I love to make my house smell nice. I am always on the lookout for essential oils, fragrant oils,scented candles, fragrance diffusers and beautiful smelling room sprays. I particularly like making my bedroom smell heavenly at night before bed. There's nothing nicer than reading a chapter of my book whilst being enveloped by beautiful scents before going off to sleep.

Do you have any favourite things to make your house smell nice?

hmmmmm i agree!

I mainly rely on candles to do the job - they smell yummy and look great too.

I dont really like burning those essence sticks as they are too smoky smelling for my liking...and oil burner are too messy for me.

I also love having fresh flowers around for some beautiful scents like gardenia and freesia.

I am loving the Apsley and Company fragrance diffusers (available at Myer). They are generous sized bottles of home fragrance with bamboo sticks you submerge in the fragrance. So far I have tried the following:

Vanilla Bean
Vanilla Sugar
Spicy Pear
Pomegranate
Water Lily
Fig

I also love mixing essential oils and putting them in my electric oil burner. I was very fortunate to receive a box of more than 200 pure essential oils for Christmas last year. I have had so much fun reading up on all the oils and making different blends up with them.

A little pharmacy i visit make their own fragrant oils and they have the most divine selection of flavours. Some of my favourites include:

Jellybean
Strawberries & Cream
Vanilla cupcake

I am also using a gorgeous long lasting room spray by Archipelago (from Kit) in Pomegranate at the moment. I can't believe how long the scent lingers!!

Tim Tam I can't stand incense. I feel like i'm going to choke when I am put into a room with it burning. It reminds me of my school days when we went to the Cathedral for church and the smell of incense was so over powering it made a lot of the girls sick!

I also like a fragranced home! I love the Apsley & Co bamboo thingies, I have the pomegranate one and plan to buy more. They are lovely and quite elegant. I also have their fig mini candles.

I have a huge collection of essential oils which I combine to burn. Judy Chapman wrote a book called "Aromatherapy - recipes for your oil burner" which has some great combinations. My husband will take it upon himself to put it on! He also keeps me supplied with fresh flowers however this week I have some beautiful blooms of home grown old fashioned roses which look and smell divine.

I do also like room sprays, if anyone knows of other brands (will be checking out that one at Kit pinkcupcake) that are worth trying, let me know. I am using a couple from Hong Kong store Shanghai Tang at the moment.

pinkcupcake i know what you mean about incense! i dont know how a smell like that is appealing?

these essential oils are intriguing me! do you use regular oil burner (ie with the tea lights)? i read in another post you have an electric oil burner pinkcupcake, how does that work?

Yes Tim Tam an ordinary tea light oil burner will do the trick. I received an In Essence electric oil burner for Christmas last year. The only difference with the electric ones is that they plug into a power point and no candles are required. With the electric ones you still put the water and oils in the top.

You can buy the electric oil burners at Myer for around $60. You just have to remember that the electric oil burners need to be turned off as they are an electrical appliance. I have noticed that with my electric oil burner the scent seems to be a lot stronger than if I use tea light one.:rabbit:

Yes, the smell is more potent from an electric burner and as pinkcupcake advises, you still need to put water in the dish.

I suppose the benefit of using proper essential oils is that they have a theraputic effect on your mood. There are many books on the subject to give you a basic idea of their properties. That book I mentioned earlier has great "recipes" for different moods and occasions.They are derived from different sources, be it the flower, leaves, root, etc. Some require fewer drops as they can give you a headache!

Enjoy :hearts:

Sounds like something to add to my Christmas wishlist!!

I have just found a lovely website: http://www.myclaireburke.com/default.aspx
Take a look, I'm so obsessed with home fragrances :ashamed: these products would make great gifts.

Sorry I should have mentioned they are based in the US....:o

Skipping through Target today I found the most beautiful home frragrance bottles ever. I am going to go back and get one tomorrow. They came in huge 500ml bottles with the old fashioned atomiser on them to spray with! The range has three scents vanilla & honey, lavender and Olive. They look divine and smell great and they are only $19.95 each!

Does anyone have Diptyque candles? These are the ultimate indulgence!

