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How do you make YOUR home smell good?

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MrsBumbleb
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How do you make YOUR home smell good?

I'm looking for some new scents. I usually do Yankee Candles but with a dog and a baby on the way I'd like to use some alternatives to open flames. Suggestions?

Posted 12/30/05 8:00 AM
 
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BrunetteMom
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

tart warmer is the way to go for me.

Posted 12/30/05 8:24 AM
 

Crazeddiva
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

Posted by MrsBumbleb

I'm looking for some new scents. I usually do Yankee Candles but with a dog and a baby on the way I'd like to use some alternatives to open flames. Suggestions?



I like the Yankee Candle plug in's.

Posted 12/30/05 8:25 AM
 

Elbee
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

Glade Glass Secrets - they work really well to keep cooking and smoking odor down.

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Posted 12/30/05 8:54 AM
 

MissJones
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

Personally, we stay away from the outlet scent things, especially after someone, I think Suven, posted about a woman at her job and a serious accident. Not that a flame is any better, but we can control it per se. We'll put candles on the stove or in the sink or even in the bathtub. I feel that those are the least flammable of locations. I also love the little tea light and oil warmer, but you need to make sure that there is always water in the well.
Personally, the aerosoles kill my nose, so I stay away from those. But even simmering a pot of potpouri or simmering spices on the stove can add a nice scent to the air. My grandmother used to boil a pot of water (on low, so it was simmering) and fill it with a handful of cloves. Cheap and it smelled awesome!

Posted 12/30/05 9:05 AM
 

Elbee
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

I agree, after Suven posted that story I stopped using plug ins ... there are so many other ways to make the house smell nice, it's not worth the risk of starting a fire with plug ins.

Posted 12/30/05 9:07 AM
 

JE7391
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

you know what smells REALLY good - when you boil cinnamon sticks!!!

Obviously that's not an ongoing perpetual type thing, but for special times when you really want your home to smell good, it's awesome!

Posted 12/30/05 9:24 AM
 

Bebalina
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

just get a strong scented candle. keep it lit for an hour, and after that it just lingers.
I just picked one up from bath and body. its a spice scented one (kinda like a peppermint cinammon) the scent has been lingering around since xmas still... and otherwise i just use Febreze.

Posted 12/30/05 9:27 AM
 

Elbee
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

I also buy Potpourri sachet's and place them around. I bought 2 evergreen scented ones and put them around the den where my tree was and everyone thought it was a real tree when they first walked in Chat Icon

Posted 12/30/05 9:40 AM
 

BrunetteMom
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

Posted by MrsKL

you know what smells REALLY good - when you boil cinnamon sticks!!!

Obviously that's not an ongoing perpetual type thing, but for special times when you really want your home to smell good, it's awesome!



That is soooooooooooo good. My mother used to do that all the time.

Posted 12/30/05 9:54 AM
 

skew
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

i used the wallflowers (plug-ins) and room spray from bath and body works.

Posted 12/30/05 9:57 AM
 

Palebride
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

candles
cooking yummy meals
baking yummy treats

Posted 12/30/05 11:00 AM
 

KAAM
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

Posted by Elbee

Glade Glass Secrets - they work really well to keep cooking and smoking odor down.

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I love these. I use them in my office at school.

Posted 12/30/05 12:36 PM
 

dgtlsunshine
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

What is the story about plug ins. I use those.

Also DO NOT PUT CANDLES IN YOUR BATHTUB. IT IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE.

Posted 12/30/05 12:46 PM
 

Boobobunny
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

I always sprinkle one of those powder air freshers on the carpet before I vacum....it makes my whole house smell fresh.

I also pray Febreeze on my couch and curtians every saturday

Posted 12/30/05 12:59 PM
 

skew
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

Posted by dgtlsunshine

Also DO NOT PUT CANDLES IN YOUR BATHTUB. IT IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE.



huh?

Posted 12/30/05 1:00 PM
 

Elbee
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

Posted by dgtlsunshine

What is the story about plug ins. I use those.




Link to Horrible Fire Story

ETA: to add the Link about her Dying
HERE

Message edited 12/30/2005 1:26:42 PM.

Posted 12/30/05 1:21 PM
 

neenie

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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

Posted by Elbee

I agree, after Suven posted that story I stopped using plug ins ... there are so many other ways to make the house smell nice, it's not worth the risk of starting a fire with plug ins.



Ditto!

we started using a candle warmer. i think it actually fills the room much more than when you just light the candle Chat Icon

Posted 12/30/05 2:38 PM
 

MrsProfessor
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

I, too, became hesitant to use anything that goes into an outlet after Suven's co-worker's tragedy.

I did get a tart burner at Yankee Candle and it does a great job. Maybe you might feel safer with a little tea light that's mostly contained?

Posted 12/30/05 2:48 PM
 

MissJones
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

Posted by skew

Posted by dgtlsunshine

Also DO NOT PUT CANDLES IN YOUR BATHTUB. IT IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE.



huh?



Yeah, can you explain this? Chat Icon

Posted 12/30/05 3:16 PM
 

Buttafli1277
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

The air wick plug in oils are really good!

Posted 12/30/05 3:45 PM
 

FireIslandLove

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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

I bought a linen spray from BBB - it smells so pretty and a few times a week I spray it on the couch and chairs and in the bedroom.

Posted 12/30/05 6:28 PM
 

KPsquared

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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

I love pier one candles. You can just leave them open and not light them and they smell wonderful.

Posted 12/30/05 7:53 PM
 

princess99
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

My aunt just told me, cinnamon sticks and an apple boiled in some water. Chat Icon

Posted 1/1/06 4:10 PM
 

JerseyMamaOf3
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Re: How do you make YOUR home smell good?

I use the Yankee wax tarts and what ever scent I use it fills up the house. I will also use that foam stuff you spray on the carpeting but i also spray them on the couch.

Posted 1/1/06 4:22 PM
 
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