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    Home » Wellness Tips » DIY Skincare

    DIY Room Spray With Essential Oils (homemade air freshener)- 8 scent options

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    Pinterest image with text: two images, the top with a blue cobalt bottle with DIY room spray laying on it's side and essential oils around it/ The second of three glass bottles lined up with oils and fake trees behind it

    This DIY room spray using essential oils can be whipped up in under five minutes! A homemade air freshener to naturally give your room a lift!

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    This homemade room spray requires only three ingredients and the scent options are endless! 

    Pinterest image with text: blue glass spray bottle with diy room spray with essential oils and green fake tree decorations.

    I’m not going to go into detail as to why you should switch to homemade air fresheners.

    Just like soaps and lotions, they’re loaded with “fragrance” and often chemicals you can’t even get your hands on. In fact, fragrances have been linked to multiple health issues.

    Learning how badly the products we use every day alter our hormones (and our fertility) was the biggest reason I started this journey (learn more about easy, natural household swaps to start with!)

    Instead, use this DIY room spray using essential oils as an all-natural air freshener with ingredients you most likely already have.

    Likewise, with so many different scent options (check out my eight favorite ones below!), it's easy to adjust your room to your mood.

    Choosing Essential Oils

    For this DIY room spray using essential oils, the best ones to use are... the ones you enjoy!

    Below are a few of my favorite scent options but experiment with combinations you might personally enjoy.

    When it comes to brand, I personally use DoTerra essential oils (here's where you can find my favorites!).

    However, I am not a rep for them. In contrast, I've heard that Young Living oils are just as amazing, and even have some myself.

    If you're curious about scents and how they relate to healing or your mood, below is a basic summary.

    Although, there are so many, DoTerra has a great list of mood-boosting essential oils more! Thus, it's really just about playing with scents you love.

    Citrus Essential Oils (orange, lemon, lime)- these are happy oils. They're great pick me ups

    Lavender Essential Oil - a great oil to help with anxiety, stress and generally induces calm

    Peppermint Essential Oil - an oil that can help with headaches. Similarly, it can give you an energizing boost

    Printable image with text about different essential oil blends.

    Spray Bottle Options

    I used mini bottles for this recipe which drives my husband bonkers. However, you can easily double it and use a larger spray bottle.

    As a result, my mom recently got me these brown glass bottles and they're a perfect size for this spray and something like DIY poo pourri.

    Hack: the nozzle tops you buy at the dollar store actually fit on old Perrier bottles- I find this a bit large for homemade air freshener but it does work!

    Why I Use Witch Hazel In My DIY Room Spray

    Witch hazel is actually a shrub that has been around forever.

    Its uses can be everything from reducing inflammation (which I use it for in DIY face toner) to helping with the reaction in bath bombs and of course, binding essential oils in water-based recipes like this DIY room spray with essential oils.

    With this in mind, a lot of homemade air freshener recipes you’ll see just call for water and essential oils.

    Personally, I find that this doesn’t hold the smell long enough. Sure, the house will smell great for five minutes but then the scent dissipates.

    As a result, I've learned that it's the witch hazel helps keep it around longer.

    Its the witch hazel in the recipe that helps bind the essential oils. This is what helps the scent linger around the room.

    On the other hand, you can also make this DIY room spray without using witch hazel and using vodka + essential oils instead. It works wonderfully.

    That said, I just can’t bring myself to waste vodka on a homemade air freshener!

    That sh*t is for drinking and deliciousness. Witch hazel works fine.

    DIY room spray with essential oils in a blue cobalt spray bottle with essential oils and mini fake plants around it.

    Ingredients

    • 4 oz Glass spray bottle
    • 15 drops essential oils
    • ⅛ cup Witch Hazel
    • Distilled water (about ¼ cup)

    Note: this recipe fits into the small glass bottles. For the larger ones double the batch so that you don't dilute the recipe too much!

    How To Make Homemade Air Freshener

    Add the witch hazel and essential oils into the glass bottle and fill the remaining bit with water. Then, shake & enjoy!

    For the essential oils, use 15 drops total. Thus, if there are two oils you’d like to use, add 7-8 drops each etc.

    If you want one scent more prominent than the others, add more of that oil.

