make
SCENTS
To fill your home with festive scents this season, give store-
bought air fresheners a pass—many contain phthalates, chemi-
cals that can cause hormonal abnormalities, birth defects, and
reproductive issues, according to the Natural Resources Defense
Council. Instead, make your own. Choose a four-ounce amber
glass bottle (dark glass protects the oils from light) that has an
atomizer top and tube (available at sunburstbottle.com). Fill the
bottle with distilled water to just below the neck, and then add
three to four drops of pure essential oil and spritz away, even on
linens, says Margo L. Hanson, a massage-therapist supervisor
at Topnotch Resort in Stowe, Vermont, who makes aromatherapy
blends from essential oils for the spa. To open the senses, use
one drop of eucalyptus and two to three drops of white thyme,
or try one drop each of peppermint and pine and two drops
CURIOSO/SHUTTERSTOCK of rosewood to remind you of snowy woods. KAREN ASP
be
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