How to Make Your Bathroom Smell Like a Spa

The scents that hit your nose as soon as you walk into a spa are intentionally pleasant and relaxing. They are perfectly designed to coax the brain into releasing feel-good chemicals, making it easier to calm down. The good news is that recreating this effect in your bathroom is easy. All you have to do is to get rid of bad smells, and then flood the space with the exact scents that spas normally use. Read my pro tips on how to make bathroom smell like a spa and enjoy a peaceful atmosphere in the comfort of your home!

Use an air purifier

The most important factor you should always keep in mind when it comes to creating a spa-like environment in your bathroom is that odors can ruin even the best smells. To eliminate the bad smells, you should consider investing in an air purifier. They help to clear the air of dust, bacteria, mold, and other allergy-causing particulates. In the process, it will rid the bathroom of stuffiness. This will ensure that the scented air that hits your nose is always fresh and free of allergens.

When choosing an air purifier for the bathroom, the bests are the ones that have a HEPA air filter. For small, enclosed spaces you don’t need a big machine, but make sure that it is powerful enough to purify the air in your bathroom so it will smell clean and fresh.

Get a decorative diffuser

Using an oil diffuser is not only a great way to regulate the humidity in the bathroom, but since it is an aromatherapy device too, it will instantly fill up the room with amazing scents. If people think about what is the typical spa smell, most relate to lavender and eucalyptus. You can easily recreate that spa smell by creating an essential oil blend that includes these oils.

For the perfect relaxing smell, I recommend mixing peppermint, sweet orange, eucalyptus, and lavender essential oils. After creating the blend, fill the diffuser as instructed and place it on the shelf or countertop. Let it run for a few hours to create a pleasant scent that is similar to the one in luxury spas, just make sure you buy high-quality You can also get a ready-to-use spa diffuser blend.

Place lemon slices in the room

Creating a clean and fresh smell in your bathroom is super easy, just put a few lemon slices on a small plate and place it on the toilet tank or self. Citrus scents instantly create a soothing ambience.

Should you need to mask bad odors, use lemon ice cubes. Cut a few lemons into small pieces, and place them in an ice cube container with some water. When they are ready, just place the cubes into a nice vase or bowl and leave them in the bathroom so they can neutralize the bad smells and leave only a pleasant citrus aroma behind.

Stock your bathroom with luxurious spa beauty products

Spas typically use high-quality beauty products to pamper their clients. While the main goal of these beauty products is usually to get your skin feeling great, they have appealing scents too. Bring the spa experience home, buy your favorite products from your spa, or get some hand soaps, body scrubs, and bath salt that feature typical spa fragrances and scents.

My must-have product that I always have at home is the Lavender-eucalyptus shower spa mist that turns your shower into your very own Spa as soon as you spray it towards the water stream!

Use a spa air freshener

If you are struggling with figuring out how to make bathroom smell like a spa the whole day, you can simply buy air fresheners that will give the room a nice smell and help to create a spa-like environment even if you are away.

However, you should be careful when choosing your freshener. Always read the ingredients list to ensure that it does not contain any harmful chemicals. Going for a natural oil reed diffuser or an automatic air freshener that uses natural oils. Or just simply mix one or two essential oils with baking soda in a mason jar and then place it in your bathroom.

Be selective about your cleaning supplies

Regular house-cleaning products have strong smells. When you use them in your bathroom, these smells will mix with the other scents that you are using resulting in an unpleasant smell experience.

To avoid contaminating your scents with the smell of your cleaning supplies, always make sure that you only select cleaners that have neutral or fresh smells. And if you can’t get your hands on one or you prefer being eco-friendly, you should consider using natural cleaning products like vinegar, baking soda, lemon and essential oils. They rarely have overpowering scents so are more suitable when creating the perfect spa smelling environment in your bathroom.

Light a few scented candles

Spas typically use candles to create a relaxing ambiance. They create an intimate atmosphere and also fill the air with amazing scents. Therefore, using them in your bathroom is an effective way of replicating the spa experience.

Choose a scented candle with a relaxing scent like the Spa Day that is meant for use typically in a spa environment. Light it up a few minutes before using your bathroom to create the ambiance that you are looking for.

Place plants and flowers around

You might have noticed that most spas have beautiful plants and flowers. Although they require a little maintenance but have lots of benefits. Plants in the bathroom purify the air, make you feel calmer, and look cool so they definitely add to the spa experience! For special occasions, even fresh-cut flowers can be used!

Take advantage of the freshening power of sachets

To ensure that nothing feels or smells out of place in your bathroom, you should also consider infusing your storage spaces with a lavender scent. An easy and incredibly affordable way of keeping the bathroom fresh is tucking a few sachets in drawers and any storage spaces. Doing so will ensure that every time you open them up, they end up releasing relaxing spa-friendly scents.

In addition to scented sachets, you should also consider using moisture-absorbing ones. These are great at keeping storage spaces moisture-free. As a result, they can come in handy in helping to prevent the release of mildew-smelling air into your bathroom.

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