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    Diy Room Spray Using Essential Oils

    An easy DIY recipe to freshen up a room naturally! This homemade air freshener can be customized with any scent you like and is made with only a few ingredients!
    Keyword diy room spray
    Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 0 minutes minutes
    0 minutes minutes
    Total Time 5 minutes minutes
    Servings 1 bottle
    Author Fit as a Mama Bear

    Equipment

    • Spray bottle

    Ingredients

    • Glass spray bottle 4 ounce
    • 15 drops essential oils
    • ⅛ cup Witch Hazel
    • Distilled water about ¼ cup

    Instructions

    • Add the witch hazel and essential oils into the glass bottle, fill the remaining bit with water. Shake & enjoy!
    • For the essential oils, use 15 drops total. If there are two oils you’d like to use, add 7-8 drops each etc. If you want one scent more prominent than the others, add more of that oil.

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    Notes

    Reminder: this recipe is made using one of the smaller glass spray bottles. Personally, I enjoy these larger bottles. if this is the case for you, make sure you double up the recipe and don't just add more water! Otherwise, the solution will become too diluted.
     
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    Making the switch to a more natural house doesn’t have to be hard. Start with the basics and whip up a batch (or two!) of this three-ingredient, five-minute DIY room spray.

    Then, customize the scent with your favorite blend of essential oils and enjoy the knowledge that you’re reducing some chemicals in your home.

    Likewise, stock up on just ten DIY ingredients and you'll be able to make hundreds of simple DIY recipes.

    What’s your favorite oil blend?! I always need some new ideas…

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    Comments

    1. Nancy

      November 02, 2019 at 3:49 pm

      What size bottle in ounces do you use? The directions don’t specify the amount of distilled water. I was curious in case I don’t have access to the bottles shown. Thank you.

      Reply
      • fitasamamabear

        November 02, 2019 at 8:47 pm

        I use 4oz bottles! I didn't even catch/think of throwing in the spray bottles- thank for you catching that!

        Reply
    2. Kate

      November 13, 2019 at 9:03 am

      Is there any substitute for witch hazel. I can't seem to find it around my area. I see a lot of rose water though. Can I use that instead?

      Reply
      • fitasamamabear

        November 13, 2019 at 3:02 pm

        The reason I use witch hazel is that it seems to bind with the oils to actually maintain the scent of them. It's an astringent which is why it works. I've never used rose water so I'm not sure how it would work but I don't think it would hold as well. That said, the other option is vodka believe it or not haha it works well. There's a bunch of no-name brands of witch hazel though (they come in a light white plastic bottle, blue branding) and they sell it at Walmart if that helps?

        Reply
        • Antoinette Wright

          June 04, 2023 at 2:43 pm

          Can you use alcohol?

          Reply
          • fitasamamabear

            June 05, 2023 at 8:54 pm

            Sure can, Vodka works best. It works even better in my opinion! I just never like to waste the alcohol lol

            Reply
    3. Pam

      April 20, 2020 at 4:09 pm

      I see that you emphasized “glass bottles”. I have several plastic ones on hand. Does it make a difference between the two?

      Reply
      • fitasamamabear

        April 21, 2020 at 2:24 pm

        Hey Pam! The reason is because long ago it was said that enough concentration of essential oils if (pure grade) would erode the plastic. I truly am not sure if this is true but I use glass none the less (and for eco-friendly reasons). Also, plastic will absorb the scent of the essential oil more which means less might get into the air or if you change scents but use the same bottle (say for the next batch) it might make an interesting combo. But outside of that thought, plastic will work just fine so use what you have!

        Reply
    4. Elizabeth Diaz

      June 03, 2020 at 12:26 pm

      I know you stated witch hazel binds more with the oils, how would using rubbing alcohol be different?

      Reply
      • fitasamamabear

        June 04, 2020 at 5:26 pm

        I don't think it would be different to be honest! I originally heard to use the recipe with vodka (but refuse to waste my vodka haha) so I think it would work fine but I do wonder if the smell of alcohol would linger because rubbing alcohol is so POTENT.

        Reply
    5. Denise

      June 05, 2021 at 2:53 pm

      I love using Thieves, or a citrus blend in the winter. For Summer, I enjoy Geranium or Ylang Ylang blends. They are beautiful and have a great fragrance.

      Reply
      • fitasamamabear

        June 08, 2021 at 8:33 pm

        Ahh thieves is such a life-saver! And geranium is probably one of my all time favorite oils lol. I need to give it a try with yang ylang!

        Reply

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