Our Ultimate Guide to Making Your Home Smell Amazing

Whether you have pets or like to cook a lot or just don’t get around to taking out the trash as often as you should (hey! it happens!), sometimes our homes can start to smell a little bit…off. Luckily, there are lots of easy fixes for that. Like taking out the trash! And also: candles, diffusers, room sprays, and incense.

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite ways to make your home smell amazing—solutions you can buy and solutions you can DIY.

How to Make Your Home Smell Amazing

Room Sprays

1. Smudged the Raven Spray // Freshen up not your room and the energy in your home with this smudge spray. 

2. Sacred Trio Smudge Spray // This smoky, herbal mist is perfect for apartment dwellers who want to smudge their space without setting off smoke alarms.

3. Hopscotch Rose + Bergamot Room Spray // This multitasker can be used as a room or linen spray, a body mist, or even a toner.

4. DRMTLGY Natural Lavender Linen and Room Spray // If you have a weakness for lavender fragrances, you’ll love this phthalate-free room and linen spray.

5. DIY Lavender Linen Spray // Your bedroom will smell amazing and restful if you spritz some of this lavender scent on your laundry. 

6. DIY: 3 Bright Sunny Essential Oil Room Sprays // Keep your home smelling fresh all summer long with mojito, island breeze or summer sun scented room sprays. 

7. DIY: Essential Oil Air Fresheners // These uplifting scents are made with blends of essential oils, distilled water, and vodka.

Scented Candles

1. Brooklyn Candle Studio Fern + Moss Mason Jar Candle // You love woodsy scents, but you don’t want your house to smell like a cheap imitation of a Christmas tree? This is the candle for you.

2. How to Make Beeswax Candles // Not only are these easy to make, they’re also 100% natural and customizable. 

3. Northern Lights Lavender and Honey Beeswax Candle // Beeswax candles are great for purifying your space and these gorgeous candles look as good as they smell.

4. Free People Eucalyptus + Siberian Pine Candle // With a rich woodsy scent that brings the outdoors in, this candle is ideal for cold winter days. 

5. Mia’s Co.N06 Grapefruit Candle // This natural grapefruit candle is made especially for patios and larger rooms, and it blends citrus scents with just a bit of peach. 

6. DIY: How to Make Wine Bottle Candles // Get crafty and repurpose old wine bottles into gorgeous natural candles. 

7. DIY: How to Make Candles in a Slow Cooker // Want to try making candles yourself? It doesn’t get much easier than this slow cooker method.

Diffusers

1. kai Reed Diffuser // If, like us, you love the bright, floral scent of kai, you’ll be happy to know it comes in the form of a reed diffuser too!

2. Sola Glow Nile Forest Sculptural Diffuser Set // How pretty would this flower look on your bedside table?

5. Voluspa Limited Edition Japonica Reed Diffuser // The best combination of aesthetics, scent and natural ingredients. 

6. DIY: How to Make Your Own Reed Diffuser // You can put this DIY diffuser together in a matter of minutes and even style it to fit your own space.

7. DIY: How to Make a Reed Diffuser with Essential Oils // Turns out you don’t need anything fancy to make your own diffuser – even twigs will do! 

Incense + Smudge 

1. Fredericks & Mae Small Citronella Incense// Keep the bugs away naturally with an oversized citronella coil incense.

2. Pretti.Cool Far Out Incense Cones // Notes of neroli, cardamom, clove, lime, balsam of Peru, Atlas cedar, and amber in a cone-shaped incense.

3. Farrah Floral Neroli Grove Incense Sticks // These elegant-looking incense sticks are sure to make your home smell amazing (and look the part).

4. DIY Incense // You only need three ingredients to make your own incense at home, which means you’ll be able to customize the scent as you please. 

5. Shoyeido Plum Blossom Incense // If regular incense overpowers you or you’re not a fan of all the smoke, give Japanese incense a try—because it doesn’t have a wood core, it burns cleaner and the scent is more subtle too.

6. DIY: Make Your Own Smudge Sticks // Banish bad energy with these DIY smudge sticks made with herbs and dried flowers.

7. DIY: How to Make Your Own Rosemary Sage Smudge Sticks // Herbs and flowers from the garden and cotton twine are all you need to make your own smudge sticks at home.

Air Fresheners

1. DIY Essential Oil Fragrance Stones // These provide a subtle scent that make any house smell amazing. 

2. How to Make a Gel Air Freshener // The look and benefits of a gel air freshener, with none of the chemicals. 

3. Terra Cotta Air Freshener // Easy to make and natural, this terra cotta air freshener is a stylish solution to unpleasant scents. 

4. Citrus Rind Diffuser // With just citrus peels, sea salt and essential oils, you can make natural diffusers for your favorite essential oil blends. 

5. Himalayan Salt Candle Diffuser // Candlelight meets Himalayan sea salt meets essential oils in a simple way to improve scents at home. 

6. Soy Wax Melts // At the border between candles and a diffuser, this DIY solution ensures your space will smell fresh and clean. 

7. Fresh Wave Odor Removing Gel // Unpleasant odors begone. This gel absorbs them without the use of chemicals and nasty ingredients.