Comments on: Decorating: Use Your Nose

By: The Downtown Boutique

The Downtown Boutique — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:13:09 +0000

I just Stumbled Upon your blog, and I like it! This post made me get up and light a couple of candles. We get most of our candles at Whole Foods. We get one that is called something like “Mexican Hot Chocolate”, I think, and it has a hint of chocolate, but smells a little more like Dr. Pepper to me.

I like the citrusy or food scents the best. The other scents usually make me sick…literally…dizziness, headaches, and nausea.

I have one old cooking pot that I like to keep, just for “scenting”. I like to put water, and then use a little orange or tangerine essential oil.

Angie

By: ecb

ecb — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:52:48 +0000

The simmer-thing-in-pots works wonders, true, but it feels like another pot to clean-up! When I'm in a rush, I just lay a few cinnamon sticks on the rack in the oven and turn it on the lowest setting for an hour or so. (Look in Indian or Middle Eastern grocery stores for cheap spices in bulk.) ecbs last blog post..the aquarium of the pacific

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:05:16 +0000

I use incense (lovely smell and doesn’t cost the earth!), an oil burner with essential oils (we also use eucalyptus or aniseed if someone is getting a cold), and for lounges, beanbags, mattresses, curtains or anything else that can absorb musty or dirty smells, I have a spray bottle with essential oil mixed in water. Works well for me!

By: simplemom

simplemom — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:26:18 +0000

@Marie – Yes, along with Katie, thanks for the reminder.

I forgot about putting lemon rinds in the garbage disposal, but I used to do that, too, when I had one! Great suggestion, all.

By: thursday

thursday — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:37:58 +0000

I just found some yummy cinnamon candles in a box yesterday. We haven’t had too many candles going since we’ve had cats, though – can be dangerous! Incense I tend to be careful with – some of that stuff is POTENT and perfumy. I much prefer scents that seem more natural and woody.

And I also like to grind up lemon and orange peels in the garbage disposal – but I don’t have one!

By: Rachel@SmallNotebook

Rachel@SmallNotebook — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:50:01 +0000

I've been forgetting to use my scented candles. I'm going to go get my favorite one out of the cabinet right now. Rachel@SmallNotebooks last blog post..Two

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:31:03 +0000

I love a yummy smelling home as much as the next person….but one word of caution. Some people can be very sensitive to certain smells (lavendar, many of the Glade plug-in scents, heavily scented laundry products & many candles will trigger a nightmare of a headache for me with even a short exposure). I can usually tolerate a scent, as long as it isn’t too strong – i.e. plug-ins or candles in every room are too much for me to handle – but a candle or two are usually OK. I have been in homes, however, that were so strongly scented with various things that I can’t imagine how anyone could stand it, much less a sensitive person.

Just be aware & sensitive to any friends/family that may have problems with strong scents. Also – be careful with children around. I’ve had this problem my whole life, but when I was young, I didn’t make the connection / couldn’t explain why certain places (or people/perfume) would set off a sore throat & headache for me.

By: simplemom

simplemom — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:40:24 +0000

@Jackie – Nose bling. That’s new for me!

@sevenjobs – Sounds like you do a fantastic job being proactive with this kind of stuff with your kids. Oh, and sometime I’d like to hear what your blog is about. I don’t know a lick of German, but the tiny bit that’s in English has gotten me intrigued.

By: sevenjobs

sevenjobs — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:36:33 +0000

We open the window as often as possible in winter and now in spring it is wonderful: all the smell from the flowers, the roses, the rain on the warm street, all this is like a sound for our nose. We have to train our smelling possibilities: our children take different spices and herbes in order to train their noses. So I prefer the natural scent instead of candles and oils. But nice candles and great oil bottles will be as pretty for decoration as for smelling

sevenjobss last blog post..Wie bekämpfe ich meine Angst vor Spinnen? How to deal with my arachnophobia?

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:28:39 +0000

Now this sort of nose bling is something I can handle ! Jackies last blog post..Blooms to green ...