I’m old fashioned and love using sachets in my dresser drawers, but I’m super sensitive to perfumes and artificial scents. I’m going to tell you the secret how to easily make your own sachets and the tip to having them be the best smelling sachets, with absolutely no artificial perfume. Plus, I’m going to share with you a secret on how to do it really super cost effective… in other words, super cheap!! They smell so wonderful you’ll want some for every drawer in your whole house, and because they’re so easy and inexpensive, you’ll be able to achieve that!
Shopping links for making these sachets are at the end of this post.
Sachets are great to not only keep clothes and linens smelling wonderful, they also can deter bugs and mice, depending on their scent. For the cottage in Maine, which is closed up for the winter, after doing a little research I decided to make my sachets with rosemary and clove, 2 of my favorite scents, and they are supposed to be 2 great herbs to use to discourage any unwanted creepy crawlies.
Small organza bags work the best. The shopping link at the end has many color options.
Why re-invent the wheel? Buying pre-made organza bags was super easy and not expensive, not to mention time saving! These were the perfect fabric to release the odor of the herbs through, and they’ll be in the back of drawers… I didn’t need any sort of fancy fabric for that, I wouldn’t see them once they were in place anyway! So I saved myself the time and effort of sewing them.
You could get rosemary leaves in the store, like this one starting at around $3.
Wait! What?! $3.11 for .35 ounce… That’s only 1/3 of an ounce! At that rate it’d be something like $8.89 an ounce, which is $142.24 a pound! No way!!
Nope, so here’s my tip…
Don’t get your spices and herbs from the grocery store all packaged up like that. Maybe that’s OK for cooking when you don’t need to use very much, but for a project like this where I wanted to make 20 or 30 sachets, that was not going to work.
Instead, buy the herbs in bulk!
I bought rosemary, and whole cloves in bulk at a fraction of the cost in the store. There are so many wonderful spices to choose from too, I stuck with my original 2 herbs I had planned on, but considered different ones for another project. Some herbs are just so pretty, they’d look great in a glass bowl out on display… like star anise.
To assemble the sachets I poured them into bowls to make scooping a little easier.
It was super easy and quick to fill up the pre-made sachet bags with the herbs. (fun project for kids to do too!) The whole cottage smelled of rosemary and cloves for the rest of the day!
Once the bags were filled, I simply tied the ribbon on the top to secure the herbs inside.
Placing one little herb filled sachet in each drawer and closet shelf makes everything smell wonderful. Every so often a little squeeze and shake of the sachet will freshen it to release more of its natural scents.
I made several sachets to place in all the dressers and closets. They are all natural and have a wonderful scent. They really are the best smelling sachets!
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Mimi says
Hello Liz….how lovely to meet you! I love scented sachets and your version sounds absolutely glorious! Please come and share with my friends and followers at Five Star Frou-Frou at A Tray of Bliss? We’d love to have you join us. Love, Mimi xxx
Cecilia MyThriftStoreAddiction says
Liz, I sell organic herbs from my garden in my Etsy shop, so of course I love this! Thanks for sharing @Vintage Charm!
Liz says
Oh that’s fantastic Cecilia! I didn’t realize that you sold them, how wonderful! I’ll see if I can figure out how to add a link to your etsy store on this post. 🙂