Comments on: Homemade Essential Oil Air Fresheners

By: Cameron Hooper

Cameron Hooper — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:43:07 +0000

This is a great idea! Although I would suggest that you use natural food colorings because standard food coloring has some nasty chemicals.

Anyways, I featured this recipe in my most recent blog post here: http://naturalife.org/diy-natural-products/natural-homemade-air-fresheners

Thanks for the great DIY tutorial.

By: okwukwe

okwukwe — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:18:55 +0000

did mine but i found they mold after sometime ( just found out about the vodka, i thought that was the job of the salt) also the smell gets stuck inside. i have to keep scratching the surface for the fragrance to escape… any tips to make them better next time

By: dawn allen

dawn allen — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:07:59 +0000

I followed the instructions and mine just dont smell strong at all in fact only smell when I out my nose in the jar what am I doing wrong?

By: Sarah Mueller

Sarah Mueller — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:37:58 +0000

What a neat idea! I’ll have to try this. Thanks!

By: Lori R Sacks

Lori R Sacks — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:45:01 +0000

You also need to let it cool to about 100 degrees because almost ALL essential oils have a flash point which means the scent will evaporate and be almost non-existent if they are heated above a certain temperature, that’s why you put them in after trace when making handmade natural soaps.

I am anxious to try this to be used for car fresheners and closets also since it seems almost identical to the high priced retail versions .

By: lisamc

lisamc — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:38:07 +0000

Do they melt away? Or just slowly lose scent..great idea!

By: the country cook

the country cook — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:41:35 +0000

Shared this on my blog – thanks! – http://www.delightfulcountrycookin.com/2010/08/homemade-air-freshener.html

By: Just Jude

Just Jude — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:02:58 +0000

What a great recipe! Thank you for sharing!!!

By: the country cook

the country cook — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:42:56 +0000

This was so fast and so easy to do, and they work! My friend and I made them using leftover candle jars as the holders. I think next time I’ll use votive size candle holders so that I can make them smaller – they’d make perfect gifts. We also talked about making cup-holder sized ones to fit in the car.

My only advice for anyone else – you won’t notice the scent as much if you have a fan going. When I was running an oscillating fan in my room, I couldn’t smell it. But, without the fan on, it was just perfect.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:03:08 +0000

Auntjen- I’m going to say they last about 4 weeks. If you really double up on the salt/vodka to inhibit the mold growth you can probably stretch them out to 6 weeks, though.