturers include their risks, transportation costs, etc. And if you have mastered the flavor manufacturing algorithm, you just need to purchase the necessary components.In this case, you do not overpay for the packaging and many unnecessary elements in the composition of aerosols and other artificial fresheners.

• A fragrance made from high-quality natural essential oils will not emit an excessively pungent odor. Substances that artificially increase the activity of odorous particles are often added to store aerosols. As a result, the smell becomes strong and unnatural. But a light pleasant fragrance of a home-made refreshing device will not be so annoying at all, but, on the contrary, will create a cozy atmosphere.

It has long been proven that various essential oils not only decorate the air with their aroma - they also affect the psyche, the general health of a person.

You can even choose for yourself a whole healing “bouquet” of pleasant sensations of smell, that is, smells.

• Coniferous smells (fir, spruce) bring fresh notes of cool forest air. Aromatic coniferous oils can disinfect the air. They also have a pronounced antidepressant effect, uplifting. They are recommended to be inhaled to people who are depressed, during a breakdown. They are also effective as a prophylactic against viral diseases.

• Citrus Flavors (Lemon, Grapefruit, Orange) also help fight depression and depression. Fill the air with sweet, fresh notes, thereby increasing vigor and uplifting. It is very useful to use these aromas in your apartment in autumn and winter. Especially positively citrus smells are perceived by children. In addition, like conifers, natural esters of this group also have a strong antibacterial effect. Some argue that citrus oils, especially lemon, scare away annoying insects: mosquitoes, midges, horseflies.

• Jasmine oil It has a delicate, delicate aroma. Helps focus and calm down. Creative people are especially sensitive to it and often prefer jasmine oil to other esters. In addition, jasmine improves sleep, relieves insomnia and anxiety, and soothes during prolonged stress. In a house where this aroma is present, relationships are established, and harmony prevails.

• Sage oil - A very powerful therapeutic agent with a spicy herbal odor. In addition to fighting microbes that live in the air, sage ether particles can stimulate mental activity, improve memory, and soothe. The sage aroma is recommended to be inhaled for migraines, as it has a distracting and antispasmodic effect.

• Verbena It is considered the aroma of successful, happy people living in harmony with themselves and others. The esters of this plant charge positively, drive away bad thoughts and help in revealing creative potentials. Students and people with intellectual work are very useful in this smell. Its regular inhalation stimulates brain cells, relieves fatigue, improves sleep.

• Cinnamon oil It has a sweet, pleasant aroma. First of all, the smell of cinnamon is associated with delicious pastries. And it is not without reason that this seasoning is used for the preparation of many dishes: cinnamon positively affects the emotional state, raises vitality. Cinnamon oil brings comfort to the overall atmosphere of the apartment. The feeling of constant celebration and high spirits is created.

Having decided on the choice of aroma, you can begin to manufacture a home-made device for flavoring the apartment. However, you can use your flavor not only for rooms. There is no hindrance to freshen the air in the car or to give it a pleasant fragrance to bedding and other favorite things.

To make this simple, air-freshening device, you need to prepare a spray bottle and a small plastic bottle with a screw neck.Even better, if you can find glass bottles or bottles with a suitable neck for screwing the spray bottle.

So, in the selected container you need to pour 150-200 ml of cooled boiled water. You can also use refined distilled. Then there you need to add about 10 drops of the selected essential oil. In the future, you can adjust the number of ether components depending on personal feelings.

If you picked up a composition of aromas, drip 2-3 drops of each oil. The main thing - do not overdo it!

To create and maintain a pleasant smell in the room, you can use a kind of “jelly”, which will constantly emit a fragrance for several days.

Gelatin should be taken in the amount of 2 tbsp. tablespoons, pour it with a glass of warm water, stir and heat over low heat until completely dissolved. For a more beautiful visual effect, you can add food coloring to the water, then the frozen gel-like mass will have a certain color.

After allowing to cool slightly, pour the resulting mass into a transparent glass jar with a wide neck. For the best decorative effect, you can add beautiful pebbles, shells, flower petals and other decorations to the same place.

A beautiful fragrance made from natural ingredients is ready.

Very easy to make flavoring based on simple baking soda, which is found in the kitchen, perhaps, every housewife. The powder must be poured into a small container. It can be a jar or a plastic container, the main thing is that the top of the dishes is wide.

One or more essential oils are added to the soda. You can mix the whole mass a little with a stick, so that the esters are better distributed.

Then the container with soda should be closed with thick paper or foil, securing them with a tight elastic band. In the "cover" you need to make a few holes with a toothpick, an awl or a thick needle.

This recipe is a slightly enhanced version of the scent spray on water described just above. Alcohol contains many volatile particles that will help the esters to spread better indoors.

As in the previous case, you will need a small capacity and a spray bottle. In 1 glass of water you need to add 2 tbsp. tablespoons of vodka or 1 tbsp. a spoonful of pure 90% alcohol. 10-15 drops of essential oil should be poured there. After shaking, the pleasant smell can be sprayed around the room.

A very long playing freshener, for the manufacture of which you will need wooden skewers or other thin sticks.

You will also need a small bottle, always with a narrow neck. There you need to pour in about 100 grams of the so-called base oil, that is, odorless. In everyday life, the first thing that comes to mind from the most affordable is refined sunflower.

2 tbsp. Are also added to the oil container tablespoons of vodka and 5-10 drops of the selected aromatic ether. Close the neck and shake the bottle several times to mix the ingredients.

The flavor is ready. Put it in the room and put some wooden sticks in the bottle. They should rise above the neck. After 3 hours, the sticks need to be turned over and they will begin to emit a pleasant smell. After the fragrance begins to weaken, turn them over again. The intensity of the smell depends on the number of sticks: the more they are, the stronger and brighter the aroma.

A good option for a bathroom or bedroom. It will take 100–120 g of purified natural wax, 1 teaspoon of flavourless base oil, 5 drops of essential oil with the chosen aroma, a piece of thick woolen thread.

Wax should be placed in a small enameled container and melt over low heat, and preferably in a water bath. When it becomes quite liquid, you need to pour in the base oil and, constantly mixing, add the essential.

Turn off the heat. Gently pour the wax into a small container and immerse the thread trimmers in the center. It is best to tie a small weight on its end so that the thread evenly drops to the very bottom. As you might guess, it will be a wick for the resulting homemade scented candle.

A very simple way to make an air freshener from an essential oil is described in the video below.