Oh, there are so many places in my stinky home that need deodorizing! But neither Morgan nor I can stand those perfume smelling sprays and chemically things. Plus, they’re super expensive and a total waste of money.
I think I’d rather just sit in the stink and be a Stinky-McStinker.
But thank goodness, I don’t have to do that. Not with this amazing All Natural Basic Deodorizer.
This is beyond simple. You’ll kick yourself when you see how it’s made.
What you need:
- 8 cups of Baking Soda
- 30 drops of Essential Oils – I used 20 Lavender and 10 Peppermint {my favorite combination!}
Yup. That’s it.
How to Make this All Natural Basic Deodorizer
Simply measure out your baking soda into a bowl and add your essential oils.
Stir to combine making sure you don’t have any clumps of oil. Just crush around with your spoon as you stir it up.
Then spoon it into a giant Ball Mason Jar. I got mine at Michaels for about $5 using my coupon.
That’s it! I’ll be using this All Natural Basic Deodorizer in a few upcoming posts, so be sure to come back and see what’s going on.
Before you go, check out my Tips for the Home gallery, where you can find my lots of tips including my Ingredients for a Naturally Fresh Home and my All Natural All Purpose Household cleaner.
You know how much I love my essential oils! I need to make a big ol’ jar of this for our home!
girl you know i love my essential oils, but i haven’t tried this one! can’t wait to. 🙂
tried this recipe, that is. haha
IT’s been a while, but finally got here. Over 70 yrs old and learning much about homemaking (finally!).
gregor
if you buy Parmesan cheese that is dry and you shake it. Keep the cover. It fits on a small mouth canning jar.
That’s so cool, Trudy! I’ll have to try that!
Gwen
Yeah !This works. Using a empty parmesan cheese shaker is a great idea.I have violet essential oil .The carpet smells so nice now.
I’m so glad to hear that, Meridel! I bet the violet is amazing!
Awesome. Thanks.
Thank you, Claudia! I hope you like it!
Awesome. And baking soda is great for also making a paste to get hair spray build up out all u do is mix your shampoo with baking soda put it in your hair for 5 to10 minutes. And then shampoo out ..love it so many things to use around the house ….thank you. .Janet
I have never heard that, Janet. I’ll have to give it a try!
Thanks so much for the tip and for leaving such a sweet comment. Have a great weekend!
Gwen
This wouldn’t take any of the color out of the carpet, right?
It’s been fine with my light carpet, Claire, but I recommend testing in a hidden area to make sure!
So are you sprinkling on the carpet and then vacuuming it up – or sprinkle and leave? (I apologize in advance is this is a insane question).
Hi Carol! I leave it for up to 24 hours and then vacuum. This allows the baking soda to deodorize. If you just want a quick freshen, you can just leave it for a couple of hours and then vacuum.
Hope that helps!
Gwen
i’m new to this….do i put the baking soda concoction in my shoes for awhile, and then dump the powder out into the garbage?
Hi Col!
You can do that if you want, but I prefer to put the baking soda in a fabric pouch so it doesn’t get all over my shoes. You can see mine here: https://www.theboldabode.com/how-to-freshen-a-stinky-pair-of-shoes.html
Hope that helps!
Gwen
Thanks Gwen–I look forward to trying this out!
You’re so welcome, Col!
This is what I’ve been waiting for! Now I just have too find a place close too buy essential oils from! Plus I know a few super busy folks that would love something like this. A small mason jar filled and some custom pouches too match their home decor, a cute gift bag, makes the perfect gift too them!
Darlene,
That’s a great gift idea!
Thanks,
Gwen
I found a bunch of very economically priced essential oils on Amazon. I have Amazon Prime, ordered mine on a Saturday afternoon, & by Monday morning they were here! Make sure to check on the essential oil description about the amount of fluid ounces. My first order I paid as much for 1oz as I did for 4ozs in my second order. They have really good Peppermint, grapefruit, tangerine, & lime.
I love this idea. Instead of making a bag, I used some extra socks. Worked great! Thanks!
Donna,
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Gwen
Okay I am a newbie to this essential oil ….the bandwagon left and I’m running behind….help me out any suggestions on favorite places to order…thankyou
Hi Beth!
I use Mountain Rose Herbs. They are fantastic oils and so much less expensive that some of the other MLM companies out there! Give them a try!
https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/
what do you put this in to use as a room deodorizer? Jars or some type of bag or pouch?
I have a DIY pouch that I made but you could put it in a bowl, I’d think!
I add Chamomile and Lavender together , both of which are relaxing, in hopes that those coming to see our home at Open House will be RELAXED enough to stay a while. Unfortunately it has not helped (yet) but it sure does smell good, and mellow out the dog and hubby too LOL