Most of us have at least a bottle or two (perhaps more) of perfume around the house. Perhaps we’ve switched scent, or maybe we started using a new bottle before the last one was finished. Rather than leaving these bottles to gather dust on the shelf or dresser, we can put them to good use. With these DIY tricks, you can be sure that not a drop of valuable scent is wasted.
Material required:
Spray bottle
Cotton balls
Air freshener/ vaporiser: Pour a few drops of your favourite perfume into a vaporiser to diffuse a hint of your scent into an entire room. If you own multiple bottles of perfumes, you can choose a fragrance perfect for the mood. If you don’t own a vaporiser, you can just boil a little water and pour in a few drops of perfume—the scented steam will work just as well. You can also mix a little distilled water and scent in a spray bottle and use it as a sprayable air freshener (good for the house or the car).
Dresser or drawer sachet: Dab a little bit of your favourite scent onto a few cotton balls or a clean cloth and then put these into a small cotton bag (it needs to be a breathable fabric). Put the scented sachet in a dresser drawer or in your closet. This will eliminate stubborn odours—especially if you keep your dirty laundry and your clean clothes in the same place. Decorate your scented sachets and they make great gifts.
Linen spray: Mix a little bit of your favourite scent and some distilled water in a spray bottle. If you iron your sheets, spray the mixture on the sheets while you do so. This will set the scent into the fabric nicely. Alternatively, mist your sheets when you put them on your bed. We all love getting into bed when the sheets are clean and crisp; adding our scent to this makes it a next-level pleasure.
Shoe deodoriser: If you lead an active lifestyle, chances are you have got a pair of runners or two that smell like the inside of your gym bag. Spray the inside of your shoes with a mixture of distilled water and perfume, or make a pair of scented sachets that you can leave in your shoes in between uses. Not only will your shoes smell better, so will your feet.
DIY scented lotion: Using scented lotion can mask our signature scent (especially if the latter is one of the subtler varieties of perfume). To make your scent an all-over experience, mix in a liberal amount of your perfume into a bottle of unscented lotion. To get the mixture just right, you might want to experiment with a small bottle or two first. Carry a bottle of your scented moisturiser with you for when you want to refresh your scent and moisturise at the same time.
