Why Make a Bathroom Perfume?

The next best thing in maintaining your bathroom sparkling clean is keeping it smelling nice and fresh all day. So, why make a bathroom perfume?  Studies show that fragrances have a positive effect to our psychophysiological behaviors. Simply put. Whenever our nose smells something pleasant, it gives a positive reaction to our emotions, mind, and body.

So, it’s imperative that a bathroom perfume should form part in upkeeping and organizing your bathroom. A nice-smelling bathroom is always welcoming to guests. It also keeps users thinking that it’s hygienic and clean despite constant use.

What’s Bathroom Perfume?

We use the bathroom in bathing and answering the call of nature. So, in using it everyday, you can just imagine the impurities it’s exposed to. Added to the fact that the bathroom’s humid environment makes it prone to mold and mildew which is also a breeding ground for germs and bacteria.

With all the impurities and germs a bathroom is exposed to, day in and day out, it’s no wonder why they tend to have a foul smell without the proper ventilation.

This is why a bathroom perfume is a must to maintain your bathroom clean. Unlike other parts of the home, a bathroom smell must be a little strong to cover the bad odors.

So, what’s a bathroom perfume? It is that appropriate scent which makes a bathroom smelling clean, pristine, and fresh, not to mention, restful and soothing.. Certain perfume may be more floral or musky, while others are more citrusy.

However, for the most part, fruits like lemon – apart from lime and oranges –  are more associated to cleaning and masking foul odors. In fact, cleaning products use lemon and lime scents that we have accustomed to. This connection subconsciously links lemon scents to hygiene in our minds.

What is the Best Bathroom Perfume?

Be mindful that a bathroom space usually feels more enclosed as a result of tile coverings on both floors and walls. This is why some scents may be overpowering to bathrooms without proper ventilation. This said, you can never go wrong with subtle scents.

As already discussed, lemon scents are the primary fragrance for bathrooms as they are associated with cleanness. This makes, tangy and citrusy scents – or any similarly mixed fragrance with a portion thereof – are by far, the best bathroom perfume in my opinion.

Also, relaxing scents are common to bathrooms like a hint of lavender and rosemary. In addition, cool breeze scents are also good options since it gives you an airy feel of nature in contrast to a limited, enclosed space.

Some of the popular choices of bathroom scents are the following:

• Citrusy and tangy scents like lemon, lime, or tangerine
• Citrus scents with soft florals like lemongrass, grapefruit, or bergamot
• Clean and airy scents like cotton and ocean breeze
• Calming and relaxing scents like lavender
• Warm comforting scents like vanilla

But bottom line is, since you are the one using the bathroom more often than your guests, go ahead and choose a smell you want that is pleasing but not overpowering.

How Should you Decorate your Bathroom Perfume?

Your bathroom perfume normally comes in different essential oils and liquid fragrances, which of course, you cannot normally mix with your other toiletries and make-up essentials. It is then a smart move to put some of them in nice canisters, containers, or decorative glass bottles while not in use.

And by themselves, your bathroom perfume can be a part of your bathroom decoration until its next use. In the meantime, you can decorate your bathroom perfumes in different styles of storage, as listed below.

Bathroom Perfume Trays or Bathroom Perfume Shelf

The most popular way of decorating your bathroom perfume is placing them in bathroom perfume trays or a bathroom perfume shelf. This allows you to display your bathroom perfumes encased in elegant containers.

You can choose a 2-tier modestly sized tray with a gold wired basket lining and a thick marbling glass tray to finish the look. This tray appears so elegant in every which way you look at it that it can truly make every bathroom look luxurious.

Bathroom perfume organizer

You can also decorate your bathroom perfume with a bathroom perfume organizer. This helps organize your bathroom perfume for display, especially if you placed your own blended mixture in beautifully crafted containers.

While an organizer maybe a bit bigger just to store essential oils, you can maximize the remaining space for your other toiletries as well. This is also a great way to unclutter your bathroom toiletries.

Designs of bathroom perfume organizer may vary. You may choose from a rotating organizer, a bathroom perfume glass cabinet, or with fixed bathroom perfume drawers. Any way will do as they all ensure that your bathroom perfumes have a safe place to stay until your next use.

Bathroom perfume flowers

Decorating your bathroom with flowers is really pleasing to the eyes. But putting bathroom perfume flowers will make your bathroom more inviting. Aside from the benefits of putting plants in your bathroom, you can spray mists of subtle fragrances to your fresh bouquets of flowers inside your bathroom. Or you can even spray some fragrance to decorative plastic flowers – it makes them fragrantly alive.

With a little imagination, you can learn how to decorate bathroom perfume flowers. You can put them inside mason jars, glass bowls, nice rustic containers, or even drawstring organza pouches.

What are the Different Forms of Bathroom Perfume?

There are a great variety of commercial bathroom perfumes around. The downside of most commercial bathroom perfume is its toxic ingredients, not to mentions that some may even cause allergic reactions to many.

