In a big bowl, mix together two parts bicarbonate of soda to one part salt, or pretty much any granular stuff that can be vacuumed up without problems (cornflour, salt, cocaine...). Some recipes use entirely baking soda but that gets expensive, so I 'dilute' it with salt. It needs to be more than half bicarbonate fo soda since that's the stuff that absorbs smells (mix with water and wipe inside of fridge to get rid of odd smells; leave tiny dish of it at back of fridge to prevent weird smells).
Add essential oils - If I use oneof those tubs of bicarb they sell in supermarket bakery aisles and half as much salt, I'll add a total of 15 drops of oils.
Lemon, lime, orange: all those citrus ones are good.
Thyme, rosemary, sage all have a kind of clean smell although a few people find it a bit hospital-y.
Lavender, rose-geranium: both lovely floral ones.
Cedarwood, ginger, rosemary makes a good autumny mix.
Last Christmas I used frankincense and myrrh and loved the combination; less cloying than I expected, very fresh-smelling.
Mix the oils well into the powder to work it right through. If not using immediately, cover the bowl with clingfilm.
Either scatter by hand or put into a spare flour-dredger and shake. Or I suppose an old shake'n'vac dispenser!
Leave at least an hour, ideally overnight (shut pets out of room) and then vacuum up.
You can use the same essential oils with a litre of water and a few drops of alcohol to mix them, in a plant-mister to use as an air-freshener that won't set off asthma or stink foully of chemicals!
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IMPORTANT - some essential oils are dangerous to some people. Be extremely careful round anyone pregnant or with epilepsy.
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