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Archive for August 2nd, 2011

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Where have I been?

I love having soft scents throughout my home. After over 10 years with cats I just have to have nice scents in the home but I still like to use care because of small children and allergies. Nevertheless I won’t call myself a junkie or anything but I do have a great fondness for scents (and soap).

Sidenote: I do not wear perfume in the summer because of my gardening activities. Thought you should know.

So anyway. I’m putting together a gift basket of smell pretties for a family member’s birthday. I call this the year of luxuries because I feel like giving slightly  indulgent gifts that one may not buy for one’s self.

So this particular gift basket is with luxury soap, sachets and a small room diffuser.  I spent some time picking the right diffuser. Meaning it couldn’t be too expensive but I still wanted it to do a good job.

So searching for the right diffuser landed me upon a site that carried something called a Fragrance Lamp or Diffuser Lamp (I think). I had seen these before under the name Lampe Berger. I never quite understood why these diffusers were so expensive (this is when I thought they were simple ceramic diffusers).

Then I started reading about them and watching a few instructional videos…

Woah! Where have I been?!

You fill these fragrance lamps with a special blend (that apparently you CAN make yourself), place some sort of wick apparatus in there. (wait a little while the wick absorbs the fragrance). Light the thing which makes this uncomfortable sized flame for 2-4 minutes. Blow it out and put a top on it. The little cute bottle scents your home and APPARENTLY cleans up odorific smells.

So hubby and I talked about it and watched a few videos and thought we might like to try one….

I’ll keep you posted but in the meantime some links

Courtney’s Candles: This is where we got the lamp.

About Effusion Lamps: Great information on using one.