Scented water on the stove?

[Wet1]

The wife wants to add some type of scent to the water on the stove. I could personally care less, but I thought I'd ask for ideas here before I let her try some things. The reason I'm asking is because I don't want to end up using something that might create a mold or some other type of problem.

Any ideas?

 

[njtomatoguy]

I tried some that I was given as a gift, bothered my allergies.

Just use a little bit until you figure out how much to use.

 

[meathead]

Orange peels, cinnamon sticks, whatever you want really...just make sure you don't throw something on there and let it sit for so long all the water disolves and it dries out and combusts.

 

[Jags]

Yep, I use cinnamon sticks, and cheap vanilla extract and some other concentrated scents (like outdoor, woodsy kind of stuff). As said, don't let the water pot dry out. It probably will not start a fire, but you can get a funky smell from it. By the way, use less than you think you need to start. Some of it gets real strong, real quick.

 

[meathead]

Lavender seems like it would do the trick, squeeze the juice out of there into the water pot perhaps. Wimmenz love lavender...of course good luck staying awake in a warm house filled with that scent.

 

[n3pro]

Agree with orange peels, got some scented oils last year for Christmas. Years back we had a potpourri pot that you put this dried flower stuff into water and it simmers - that's where the light bulb in my head came on. Figured why waste electricity when I have a large simmer!

Also unless you are boiling some serious water you should not have to worry about mold. With the trivet I use about half a gallon a day when it's really cranking.

 

[weezer4117]

we use potpourri indisde of a large pan, when the scent is wore out, ADD MORE!!

 

[wellbuilt home]

I like the smell of chili in my pot .

 

[Girl]

I have done the cloves, cinnamon sticks, I like the oils best.
All you need is 2-3 drops of the essential oils is all you need.

 

[kwikrp]

I have tried using a bottle of "Stove Scent" says use 4- 6 drops per 2 quarts of water and we never smelled it. So doubled and even tripled and still nothing. Wife went and bought another bottle thinking there was something wrong with the first and still the new bottle is also undetectable to us, maybe the pets can enjoy it. I think this product is a waste of money. Paid $7 for a small bottle has an eye dropper on the top of cap if you see this just throw your dollars in the fire at least you get some colors from the flames. My opinion it is useless.

 

[savageactor7]

HUH! never thought of scented water before, great idea, another thing I learned here after being 30 year wood burning know it all LOL . Think I'll try a couple 3 drop of vanilla to start.

 

[Cazimere]

I keep 2 pots on the stove and add a small amount of my favorite fabric softener to each : )

 

[cityevader]

We have a little ceramic thing that has a tea light candle underneath a reservoir of maybe three tablespoons of water with a couple drops of scented oil, which many many scents to choose from. Works fairly well. I can't see why not doing same thing on a larger scale. Of course, if the water isn't hot enough, it won't release the scent well at all. Maybe add near-boiling water to your stove's pot to speed heating time?

 

[PA. Woodsman]

We go to Walmart or K-mart and buy 32 ounce bottles of simmering liquid potpourri; they have several different scents that are really nice, and some that smell like an old ladies bathroom! Open them up and give 'em a whiff. The best that I've found are apple, cinammon and apple, pumpkin, some "holiday" mix, etc. Just pour it into the lattice-top steamer on my stove and let it heat up and it does add some nice but not overbearing aromas to the house.

 

[pyro68]

I agree w/ Wellbuilt Home, nothing like a big pot of soup or Chili simmering on the stove to add scents to a home . . . :cheese:

 

[firefighterjake]

I've used the WallyTargoMart potpourri scents (and just like PA Woodman I like the apple/cinnamon and pumpkin spice mix the best) . . . and I've used the Stove Scents (just add a few drops.) For what it's worth I think the Stove Scents are OK, but pretty darned expensive and not all that strong smelling (I have placed a drop or two on my trivet as an experiment and the smell was much stronger than when I drop it into the water). I have noticed that when the water evaporates in my pot that the minerals in the scents (and most likely the hard water I get out of my tap) forms crystals . . . occasionally when I am highly motivated (and quite bored) I will clean out the pot, but mostly I just dump in fresh water.)