Aromatherapy for Every Room in Your Home

Close your eyes and think of the last time you were at the spa or your favorite hotel. Can you remember the smell? Sense of smell is actually part of the limbic system which processes emotion, supports memory formation and is strongly linked to your emotional well being. It makes scents (ha ha… see what I did there?) to add aromatherapy to your interior. How you scent your home is just as important and defining a scent for each space. Look out for aromatherapy candles made of paraffin —a petroleum byproduct—which releases carcinogenic soot when burned. Read product labels and look for naturally derived scents and cotton wicks to keep your home toxins to a minimum. You can also select air diffusers or simply add herbs to warm water for an inexpensive way scent your kitchen. Below are our recommendations for the best aromatherapy scents for each room in your home. Please reach out to schedule a Discovery Call if we can assist you with any of your aromatherapy additions or other improvements to create a home infused with wellness!

Foyer

Walking into your home should feel like a warm hug. You want — and you want your guests — to feel relaxed, welcomed and as stress free as possible. Look for warming scents like vanilla in the Fall and Winter and a combination of holy basil and lemon in the Spring and Summer.

Living

Second to the kitchen, the living room is the place in the house where people congregate and hang out so a welcoming and relaxing scent is best. Eucalyptus, tea tree oil, lemon and lavender essential oils would be excellent company.

Kitchen

Across the board, experts agree that lemon or citrus oils work best in the kitchen for one simple reason, they smell clean. Consider lemon and thyme or basil essential oils or sweet orange and Scots pine.

Porch

This wouldn’t be a place you think you’d need aromatherapy, but it’s hard to enjoy the fresh air with the grill running! Burning specific oils here has the added bonus of repelling mosquitoes and other pesky insects.

Laundry

Another room where clean and fresh scents are a welcome addition. You cannot go wrong using lavender or Lampe Berger’s Summer Night or Ocean Breeze which are the two lightest and cleanest scents from Lampe Berger’s collection.

Bedroom

Lavender seems the obvious choice, but you can use other neutral scents like frankincense, bergamot and patchouli. If you share a bedroom with someone, there are two people’s senses to take into account. Males and females react differently to scents, so if this is a male-female room, it should be a scent that both enjoy. For male-male rooms look for scents that are spicy, earthy or citrusy. For female-female rooms look for floral scents, such as bergamot, jasmine, rose or geranium.

Bathroom

When it comes to the bathroom, you want the aroma to be clean and it’s a great space to have uplifting smells that will help wake you up in the morning.

The moisture in the air from baths and showers can create mold and scum, so a good way to keep the room clean is by using lemon, tea tree, eucalyptus and lavender essential oils. For an uplifting, energizing vibe, look for a blend of grapefruit, rosemary and a touch of peppermint for a cleansing and brighting start to your day!

Basement

Basements, while great playrooms, laundry rooms and makeshift offices, unfortunately tend to come with one issue: Mold. Thankfully, certain essential oils help combat the growth of this ever-popular household fungus (or stop it altogether) and smell great while doing so.

Whether you use the oils in diffuser form or as part of a refreshing or cleaning spray, tea tree oil, clove, and cinnamon are good choices for combatting mold growth.