Must go and check out the Target ones, they are certainly getting snazzier with their ranging. I would love lots of Diptique candles, love to check them out at Kleins in Melbourne. Bought a Linden Leaves home spray from DJ's, fig licorice, $30 for a headache inducer! :explode:

I am an aromatherapy nut and am pedantic with my home smelling beautiful according to my mood, health, time of day or for entertaining.
Although I adore burning candles all around the house and oils, I predominately use my breathe systems. They clean the indoor air, ionise and humidify by processing water within unit combined with a water based aromatherapy oil. All oils have a tea tree base, which is anti-bacterial, and variety of fragrances. I am addicted to the lavender, green apple, jasmin & the grapefruit with lime. The air inside becomes so artic fresh and subtly scented that visitors always comment on how calm, clear, and relaxing the atmosphere is.:hearts:

They sound fantastic charismatic! I am an aromatherapy lover too, have about 40 essential oils. Like to burn them but they have many wonderful theraputic uses too. Have about 10 books on the subject and have "created" lots of wonderful potions.

LB I also have many books and use the oils topically as well as burning them. at times i add a few drops of orange oil to a litre of water a drink over the period of a day as it is such a great pickup. Don't get me started!!!

Apologies for my typing, it is obvious I am totally exhausted. By the way the orange oil is a good pick me up, not a "cheap pickup". :o

Apologies for my typing, it is obvious I am totally exhausted. By the way the orange oil is a good pick me up, not a "cheap pickup". :o

Lol!:chuckle:

On a serious note, please do be careful about ingesting oils, they practice it quite a bit in the UK but for some reason tell you to avoid it here.

I like Aromatherapy too! I have a huge box of pure essential oils. However I am just reading a book loaned to me by the Lovely Luisa Brown and can't wait to try out some of the recipes.

When I was really ill one of my nurses would burn all sorts of lovely concoctions in my hospital room and they really did have a huge calming effect on me.

I must say my aromatherapy knowledge is very basic and I really haven't got a lot of knowledge about it but I love my oils.

What brand of oils do you think are best? My box of 200 are by Inessence.

Hi PCC,

I am not surprised you enjoy aromatherapy oils. Inessence are Australia's largest producer who not only have oils but also have beautiful body and bathing products.

Eureole are also an ethical Australian producer. The Company is run by 2 fab females on 200 acres/hectares??? at Eden, NSW. Additionally they source the very best herbs and spices from the iconic locations around the world.
All their products are therapeutic grade and beautiful.

Balanced Essentials is another beautiful Australian company with therapeutic grade oils and beauty products. Their aromatherapy sulphate free soaps are to die for. Each soap takes 8 weeks to makeand come in mood blends ie, uplifting, calming, vital, sensual.

A little bit of knowledge can be dangerous! :chuckle:

Thanks Charismatic, am keen to learn more about Aromatherapy!

I have a couple of the Diptique candles. They are absolutely gorgeous. Almost like a bottle of perfume for your entire house. I have Do Son which contains orange, tree leaves, berries and Iris. I also have L'ombre Dons L'eau which contains black current and bulgarian rose.

PCC the Do Son sounds delicious!

It is beautiful, the Diptique candles are quite strong but they are very soothing I find. They are not headache inducing strong but more headache relieving strong I think!

Heading out to Kleins today!

You lucky girl! Wish I had Klein's at my fingertips!

Proper theraputic grade essential oils will have an AUST "L" or "R" number which means that they are registered with the TGA. In Essence are lovely oils but better value ones are from the Oil Garden. They have a green label and many are packaged in 25ml sizes. They are actually owned by In Essence!

Have fun with your oils and recipes!

Thanks for the info Luisa, wil keep an eye out for them xo

I think I have mentioned this before but a little pharmacy in Hobart make their own home fragrance oils. I know they are not in the same league as Essential oils but boy do they smell gorgeous! I am quite obsessed with them.

They make the most unreal scents such as jellybean, raspberries and cream, vanilla birthday cake, Roasted apples, Vanilla and cinnamon, chocolate pudding and spicy pear. Ok so my house smells like a lolly shop most of the time but they are so nice. They also make a lot of not as sweet ones but as I am a sweet junkie I tend to stick to those!

Do you know if they do mail-order pcc?

Bought a Linden Leaves home spray from DJ's, fig licorice, $30 for a headache inducer! :explode:

Sorry to revive, but was this the only Linden Leaves you tried Luisa? I have my eye on a couple (not this one). Was it strong? Lingering?...

