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Make Linens Smell Yummy

by on Jun 9, 2008

A bed of lavender growing up in someone's yard.

Snuffling down between starchy crisp, lavender smelly bed sheets is
my own personal version of nirvana.  Lavender oil is a multi tasking
wonder, want to relax into a restful sleep while treating your skin
complaints and repelling moths and ticks? Lavender is your guy.

I found
this recipe for a linen spray while frantically searching for something
to make my kid feel better, (he has a cold, not Bubonic Plague, as I
first suspected) lavender is also pretty good for stuffy noses.

To make Lavender Linen Water for spraying on sheets or other linens before/during/after ironing,
You’ll need:

  • Half a teaspoon (50 drops) of lavender essential oil
  • 3-5 drops peppermint spearmint or rosemary essential oil (optional)
  • 1 oz vodka
  • 1 and a half cups of distilled water (from the drug store)

Sterilize a glass container (a big pasta sauce jar would work well)
by pouring some boiling water into it and leaving it for a few minutes
then:

  • Mix the essential oils and booze together in the jar, shaking them like it ain’t no thing
  • Add the water and shake some more.

When you’re ready to use it you can either decant it into a plastic
spray bottle or (more satisfyingly) flick it onto your linens with your
fingers. The mixture will cloud over time and eventually separate,
hence the slightly smaller batch size.

This recipe is an amalgamation of ones found at Brocante Home and Snowdrift Farm and the picture is courtesy of bloomingwriter