{Homemade Air Freshener}

You only need 60 seconds and some very basic ingredients to mix up a batch of homemade

air freshener. (A household must when you have an animal menagerie like I do.)

The recipe:

1 oz gin, vodka, or rubbing alcohol
6 oz filtered water
20 – 40 drops of essential oil, a few suggested oils are: peppermint, jasmine, citrus oils

This recipe is from re-nest.com -- a site with a ton of great ideas for eco-friendly living.

They suggested using a combination of gin and jasmine oil, but I couldn't think of that

flavor profile when I was at the store. So, I bought vodka and spearmint. Spearmint. I've

never had spearmint air freshener before. Have you? It smells so fresh and clean. That's

just one of the bonuses of making your own products -- they can be whatever you want

them to be.

I halved the recipe so it would fit into my little glass bottle. That amount should work

perfectly since the mixture will last for one month.

My main agenda when I decided to make this scenty spray was to replace Febreze as our

go to air freshener. Febreze, a Procter & Gamble product, is tested on animals. (You can

sign a petition to ask them to stop animal testing here.) It's a bummer, too. The stuff

works well, but I just can't support P&G as a consumer in good conscience. Febreze is

the only product of theirs I was still using, that I'm aware of ... and now, I'm P&G free!

I just love my new air freshener. It was super easy to make, not expensive and not tested

on animals. Plus, I bought one glass spray bottle. That means it's BPA-free, and we'll save

on plastic in the long run.

Please do attempt this at home.