It's winter and the holiday season which smells like pine, cinnamon, cloves and oranges. Myrrh and Frankincense are in there somewhere along with peppermint candy canes and apple pies. So how do you spread the scent without spending a ton of money on candles?
Pull the vanilla extract from the cupboard and put a few drops on the light bulb in the living room, bedroom and family room. The heat from the bulb will disperse the scent beautifully. I use orange extract and a couple others too.
A few drops in a pot of simmering water on the stove will accomplish the same wonderful scent drifting through the house as well as add humidity to the air. Gather a few pine branches from the local tree lot or reserve the lower branches you cut from the tree you brought home and break them into little pieces. Add them to the simmering water for the fresh scent of pine.
You can use cinnamon sticks, allspice, whole cloves and other spices you will find in the cupboard. Citrus peel holds the aromatic essential and placing the peel (cut off most of the white pith) in simmering water releases the essential oil into to air.
If you would prefer to use essential oils (pure, not the synthetic versions) it's simple to add drops to simmering water, light bulbs and to the melted wax of an unscented candle, (just don't put the oil right on the flame!)
So save your money and don't buy those overpowering nasty synthetic fragrance candles! Gently scent your home with the ingredients you already have in the cupboards.
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