A great option to having a bathroom perfume is making it yourself. Yes, you can add a personal touch to your bathroom perfume by creating fragrances in gel forms, liquid spray mists, or even mixing it with dried flowers placed in unique bowls.

An added plus is blending the scents yourself which makes you feel in control with the fragrances you want to add in your mixture. Plus, you can change your perfume blends anytime.

How Do You Make Easy Bathroom Perfume At Home?

Homemade bathroom perfumes are the best option when adding nice touches of fragrance to your bathroom. You have the freedom to mix the scents you prefer plus, it’s cost-efficient.

Making your own fragrance is all-natural and non-toxic. Since some commercial fragrances may cause you allergies, or maybe a bit overpowering, you can never go wrong with your own fragrant concoction.

Below are just some of the DIY bathroom perfumes that you may try.

1. Perfume Spray

A perfuming spray is very handy to use around the bathroom. You can spray it on possible germ breeding areas like the toilet, drainage, and bathroom trash can. If you want a perfume you can easily spray around, you can try the following methods below.

• CITRUS CLEANING SPRAY

This citrusy scent both makes your bathroom clean and smell fresh.

You will need:

To Do:

1. Mix all ingredients together in a spray bottle
2. Shake well before using.

• LAVENDER BATHROOM SPRAY

This fragrance relaxes your body and gives a calming effect.

You will need:

To Do:

1. Mix all ingredients together in a spray bottle
2. Shake to combine
3. You’re now ready to spray the fragrance around the room

2. Diffuser Blend

Diffuser blends make use of highly concentrated perfume oils. They not only eliminate foul odors in the bathroom, but their pleasant aroma also purifies the air and eliminates airborne bacteria.

• TANGERINE DIFFUSER BLEND

This blend helps freshen your bathroom air as well as enhance your mood.

You will need:

To Do:

1. Pour recommended water per the instruction
2. Add the oils to the diffuser
3. Turn on your diffuser.

• OCEAN BREEZE DIFFUSER BLEND

Relaxes the body, and fights stress and anxiety.

You will need:

To Do:

1. Pour recommended water per the instruction
2. Add together the oils in the diffuser
3. Turn on your diffuser

3. Air Freshener Gel

Fragrance gels tend to last longer than their liquid counterparts. Choose any scent you prefer. Your own mixture will give you that soothing and restful fragrance. You can still make the scent last longer by generously spraying the mist to the gel with your favorite scent or better yet, using your own fragrance concoction.

You will need:

To Do:

1. Heat water but just to the point when it nearly boils.
2. Pour hot water in the jar.
3. Put the unflavored gelatin.
4. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes. Do not stir.
5. Give the gelatin time to soften up and start to dissolve in water.
6. Add the lavender oil (or any fragrance of your choice). Liquid or oil-based fragrance will do.
7. Add drops of food coloring of choice. The shade of color will depend on you. The darker the color, add more drops of the food coloring.
8. Give it a quick mix to combine.
9. Add salt. This step is very important. The salt helps prevent mold growth in your homemade gel.
10. Leave the mixture for about an hour or until the gelatin has become compact.
11. When the fragrance fades away in time, just spray a generous amount of the same lavender oil and water mixture.

4. Refreshing Tangerine and Lavender Hand Gel

This blend will leave your hands feeling fresh and sweet smelling everytime you leave the bathroom.

You will need:

To Do:

1. Add all ingredients in the bottle.
2. Shake to combine.
3. Squirt on hands and rub on smoothly.

5. Potpourri

This blend of assorted dried flowers captivate with an array of colors and lingering fragrance that will truly give a calming and renewed scent each time you use your bathroom.

You will need:

To Do:

1. Pluck petals from fresh flowers. You can also pluck petals from your old flowers or bouquet. Set aside.
2. Prepare your baking sheet. Then place a cooling rack with parchment paper underneath.
3. Gather petals ONLY from your fresh flowers and spread it on the cooling rack.
4. Preheat oven to 200 ºF or 93 ºC
5. Place your flowers in the oven for 2 hours.
6. Check your flowers if they’re already dried. You don’t need to bake them. You just need to dehydrate them.
7. When done, place all your dried flowers in a paper bag or sealed plastic bag.
8. Pour 8-10 drops of Lavender Oil (or any fragrance oil of your choice)
9. Another option to #7 is adding a little water to your essential oil to prevent the scent to be too overpowering. Plus, diluting the fragrance oil with water will help the fragrance spread more easily to all your petals.
10. Add Orris root powder to your mixture. This is important as it acts as fixative to your fragrance. This will ensure that the scent will stay long in your potpourri.
11. Put your dried petals in a mason jar. At this point, you can add old flowers or petals from your old flowers to your assembly.
12. Covered your mason jar with organza cloth to let the scent drift throughout your bathroom. You can also put your potpourri in a drawstring organza bag and place it as part of your bathroom décor.

Conclusion

Although this article has discussed the scents appropriate for a bathroom perfume, this is just recommendations. It doesn’t mean that you cannot choose your own scent when it comes to your bathroom perfume. Be reminded that our fragrance preferences are not created equal. And our mind and body react differently to what we normally smell.