Sorry to revive, but was this the only Linden Leaves you tried Luisa? I have my eye on a couple (not this one). Was it strong? Lingering?...

Hey Jamie, no I didnt try any as DJ's didnt have any testers??? LIke fig scents so bought this one ($30) only to find it completely nauseating and blah! I much prefer the Crabtree and Evelyn ones - and they have testers!

Oh I didn't know Crabtree and Evelyn did some! I'll have to check it out :) Thanks L

try perfumed candles

try perfumed candles

Welcome to the forum Katty20:waving:

Welcome Katty20 :sunnies:

i usually get incense or perfume home sprays for my home. would love to get candles, but on a student budget cant afford it! :p

I quite like incense too, but rarely burn it because my boy hates it. I think I like it because it reminds me of living at home....mum and dad burnt 'Frankinscense' and 'Lemongrass' all the time :)

i usually get incense or perfume home sprays for my home. would love to get candles, but on a student budget cant afford it! :p

Emmy if you have any particular special occasions on which you'd like to burn some scented candles, you can often get them at Target really cheaply on sale, and they're lovely!

I sniffed the Bloom Vanilla room spray the other day & smells delish. :yelling: I want it as a perfume!

I sniffed the Bloom Vanilla room spray the other day & smells delish. :yelling: I want it as a perfume!

When I saw they did room sprays, thought 'why don't they do perfumes?"

When I saw they did room sprays, thought 'why don't they do perfumes?"

That would be uber cool!

I have been using Glade plug-ins in lavender for the past few days, and I absolutely LOVE them!! I have received a couple of "your house smells nice" compliments too. I really enjoy walking into the house and smelling it, it's such a warm but clean smell. Will definitely be re-purchasing. The only bad thing is being able to find a couple of free power points!

Lavender is a great home scent ozkat, so fresh - I'm going to check out the Glades.

Lavender is a great home scent ozkat, so fresh - I'm going to check out the Glades.


Might have to do so yself. I have to be stupidlt careful though, a lot of air fresheners give me sinus migraines.:redcheeks:

Might have to do so yself. I have to be stupidlt careful though, a lot of air fresheners give me sinus migraines.:redcheeks:

Yeah I was actually thinking that if anyone was prone to headaches, they probably wouldn't be a great idea because they are very strong, especially when you're sitting/standing/lying close to one. I have mine turned up to level five though, you can turn them down to one which I imagine would be fairly unintrusive.

A lot of times I think it depends on the fragrance too. We have a lily of the valley spray at work (gets a fair bit of use, thanks to some customers) but it doesn't make me too bad, other than a little blocked up if we use it too heavily.

The vanilla ones are woeful for me, even on 1, we had one once, lasted an hour. Same goes for any 'green' scented ones. Really sh*ts me, cause they are 2 scents I like in a house. Maybe I'll try lavender.

I really like the bamboo stick ones in the scent. They are subtle enough to just notice when you walk into the room. I turn them regularly and that releases the scent further. Such a glorious selection of different scents too. My faves are pomegranate, spiced pear, Clove and orange and Lemongrass.

I really like the bamboo stick ones in the scent. They are subtle enough to just notice when you walk into the room. I turn them regularly and that releases the scent further. Such a glorious selection of different scents too. My faves are pomegranate, spiced pear, Clove and orange and Lemongrass.

I have one of those from Dusk in Ginger Blossom, but its not very strong at all :shakehead:. Which brand are those ones Luisa? I like the sound of those scents.....

I have one of those from Dusk in Ginger Blossom, but its not very strong at all :shakehead:. Which brand are those ones Luisa? I like the sound of those scents.....

I have the ones from Apsley and Company. I get them from Myer.

Check out some more into in the link. They actually have a heap more fragrances to choose from that were launched more recently.

http://www.beautyheaven.com.au/db_catalog/Brands/954/brand_view?categoryId=362

Thanks Luisa :)

Hmm, yeah the "sticks in liquid" thing aren't a favourite of mine, I don't find them strong enough to notice. But I think it's because I have a wide, open-plan house so the kitchen/living areas are more like one huge room rather than a few smaller rooms, so subtle scents get lost in the space.

