Home Fragrances - Conjure the best aroma for a delightful home

by Rupa Aggarwal Analyst

Home fragrances cater to the wide array of products used to perfume the home against odour and stink. They fill the indoors with an aroma which is pleasant and welcoming. The usage of perfumery dates back to burning of gums and raisins for incense. Ointments made with scented plants, animal and vegetable oils were applied on body for pleasure and on ceremonial occasions. Cedar, myrrh, cypress, pine, rose, saffron etc were extensively used during those times to induce rich fragrances.

Commerce flourished with the export of fragrant herbs and spice routes contributed to the scenario with cinnamon, pepper, sandalwood and camphor. Rulers were in love with idea of perfuming themselves and the royal residences as it felt dignified to have a trail of scent follow them. It brought an elite status to perfumery and was admired greatly.

Aromatherapy has been in expansion ever since and has become a vital ingredient of home decor. Scented candles and incense sticks are the widely used home fragrances. Today, aromatics are extended to room sprays and potpourri. The whiff of a room spray and a scented bowl of petals and spices greet guests at most houses.

Home fragrances can do great things to your home. It starts with a welcoming note and lingers pleasing your senses and faints as a fond memory. Scented products can create an exotic as well as a meditative mood to the surroundings. Your favourite perfume can be a pleasure provider and can transcend you to a relaxed state of mind. Home is never boring and dull when you have home fragrances around and it becomes the cosiest cocoon.

Apart from keeping your home fragrant, these also contribute to good health. They can enter your body through lungs and disperse throughout the body providing medicinal effects. For example, natural herbs such as peppermint can help in cleansing your sinus and easing troubles in nasal cavity and cinnamon is high in anti-oxidant concentration. Lemon and orange essential oils contain microbial properties. The scent of lavender can relax your senses and reduce the stress levels. The serene environment provided by aromatherapy is ideal for rejuvenating health and has therapeutic abilities.

When choosing the right fragrance for your home, there are some key points to consider such as the required appeal, reactions to the smell and the choice of product according to the need. Decide on the purpose of home fragrance; is it to rejuvenate or to add a reverential mood? Ensure that you don’t have allergic reactions to a particular scent such as sneezing or irritation in the nasal cavity and if it does, avoid the same. Home always holds various types of odours; smell from the kitchen of food and spices, of domestic wastes, from pets, laundry, garden etc. Placing scented candles and incense sticks at hallways, diffusers and room fresheners at work areas will ensure that the house is odour free.

Home fragrances add a unique appeal to your home and create an atmosphere that you long for. Bring home the aroma and enjoy the mesmerising experience.