How to Make a Room Spray for Odor Elimination and Fragrance

Welcome to MySkinRecipes! Making your own room spray to eliminate odors and add fragrance is a great and fun idea.

For this type of spray, the main components you will need are:

1. Water: This is the main base of the spray. Distilled water should be used for purity and to prevent contamination.
2. Solubilizer: Since fragrance oils or essential oils are oils and do not dissolve directly in water, a solubilizer helps the fragrance disperse clearly in water without separating.
3. Fragrance Oil or Essential Oil: To add the desired scent.
4. Odor Eliminator: To help capture and neutralize unpleasant odor molecules.

Based on the information I found, there are interesting products available for these components:

• Solubilizers:

  • Flora Solve™ Clear: A popular and cost-effective option that helps dissolve fragrance oils and essential oils well in water, resulting in a clear spray. To use, mix Flora Solve™ Clear with the fragrance oil first at a ratio of approximately 2-5 parts solubilizer to 1 part fragrance, depending on the type of fragrance. Then, add this mixture to the water.
  • Ultra Solve™: Has higher performance than Flora Solve™ Clear and is suitable for some oils that are harder to dissolve, but it is more expensive.
  • Free Solve™: Another option for a solubilizer that is PEG-free.

• Odor Eliminators:

  • SugarClean™: A water-soluble sugarcane extract that is effective in eliminating various odors, such as pet odors and musty smells. It can be used in water-based formulas.
  • Citromask™: A natural odor eliminator suitable for fatty acid odors (like body odor) and cigarette smoke. This one is more soluble in oil or alcohol.
  • Odor-Kill™: A water-soluble powder that absorbs odors well, but be aware that it will also absorb the fragrance you add. Therefore, Odor-Kill™ is not suitable for a spray that you want to be both deodorizing and fragrant at the same time.

• Fragrance Oils:

  • There are many fragrance oils to choose from, such as Jasmine Fragrance Oil, Floral Background, Awakening, and many others. You can choose your favorite scent.

Basic Steps for Making the Spray:

1. Prepare the desired amount of distilled water.
2. In a separate container, mix the chosen fragrance oil with the solubilizer (e.g., Flora Solve™ Clear) at the recommended ratio. Stir or shake well until completely mixed and clear.
3. Add the chosen odor eliminator (e.g., SugarClean™) to the distilled water and stir to dissolve.
4. Slowly pour the fragrance and solubilizer mixture from step 2 into the distilled water containing the odor eliminator. Stir or shake gently until all components are clear and well combined.
5. (Optional consideration) Add a small amount of preservative according to usage instructions to prevent microbial growth in the water-based spray.
6. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle.

Important Notes:

• The ratio of solubilizer to fragrance oil is important for the spray to be clear and not separate.
• If you use an odor eliminator that absorbs fragrance (like Odor-Kill™), the fragrance will be reduced or eliminated. Choose an odor eliminator suitable for formulas intended to be fragrant.
• The optimal formula and ratios may require slight adjustments depending on the specific fragrance oil and solubilizer used.

I hope this information is helpful for you to start making your own room spray! Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.