Scent Almanac
Freesia
Bright, clean and peppery-fruity floral with a light, fresh sweetness. Crisp rather than heady.
- Made from
- A blended fragrance oil built from aroma chemicals (and sometimes naturals); no natural freesia oil is commercially produced.
- Strength
- ●●●○○
- Cost
- Moderate
- Moods
- UpliftingCleanRefreshing
- Seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Rooms
- Bathroom, Bedroom, Laundry
Follow the supplier's safety data sheet and certificate for use levels.
How it behaves
CandlesGreat
Floral fragrance oils generally throw well in soy and paraffin; check your supplier's recommended load.
Wax meltsGreat
Reed diffuserGreat
Room & linen sprayGreat
Needs a solubilizer (such as polysorbate 20) to mix into a water-based spray.
Electric (water) diffuserAvoid
Cold-process soapWorkable
Floral fragrance oils are the most common culprits for accelerating trace or ricing in cold process. Read supplier soap-test notes, soap at cooler temperatures and have a slow recipe ready.
Melt-and-pour soapGood
Laundry & cleaningGreat
Its crisp, clean character suits laundry and cleaning blends.
Pairs well with
Pear
Top · Fruity
Fragrance oil
Peony
Middle · Floral
Fragrance oil
White Tea
Top · Fresh & clean
Fragrance oil
Bergamot
Top · Citrus
Essential oil
Lily of the Valley
Middle · Floral
Fragrance oil
Fresh Linen
Top · Fresh & clean
Fragrance oil
Pink Pepper
Top · Spicy
Essential oil
Cherry Blossom
Middle · Floral
Fragrance oil
Don't have it? Try Peony, Lily of the Valley.
In these blends
Salt & Driftwood
A windy afternoon on the beach — salt spray, warm sand and sun-bleached wood.
Coconut · Sea Salt · Atlas Cedarwood · Bergamot · Freesia · Amber
RefreshingCalmingSummer
Peony Blush
A jar of pink peonies on the dresser, just opened.
Peony · Sandalwood · Pear · Freesia · Bergamot
RomanticUpliftingSpring
Berry Patch Lemonade
Pink lemonade and a bowl of strawberries at a summer picnic.
Freesia · Strawberry · Lemon · Lemongrass · Vanilla · Sandalwood
UpliftingEnergizingSummer
Cherry Blossom Tea
Pale pink petals drifting over a cup of white tea in early spring.
Cherry Blossom · White Tea · Sandalwood · Freesia · Pear
CalmingUpliftingSpring
Watermelon Cooler
A cold slice of watermelon and cucumber water on the hottest day of summer.
Freesia · Watermelon · Bamboo · Virginian Cedarwood · Cucumber
RefreshingUpliftingSummer
A little lore
Freesias are native to southern Africa and were named after the German physician Friedrich Freese.