How to make a potpourri sachet, an incense sachet from dried wildflowers. Let the house be filled with the scent you love.

This holiday, if you are thinking about adding fragrance to your home in an easy way that you can do in less than 10 minutes (but while preparing the ingredients it may take longer), try making a perfume bag from potpourri, one of the crafts, Shop the top small rows of Sugar & Spice Club, a DIY agency workshop with a passion for craftsmanship.

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Speaking of Potpourri (Pot Pour Ri) or what some may have heard of the Thai name called 'Bu Nga Ram Pai', imagine incense in the form of dried flowers packed in a Thai style organza bag, tied in the car and in The Closet, that is Potpourri. It is a fragrance that has remained with the Thai people for a long time. Or if anyone is into home decor, when you walk into IKEA and walk into Zara Home, you will notice a big bag of Potpourri fragrance sets with scents that will catch your eye from afar. This is one of the aromatic items that can add charm to the home as well.

Potpourri is a mixture of flower petals and spices or aromatic water, a science of smell that has been around since ancient times. By taking the flower petals to dry. Before it is mixed with the currently commonly used perfume, essential oil or essential oil before it is packaged in a gauze bag to distribute the scent well. Or some homes in Europe we will see bread in a glass bowl and close the lid until it smells fragrant. Then leave it open so that the fragrance can spread throughout the house.

Basically, European style potpourri uses dried flower petals that have their own light scent as a base, such as rose petals and dried lavender. Also use small pine cones or cinnamon. (But I personally think that cinnamon has a unique smell. This may not be the style), but this time we want to invite readers to learn about Thai-style potpourri of dried wildflowers.

equipment

1. Calico bag or light, clear fabric bag to diffuse the scent.
2. Dried sake flowers (some sellers dye the ingredients for beauty.) You can buy them from the orange app and blue app we know. The characteristics of sake flowers are that they have a beautiful shape, a long-lasting dye, and the dried flesh of the flower diffuses the scent well.
3. Sesbania Leaves (In perfumery, sesbania flowers have a delicate white pulp. Artisans like to take the sesbania pulp and shape it into flower petals. It is one of the scented sticks from Red Diffuser and has the characteristics of its thin membrane. (It absorbs and distributes scents well.) We chose a round stem that was cut actually.
4. Worm dung resembles sake flowers. But the leaves are thinner, smooth white, which helps retain and spread the scent.
5. Rattan balls and small branches add beauty.
6. Bua Tong, Mini Dried Bua Tong It is a flower from nature. The product usually comes out mid-year.
7. Fragrance: Choose the addition of fragrance according to your taste. Some people choose to use essential oil or essential oil.

How to flavour

1. Mix all types of dried flowers including rattan balls in a small bowl.

2. Add 20 drops of essential oil (the amount depends on the size of the perfume bag and the scent that the maker is satisfied with). To clarify, we chose to use the essential oil without alcohol to avoid a strong odor. )

3. Mix the ingredients well. Choose to fill it in a closed container for 2 – 3 hours (or if making a perfume sachet). Some types choose to use raw materials such as lightweight stones. We will bake the stones to keep them fragrant all day long. The longer it bakes, the more pronounced the scent becomes.)

4. If it still doesn't smell as good as you like, add additional flavor as desired by the cook.

5. Find a cute little card that you can write as a gift and give to a friend as well.

Here's a simple idea to make your own scent. Who has read this far and thought then where do I get these dried wildflowers? We recommend the store Natural Patra A shop selling natural products and dried flowers in Chatuchak Market We have been regular customers of this shop for more than 10 years and once asked the shop owner where these natural products come from. He replied that they came from all over the country. I guarantee that anyone who loves crafts will not be disappointed.

As for perfumes or essential oils, you can buy them from many stores. Before purchasing, try to tell the owner first that you want a scent for baking in Potporrui. If you choose a scent that is blended successfully, you will get a variety of dimensions.