What Aroma Do You Fill the Room With?

🌿 What Aroma Do You Fill the Room With?

Just recently, a new gift has been given to me, though perhaps it’s not new at all. It’s something that has quietly lived inside me for years, waiting to be rediscovered. I’ve always been drawn to beautiful aromas, clean linen, fresh cotton, herbs, green leaves, soft musks. I’d mix oils together and blend them onto my skin, simply because I loved the process.

People often ask, “What scent are you wearing?” I smile, because it’s never from a bottle it’s a prayer poured into oil. What began as a small creative joy has become something sacred. Family and friends would ask for a special blend, and I’d happily share. But lately, more people are asking. And I’m beginning to see that this isn’t just about perfume it’s about purpose.

🕊️Perfume: The Fragrance of Worship

The very word “perfume” comes from the Latin “per fumum,” meaning “through smoke.” In ancient times, incense and oils were burned as offerings to God. The role of the perfumer was considered holy, they created fragrances meant to rise heavenward, a visible symbol of worship ascending “through smoke.”

In the Bible, fragrance carries deep spiritual meaning:

Exodus 30:34–38 describes the sacred incense God instructed Moses to prepare, to be burned in the Tabernacle before the Lord.

Exodus 30:22–33 outlines the holy anointing oil, a blend of myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, cassia, and olive oil, used to consecrate priests and objects in the Temple.

Psalm 141:2 says, “Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.” And in 2 Corinthians 2:15, Paul writes, “For we are to God the fragrance of Christ.”

We are now His living tabernacle. Every thought, emotion, and action can become a sweet aroma rising to His throne. Our kindness, gratitude, and humility leave a lingering fragrance on the earth, like floral notes, citrus bursts, and warm musks that reflect the Spirit of Christ within us.

🌸 The Scent of the Soul

I often think about how our inner life carries its own aroma. A peaceful heart gives off something gentle and comforting, while bitterness or fear can cloud the air around us. Just as fragrance fills a room, so does our energy, our words, our presence.

What aroma do you fill your home, your conversations, your world with? Is it worry and striving or grace and peace?

When we choose thoughts aligned with truth and love, we become the pleasing fragrance of God, living reminders of His beauty and holiness.

⚗️ When Creation Is Distorted

Sadly, the art of perfumery has strayed far from its sacred roots. Today’s fragrance industry often values packaging, celebrity names, and synthetic compounds over purity and reverence. Many perfumes are filled with harsh chemicals that disrupt hormones and dull our natural senses, mass-produced to please the masses, rather than to honor creation.

But I believe the role of the perfumer is still holy when done with intention. Each oil carries a note of creation’s voice, petals, roots, resins, woods all whispering praise to their Maker. When I blend, I pray. I ask that what I create becomes a “sweet aroma to the Lord”

(Ephesians 5:2).

🕯️ House of Hope

My blends are created one by one, in the quiet of my home, House of Hope. Each golden, milky liquid rests in amber glass, aging and maturing, waiting to release its story. They are not merely perfumes; they are offerings.

One day, I hope you can experience one for yourself. Until then, I invite you to reflect:

What aroma do you bring into the spaces you enter?

What residue of spirit and presence do you leave behind?

May we all become a living fragrance, one that drifts upward, throne-worthy and true.