Hmm, yeah the "sticks in liquid" thing aren't a favourite of mine, I don't find them strong enough to notice. But I think it's because I have a wide, open-plan house so the kitchen/living areas are more like one huge room rather than a few smaller rooms, so subtle scents get lost in the space.

yeah I think that's half the trouble. I can only smell mine when I'm walking really closely past the cabinet...

Hmm, yeah the "sticks in liquid" thing aren't a favourite of mine, I don't find them strong enough to notice. But I think it's because I have a wide, open-plan house so the kitchen/living areas are more like one huge room rather than a few smaller rooms, so subtle scents get lost in the space.

Agree, probably not for open spaces, better for smaller rooms.

At the moment if you buy an apsley and company bamboo stick diffuser thingy at Myer you get a free room spray in either Pomegranate or Peony Flower. I got a couple of new ones last week in Pomegranate and Turquoise waters. My Mum got a pack with 3 different scents in it for $40 at Myer last week.

I have not seen the room sprays PCC, they sound great especially if they are like the diffuser scents. Must check them out! I have the pomegranate in the bedroom, spiced pear in the entrance hall and lemongrass in the lounge/dining room.

Just finished my spiced pear last week Luisa. I love it. Am on to the pomegranate now in my bedroom. Have the turquoise waters in my bathroom.

I have been using Glade plug-ins in lavender for the past few days, and I absolutely LOVE them!! I have received a couple of "your house smells nice" compliments too. I really enjoy walking into the house and smelling it, it's such a warm but clean smell. Will definitely be re-purchasing. The only bad thing is being able to find a couple of free power points!

Probably not important, but just realised they are Air Wick, not Glade.

Until 29th July, Myer has a promo that gives you a Pomegranate room spray free with the purchase of two Scented Space room diffusers.:clapping:

Today I bought another Air Wick plug in diffuser. They have a couple of limited editions "Memories" ones, and the fragrance I bought was called "First Love" - who could resist that name?? :clapping:

are they available at supermarkets Ozzie?

Yep, I got it on special too, woo!! It smells like shampoo. :penguin::penguin::penguin:

Ozzie, I know you are a fan of Philosophy so I will tell you about the Philosophy room spray I am using at the moment. It's called Laughing Gas and smells exactly the same as Cinnamon Buns! It comes in a massive bottle and it is gorgeous.

Ozzie, I know you are a fan of Philosophy so I will tell you about the Philosophy room spray I am using at the moment. It's called Laughing Gas and smells exactly the same as Cinnamon Buns! It comes in a massive bottle and it is gorgeous.

Yummy!! My only problem with room sprays is that even if I remember to spray them around, they don't last for very long, and I can't be bothered going back and spraying all the time.....Philosophy needs to make one of those battery-operated spray thingies that goes off every 20 minutes or so!

Today I bought another Air Wick plug in diffuser. They have a couple of limited editions "Memories" ones, and the fragrance I bought was called "First Love" - who could resist that name?? :clapping:
I have one of these. Can't remember what the fragrance was though. I can't believe how long they last. My room is fairly small so I have to keep my door open otherwise it's too overpowering. :spin:

My mum said to me today "That perfume you're wearing is beautiful". I'd sprayed it on about seven hours earlier so I found it hard to believe she could smell it from across the room, so I said "are you sure it's my perfume you can smell?". And she said "yeah, it's a sweet, fresh smell, a bit like shampoo". And I had to sadly state that it was not my perfume but it was in fact the thing plugged into the wall!

Ohh I'm looking forward to the new home fragrances to be released by India Hicks - Island Living at C&E.

I managed to get a sample from C&E the other day I was in there... look forward to smelling them all though! :clapping:

I just found an Instant Perfume on top of the dryer......... it's a glass spray bottle - nearly full. Hmmmmm......

Check out this range of imaginative candles (3 pages of them!) BTW, I love this shopping site!

http://www.homecouture.com.au/index.cfm?event=products&idBrand=539&cursor=1&pricerange=

Going to get me some of those candles! I love the vintage look. Also love the sardine can one!!

My MMS melts shipped today - well, the first lot. The second will go inthe next 48 hours :glee:

ETA: the 2nd has shipped!!

Check out this range of imaginative candles (3 pages of them!) BTW, I love this shopping site!

http://www.homecouture.com.au/index.cfm?event=products&idBrand=539&cursor=1&pricerange=

I love candles! I love the look of these ones too!

