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DIY Simmering Scents: Bring the Smell of Fall Into Your Home

September 22, 2024

Crisp and colorful leaves, apple picking, slow-cooked stews, cool weather, comfy clothes, and pumpkin spice everything... 

We can't get enough of the warm and fuzzy feels of fall! So we came up with a five-ingredient scent simmer to bring fall inside — any time of year. If you have an essential oil diffuser we have some of our favorite fall recipes below! 


Ingredients for 5 ingredient Scent Simmer:

  • 6 cups of water
  • 1 apple cut in half and any leftover apple peels
  • 1 orange cut or leftover orange peels
  • 1 Tablespoon of whole cloves
  • 1 Tablespoon of cinnamon or 3 cinnamon sticks

Directions:

  1. In soup pot, add all ingredients and bring to a slow simmer.  
  2. Turn to lowest setting and enjoy for hours, adding water as needed. 

You can also put all of your ingredients in a slow cooker and cook on low with the lid off. 

Mix up your homemade simmering scents with whatever you have on hand - there are no rules!


If you have an essential oil diffuser, mix up one of these fall favorite diffuser blends! 


πŸŽƒPumpkin Spice

3 drops Clove

3 drops Cinnamon Bark

3 drops Orange 

1 drop Ginger

1 drop Nutmeg


πŸ‚ Fall Breeze 

5 drops Tangerine 

1 drop Clove 

3 drops Cinnamon Bark


πŸŽƒ Pumpkin Patch 

4 drops Orange 

3 drops Cedarwood 

2 drops Clove 

2 drops Juniper


πŸͺOatmeal Cookies

2 drops Cedarwood

2 drops Stress Away 

2 drops Orange


🍎Apple Pumpkin 

2 drops bergamot 

2 drops cedarwood 

2 drops stress away 

2 drop nutmeg

2  drop orange 

1 drop cinnamon bark 

1 drop Clove


🍏Apple Cider

2 bergamot

2 cedarwood 

1 Clove 

1 Ginger 

1 Cinnamon Bark


🍁Harvest 

2 drops Cinnamon bark 

2 drops Stress Away

2 drops Patchouli


Celebrate the season with the delicious smell of fall by simmering or diffusing to fill your home for a cozy night with your family.