Home fragrances are an important part of any home. From choosing the right unscented cleaning products to keeping your favorite fragrances around you, this article will help you smell through the best scented solutions for your home.
For second homes that stay enclosed for long periods of time, it is vital that unscented cleaning products are used. Chemicals can lay on the floor, rugs, and fabric during the heat and humidity of summer. I am often horrified to smell these strong, toxic scents when walking through multi-million-dollar properties.
Choosing the right scented candles, room diffusers, and sprays, like the ones we have at House of Barrie, is the solution to keep your home smelling clean and naturally fresh. Home fragrances that have natural oils and essences come from plants and promote a sense of well-being when smelled. They contain herbs and scented plant oils that create calm, soothing feelings and promote wellness.
There are three types of scented products you should keep around your home and regularly use, especially during Cabo summers when doors and windows stay closed for months and only fans and AC circulate the air.
Scented candles come in a wide array of decorative glass or ceramic holders. Those made of soy will burn cleanest, while a soy-paraffin blend is still common. When lighting a candle, it should burn for a minimum of two hours the first time to prevent funneling (when the wick forms a cylindrical tunnel and self-extinguishes).
Candles that contain multiple wicks act like multiple candles as they burn through the scent and disperse double, triple, or quadruple the scent of a single wick. It is important that when you have a large room, you use a multiple-wicked candle as they propel the scent around a larger area.
Reed diffusers keep scented oils in a small glass or ceramic vessel with wooden reeds sat in scented oil. The scented oil stays on the reeds and constantly diffuses the scent into the room. It’s important to turn the reeds once every week or so, as the tips will dry out in the air and the more moist they are, the more fragrant the area around them will be.
Favorite places to place your diffuser are by the front door, so there will be a constant scent as you and your guests enter. Toilets and bathrooms love having your favorite scents around, and smaller rooms such as closets and hallways will benefit from a lingering natural scent.
Room sprays provide instant smell gratification anywhere you spray them. Hold up high while spraying to let the droplets fall and scent the air. They are great for an instant freshening prior to having guests, keeping in the bathroom, and spraying hallways and closets.
In preparation for the long, hot Cabo summer, the most important part of the season is our attitude. If we say it’s going to be slow, then we convince ourselves that it will be slow.
