Fill Your Home With Christmas Scents

Glass spray bottle with farmhouse label on mantel

Photo by Victoria Van Vlear

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Part of experiencing the Christmas season is having that wonderful smell of pine trees, cinnamon and hot chocolate in your home. Whether you have a faux or live Christmas tree, you can add additional Christmas scents to your home for a fragrance-filled season. Here are a few ideas.

DIY Room Freshener

Make your own room freshener with a glass spray bottle and several simple ingredients. Inside the bottle, mix a quarter cup of carrier oil, such as almond or safflower, with 2 tablespoons of vodka and 15 drops of essential oil. Then simply shake and spray.

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Materials for a Christmas scents bottle project on a table — The printable labels will work with Avery labels 94506. Photo by Victoria Van Vlear.

Vintage Christmas Fair

(Christmas scents: cinnamon and mulled wine)

Use 5 drops of the following essential oils: cinnamon, cloves and allspice

Evergreen Sleigh Ride

(Christmas scents: pine and wintergreen)

Use 5 drops of the following essential oils: pine, wintergreen and frankincense

Cozy at the Farmhouse

(Christmas scents: gingerbread and orange)

Use 5 drops of the following essential oils: ginger, nutmeg and orange

Boiled Christmas Scents

For a quick fix that will make the house smell like a Christmas tree, combine water and pine branches in a pot, along with a few bay leaves and a pinch of nutmeg. Simmer the mixture on the stove top to release the scent into the air. You can prep and store batches of room scents ahead of time by combining them in a large Mason jar to dump into a pot and boil before a party or on Christmas Eve.

An Authentic Farmhouse in Ojai

basket of pinecones — Pinecones are easy to come by and make a great source of Christmas scents!

Pinecone Potpourri

Pinecones are a simple and natural holiday decoration that won’t look out of place in your Christmas home. Gather pinecones into a basket or bowl, and then sprinkle 15–20 drops of pine essential oil onto the pinecones. They’ll smell like a Christmas tree when you enter the room.

Candles With Christmas Scents

Candles are a great way to add a scent to your home, especially if you burn the candle for several hours. Here are a couple of great Christmas candles to add to the spaces in your home!

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Christmas Eve candle from A to Z Candles.

Holiday Balsam candles — Holiday Balsam candle from Copper and Kraft Candles.

Baby It's Cold Outside candle — Baby It’s Cold Outside candle from Hello You Candles.

Christmas Tree candle from Lynwood Candle Company.

Longleaf Pine Candle — Longleaf Pine candle from Little Light Co.

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