Scented Sachets: Two Archive Craft Methods

This archived fragrance craft is not a product-safety guide. Fragrance and essential oils can irritate or trigger allergy, and alcohol-based perfume may be flammable. Keep sachets, soap shavings, perlite, and fragrance away from children, pets, food, flame, and heat; stop handling any material that causes irritation.

To keep your home filled with a pleasant fragrance instead of store-bought sprays, you can easily make a scented sachet yourself.

You can place this pouch in any part of your home: in the bathroom, living room, or bedroom, especially if you sew it from scraps of pretty fabrics or lace. The sachet makes a lovely keepsake—you can give it to a friend, sister, or even your boss, and such an original gift will definitely not go unnoticed.

Method 1: soap shavings

First of all, you need to choose a suitable fabric. Lace works well for a beautiful pouch, and for the lining, tulle, organza, or any sheer, lightweight fabrics. They can be the same color or contrasting, as you prefer.

Cut 2 squares measuring 12 by 12 cm from the fabric, sew them together leaving a 3 cm opening to fill the pouch, and turn right side out.

For the sachet filling, use cosmetic soap and chop it carefully with a knife. Use a paper funnel to pour the shavings into the pouch, then sew it closed with an invisible stitch.

Distribute the contents with your hands so the soap flakes evenly fill the sachet.

Method 2: perfume and perlite

Sew a pouch as described in Method 1, then mix a small amount of perfume with horticultural perlite for the filling. Perfume can irritate skin and is flammable: work with ventilation, avoid skin and eye contact, and keep it away from flame and heat.

You can buy it at a flower shop—it is a pure material of volcanic origin that looks like foamed granules.

Pour the perlite into a container, add the perfume, and mix thoroughly.

All that is left is to fill the sachet and place it on a vanity, mantelpiece, or bathroom mirror.