I recently made a discovery, which I'd like to share with everyone. I thought to try putting some of my perfumes on the little cartridges intended for essential oils, which slide into my electric aromatherapy diffuser ball.
Does anyone else do this???
Well, not only does it effectively, intensely fragrance my whole home (Just a few drops are needed.), I learned that it's a really nice way to examine and analyze scents. Something about the warmth and the ambient aroma sans alcohol, emulates the heart and drydown phases of perfume on skin, and as it's not on my person -- and therefore easy to "lose" -- it has the really more pronounced effect of having another perfumed person in the room. I absolutely LOVE doing this with new samples!
(My office smells like Dia just now, and it's positively elegant!
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The aromatherapy ball I bought (pictured below) is only 12USD, too, so I hope to convince some of you to give this little method a try. It comes with only a few cartridges, but they are just white, sturdy cardboard, so I made lots more by cutting up bristol board to the right size, and it's totally effective.
I find pure perfume works the best (lasts all day and night), and I only need to use four drops from a pipette.
I also now have a whole repertoire of fragrances I think are most well-suited to warm, ambient home-scenting.
These remind me of like off-the-charts fine candles, the one's I could never buy:
Dia women -- it actually smells like the best possible home fragrance int he universe, now that I think of it!
Niki de Saint Phalle -- minty, spicy and elegant, it evokes a pristine Parisian hotel in the spring
Chergui -- doesn't have a better purpose than filling a room... I find it very reassuring, embracing and warming in the winter!
Jacinthe et Rose -- This is the smell of divine body cream and romantic, strewn-about pink and white flower petals. I find it delightful for my 'spa' evenings.
Ambre Sultan -- This is not something I ever wear, but in a room it's exotic and inspiring, and reminds of the more curious import shops I loved in my youth. This would be my choice for a party!
Chanel 19 -- This one imparts elegance and poise to a room; it makes my things/ space feel somehow more refined.
Cristalle -- This bitter, crisp scent becomes rich and smooth in a diffuser, and it has a really arty and cosmopolitan character.
Amouage Tribute -- I wish I had more of this one for this purpose; it's everything I could want my room to smell of; it's smoky like a burning fireplace, it's lush, it's foreign, it's glamorous, it's opulent, and for me, it really evokes bold, distant travels made by dashing, chic personages of yore... and two drops last two days!
Does anyone else do this???
Well, not only does it effectively, intensely fragrance my whole home (Just a few drops are needed.), I learned that it's a really nice way to examine and analyze scents. Something about the warmth and the ambient aroma sans alcohol, emulates the heart and drydown phases of perfume on skin, and as it's not on my person -- and therefore easy to "lose" -- it has the really more pronounced effect of having another perfumed person in the room. I absolutely LOVE doing this with new samples!
(My office smells like Dia just now, and it's positively elegant!
)The aromatherapy ball I bought (pictured below) is only 12USD, too, so I hope to convince some of you to give this little method a try. It comes with only a few cartridges, but they are just white, sturdy cardboard, so I made lots more by cutting up bristol board to the right size, and it's totally effective.
I find pure perfume works the best (lasts all day and night), and I only need to use four drops from a pipette.
I also now have a whole repertoire of fragrances I think are most well-suited to warm, ambient home-scenting.
These remind me of like off-the-charts fine candles, the one's I could never buy:
Dia women -- it actually smells like the best possible home fragrance int he universe, now that I think of it!
Niki de Saint Phalle -- minty, spicy and elegant, it evokes a pristine Parisian hotel in the spring
Chergui -- doesn't have a better purpose than filling a room... I find it very reassuring, embracing and warming in the winter!
Jacinthe et Rose -- This is the smell of divine body cream and romantic, strewn-about pink and white flower petals. I find it delightful for my 'spa' evenings.
Ambre Sultan -- This is not something I ever wear, but in a room it's exotic and inspiring, and reminds of the more curious import shops I loved in my youth. This would be my choice for a party!
Chanel 19 -- This one imparts elegance and poise to a room; it makes my things/ space feel somehow more refined.
Cristalle -- This bitter, crisp scent becomes rich and smooth in a diffuser, and it has a really arty and cosmopolitan character.
Amouage Tribute -- I wish I had more of this one for this purpose; it's everything I could want my room to smell of; it's smoky like a burning fireplace, it's lush, it's foreign, it's glamorous, it's opulent, and for me, it really evokes bold, distant travels made by dashing, chic personages of yore... and two drops last two days!
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