This post was created in partnership with Everclear® Grain Alcohol. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I look forward to baking fall recipes all year long. Something about the way that warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and clove fill my entire home as I bake my favorite recipes is just so comforting!

But let’s face it, I don’t have as much time to bake as I’d like—and most weeks, the closest thing I get to a homemade fall treat is the pumpkin spice latte I grab while running errands. Luckily, it’s really easy to fill your house with the scent of your favorite fall treats without even preheating the oven!

DIY reed diffusers are a great way to add a lovely custom scent to your space. All you need is Everclear® Grain Alcohol, water and a blend of essential oils—and a glass bottle and wooden reeds or skewers—and you’re well on your way to creating a simple natural alternative to store-bought reed diffusers.

Everclear is key to this recipe because it serves as the binding agent that helps the essential oils adhere to the water. And in case you’re wondering: once you add the essential oils to your diffuser blend, you can’t really smell the alcohol anymore.

5 Fall Reed Diffuser Blends

If you’ve ever seen my vast collection of fall dessert recipes, it will come as no surprise that I couldn’t pick just one essential oil blend for this simple DIY recipe! When it comes to fall scents, it feels impossible to decide between apples and oranges, so I created five oil blends that are a nod some of my favorite fall recipes:

- Anything Flavored with Pumpkin Spice

- Snickerdoodle Cookies

- Apple Pie

- Orange Cinnamon Rolls

- Gingersnap Cookies

Baking-Inspired Essential Oil Blends for Fall

There are so many essential oil blends that are great to diffuse at home (think herbs and flowers for spring and woodsy pine scents for the winter!). But these five oil blends are some of our all-time favorites for celebrating fall and the start of baking season!

Tell me: which of these fall essential oil blends are you most excited to diffuse at home?

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DIY Natural Reed Diffusers with 5 Essential Oil Blends Inspired by Fall Baking

These homemade reed diffusers make it easy to fill your house with the natural scent of your favorite fall treats without even preheating the oven.

Keyword: aromatherapy, DIY, home

Author: Stephanie Pollard

Materials

1 part hot water (tap water is fine)
1 part Everclear Grain Alcohol
Essential oils (see blends below)
6-8 ounce glass bottle
6 wooden reeds or skewers

Baking-Inspired Essential Oil Blends for Fall

Pumpkin Spice

Snickerdoodle Cookies

Apple Pie

Orange Cinnamon Rolls

Gingersnap Cookies

Instructions

Combine essential oils with 1-2 tablespoons Everclear in a small bottle. Swirl the bottle to mix well.
Add more alcohol until it fills approximately half of the bottle. Fill bottle the rest of the way with hot water, leaving about an inch of breathing room at the top to prevent spillage.
Place the wooden skewers or reeds in the bottle and gently stir.
Place the diffuser bottle on a shelf, tabletop or counter and enjoy.

Notes

From time to time, you can flip the reeds over to refresh the scent. But once the scent starts to fade (or the liquid evaporates), it’s best to make a new batch instead of topping off with fresh essential oils, which may cause the mix to separate and make it difficult for the liquid to travel up the reeds and diffuse into the air.

5 Fall Baking Blends For Your DIY Reed Diffuser

5 Fall Reed Diffuser Blends

Baking-Inspired Essential Oil Blends for Fall

1. Pumpkin Spice

2. Snickerdoodle Cookies

3. Apple Pie

4. Orange Cinnamon Rolls

5. Gingersnap Cookies