When a pleasant, fresh scent wafts through the apartment, a cozy and atmospheric atmosphere is created in no time. Aromatic potpourris offer a way to permanently immerse your home in a magical scent. Anyone can easily make the fragrant mixture of plant parts, spices and fruits. In today's article you will learn how you can make a fragrant potpourri yourself. We have selected five recipes for homemade potpourri for you that not only smell sensually, but are also particularly beautiful to look at and decorative.
Homemade rose potpourri as a fragrant decoration
Do you always find it a shame, the delicate andbeautiful rosesas well as discarding other types of flowers when they wilt and dry out. Extend the great pleasure of being able to enjoy the color beauty and scent of fresh flowers all year round. You need these ingredients for a homemade rose potpourri:
Dried roses
Dried flowers and herbs (lavender, marigold, chamomile, echinacea, basil, rosemary, thyme, etc.)
Dried cloves
Dried bay leaves
Dried rose hips
Essential oils or rose water
Scissors
Peel
Here's how it's done:
Allow the roses to dry in the vase or hang them upside down to preserve the rose petals as naturally as possible. Roses tend to hold their shape pretty well. Other flowers, however, are more delicate and lose their original flower shape. You can also hang these upside down to dry or just use the petals. Then arrange the dried flowers, herbs and leaves in a bowl and finally drizzle a few drops over the whole thingessential oil. This composition creates a beautiful spicy-floral scent.
Make your own flower potpourri
You can also give other flowers that bloom in spring or summer new life as a pretty potpourri instead of throwing them away. Then personalize the scented blend with whatever you like. Also use citrus fruit slices as well as aromatic herbs from your own herb garden (lavender, thyme, rosemary) and spices (cloves, cinnamon sticks, allspice). You can always refresh the mixture with a splash of essential oil of your favorite scent. Next, we chose a recipe in which the flower mix is made in the oven. A baking sheet, baking paper and a spray bottle are necessary for this method.
Line the baking tray with baking paper and spread the flowers and petals on it in a single layer. Place the wonderfully fragrant herbs and citrus fruits in between. Mix 10 to 15 drops of your favorite oil with a tablespoon of water and drizzle over the potpourri ingredients. Place the baking tray in the oven preheated to 90 degrees for at least 2 hours.
As soon as the flowers become brittle, your potpourri is ready. Take it out of the oven and spray it again. Once the mixture has reached room temperature, you can arrange it in a beautiful bowl or glass and place it on the table as a decoration. After a certain amount of time, you can refresh the scent by spraying again with the oil-water mixture.
Autumn potpourri with dried fruits and nuts
The scents from your own garden can be overwhelming in any season. If you are looking for loving, individual seasonal gift ideas, you can make your own potpourri with a unique scent and a variety of colors and textures. The mixture packaged together with a pretty bowl as a gift is undoubtedly a nice gift.
Ingredients:
Dried apple slices
Dried orange slices
Whole nuts with shell
Cinnamon sticks
Whole cloves
Juniper berries
Dried rose hips
Bay leaves
Pine cones
Essential oils: cedarwood, clove, cinnamon, orange or pine
First, put a handful of the larger ingredients (cones, nuts, etc.) in the container provided. A smaller handful of the colorful, smaller ingredients (rose hips, cloves, etc.) as well as a few drops of essential oil are sufficient for the enchanting scent mixture.
Make potpourri yourself for Christmas – simple recipes for scented potpourri
More than a few of us associate winter with a contemplative Christmas, convivial moments with loved ones and the smell of a cinnamon candle or freshly baked cookies. Making a homemade potpourri at home with selected ingredients will fill the whole house with a unique natural scent that cannot be replicated in any other way. Here is how you can make it on the stove that will give you the true scent of winter and Christmas.
Ingredients:
3 tangerines, halved
1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries
3 cinnamon sticks
2 pieces star anise
1 tsp cloves
3cm piece of fresh ginger
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
1 cup apple cider
2 cups of water
Preparation:
Place the fruit and spices in a large pot and pour the liquid over them. Place the pot on the stove and let everything simmer at a low temperature. To prevent the fruit from burning, it is important to control the amount of liquid. The container should be at least halfway full of water. Remember to refill the pot with water as needed. After just a short time, your nose won't be able to miss the delicious scent. You can use the homemade Christmas potpourri for up to 3-4 days.
Christmas potpourri with pomegranate
A beautiful, lovely Christmas scent results from the combination of cinnamon, rosemary, cranberries and pomegranates, and awakens beautiful emotions and dreams.
Ingredients:
1 pomegranate
3-4 cinnamon sticks
1 cup fresh cranberries
1 EL Nelken
1 dash of vanilla extract
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
Water
Bring all the ingredients to the boil as described in the previous recipe and let the wonderful scent pamper your senses.
