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DIY: Essential Oil Fall Room Spray

How easy is it to make your own scented room spray? Pretty easy. The benefits? It’s all natural and you save money. They make amazing gifts for Christmas too! In today’s post, I am sharing a fall room spray DIY using essential oils which has become my new favorite craft and gift for family and friends. I use this spray everyday. Don’t forget to get your free PDF of other scent recipes below. Keep reading!

A very neat recipe for a DIY room spray using essential oils. Make your home smell festive and heavenly and also ditch store bought room sprays for these healthy alternatives! Click through to the post to get a free recipe sheet for other wonderful scents you could make!

Why A DIY Room Spray?

This season I wanted to make a conscious effort in using less chemicals in our home. I have always been conscious of the environmental impact store bough cleaners, candles, and sprays had. But I never really considered them to impact our health in anyway – until recently. I really love candles and room sprays. They make the holidays a little extra special and also bring in our favorite fall scents whenever we are having a cozy night in or entertaining guests. But there are downsides to buying your room sprays. Firstly, they are expensive. A nice Glade room spray from Target is easily $13.00 and those usually don’t last too long (depending on how much you use them) Secondly, they are horrible for the environment and horrible for your health (especially if you have a lung condition, like me). I don’t feel too good spraying the air we breathe with chemicals and harmful additives to the environment and our health. After thinking about this, I made it my mission to find a healthy alternative, which ended up being a DIY room spray I could make using essential oils. I did some research on Pinterest and found some great resources on what oils, bottles, and chemicals I needed to make this happen. The result? A gorgeous smelling holiday room spray that is safe and healthy!

DIY Essential Oil Fall Room Spray | The Petite Bijou

What You’ll Need

Essential Oils of Choice, I used ones from this pack and these particular scents:

Distilled Water (any brand) Vodka/Witch Hazel (any brand)

Amber Bottles with Nozzles

Gift Tag (optional)

Funnel

Newspaper/Towel A hard surface to work on

 

About These Materials

Essential Oils

Essential oils will give that amazing fall holiday scent in your room spray. They are all natural and healthy compared to chemical oils for scents. When I buy essential oils I look for two things: quality and price point. When choosing essential oils, you want to make sure that they are quality grade. Check all descriptions before purchasing. This ensures that the oils you buy are naturally sourced and sate to use. I really love this starter pack of essential oils for a project like this. Since I use essential oils for almost everything – cleaning and health, I want to make sure I’m getting enough bang for my buck. This pack was under $30 and came with a bunch of different ones that can be used for other scents! For the nutmeg, I bought this single bottle for use. If you want to make these as gifts, please consider getting larger sizes. And another thing about essential oils – each of them have different uses and effects. Some oils may be irritating on the skin and harmful to pets and furniture. I don’t know too many specific, but please consider doing some research before hand and keep away from pets and children!

DIY Essential Oil Fall Room Spray | The Petite Bijou

The Alcohols

We will be mixing the oils with water to dilute the oils. But as we know, water and oil don’t mix so adding a carrier chemical will help everything mix together well. I read that Vodka is a great carrier chemical for these scents and will make them last longer. But I don’t really drink, so I refuse to buy Vodka just to make these room sprays. I used witch hazel instead. And since we’re only using a little witch hazel, the brand doesn’t matter.

Amber Bottles & Nozzles

Amber bottles are the best for these room sprays because they protect the essential oils and chemicals from exposure to sunlight. The amber bottles are also great because they look very lovely and expensive, when really they aren’t. I bought these set of bottles on Amazon and they are just PERFECT for gifting! This pack already came with nozzles and made the decision to buy much easier.

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DIY Time

Step 1: Gather All Materials : Find a hard surface to work on. I love to do project on my kitchen island and set out some newspaper and a towel to catch any moisture that may spill over. I kind of just pour without measuring most of the times and having a protective layer on a stable surface is handy.

Step 2: Add A Layer of Alcohol: Drop one full tablespoon of your alcohol of choice into the amber bottle. Use a funnel or a dropper for direct insertion.

Step 3: Add Essential Oils: Use the following formula of drops as a guide. You can do this straight from the bottles, just make sure you aren’t spilling. Use gloves if you are sensitive to the oils. I created this scent accidentally by just dropping random oils in, so have fun and experiment!

 

Autumn Scent 

3 drops Sweet Orange + 2 drops Cinnamon Bark + 1 drop Nutmeg + 2 drops of Clary Sage

Step 4: Top Off With Distilled Water: Using a funnel, carefully top off with distilled water. I like to leave about a few centimeters from the neck of the bottle so there is no overspill. 

Step 5: Add Nozzle & Shake Well: With the nozzles that came with the package, screw one onto the amber bottle and shake, rattle, and roll! You want these scents to mix with the alcohol and water very well before you spray anywhere. I spent about 30 seconds rolling the bottle back and forth in my hands and then shook it gently before test spraying an area of the room. If you’d like to experiment with the scents a bit more, I suggest test spraying on an old rag you can throw in the laundry when you are done.

And you’re all done!

DIY Essential Oil Fall Room Spray | The Petite Bijou

The Final Product: A Beautiful, Sweet Smelling, Healthy Room Spray!

DIY Essential Oil Fall Room Spray | The Petite Bijou

What About Different Scents?

I love experimenting and so I highly suggest you get inspired by your favorite scents and try to recreate them on your own! Like I mentioned, I accidentally came up with the scent and I couldn’t be happier! The room smells like a mixture of Christmas and Halloween. It’s very festive and perfect for the holidays. That’s why I really love this starter pack for different ideas. For example, why not also create a Lavender Linen Spray? If you’d like to try making different scents, I’ve created an easy and free PDF  “scent recipe” sheet with a few more festive examples! Just click the button below to download!

 

If you enjoyed this guide or have any questions, please share some love or ask away in the comments below! I’d love to know how this turned out for you! 

 

xo Mariam

 

 

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Comments

  4. Such a great idea! I wonder if using vodka would actually make them smell like vodka though… because in that case, yuuuuck haha. I think I’ll stick to witch hazel!

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    • Hello Chelsea,

      From what I’ve heard, the essential oils completely mask the scent of the alcohol you choose. I just use witchhazel because of price and convenience.

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  12. OMG Thank you for sharing this!! Fall scents are my favorite and I will definitely be making this this weekend!

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  14. I love this idea for so many reasons. First, I hate using commercial sprays with a lot of toxic ingredients,. But, I LOVE the smell of Fall, so I will definitely make this spray for my own home. Secondly, this is going to make wonderful and unique gifts for the holiday!

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  20. This is a great idea for a gift. I’m trying to stay on budget this year and my gift list keeps growing, so creating custom scents out of natural ingredients is an awesome and thoughtful idea! Thanks for sharing the helpful PDF, too, I’m excited to get started on these 🙂

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  30. This is great! I know what you mean, there are so many chimicals in normal air fresheners fom the store, making them is definitely the way to go!

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  41. Ok this is awesome and I cant wait to try it. I am very aware of the health hazards of all the store-bought scented stuff but I love the way they smell!!! You’ve just solved my conundrum 😉 Thanks for this creative post!!

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  43. I love all of the scents on their own and am so excited to try them together!! Love how you did the diagram of the bottle with the breakdown of ingredients, that is SOOO helpful! Thanks for sharing!

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  50. I love this and I’m pinning it for later! My sister bought a ton of oils not too long ago so I’m definitely trying this one out! I used to buy the bath and body works sprays but they only smell for a little bit and then its so true they are terrible for the environment!
    Thanks for sharing,
    Kat | Delirium Style

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