Using diffusing fragrances is so easy. Simply pour your chosen diffuser oil into a glass diffuser bottle, vase or any other receptacle. Please be sure it is glass as essential oils will eat through plastic, wood etc. Insert reeds and turn over once to expose oil-moistened reeds to the air. The oil will continue to wick up the reeds and scent your room for several months. Turn reeds occasionally to refresh scent. Once a week should be adequate. When the oil is finally used up or you can no longer smell your scent, simply pour in an oil refill and replace the diffuser reeds.
There's a lot of misinformation about diffuser reeds. The answer is simple. It's not wood or bamboo. It's "reed" and reed is the only fibre that will work. Reed is very porous and excellent for diffusion. Each 3 mm reed stick contains 20 or more individual cellular sections that run from top to bottom of the reed - like 20 micro-mini straws, totally open to pull liquid from bottom to top releasing the fragrance into the air naturally.
Since scents trigger feelings, reed diffusers can create an environment of feelings that changes from one space to another. Consider the many variations of positive feelings: uplifted, romantic, relaxed, cheerful, generous, optimistic, reminiscent and more.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS!
Q: What size reed sticks and how many should I use?
A: In terms of length, you want the reeds to stick out of the bottle at least as much as the height of the bottle. Be careful not to be 'top heavy'. The normal usage of my reeds to diffuser oils is 8 - 10 reeds depending on the room being fragranced.
Q: Why can't I just re-use my sticks over and over again?
A: Once the sticks are totally saturated, the cells in the reeds get somewhat clogged and lose their ability to pull the scent up into the reeds and throw the fragrance into the room. Needless to say, you definitely can't move the reeds to a different scent of oil because the cells will be clogged with the previous scent of fragrance diffuser oil. You won't get a pure scent transfer. Reeds are very inexpensive so you can replace them by having a small stock on hand.
Q: Should I remove the reeds from the bottle and re-cork the oil at night?
A: There's no advantage to re-corking the bottle at night. In fact, removing the reeds that frequently will result in loss of oil from spilling and splashing oil from the reed ends every day. Just set your reed diffuser in place and leave it.
Q: Can I dilute fragrance oil with water to make a diffuser blend?
A: No. Oil and water don't mix. The viscosity is totally different too. You'll end up with uneven wicking and warped reeds.
Q: My bottle is not empty but my fragrance doesn't seem to be diffusing.
A: Add new reeds and your fragrance oil will start up again. Occasionally reeds may become saturated. This can happen with oils are purchased from another supplier. It maybe the oils that people are asking about are not really designed to diffuser oils.
Q: Can I use my candle oils or other oils "as is"?
A: No. Fragrance diffuser oils are oils that have been designed for maximum wicking and optimum fragrance dispersion. Standard fragrance oils are too thick to diffuse properly through the reed. It's not just a matter of adding X ml's of some kind of diluted liquid. Each essential or fragrance oil has different characteristics of scent components and viscosity. Achieving the right formula for each fragrance diffuser oil requires the skills of an experienced perfumer and months of testing.
Q: Why do I see reeds listed on the Internet as "bamboo diffusers"?
A: Simple. There are a lot of sellers who don't know what they're selling.
Q: Can I use different scents in different rooms?
A: Yes! Then you'll walk from one scent to another. Since scents trigger feelings, reed diffusers can create an environment of feelings that changes from one space to another. Consider the many variations of positive feelings: uplifted, romantic, relaxed, cheerful, generous, optimistic, reminiscent and more.
Scents need only be subtle to trigger the odor receptors in the brain and produce the desired results. Example - a store might want its customers to feel optimistic and uplifted so that they are in a buying mood. Or, a homeowner may want his/her guests to return to childhood warmth while visiting a holiday party.
Q: My reed diffusers don't seem to be scenting as strongly as I would like.
A: If you've flipped your reeds so that moist reed ends are sticking up, perhaps you're trying to scent too large of a room. You might need more than one bottle of reed diffuser placed in opposite corners for optimum results. Also, if your room has an active A/C, air exchange
system or frequent door opening to the outside, it may effect results.
Q: How much Fragrance Diffuser Oil should I put in the diffuser bottle?
A: Start out with a full or half full bottle of oil. 100ml of oil in a typical 120ml bottle. This will not only allow the oil to enter from the ends of the reed, but also, to permeate the reed sides too. The diffusion will take place faster and stronger. The fragrance will continue to diffuse as long as there's any amount of diffuser oil in the bottle. However, if you start with just 60ml it will take a much longer amount of time for the oil to begin diffusing, since it will be wicking purely through the capillary action on the bottom ends of the reeds.
Q: How many reeds should I put in the bottle?
A: 6 to 10 reeds will diffuse plenty of scent with my fragrance diffuser oils. If the bottle neck is a little wider, 14 reeds look and diffuse fine too.
