Make Your Home Smell Amazing by Simmering These Ingredients
There's nothing better than walking into a nice-smelling home after a long day, and one of my favourite ways to make my home smell amazing is with this simple and easy simmer kit. Easily customisable to your favourite scents, try this for your home or make one as a lovely handmade gift.
Items you will need:
- Airtight container (I used a glass canister from Provincial)
- 9 pieces of dried orange
- 4 sticks of cinnamon
- 3 bay leaves, and
- 1 tablespoon of clove
You can also experiment with different ingredients, for example you could use:
- fresh ginger root for a bit more spice
- vanilla pods for sweeter notes
- lime zest for a bit of zing
- cedarwood for a more woodsy fragrance, or
- dried cranberries or dried apples for a fruitier simmer.
Steps:
1. Begin by making your dried orange slices. Follow our orange slice tutorial here. Essentially all you need to do is slice an orange into the thinnest slices possible, place it onto a lined baking tray, and bake in the oven for 3 hours at 95 degrees celsius.
2. Once the orange slices are dehydrated and cooled, it’s time to arrange your ingredients. In an airtight container, place the ingredients listed above or create your own custom stovetop simmer kit using some of the other suggested ingredients.
3. Done! Store in a cool, dry place and when you’re ready to use, throw the ingredients into a pot of boiling water to fill your home with fragrance. You can resimmer the pot for up to a week.
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