FRAGRANCES FOR YOUR HOME

Meant can't beat fresh air.

Jo Malone diffusers seem expensive but the last about 6months. I have Lime and Basil Downstairs and English Pear and Freesia in my bedroom. They don’t have the fake smell of some diffusers. It smells like fresh flowers in the room. The

Those plug in are horrible. I stayed in a B and B once which had one in the bedroom. I unplugged it and put the plug on a painted window sill as I wanted to use the plug to charge my phone and didn’t want the chemical smell in the room . The next morning the thing had leaked and stripped a circle of paint off the sill. Goodness knows what it’s doing to your lungs if it has that effect.

Fresh flowers or opening windows would be my advice. I did notice, though, that when I was given a nice Molton Brown handwash and put it in the downstairs cloakroom it made the whole room smell very pleasant.

(However, when I checked the price it was twenty five quid a pop which was an added incentive to just open the window when it ran out.)

Plug ins are dangerous to pets as they are right on their nose level. Ditch all the chemicals and just keep house clean and put fresh flowers about, as already suggested. Having said that, I do have a gel air freshener in the downstairs loo as it's very small and enclosed! Nothing in the upstairs bathrooms.

Funny how other people's houses always smell different, isn't it?

I hate plug in air fresheners, but have just discovered reed
Diffusers. Marks and Spencer’s are lovely and don’t cost the earth. They last at least 6 month and I have one in the hall and one in the kitchen

I am a sucker for reed diffusers. Some work better than others. In fact I always have one or three on the go. No they do not go through the whole house as a rule, but do give you a blast of scent when in an enclosed space. A question of trial and error.

True Grace diffusers are lovely. I have Moroccan Rose around my flat. John Lewis and Waitrose stock them. Not inexpensive, but worth it.

Sorry if someone else has said this.
Your nose/brain gets used to smells quite quickly so you stop noticing them. It's the same with a perfume that you wear. Other people will still notice them when they meet you or visit your home but you might spend half your life and a lot of money chasing an effect that wears off very quickly!

As some-one who is allergic to many perfumes I too prefer fresh air, windows open whenever possible. I also am allergic to the scent of many flowers so have to be careful what I have in my home, love the smell of sweet peas, roses (if you're lucky enough to get scented ones) & lavender.

I try to use natural products & also love the scent of lemon

Open the windows and bin the artificial smells

Exactly right mcem

I sprinkle my Sebo hoover bag with essental oil such as lavender and it leaves a lovely fragrance which is not overpowering as I clean.

Brunette10 - as you would like suggestions for home “fragrances” , I’m thinking that demands for you to open the windows aren’t the answer!
Living next to a field that is regularly covered in fresh silage and with a neighbour who likes chicken manure for their garden, I find that opening the windows is the cause of the problem.
Having tried scented candles ( smoky, leaves soot on walls, can be knocked over by cat, glass can overheat etc) and plug ins ( horrid fragrances, can overheat etc) I’ve stuck with reed diffusers located in safe places.
My current favourite is by Wax Lyrical in Red Cherries fragrance. Costs around £7 from Morrisons. “ A fruity cherry fragrance with juicy strawberries, raspberries and notes of floral violet supported by a base of vanilla”
Have had this “diffusing” for 2 weeks now and have had at least 5 people asking me what the lovely scent is? Even my OH, prone never to notice anything in the house, has commented about that nice smell!!
Baking bread, and wafting flowers are fine, but they don’t help in every room, all day. Plus, so many flowers sold these days have no fragrance!

Fresh air ain't always that fresh, my windows are open 24/7 but I still use reed diffusers. I use dunelm's citrus fizz when I can get it as it's frequently sold out.

Well I seemed to have opened up quite a conversation on fragrances for the home. I love my windows open like many have suggested however for me it is also nice to go around my home smelling a fresh aroma of perhaps flowers or indeed diffusers, it works for me. I don't like the plug ins at all. I have tried various M & S diffusers and have to say the ones I've tried I have liked. My original question really was and sorry if I was not succinct enough did anyone have or has tried these electric aroma diffusers where you can use different oils in them? Anyway no doubt I will find something, somewhere that satisfies my needs to have a constant nice smell in my home.

I'm a great window opener, and living almost on the beach we get lots of lovely fresh sea air.
However, in winter it can be as cold as charity here, especially in windy weather, so windows are often closed, or open just a crack.
I loathe seeing reed diffusers which are just bottles with reeds in, it's almost as bad as a milk bottle on a dining table!
So, in winter, I use Ashleigh and Burwood reed diffusers, mainly from their 'Wild Things' range.
The reeds sit in a bottle, which is hidden inside a ceramic pot and lid with a hole in for reeds to poke through.
We use Mr Fox in the hall, Owl Night Long in the dining room and Crouching Tiger in the living room. The advantage of the ceramic pots is, if you're not too keen on whichever fragrance comes with your pot of choice, once that bottle's used up, you can get refills of other fragrances, but still have the ceramic pot of your choice! www.ashleigh-burwood.co.uk/collections/wild-things
Kittylester The first Ashleigh and Burwood diffuser we bought was from Encanto Design in Kirkby Lonsdale, a lovely thing from a very lovely shop in a even lovelier village!

The reed diffusers from Aldi have some lovely smells and not too expensive. Peony blush is my favourite.

A friend bought me one of these: tinyurl.com/ybscwbpk (Yankee Candle Scenterpiece). It's quite strong in the room for the first few hours - you wouldn't want to eat near it - but does permeate the (2-bed) house. Refills are quite expensive but you can refill with other scented wax if you find one you like.

Aldi have some lovely room fresheners, not gas filled like canister ones,but spray just like a perfume bottle
They are around £3 mine is freesia and pear and its lovely,and lasts ages as doesnt spray too much out at once

I can never smell a scented candle when it’s burning. They smell nice in the shop but as soon as they are lit I can’t smell them anymore. Same with lavender, smells nice in the garden, as soon as I cut it and dry it I can’t smell it anymore unless I crush the flowers to release the oil then I smell it on my fingers. Never tried Jo Malone candles though, do they give off a fragrance while they are lit ?

I have this one www.amazon.co.uk/Aromatherapy-Essential-Diffusers-Ultrasonic-Humidifier/dp/B01C5IO22Q/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?keywords=glass+oil+diffusers&tag=gransnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1533909220&sr=8-3
When I first bought it I also bought a selection of organic essential oils and some are lovely but I found some a bit overpowering. The diffuser has a soft, colour changing light and can be used just as a lamp.

Brunette 10, I agree about plug ins and chemical sprays, they smell terrible and are very bad for your lungs. I feel the same about candles, however expensive and lovely the scent the burning fumes are not good for you. Reed diffusers though are great as long as you buy bathe all, and I'm afraid quite pricey ones and not the synthetic ones that are everywhere.
My absolute favourite is Lime and Ginger by Dr Vranjes but the price is eye watering so as an affordable alternative I like Bay and Rosemary by St Eval Candle Co. which I bought in the gift shop of one if those huge gardens in Cornwall but have since bought refills online.
Good luck in finding something you like.

Bathe all? Should say natural!

I love to open all the windows and circulate fresh air. In winter, a realtor friend of mine once recommended boiling a few cinnamon sticks and vanilla extract in a saucepan. The steamy concoction will infuse a warm, spicy (holiday) aroma throughout your house!

Asthma sufferer, so no scents for me and definitely no flowers with their pollen. So bit of a problem for me.
Windows open in the summer a no no, pollen a big problem.

Oh well just a clean house smell.