Say goodbye to nasty odors when you take wit of some fragrant Potpourri.
Potpourri is a mixture of dried flowers and oils combined to give the air a pleasant smell. The word potpourri comes from the French word “Pot-Pourri” which was the French name for a Spanish stew with a wide variety of ingredients called “Olla podrida”. In English, potpourri is often used to refer to any collection of miscellaneous or diverse item. Naturally scented plants used in traditional potpourri include cedar wood shadings, cypress wood shadings, incense cedar wood shadings, juniper wood shadings, lavender leaves and flowers, mignonette leaves and flowers, pinyon pine cones, rose flower, hips or oil, cinnamon bark, marjoram, jasmine flowers and oil.
Much of modern potpourri consists of any decoratively shape-to-dry plant material not necessarily from scented plants with strong synthetic perfume. And also often color dies added with the scent often bearing no relation to the plant material you use. Sometimes, non-plant items are mixed in for bulk and to make it more esthetically pleasing. It is possible to spray scents on the potpourri. However, a fixative is needed so that the scent is absorbed.
Generally, Ories fruit is used for this purpose. If you want to stay away from the chemical additives, make your own potpourri by mixing dried flowers and plants with the oils in a bottle or a jar. Let it sit for a few weeks and be patient. It will smell run but if you wait a little while longer it will start to smell better. So, do not get discouraged or disappointed.
We hope you have a nice time and a wonderful smelling adventure when you make your own potpourri, a sensational gift.
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