The use of natural and organic means is an alternative way of cleaning and caring for your home without the use of modern chemicals. Many people have never used pure essential oils to care for their home or apartment. It’s a great alternative to living a more natural and environmentally friendly life.

Deodorizing indoor air
There are many ways to deodorize the air in a room. For example, with a candle diffuser or electric ring on a lamp. This method allows the essential oil to heat and evaporate into the air to deodorize and refresh the room. Remember to be very careful when using these devices and most importantly, remember that all essential oils are flammable to varying degrees.
Any essential oil that will not cause an allergic reaction is good depending on the purpose of deodorizing. Essential oil of sweet orange, bergamot, geranium, grapefruit, ylang-ylang, cedar, lavender, frankincense, lemon, lemongrass, pine, juniper, rosemary, and eucalyptus are recommended.
Essential oil suitable as an insect repellent are lemongrass, lemon balm, citronella, tea tree, and eucalyptus.
Oils suitable for use in the bedroom are geranium, lavender, mandarin, melissa, neroli, and rose. For a more relaxing mood use oil of clary sage or marjoram.
Essential oils especially good for a romantic dinner and aphrodisiac use oils of geranium, jasmine, ylang-ylang, lavender, patchouli, rose, sandalwood, or clary sage.
For a gala dinner essential oils of conifers such as spruce, cedar, juniper, fir, pine, clove, cinnamon, incense, myrrh, and peppermint, or any essential oil reminiscent of the joys of the holiday would be a very good choice. For example, the aroma of pine for the New Year.
For improvement of brain activity (for example, working at the computer) the best essential oils would be lemon,rosemary, and basil. In particular, lemon essential oil helps to increase productivity. Rosemary helps concentration. Basil stimulates the stressed out brain. If processed, you can use oil of juniperor clary sage, but only in small amounts. Large amount can cause drowsiness.
For kids, the smell of sweet orange and mandarin. For the baby use lavender. Remember for children the dose should be much smaller.

Disinfecting the premises
When you have a cold or flu, disinfecting the room can be done with benzoin, bergamot, lavender, lemon, juniper, thyme, pine, tea tree, or eucalyptus. Dissolve 3-5 drops of the chosen essential oil in water. To disinfect surfaces in the kitchen or the bathroom wipe the surfaces with a cloth soaked in the desired mixture.
There is a whole list of natural tools that you can use for cleaning and disinfection of surfaces: baking soda (a cleaner add 4 tablespoons of baking soda in one liter of warm water; add vinegar, borax (a cleaner – add half a cup of borax to 3-3.5 liters of hot water; add juice or lemon essential oil), lemon (cleaning and bleaching the kitchen surfaces), salt, vinegar and sodium thiophosphate. For example, to control cockroaches, use a sugar with the addition of borax.

Washing dishes
Lemon is a great antiseptic. To add a pleasant citrus smell or to disinfect the dishes add 5-7 drops of essential oil of lemon or juice of half a lemon to dishwashing detergent. If you use the dishwasher, it is better to use lemon juice rather than the oil. A word of caution, some plastics have a tendency to absorb the essential oils.
An excellent tool for washing dishes is vinegar (5% acetic acid), especially with the added lemon essential oil. 30 ml or 3 tablespoons of vinegar added to 10-15 drops of essential lemon oil added to water for washing dishes or with 500-600 ml dishwashing detergent use only essential lemon oil.

Cleaning floors
For cleaning floors, we recommend the following essential oils: sweet orange,lavender, lemon, patchouli, pine, rosemary, and eucalyptus. The choice depends on the purpose. For example, if there is a sick person in the home, eucalyptus or pine are good additions to the usual disinfectant for the air, etc. For cleaning floors, it is recommended to add 20 drops of the chosen essential oil to 8 liters of water.

Cleansing carpets
To cleanse and freshen carpets or rugs the recommend essential oils to choose from are of sweet orange,lavender, rosewood, and cinnamon. It is best to use handmade cleaners. For a carpet cleaner: add 25 drops of the chosen essential oil to 500 ml of borax. Mix thoroughly to prevent the oil from forming clumps. Sprinkle the mixture on carpet or rug with a spoon or straight from the container. Let sit for at least 15 minutes and vacuum up. Borax is highly soluble in water, so if you prefer use an aqueous solution. This mixture is safe to use around pets. It is not meant to be ingested so do not allow your pet to lick the mixture while on the carpet or rug.

Washing and drying linens
For linens use essential oils of sweet orange, bergamot, grapefruit, lavender, lemon, or eucalyptus. Essential oil can be added to the last rinse when drying naturally. To rinse linens, mix 5-7 drops of the chosen essential oil in 25 liters of water. This is not recommended when using a dryer. You can also make your own dryer sheet by adding 7-10 drops of essential oil on a piece of cloth and place in the dryer along with the laundry.