Potpourri catalog offers you a choice of traditional and modern potpourris that you can use in your home in every season of the year. Most people are familiar with potpourri catalog only in winter because traditionally Christmas season is the time when potpourris are used most widely. This tradition has been around for a very long time and it is quite normal – in the winter there are little scents in the nature because everything is barren and hidden under the snow. But with a potpourri catalog you can find out that there is a number of potpourri arrangements that will be perfectly suitable for all other times of year just as well.
Potpourri catalog of traditional herbs
Potpourri can include a number of scented herbs that emit fragrances to the air. Some of the most common are (according to Wikipedia):
- allspice,
- cedar wood shavings (toxic, a moth repellent),
- cinnamon bark and cassia bark (smells like cinnamon only less potent)
- cloves,
- cypress wood shavings (toxic, a moth repellent),
- fennel seed,
- incense-cedar wood shavings
- jasmine flowers and oil,
- jujube flowers and blooms,
- juniper wood shavings (toxic, a moth repellent),
- lavender leaves and flowers,
- lemon balm leaves and flowers,
- lemon peel,
- marjoram leaves and flowers,
- Mignonette leaves and flowers,
- mint leaves and flowers,
- mugwort (toxic, adds a musky note, a moth repellent)
- orange peel,
- pinyon pine shavings and cones (seeds edible, bark toxic),
- rose flowers, hips, or oil,
- rosemary leaves and flowers.
Potpourris made of traditional herbs have been around for hundreds of years. They are not only pleasant to the nose, they also have additional positive effects to your mind and body or they can be protective. Some of the characteristics are listed above and some other include relaxation (lavender) and uplifting (citruses).
Potpourri catalog with modern touch
Some modern potpourri catalog products can be made of plants that are not scented by themselves, they just look nice when they are dried. In such cases the scent is added later with a perfume but there are also additives to make the scent evaporate slowly over time and not all at once.
It is your choice which one you prefer, the traditional or modern one, the important thing is to use the one that suits your life and your home, fills it with warmth, love and peace. A potpourri catalog can help you achieve this.
There is a number of flowers whose rich smelling dried petals provide a strong traditional potpourri. One of the most widely known is lavender potpourri. Lavender is a traditional herb with a strong smell that has been used in homes for centuries. Its smell protects your clothes against the moths (just take a look at all the commercials for chemical products for protection against clothes moths – almost everyone of them states that they have the fragrance of lavender).