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Homes & Gardens
Tenielle Jordison

Homemade Potpourri Is the Secret to Long-Lasting Holiday Scent – These Are the 5 Best Fragrant Plants to Use, and You Can Forage Them Right From Your Yard

Potpourri in star mesh decoration.

Plants have so much to offer when it comes to curating the perfect interiors for the holidays. You can't beat the inviting fragrance of real plants, from living Christmas trees to potpourri. Making your own potpourri is all the more rewarding, often creating the freshest of fragrances that lasts through the entire holiday season.

To make potpourri, you essentially need to dry fragrant plants and mix them with spices and essential oils. Placing this mixture in an organza bag (like this set of organza mesh bags from Amazon) means you can gift your homemade potpourri and display it around the home. But, which plants should you use?

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