Stove Top Potpourri Recipes That Will Impress All Your Guests (2024)
Last Updated on October 16, 2023 by April
I am the type of person who always has to have some fragrance action going on in my home, but it is unlikely you will see me burning any candles. I prefer to keep it natural and, just as importantly, keep it cheap. Candles can cost a TON of money, and they aren’t perfect for indoor air quality.
Fortunately for us, there are stovetop potpourri recipes, which make your home smell absolutely divine without grabbing a $20 candle from the store; even better, they’re made up of items you can probably find in your fridge! If Essential Oils are more your speed, then try out these scent hacks.
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Stove Top Potpourri Recipes
For those of you who haven’t heard of stovetop potpourri yet, your life is about to get so much better. Stovetop potpourri is when you gather lovely smelling items you have in your fridge and throw them in a boiling pot of water on the stove. Simple, right? If you don’t want to buy items just for throwing in the pot specifically, take your leftover peels and scraps after making your meal and throwing those in the pot instead!
So without further ado, here are some stovetop potpourri recipes to make your home the envy of all your friends with scents full of depth without the irritation of polluted air or empty wallets!
Okay, so this one is a pretty fancy stovetop potpourri recipe! I love how the creator incorporated fresh ingredients like whole cranberries and cut up citrus fruit. To make things even more awesome, they put cinnamon in for a comforting aroma perfect for cold weather. I’ve used this blogger’s recipe so often, and I have yet to get tired of it!
The best part is, even the delivery guy loves it! He would always tell me how he talks to all his coworkers about how nice my place smells when I open the door. Now THAT is a compliment I would like to hear every day about my place, but then I would be fat from all the deliveries! ☺
This one is a familiar scent combination that will appeal to a tremendous variety of people. It is the smell of good old fashioned fruit and spices. Since this one is a little more involved in ingredients, you might have to hit up your local grocery to make it. It totally looks worth it, though, and I will be trying it out very soon.
I love how simple yet thoughtful this recipe is! With only 3 ingredients, you really don’t have to go too much out of your way to make it. I love how clean this one smells, but the vanilla helps to tone it down a little, so the scent isn’t too bright. You gotta admit, this is a stovetop potpourri you wouldn’t mind showing off to friends as it’s just so visually appealing.
While it can’t be Fall year-round, you can at least make it smell like it (and that is something I could really live with). I love the depth and richness of this scent; it is perfect for cuddling up under some blankets next to a toasty fireplace! For those of you who live in an area that is cold a fair amount of the year, you’re welcome!
This one might be a more convenient option for you if you need to throw something lovely on the stove real quick before your guests arrive. With ingredients like apple, lemon, grapefruit, cranberry, and ginger, you will have an easy time grocery shopping on the quick.
In case you aren’t a Fall nut like me, don’t worry, there are options for you too (and here is a wonderful one at that)! This one looks super easy to make and I will definitely have to get my hands on some of that coconut extract to make it work. I am totally ready for warm weather now!
This stovetop potpourri is so stunning to look at!
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All of these stovetop potpourri recipes are fantastic for any season because whichever one you decide to make, people will be talking about how great your place smells! Let me know in the comments your favorite potpourri scents, and if you have any questions, throw them at me! ♥
Keep an eye on the pot and add more water as needed. Your holiday spice stove top potpourri will last 3-5 days depending on how long it simmers. The Mason jars will help keep your dried ingredients fresh and having all the portions ready to go makes this a lovely gift idea.
You can package them up to five days in advance and store them in the fridge. To do so, simply add all your ingredients to a cellophane gift bag, tie it up with a ribbon, and add one of our free printable gift tags with instructions for how to simmer the potpourri.
Two trusty ways to make your potpourri smell stronger are to add more essential oil to the mixture every so often or to agitate it. Shake the container or stir the potpourri to release more scent.
Other tips for preserving the scent: Gently move your potpourri around in its container every so often. If it's in a sachet, squeeze the bag once in awhile to release the scent. Keep it away from direct sunlight and drafty places. Keeping it away from direct sunlight will also help keep the color intact.
Bring a saucepan of water to a boil, then add ingredients like apples, oranges, cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger, cranberries, nutmeg, vanilla, and more, and keep the water at a simmer to fill your home with a beautiful autumnal aroma.
Remove the lid and bring it to a simmer again then next day. Add fresh water as needed so there is always liquid in the pot. For a longer lasting simmer pot, up to 7 days, refrigerate the pot of ingredients (after the liquid has cooled) between uses. Add fresh ingredients and water as needed.
You can use almost any plant material that you like for its scent, color or shape in potpourri. Whatever you use absolutely must be thoroughly dried so that your mixture doesn't mold.
Popular fixatives include orris root, calamus root, angelica root, frankincense tears, myrrh gum, benzoin gum, balsam of Peru, oak moss, and vanilla beans. It's fine to put more than one fixative to work in a potpourri.
Dried rose buds add scent and beauty to summer potpourri. Some classic dried potpourri additions with exceptional fragrance include lavender flowers and leaves, rose buds and petals, and elderflowers. Pot marigold petals are also a favorite for orange-yellow color.
Add all your ingredients to a small pot and fill with water until it's about ¾ full.Bring to a boil.Reduce heat to a simmer, give everything a quick stir, and let the potpourri do it's thing!
To a pot of water, add a bit of molasses (no need to add a lot, maybe 1/4-1/2 cup depending on how much water you use), sliced fresh ginger, a whole nutmeg that's been grated a bit, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and whole allspice. This smells exactly like my favorite gingerbread cookie recipe.
Combine the flowers and leaves in a large bowl. Add the spice blend. Mix to ensure even distribution of the spices. Place the potpourri in a large, lidded jar or bowl and place in the dark to cure for six around weeks, stirring or shaking daily.
As the name suggests, a simmer pot is a hardy pot that is filled with fresh water and aromatic herbs and spices, then left to simmer for several hours so they emit their natural fragrance. You may have also heard them referred to as stovetop potpourri or simmering pots. They are all the same thing.
Popular fixatives include orris root, calamus root, angelica root, frankincense tears, myrrh gum, benzoin gum, balsam of Peru, oak moss, and vanilla beans. It's fine to put more than one fixative to work in a potpourri.
Directions. Add all orange, apple, cranberries, rosemary, cloves, star anise, cinnamon sticks, and vanilla bean or vanilla extract, and water to a large pot. Bring to a simmer over low heat for as many hours as desired, keeping an eye on the pot to check water level, adding water as needed throughout the day.
Thinly slice an orange, lemon, apple and pear, and place them on a metal cooking rack. Using your oven's dehydrate setting, cook the fruit slices until they are fully dried, making sure to flip them every half hour.
If you wish to enhance the scent of your dried flowers further, you could try adding small drops of your favourite herbal oil into the bottom of your vase - think lavender, rose oil, lemon oil, chamomile or rosemary. This will give your flowers a much more vibrant aroma, and won't cause them any damage.
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