This fall simmering potpourri is an easy and natural way to add those delicious scents of fall to your home!
I’m always torn as summer starts to come to an end. While I’m always a little sad to say good-bye to those laid back summer days and beautiful summer weather, I absolutely LOVE decorating the house for fall. The change of colors is always so pretty and fall just feels like such a cozy season. One of my other favorite things about fall is all of the wonderful scents. The crisp fall air, the rich spices, fresh apples, ground cinnamon and cloves – I love them all!
Fall Simmering Potpourri
One of the quickest and easiest ways to get my house feeling like fall, is to make up some fall simmering potpourri. It only takes a few minutes and it really does make the house smell heavenly. It’s also kind of fun to experiment with different ingredients – so play around with what you have and see what you can come up with!
I’ll give you a couple of my favorite recipes but don’t be too concerned with the measurements – I always seem to be playing around with it. 🙂
Pumpkin Spice Potpourri
- 2 cups apple cider or apple juice {you could always use water too}
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- 3-4 cinnamon sticks
- 1 tbsp. whole cloves
- 1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 an apple or dried apple slices
Apple Pie Potpourri
- 1 small apple thinly sliced
- 2 cups liquid {apple cider, apple juice, or water}
- 1 tbsp. whole cloves
- 3-4 cinnamon sticks
- 1 tbsp. nutmeg
For both recipes, add all of the ingredients to a small sauce pan and stir. Bring to a gentle boil and then reduce heat to low. Continuously add more liquid {either cider or water} as needed and do not allow to dry up. I’ll usually stir it up about once an hour to get the scent going. You can also use a crockpot for the potpourri instead of the stove top method although you may need to increase the recipe size depending on the size of your crockpot. I have also used the small dip-sized crockpot; however, I found that the scent was not as strong.
I will re-use the mixture for up to a week until it’s either not looking too good or doesn’t smell as strong – just keep it stored in the fridge in an airtight container if you’re not using it. You can add citrus peels or apple cores as well as the week goes on or top up the spices a bit. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do and hopefully it will put you in the fall spirit!
More Fall Ideas
If you’re looking for more fall ideas, check out these posts. Enjoy the season!
How to Add Hygge to your Fall Decor
Leaf Napkin Folding for a Fall Tablescape
Sounds wonderful, I bet it smells yummy!!
LOVE this! There’s just nothing as cozy as the warm scents of Fall!
Looked good enuf to eat, can only imagine how enticing it smells. The smells of Fall are part of favorite about the season. I get in mood to bake much more often in Fall and winter. The beautiful colors of Fall are another favorite part, wearing sweaters and boots too.
Enjoy rest of week
I can only imagine how yummy this must smell!
I bet this smells amazing! Happy Fall!
I bet this smells absolutely amazing! I love the smells of fall and this will for sure get me in the mood even more. I would like to invite you to our party. We would love to have you! Floyd Family Homestead.
I love this idea! I’ve heard of dried potpourri before, but never even thought to make a “fresh” one like this! I like that it lasts and can be kept in the fridge when not in use. It’s absolutely perfect to get into the spirit of fall. Thanks so much for sharing this with us on #shinebloghop this week 🙂
This is exactly when we need smell-o-outers! This looks like it just smells so perfectly Fallish <3 Thank you so much Jenn for linking it up to our Inspiration Galore Project Party last week. You are one of my Features tomorrow over at Recreated Designs. Have a wonderfully, perfect Fall weekend.
Thanks so much! It’s definitely fall here today – rainy and cold! Hope you have a wonderful weekend too!
How much water do you typically add to this?
I start with 2 cups of liquid {either water, juice or combo of} and then just keep adding it as needed so it doesn’t dry up. How much you will need to add depends on how long you have it on for and how high you have it set at. I’ve used the same mix for over a week, just adding the new liquid to it.
I need this! 🙂 I have several nice recipes for Christmastime potpourri, but I love the cinnamon-apple-y smells of fall. This is awesome! Can’t wait to try these. Pinning. 🙂
#SYClinky
I just love the scents of fall!
I can almost smell it now! So ready for Fall! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday!
Sounds wonderful! I can’t wait to give it a try. Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Love doing these every fall. Thanks so much for sharing at our To Grandma’s House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and more Link Party! Pinned this! Hope you join us again next week!
A scented room always sets the mood and these recipes sound perfect for fall Jenn.
Thank you for sharing at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring your fall simmering potpourri recipes at tomorrow’s party and pinning too.
Hugs,
Kerryanne
I always have a small slow cooker going with simmering potpourri but I’ve never made a batch with pumpkin before. This is definitely happening at my house soon! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us at the Talk Of The Town party. Pinned 🙂
It’s fun switching up the scents! I find that I notice it more when it’s not always the same. 🙂
I love this Potpourri simmering away to say its fall! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday,447 this week. Hope you have a great Labor Day Weekend and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
Hope you have a great long weekend too! Thanks for hosting!
I love this idea! I will have to give it a try this year!
I hope you enjoy it!
Congratulations your post is featured on Full Plate Thursday,448 this week. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us and hope you will come back soon!
Miz Helen