A Guide to Choose The Best Diffuser Reeds

 

Unlike candles or electric diffusers, reed diffusers don’t require any flames, plugs, or batteries. Instead, they use wooden sticks (or reeds) to pull the fragrance oils from the bottom of the bottle to the top of the reed, where the scent then evaporates into the air.

Taking your time in choosing diffuser reeds and knowing which ones are best in diffusers will ensure that your diffuser works perfectly, creating a light, beautiful and lingering fragrance for rooms in homes and in offices, hotels, spas, rest rooms and other areas. The wrong choice of reed diffuser sticks will mean that the fragrance is not diffused as well as it should be.

The diffuser is a popular, environmentally-friendly, economical and safe choice for fragrancing; this simple fragrance option does not use fire or electricity yet it leaves you with mood-elevating, subtle fragrance that lasts for several months.

This type of fragrance diffuser has a simple construction that includes diffuser oil, essential/aromatic oils, reeds and an attractive container. The reeds or sticks do the important job of carrying the aroma, and diffusing it into the room.

So what are diffuser reeds? How do they work?

The best reed diffuser sticks are made of rattan, which are not hollow, but have several channels inside the stem. It is these channels that suck the fragrance oil from the bottle that slowly permeates the room with wonderful scents.

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Scientific studies have proven that fragrances can interact with the brain to impact our moods, stress levels, and even working capacities. That’s because they can cross over the blood-brain barrier and interact with receptors in the central nervous system. Whether you have a home office, are looking to make your guests feel welcome, or just want a more uplifting environment for yourself, reed diffusers are an effective way to get there.

The idea behind a reed diffuser is quite straightforward and very similar to that of an oil evaporator, except that in the case of a diffuser reeds are used as a means of absorbing the fragrant oil.

A typical reed diffuser comprises a number of rattan reeds, which effectively act as the wick. Using the correct type of reeds is essential since rattan has an absorbent honeycomb structure, differing in this respect from wood or bamboo. Neither wood nor bamboo are appropriate for use in scented diffusers, because they do not allow the scented oil to be absorbed properly.

Around a dozen slender reeds are sufficient to provide a subtle fragrance for most average size rooms. If, however, you prefer a lighter aroma or you are using the diffuser in a small room, such as a bathroom, you may choose to use less than this amount of reeds, thereby producing a more delicate fragrance. The reeds are placed in a container, usually a bottle or jar, into which the fragrant oil has been placed.

The oil then works its way up the reeds by capillary action and is dispersed into the surrounding air through via reed stems. Since no flame or smoke is involved reed diffusers lend a room a delicate, unadulterated fragrance. But to achieve this effect you must ensure not only that you use the correct type of reeds, but also that you use oil which is specifically intended for use in reed diffusers – normal fragrance oils, which you might find in an evaporator or oil burner are not suitable because they are too are too heavy and dense to work properly in a reed diffuser.

Make sure that you cut the reeds to roughly twice the height of the bottle you are using, so that half the reed is in the bottle and half out of it, while taking care to ensure your bottle is at least half full of oil. The amount of oil you use is a matter of judgment. If you do not use enough, the reed will not become properly infused with the fragrance or else the diffuser will run out prematurely.

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