Check out this range of imaginative candles (3 pages of them!) BTW, I love this shopping site!

http://www.homecouture.com.au/index.cfm?event=products&idBrand=539&cursor=1&pricerange=

this is a great site Luisa!

I just ordered from Dusk! I got another heap of scented candles!!

Luisa Home Couture is a fabulous site, I lovie it!

I went to Le Desire and they have wax melts that look like blocks of chocolate! They are awesome. Really nice smells

I just got 2 little candles in tins from the $2 shop - $1.50 each, in pink grapefruit & mandarin - yummmmmmmm. Even hubby likes them.

The two dollar shop has some real nice candle burners actually.

Got a great pack from Apsely and Co.

I usually get the big bamboo stick home fragances but today I spotted a three pack smaller version I liked. They did have two other varients, one with white flowers and another with green tea, lemongrass and tahitian flowers. The one I got has three scents - fig, vanilla bean and pomegranate. All ones I have had before but great value. The regualr ones retail for $29.95 now and this three pack, albeit smaller bottles was $44.95.

Noticed in the Myer catalogue that there were three new varieties of the Scented Space aroma reeds. Olive Leaf, Lemon and Verbena and Quince. I bought the L&V and the Quince one. The Olive Leaf smelt quite good and a very masucline scent. ATM, Myer have a cute giveaway with the purchase of two of these, a three set of mini candles in holders in fig, pomegranate and vanilla bean.

Noticed in the Myer catalogue that there were three new varieties of the Scented Space aroma reeds. Olive Leaf, Lemon and Verbena and Quince. I bought the L&V and the Quince one. The Olive Leaf smelt quite good and a very masucline scent. ATM, Myer have a cute giveaway with the purchase of two of these, a three set of mini candles in holders in fig, pomegranate and vanilla bean.

I am so there tomorrow for the quince, I love quince.

i usually get incense or perfume home sprays for my home. would love to get candles, but on a student budget cant afford it! :p

I love incense. I just bought 3 packs (sandalwood, singaporean patchouli and rose) of the stuff by a indian company called "auroshikha" I got each pack for 1.50 from my organics shop. I've got 2 sandalwood burning at the moment.

I only buy soy candles (plain mostly but I don't mind subtle fragranced ones either) they are pricey but they have hours of burn time and I just have a couple - PCC suggested that I get mine in the future from Kit ... :) I've also found my fave soy brand that is stocked at a store in Prahran evoshop.

these are a real treat but I like to have some incense burning most days, and candles at night now and again - depends on my mood.

I burn by Soy Scents by Lisa candles every single day.:clapping: love them

Soy candles are so much better all round...

I paid for my Lisa linen sprays yay... she has posted them out, can't wait :)

I paid for my Lisa linen sprays yay... she has posted them out, can't wait :)

I'd love to get a couple of these too :)

I'd love to get a couple of these too :)


I will let you know how they are :)

Yay!! just got my package from Soy scents by Lisa :clapping:

I ordered 10 room sprays/linen sprays... I just used the Black Raspberry in the toilet and it's GORGEOUS.I'm gonna leave it in there, or switch around.. I can never use the aerosol toilet sprays, they make me sick.

OOOOh Lemon Chiffon is so yummy!!

This is fun..

oooh I might order some soon!

It has inspired me to do laundry later :chuckle:
Clea is gonna freak when her clothes smell like cookies and choc-mint.. :chuckle:
Love Spell is yummy as... I love a nice smelling house, yay..

Yeah so far Love Spell and Coconut are 2 firm faves. I can't wait to try more...

I can't remember what is in Love Spell but smelling it from the spray bottle, yummo...

Mocha Cafe would be good in my room when I'm studying!

:chuckle:
I think she is so amazing to have so many great scents, and be able to convert them into melts, candles AND room sprays! So impressed, glad you put me onto her A...

I just sent her a little note on facebook :)

Glad you like her stuff, always a good thing when you make a reccy :chuckle:

yeah I put a message in her guestbook

I washed all the towels and bed sheets today and sprayed them with my new linen sprays, so much fun. I felt so homely :chuckle:

does the scent last on them for a while??

Yes... I sprayed cookies on Clea's bed and the next night her hair still smelled like cookies from laying on the pillow!

She had a friend over here yesterday and I had to do their uniforms in milk chocolate hehehe

oh cool, she must love that! Must get some of these soon!