Given the rooms in your home have to 'triple up' as office, play and rest spaces, we think they should all be calming, restorative places to live and work. Editor Trudi Brewer shares the best electric diffusers.
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Cheap to run (just a few drops of essential oil and some water, and you're set, an electric diffuser can also be left unattended (unlike a candle) to fill your home with soothing or invigorating scents. Here are the best to get you through life, including the best value and investment diffusers.
DIPTYQUE Electric Diffuser, $565.
Why not start with the investment diffuser on our editor’s festive wish list? This piece of art is in every A-lister's living room because Diptyque's diffuser makes a bold interior statement, too. One fragrance cycle will last 60 minutes of continuous use, and then the diffuser will turn off automatically - and it illuminates the room while in use. It's an investment, but it will be one of your most treasured possessions and on your mantlepiece for many years.
Aromatherapy Associates The Atomiser, $279.
This luxe-y atomiser matches every mood with a different essential oil. It doesn't require water or heat; you load in your favourite essential oil, emitting a delicate fragrance mist that will fill the room with scent and a soft, halo light. It’s rechargeable and portable, allowing you to relax truly - anywhere in your home.
Miller Road Acorn Ultrasonic Diffuser, $159.
Inspired by a petite acorn, this silent ultrasonic atomiser fills the room with your favourite essential oil, while the LED Light emits a warm, colour-changing glow to promote an atmosphere of calm serenity - it’s small yet perfectly formed.
TWENTY8 Signature Diffuser, $125.
Made from a bamboo veneer finish, the ultrasonic technology utilises high-frequency vibrations to atomise the scent from this diffuser. Add ten drops of pure essential oils and water for 12 hours of continuous scented mist. It also doubles as a brilliant inhaler if you suffer from coughs and colds.
endota essential oil diffuser, $92.
For wellness-giant endota, this ceramic essential oil was designed to calm, ignite or uplift your mood. Using ultra-sonic technology, you can set this gorgeous globe to a two or four-hour timer so it can disperse a fine mist of essential oils into the air while casting dappled white light to create that peaceful, relaxing ambience.
HOME FUSION MORGANITE ELECTRIC DIFFUSER, $70.
This diffuser will add four hours of heavenly scents to any room for soft morganite-inspired mood lighting and heavenly scents. With indeterminant or continuous scent settings, it will automatically turn off when the water level gets too low. There are also sapphire or white marble colour options.
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