FRAGRANCES FOR YOUR HOME

Every morning I go round and open all the windows to let the fresh air in. It's the best thing to do to keep your property healthy.

I like to burn an incense cone. I have two ‘flavours’, patchouli and sandlewood..

My son and daughter-in-law bought me a Scentsy wax burner. Didn't use it for ages till I went to a neighbours house and she had hers on. Came home and started using mine. Love it and there is a good choice of fragrances, but I have bought much cheaper ones in supermarkets etc.

Neom for me too, although fresh flowers, mown grass, bread baking in the oven or fresh coffee can't be beaten.

I use the Neom diffuser and as far as I am concerned best on the market. They use essential oils so natural smell and lasts for months and months

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I was out on a national garden scheme near to us. The scents of the grasses, lime tree blossom, and the sweet Cicely Myrrhis Odorata. It was lovely.
Nothing can beat it but my sympathies are with those who are allergic. I really dislike most perfumes. I had several dreadful years with an allergy to shake and vac. My nose would stream like a tap. Many others give me a headache. I find reed diffusers are less unpleasant than perfumes.

I have cat litter trays so use a reed diffuser. The oil I like is pink grapefruit by Ashleigh and Burwood. I bought the jar and reeds cheaply on Ebay.

Fresh air is lovely but it's not always possible to open the windows! My DD gave me a device to heat small cubes of wax from a company called Scentsy. there are lots of pretty warmers and a myriad of fragrances to chose from.

My favourite aroma around the house is the smell of beeswax furniture polish, though lavender is hard to beat.

I love molten brown reed diffusers . They are expensive to buy but last for several months . I've tried cheaper ones but found that the smell fades in a couple of weeks .

We live in a relatively small market town, but have an amazing shop called ‘All Wrapped Up’. Beautiful cards, giftwrap, etc. But they also sell ‘wax melts’ in so many different ‘smells’. Just an oil burner, and 2 or 3 melts in the top and they scent the whole house, but not in an artificial way.
There are also ‘melts’ that smell like various expensive perfumes, (I have tried some ‘Angel’) and they smell so much like the perfumes they represent.
Even after the tea light has finished the gorgeous perfume remains.
I’ve tried all sorts of things over the years as I love fragrance, but these ar3 definitely the best.

I sometimes let some orange peel simmer, as we have an open plan living area. It gives the area a natural and pleasant aroma.

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.

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!

Bathe all? Should say natural!

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.

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.

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 ?

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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.