Potpourri
@allknowing (142812)
India
March 8, 2025 7:01pm CST
It was a first for me when I found out that there is a thing called potpourri that only needed adding the scent of ones choice to have the room smell nice
I was holidaying in the US and my friend with whom I spent a week was using it. She took me shopping an d I got that for myself. I chose lavender.
The potpurri had dried leaves, flowers and twigs. Whoever marketed it must have earned quite bit - just dried stuff. It is supposed to have its own aroma but I had to buy the lavender scent to pour on it.
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@DaddyEvil (144244)
• United States
9 Mar
I used to make my own potpourri when I grew miniature roses in front of my house. I would pick the dying roses, strip the petals from them and let those finish drying on newspaper spread on a coffee table. They still had rose scent after they finished drying. I'd put it in small plastic tubs and gift it to female friends. 
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@allknowing (142812)
• India
9 Mar
Gifting it to female friends was the very purpose I assume going through all that trouble
Good the sc ent stayed but when one buys potpourri they also suggest scents that would go with it. I chose lavender.
Good the sc ent stayed but when one buys potpourri they also suggest scents that would go with it. I chose lavender.2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (144244)
• United States
9 Mar
@allknowing Lavender is always nice. 
When I started making potpourri, I was making it for my mom. She loved it and kept it all over her house. Then friends caught me drying a batch for her and that's when I started making it for them, too.
It's actually not much trouble making it the way I did. It was just tedious waiting for the flower petals to finish drying.
When I started making potpourri, I was making it for my mom. She loved it and kept it all over her house. Then friends caught me drying a batch for her and that's when I started making it for them, too.
It's actually not much trouble making it the way I did. It was just tedious waiting for the flower petals to finish drying.2 people like this
@allknowing (142812)
• India
9 Mar
@DaddyEvil You now have great memories and was your wife among those females who got the potpourri?
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@allknowing (142812)
• India
9 Mar
The original smell of the dried stuf does not last long
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@jstory07 (142708)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Mar
@allknowing Sometimes it smells good.
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@anya12adwi (10179)
• India
9 Mar
I have bought one and still have it unopened!! How to keep it or decorate the space with it??
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@allknowing (142812)
• India
10 Mar
You have to put some in a nice container and place it wherever you want to have a nice smell
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@anya12adwi (10179)
• India
16 Mar
@allknowing Thanks! I will try looking for a space where dusts cannot reach!
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@mnglsp (3627)
• Philippines
20 Mar
That’s such a fun discovery! Potpourri really is a clever idea — using dried leaves and flowers to bring a bit of nature indoors, and adding a scent you love makes it even better. Lavender sounds like a perfect choice; it’s so calming and fresh. It’s true, though, that it’s quite the business idea — selling dried bits of nature and turning it into something decorative and fragrant. Do you still enjoy using potpourri, or have you found other ways to keep your space smelling nice?
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@allknowing (142812)
• India
21 Mar
I do not use potpurri now. Keeping the house clean should take care of it smelling good
@allknowing (142812)
• India
9 Mar
You are expected to add scent I had bought lavender scent seperately
