How to Make a Spray Bottle Air Freshener

There's no need to spend lots of money on air fresheners that never smell quite the way you want them to. With some essential oils, mineral water, and a spray bottle you can create scents that are uniquely yours and significantly cheaper over time.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Essential oils (like Lavender, Jasmine, Lemon, or Peppermint)
• Distilled Water
• A spray bottle (or several for making different scents)

1. First you should choose your scents. There are hundreds of essential oils available for around $5-10 a bottle. This site has a list of common oils and what their scents can do for you and a description of how they smell.
   http://www.aworldofaromatherapy.com/essential-oils-atoz.htm
   I can always find these oils at health food and vitamin stores or at some grocery stores (like Whole Foods Market). They are also available online.

2. Fill your spray bottle(s) 3/4 of the way with distilled water. Add drops of the essential oils you've chosen to create your scent. A calming scent should start with Lavender oil. An invigorating scent should start with Orange or Lemon. A healing scent might start with Eucalyptus oil.

3. Close the spray bottles and shake lightly. You may spray into a room, onto your bedsheets, in your car, or on yourself as a perfume. You can make adjustments to a scent by adding more oil or more water.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep your scent bottles out of the sun. Oils like to be kept where it is cooler or darker.
• Refresh smells that have lost their strength with a few more drops of the base oil of the scent every few weeks.
• Spray a small towel with your favorite scent and throw it in with your clothes in the dryer to have a fresh scent in all your laundry
• Drop some essential oil in your bath to freshen the whole room and to relax you.
• Essential oils are not always safe for your skin directly. Be sure to diffuse the oils in water.

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on 5/28/2008 Great!