It’s the most wonderful time of the year! So many of our senses get awakened during Christmas and bring us back to memories of Christmas’ past – seeing the vivid light displays and manger scenes, listening to Christmas carols, tasting yummy Christmas cookies, and smelling the Christmas scents of pine trees, cookies baking and hot chocolate brewing.
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Growing up, my parents switched up our Christmas tree each year. Some years they bought a real tree while other years we used an artificial one.
I enjoyed the times when we would go to a tree farm to pick out our tree. I loved the scent that it brought into our home. Anytime I smell the scent of pine, it brings me back to those times we spent cutting down our “real” Christmas tree.
Nowadays, for convenience’s sake, I put up an artificial tree in our home. However, I miss the Christmas scents a real tree provides.
Fortunately, you don’t have to resort to artificial pine air fresheners with synthetic fragrances which emit harmful toxins such as phthalates to get your favorite Christmas scent. There are many healthier, natural ways to scent your home for Christmas.
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In addition to adding the scent of a Christmas tree in your home, there are many other ways to naturally scent your home for the holiday. Following is a roundup of ideas to create Christmas scents for your home:
Using Essential Oils for Christmas Scents
Do you prefer the scent of pine, spruce or fir for your Christmas tree? There are essential oils that can provide those scents naturally.
You can also blend in other oils such as orange, cinnamon, nutmeg, or Frankincense to provide different aromas.
Diffusing essential oils is also a great way to easily create Christmas scents in your home!
Fill a diffuser with water and sprinkle in essential oils. Stacy at a Less Toxic Life gives some ideas for holiday diffuser blends.
In addition to using essential oils to create a pleasant Christmas scent, you could also use them to benefit your mood during the gloomy, cold winter months. Be sure to check out Karen’s article at The Simple Life Simplified for blends to help you feel cozy and happy in the winter.
For a Candy Cane Scent use:
3 drops peppermint oil and 4 drops vanilla essential oil
For a Christmas Tree Scent use:
2 drops cedarwood essential oil, 2 drops pine needle essential oil, 1 drop cinnamon essential oil and 1 drop frankincense essential oil
For a Wintergreen Scent use:
3 drops peppermint essential oil, 3 drops wintergreen essential oil, and 3 drops rosemary essential oil
Would you like to have your house smell like you’ve been working all day in the kitchen? Why not try the scent of eggnog or apple pie?
For an Eggnog Scent use:
3 drops vanilla bean essential oil and 2 drops nutmeg essential oil.
For an Apple Pie Scent use:
2 drops cinnamon essential oil, 3 drops lemon essential oil and 2 drops clove essential oil
Using an essential oil diffuser isn’t the only way to naturally scent your home. You could also try some of the following ideas that I demonstrate below:
Simmer Potpourri on the Stove or in a Crockpot
You can easily create an aromatic scent by simmering ingredients such as cranberries, cloves, vanilla extract, cinnamon sticks and sliced oranges on your stove or in a crockpot.
Feel free to experiment by changing up the ingredients to create a scent that you enjoy.
Find a holiday potpourri recipe here.
Cloved Oranges
Cloved oranges aren’t only easy to make, but they make nice decor too. All you need are cloves, oranges, and something to poke a hole into the orange.
Try making different designs with the cloves on the oranges.
Get the full article here.
Essential Oil Ornaments
Fill glass ball ornaments with cinnamon sticks, cloves, and essential oils.
Make sure to poke some holes in the top of the ornament so the scent can escape.
Adorn your Christmas tree with a few of these ornaments.
Get the full recipe here.
Scented Pine Cones
Scented pine cones make for an easy way to provide Christmas scents.
If you gather your own pine cones instead of buying them at the store, be sure to bake them in the oven for 1 hour on 200 degrees F to open the pine cones up and kill any bugs and bacteria that might have been on them.
After your pine cones are cooled, simply place them in a plastic bag and spray them with a cinnamon essential oil spray (water and essential oils), shake up the bag and then spray them again.
Get the full article here.
DIY Candles or Buy Beeswax Holiday Candles
Lighting candles during the holidays are not only a great way to reduce stress, but they also give a warm glow and a lovely Christmas scent around your home.
If you choose to light candles in your home, make sure you purchase either beeswax candles or make your own. Traditional candles filled with synthetic ingredients are toxic.
If you choose to purchase a candle, Bluecorn makes beeswax holiday candles with essential oils.
If you choose to do-it-yourself, you can make it in a mason jar with a few ingredients and essential oils. Kristin at Live Simply uses soy flakes as the base.
Get the full recipe here.
DIY Firestarters
Scented firestarters are great for a real fireplace!
You can make quite a few firestarters by using a muffin pan and some real ingredients such as cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, cloves, dried rosemary, and mini pine cones. In addition to the scented ingredients, you also need wax to hold it all together and a cotton wick to get it started.
Get the full recipe here.
DIY Scented Wreaths
Wreaths are so pretty to hang during the winter season. Plus, you can create them with different items such as sage, evergreen, pine cones, or dried oranges which provide a natural scent, or you can add essential oils to give it that Christmas scent.
Head to your local craft store and get creative!
Scented Sachets
Want to keep the Christmas scents going after Christmas? An easy and eco-friendly idea is to make a scented sachet.
If you had a “real” Christmas tree, sachet’s allow you to keep the scent of pine, spruce, or fir going long into the winter season.
Recycle some fabric along with tree needles to make a sachet.
Get the full recipe at Cook Quilt Make and Bake.
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas making new memories with Christmas scents.
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Stacy Russell says
Hi, thanks for the mention in your post. Essential oils are a great way to make your home smell good without all the toxins. I will be sharing this with my readers.
Teresa says
Thanks Stacy! I appreciate you sharing this with your audience!