scent Posts

16 Heaven-Scent Plants That’ll Make Your Home Smell Divine

Part 1: Outdoor Plants That Have a Pleasant Scent If your garden is in dire need of fragrant, but also beautiful and colorful flowers, the following 8 flowers are exactly what you need.

7 Scented Flowers for a Sweet Smelling Home

Yet, while you may think that you need to use synthetic air fresheners or scented candles to enjoy a fragrant smell, think again. Many indoor plants produce beautiful smells. Here are 7 scented flowers to keep at home. 1.

WARNING: Scented Candles are Messing with Your Health

But, you may want to think twice before lighting scented candles, as health experts agree that some may contain unhealthy chemicals and irritants.

Safe & Natural Recipes to Add Scent to Your Home

Like many others, I love good smells and enjoy entering a room that is filled with a tantalizing citrus scent or the fresh smell of pines.

Why You Need to Be Cautious When Using Scented Candles

There is another hidden danger when it comes to candles, primarily, scented candles - which come with a time-limit warning. In fact, if you had to take a close look at scented candles you will see a warning sign, telling you not to burn them for more than three hours at a time.

I Had No Idea I Could Use a Clothespin to Do This...

My preference for air fresheners has always been a natural scent. Personally, I find that dousing my home in chemicals isn't what I would consider to be a welcoming scent.

9 Tips for Smelling Good All Day Long

Find the Right Scent For You This may be a bit of work, but it’s definitely worth the time. The scent that works wonders for your friend may not have the same effect for you, as individual body chemistry is playing a part.

Baba-Tips: How to Extend Your Perfume's Shelf Life

An expired perfume may lose the potency and strength of its scent, the depth of the different layers of fragrance notes, and some of its complexity. It can also smell like vinegar or metal.

Why Fragrance in Shampoo Can Harm Your Health

In the US, scents are proprietary and classified as trade secrets. That means personal care and perfume companies are not obliged to disclose the hundreds or even thousands of unregulated chemicals that comprise their recipes.

The Weird and Wonderful History of Perfume!

The ingredients that are used to create scents have historically been important for trade routes; high-class scents have always been used as a way to distinguish nobility from peasantry, and fragrance has been tied to expressions of religious devotion, cleanliness, and health precautions for most of

Sometimes Happiness is Hidden Under (Or In) Our Nose

Its scent, therefor, evokes strong nostalgic memories of warmth, love and safety and the results are calmness and happiness. Citrus Fruits Yes, eating citrus is very healthy, but have you ever wondered why so many cleaning detergents and air fresheners use the scent of citrus?

15 Flowers that Smell So Good, Your Garden Must Have Them

No well-planned garden is complete without colorful flowers and beautiful scents. A fragrant garden can invigorate or relax, it can stir emotions, and a flower's scent may bring back memories from days gone by.

Deter Pests From Your Garden with This Unusual Remedy

A bar of soap carries a scent that these 'pests' cannot bear.

7 Neat Tips to Make Your Fragrance Last Longer

Over the years, I’ve learned several neat little tips to make my scent last an entire day, and I’m dying to share them with you. 1. Put petroleum jelly (eg.