Most people are drawn to bold, beautiful pieces when they decorate their home. Many choose things that stand out or tell a story passed down through the family.
Scent is the part of the home most often overlooked. The aromas in most homes come from either aroma oils (also called fragrance oils) or essential oils, and both can give a room a calm, inviting feel.
The two are easy to confuse, so here's a quick guide to the difference.
Essential oils
Essential oils are concentrated substances taken from parts of a plant, such as the blossom, leaf, stem, bark or wood.
They're extracted through steam distillation or solvent extraction, which can be an expensive process. That's why they often cost more, and why their scent can vary from one harvest to the next.
Fragrance oils
Fragrance oils, or aroma oils, are blended scents. Perfumers combine aroma materials to build a scent, from a summer's day to spring rain.
Because they're blended rather than taken from a single plant, fragrance oils come in a far wider range of scents, smell the same bottle after bottle and are usually more affordable. kirri's diffuser oils are fragrance oils.
How to use fragrance oils at home
The simplest way is a kirri Element, Beacon or Pillar diffuser. They're waterless: the oil bottle screws straight in, and you set the intensity in the kirri app, from delicate to intense.
Reed diffusers and room sprays are easy, flame-free options too.
Find your scent
Décor only does so much. Scent is what makes a room feel finished.
kirri is a Melbourne home fragrance brand with diffuser oils, reed diffusers and room sprays to suit every room.