Have you ever experience after frying fish, pork, beef, etc. you will notice that its odor sticks to your carpet and linger to the room/s as well? If you do, I have experienced it too. Not mentioning some smells that comes out from our kitchen bins especially when not discarded overnight. Mostly of houses are close especially during winter, over a period of time this odor accumulates leaving our room smells undesirable. Since I am not a fan of commercial air fresheners, I have research how to deodorize the room naturally. And I stumbled how to make a potpourri made from natural fruits.
Potpourri is a mixture of dried, naturally fragrant plant materials, used to provide a gentle natural scent, commonly in residential settings. It is often placed in a decorative bowl.*
In this blog, I will make a citrus scent potpourri. Lemon is one of the most popular rejuvenating scents for potpourri. Adding other citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruits could provide an uplifting environment and promotes a positive mood. Aside from citrus, you can also incorporate other dried fruit and leaves to add scent to your potpourri.
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So here are the fruits that we needed:
- 1 large lemon
- 1 grape fruit
- 1 large orange
- 1 large apple
- several bay leaves
- vanilla bark (optional)
- Cut the fruits round and thinly.
- Using a large rack, line the cut fruits.
- Dry them under the heat of the sun. If the drying process is not enough, you can put it in the oven at 50 degrees celcius for a period of time until it is felt dry. ( I dried mine for roughly about 2 hours ) Always check and turn them around regularly to prevent it from burning.
- Once dried, place them in a display bowl. Add bay leaves and put them on the desired area where it needs to be deodorized. Tip: You can also add essential oil if you prefer so. This will give a stronger citrus scent to your room.
* Potpourri. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potpourri
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