I am obsessed with fragrance and the way it has the ability to instantly transform your mood. It can invoke memories or nostalgia, filling you with warmth and comfort. It can create effortless romance and enchantment. It can energise, invigorate or establish a perfect aura of serenity. It can make you feel right at home, or transport you a million miles away. The possibilities with fragrance are endless.
So why don’t people seem to have as much interest in
scenting their homes as they do their bodies? The perfumes we choose for ourselves are
immensely personal - a general reflection of how we like to feel and how we
like to be perceived. Surely this should extend to our homes as well?
With that in mind, I am pioneering a home fragrance
revolution! I am championing the crossover between interior design and
fragrance.
I want us to change the way we view home fragrance – not as
an occasional impulse, but as an integral part of our home décor. Who says you
can’t decorate your home with fragrance just as effectively as with a canvas on
a wall?
Scent is the ultimate “fifth dimension” when it comes to
decorating a space, enabling you to encompass more than just aesthetics.
Creating an ambience is a multi-sensory experience, and it is this idea that
has the potential to completely transform the feel of our homes. It isn’t just
about what Dulux colour we pick, or which wallpaper we choose – fragrance can
be far more powerful, not to mention far easier to change as your mood suits.
There are various ways to scent the home of course: air
fresheners, plug-ins, diffusers, fragrance lamps, room sprays… the list goes
on. My preference of course is for candles, as they are so much more than a
room freshener. They have a magic sort of quality, the way their delicate warm
glow dances and flickers, emanating a unique sense of comfort and luxury. A
burning candle seems to radiate a calming, hypnotic silence that you can’t
replicate with anything else.
So I would like all of you reading to please, put my theory
to the test. Light a scented candle (or two) at home and leave it burning for
the evening; nothing expensive, just any scent that you like. Try it several
days in a row. How does it make you feel? Doesn’t it make your home feel
warmer, cosier, more lavish? Do alternative scents make a difference?
Join me in my fragrance revolution, and let me know what you
think!
I would love to read
your comments about which scents you like, and which ones make your home feel
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