Homemade air freshener to make your house smell like citrus
Pleasant aromas have a positive influence on our mood, but especially citrus aromas.
Both orange and lemon are powerful antidepressants that cause profound well-being when used to combat said disease.
Here’s an easy way to make a homemade citrus flavoring.
You need:
- glass jar with lid
- 1 tablespoon of cloves
- Lemon or orange essential oil
- Lemon or orange peel
- Water
- Wooden sticks for diffusers
- Alcohol
Procedure:
- 1- Sterilize the glass jar you have. Booking.
- 2- Peel the orange or lemon. It should only be the skin, so try to avoid the white part.
- 3- Cut the shells into small pieces and place them in the jar.
- 4- Add the tablespoon of cloves.
- 5- Then pour a little alcohol and fill the rest of the container up to the surface with water.
- 6- Add a few drops of essential oil. Approximately 15 drops.
- 7- We cover the jar and shake vigorously.
- 8- Let stand for 24 hours.
- 9- When this time has passed, uncover the jar and insert the diffuser sticks. Let them soak up the liquid for a while, then flip them over.
Another option for homemade flavoring is in a bag. This air freshener is ideal to put in any area of the house.
You need:
- Peel of 1 orange
- peel of 1 lemon
- Peel of 1 grapefruit
- Peel of 1 tangerine
- Tulle fabric or something similar
- Fine rope, jute twine, or ribbon
Procedure:
- 1- All citrus peels are cut into pieces with our hands.
- 2- We put them on a tray to dry. This can be done directly in the sun and wait a few days or in the oven.
- 3- Now that the shell pieces are dry, we are going to put a handful in a square made with the tulle fabric.
- 4- We grab the ends of the fabric and close very carefully. With the help of the rope or tape we close well and make a knot.
