Jan 18, 2024 by HTV9 in Fragrance
This was an interesting experience, to put it mildly. In most apartments and homes, there is an air intake for the HVAC system. Most of the time it’s in a closet with louvers to allow the air to enter, or in a metal intake box, say, in a basement. You either stash air filters for the HVAC system in the closet door or you put it directly on the metal intake box. In order to fragrance the whole place efficiently you can put something fragrant very near the air intake. Then the fragrance comes directly out of the vents. That’s the basic idea. So in our place we have a closet for this. I opened it and stuck fragrant stuff on the cement floor there. Here’s how it went.
Attempt 1: Unlit candle, perfume bottle partially unscrewed, essential oil bottle partially unscrewed. I let that sit there for a few hours. Came back and noticed the HVAC unit had a warning that said “pilot light comes on without warning.” Uh oh. So if aerosol alcohol-based substances or volatile substances accumulate too much in there, kaboom. Not viable option, darn.
Attempt 2: What you see in the image. I dripped a bunch of lavender essential oil on the bar of soap, grabbed a potpourri sachet and some unlit incense, crammed that on a plate and stuck that in there. Later I retrieved the incense figuring it was probably overkill. If I’d been a bit wiser I’d have let the soap absorb the essential oil for a week or two in order to not oversaturate the area with volatile oils. But I was impatient. So this still has the potential to blow up my living quarters just not with a very high chance of happening. My place smells great. You could avoid the worrisome issues in your place by just using scented soap in the first place.
February 7, 2024 Update: The scent wore off so I added a bunch more lavender essential oil to the soap bar. Now the place smells like lavender again. Looks like each month it needs a bit more added.
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