How to Make DIY Room Spray With Essential Oils

Natural Room Spray — Credit:
ANUSHA RAJESWARAN

A refreshing room spray can infuse your linens, bedding, bathroom, and other areas of your home with a pleasant scent. Rather than buying one, consider making your own DIY room spray with essential oils.

Essential oils—extracted from leaves, fruit peels, petals, and other plant parts—capture nature's subtle fragrances and can refresh your living space. That's why writer Anusha Rajeswaran decided to create this all-natural spray, which you can spritz throughout every room in your home. Learn how to make DIY room spray ahead, and your home will smell incredible in no time.

Essential Oil Combinations to Try

All you'll need to recreate this project is unscented witch hazel, dried flowers, distilled water, and your favorite essential oils. You can mix and match essential oils for a signature scent, but if you're unsure where to start, go with one of these tried and true combinations:

Wild orange and tea tree
Lavender and rose
Green tea and cucumber
Rosemary, cedar, and vanilla
Juniper, basil, and peppermint
Eucalyptus and lemon
Eucalyptus and peppermint

What You'll Need

Materials

8oz spray bottles
Essential oils
Distilled water
Unscented witch hazel
Dried flowers

Instructions

Add Essential Oils

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Pour 25 to 30 drops of essential oil in your bottle.
Add Witch Hazel

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Fill the bottle halfway with witch hazel.

Witch hazel helps the oil and water combine and will help the scent linger for a longer period of time.
Fill Bottle With Distilled Water

Fill the rest of the bottle with distilled water. This ratio works pretty well no matter the size of the bottle. Shake the bottle to combine all the ingredients.
Insert Flowers and Herbs

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Insert a sprig of dried flowers and herbs to finish off your fragrant spray.

Remember that although essential oils are derived from all-natural ingredients, they can still be strong! Be sure to handle undiluted products with care.

How to Use Essential Oil Room Spray

To use your newly fashioned room spray, start by giving it a little shake, then lightly spritzing it around your home on fabric surfaces. The essential oils will permeate the fabric and the scent clings to its fibers, which creates a wonderful-smelling room.

Spray on your couch, pillows, bedding, carpets, curtains, and anywhere else that needs a quick refresh. Just be sure to give yourself a few feet of space between you and the object you are spraying to avoid stains.

Test the spray on a small, inconspicuous area of fabric first to ensure it doesn't cause any staining or discoloration.