Stove Top Potpourri Recipes That Will Impress All Your Guests (2024)

FAQs

How do you make potpourri fragrant? ›

Gather petals, cloves, and orange peels to create a spicy potpourri. All of your ingredients will combine to create a great smelling and looking mixture. For a spicy potpourri, use any type of flower petals along with some cloves, orange peels, and cinnamon sticks.

Keep an eye on the pot and add more water as needed. Your holiday spice stove top potpourri will last 3-5 days depending on how long it simmers. The Mason jars will help keep your dried ingredients fresh and having all the portions ready to go makes this a lovely gift idea.

You can package them up to five days in advance and store them in the fridge. To do so, simply add all your ingredients to a cellophane gift bag, tie it up with a ribbon, and add one of our free printable gift tags with instructions for how to simmer the potpourri.

Add a few drops of essential oil – the oil acts to dissolve out any remaining fragrance so you can smell it more. It also energizes the mixture. Mix – if the scent dries down, mix again all the ingredients in the bowl and the smell will come back.

Two trusty ways to make your potpourri smell stronger are to add more essential oil to the mixture every so often or to agitate it. Shake the container or stir the potpourri to release more scent.

All you need for this recipe are dried apple and orange slices, cinnamon sticks, and spices. I used whole cloves and star anise because I love the smell and they look festive!

Popular fixatives include orris root, calamus root, angelica root, frankincense tears, myrrh gum, benzoin gum, balsam of Peru, oak moss, and vanilla beans. It's fine to put more than one fixative to work in a potpourri.

To a pot of water, add a bit of molasses (no need to add a lot, maybe 1/4-1/2 cup depending on how much water you use), sliced fresh ginger, a whole nutmeg that's been grated a bit, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and whole allspice. This smells exactly like my favorite gingerbread cookie recipe.

Bring a saucepan of water to a boil, then add ingredients like apples, oranges, cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger, cranberries, nutmeg, vanilla, and more, and keep the water at a simmer to fill your home with a beautiful autumnal aroma.

Does stovetop potpourri need to be refrigerated? ›

Remove the lid and bring it to a simmer again then next day. Add fresh water as needed so there is always liquid in the pot. For a longer lasting simmer pot, up to 7 days, refrigerate the pot of ingredients (after the liquid has cooled) between uses. Add fresh ingredients and water as needed.

Cranberries: You can use either fresh or frozen cranberries when you make this DIY Christmas stovetop potpourri. If you're giving it as a gift, use fresh cranberries, but if it's just for your own home, then by all means use frozen cranberries. Dried cranberries won't provide the same result though.

Basic Method to make Potpourri

Combine the flowers and leaves in a large bowl. Add the spice blend. Mix to ensure even distribution of the spices. Place the potpourri in a large, lidded jar or bowl and place in the dark to cure for six around weeks, stirring or shaking daily.

How long do I simmer stovetop potpourri? I simmer stovetop potpourri for hours on end, but I prefer a nice strong scent throughout the house. If you are more sensitive to smells, you may find that simmering stovetop potpourri for 30 minutes is sufficient.

As the name suggests, a simmer pot is a hardy pot that is filled with fresh water and aromatic herbs and spices, then left to simmer for several hours so they emit their natural fragrance. You may have also heard them referred to as stovetop potpourri or simmering pots. They are all the same thing.

Popular fixatives include orris root, calamus root, angelica root, frankincense tears, myrrh gum, benzoin gum, balsam of Peru, oak moss, and vanilla beans. It's fine to put more than one fixative to work in a potpourri.

DIY Poo Pourri 1 tsp rubbing alcohol, 60 drops essential oil of your choice and fill with water ( I used 2oz bottles) shake and its ready to use! "Spray the bowl before you go, then no one will ever know". Bottles, oil & alcohol cost around $20 to make 10 & I still have plenty alcohol & oils to make more!