Reed Diffusers

I recently noted an article in Better Homes & Gardens Magazine which showed how to make your own Reed Diffusers at home.

The article recommended mixing essential oils with olive oil and using some wooden skewers as reeds. This sounds like a great idea, cheap and easy, but in reality is messy and won't work.

The reasons it won't be an effective way of scenting your home are three fold and relate to the items used - olive oil, essential oils and wooden skewers.

1. Olive oil is too thick to use as a reed diffuser base, it will not be drawn up into the skewers at all.
2. Essential oils evaporate easily. They need to be blended with fragrant oils to maintain some staying power.
3. Wooden skewers do not have the channels that proper rattan reeds have, meaning that the product will not be drawn up into them efficiently enough to allow for scent diffusion into your room.

It's not worth wasting good olive oil trying to make your own diffusers. Skinflint Reed Diffuser oil is only $16.00 and is available in 6 different fragrances, including two which have essential oils in them. It's made with a 'dry oil', specially designed to allow uptake into the rattan reeds without clogging. 

You can fill your own decorative bottle or purchase a square glass bottle for only $6.50 on the Skinflint website. Much easier than mucking around with olive oil and skewers!

New Diffuser Oil Fragrance!

Skinflint has a released a new fragrance in the Reed Diffuser Oil range. Apricot Freesia is a combination of fruit and floral. It's a wonderful fresh fragrance that doesn't have the cloying sweetness of many floral fruit fragrances.

Red Tea & Lychee will be phased out as it's not a particularly popular scent. I'm pretty sure this new one will be very popular!

I'd like to introduce one more fragrance. What would you like?

Berry?
Vanilla?
Lemony?

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Reed Diffusers

Reed Diffusers have been pretty popular, but I'm having trouble getting hold of the glass bottles at a reasonable price. The bottles are a good price, but postage is ridiculous!

So, I've decided to let customers either purchase or re-use their own glass bottles and can supply the reeds and diffuser oil for them. This makes it a really economical way to scent your home. The other benefit is that I'll be able to supply a larger range of fragrances including essential oils for the diffusers.

Diffuser Oil is available in a range of fragrances in a 130ml bottle for only $12.50 and Reeds are in a bunch of 6 for $2.50. You can buy gorgeous coloured bottles at discount stores and have your reed diffusers match in with your decor.


Be sensible, be a Skinflint!