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Laura Prepon is putting her house on trials for the holidays with a special family custom. The actress revealed her mother’s recipe for making fall potpourri, a fragrant custom that has been passed on from mother to daughter and fills her home with the different seasons’ scents. Prepon demonstrated the easy-going, nature-friendly process in a video and, at the same time, invited the public to create their own unique version.
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The holiday season once more finds Laura Prepon letting the cozy feeling in and allowing the nice smells to spread all over her house and yours. The ‘Orange Is the New Black’ star has over the past years been posting on her social media about the making of fall potpourri, a motherly custom that she has absorbed from her mother. Prepon was very detailed in her storytelling throughout the video, the camera showing her boiling whole cinnamon sticks, slicing the aromatic vanilla bean, etc. It was very clear that the starting point was just a suggestion and the rest was left to the person, which aspect elevated the overall response a notch.
“Prepon said in the video, “When I was a kid, I realized that Christmas was coming the moment I started experiencing the smell in the house. And now my family and friends, they learn it’s coming when I start doing it. They say; Christmas is coming and we aren’t ready.” She described the pot that was filled with the friendly-smelling water and the locations in her house where she had just put it, i.e., corner and even near air intakes to let the aroma flow through the whole house. She assured a natural lovely smell that was far better than the store-bought ones. “It doesn’t have that fake smell like the potpourri you might buy at a store. It doesn’t have a perfumey scent. It is all these lovely natural fragrances.”
Immediately, her fans flocked to the comment section to express their eagerness to try the recipe for themselves, one user with the same vibe writing: “I do this too. Sometimes I even put it all in a mini crockpot so I can just leave it on warm/low all day.” This very helpful suggestion not only shows that Prepon’s fans are not simply enjoying the idea but also sharing it with their everyday life through clever adaptations.
Another fan said they felt completely motivated and wrote: “Now I want to make this for my home. ❤️” This unpretentious remark demonstrated the promptness with which Prepon affects her viewers, taking them from simply being her fans to actually being her holiday ritual.
Moreover, the post also got global attention, and one Instagrammer from Korea shared their new insight. They commented, “Potpourri is a natural air freshener, isn’t it! I didn’t know the English word ‘potpourri’, but thanks to Laura, I am learning about Western culture in this way 😍 It seems much better than store products, a natural air freshener not harmful to the human body, seems so good ❤️ Your beauty is the greatest as always 👍” Through this comment, the follower seemed to be amazed by the diverse uses of Prepon’s content, which included cultural exchanges as well as practical and health-conscious options for the international audience.
When nostalgia and humor simultaneously occurred, someone said, “Laura I was just watching you in OITNB. You naughty naughty girl 💋😍😍,” without any reservation, she expressed her nostalgia for the actress’ role, and at the same time, her appreciation for her current domesticity.
Some even revealed their recipe variations, thus forming a community around the common practice. One person wrote, “This but add cranberries too, so good! 😍” another shared, “Love it Laura! I do the same but also add some apple slices and cranberries to mine 😊” The swapping of ideas creates a very collaborative atmosphere, where Prepon’s post about holiday traditions involving homemade goodies generates more extended discussions.
A very devoted follower left a very personal message, “Girl you are so so beautiful thank you for sharing all your amazing recipes with us and I’m so glad I can see your amazing face and I wanna meet you so badly it’s one of my dreams to meet you in person one day and you my idol and someone I look up to I miss your black hair.” This heartfelt, run-on sentence is indicative of the intimate relationship that the followers feel with Prepon, who is not just a star in their eyes but indeed a genuine source of inspiration and a personal idol.
Laura Prepon’s fall potpourri routine is nothing short of a cookery segment; it is a plunge into her family traditions and a tease for others to create theirs. When she revealed this simple, sensual activity, she was not only making warmth and community sensory tools but also emphasizing that sometimes the best holiday magic is homemade. Her approach to family traditions extends to the kitchen as well.
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