Candles. What i like is the allure of warmth, scent, and coziness that draws me in. BUT I’m also typically less than impressed with their potency. Also they’re expensive. To get your whole house to smell good you’d need several. Perhaps this is when you want to go for a simmering stove top potpourri. They get several rooms (for us, the whole apartment) in one sweep and are made with simple, inexpensive grocery store items.
This cranberry & cinnamon one has been my favorite for Christmas time.
CRANBERRY & CINNAMON STOVE TOP POTPOURRI
2 oranges, sliced
3 cinnamon sticks
1 cup cranberries
3 teaspoons ground clove
2 teaspoons nutmeg
2 sprigs rosemary
Place ingredients into pot and fill with water to about 1 inch below brim and simmer. Mine lasted about 3 days.
- 2 oranges, sliced
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1 cup cranberries
- 3 teaspoons ground clove
- 2 teaspoons nutmeg
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- Place ingredients into pot and fill with water to about 1 inch below brim and simmer. Mine lasted about 3 days.
Adapted from One Good Thing.
