Holiday Essential Oils That Smell Like Christmas

Diffusing is a really easy way to enjoy the beautiful scents of winter and Christmas time with essential oils!

Make your house smell like Christmas naturally by blending essential oils in your diffuser. We’ll share our favorite holiday diffuser recipes that smell divine and can help bring a little Christmas spirit to your home.

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What Does Christmas Smell Like?

Or, more specifically, what does Christmas smell like to you?

Our sense of smell is closely connected to our memory and these scents may bring a sense of comfort and nostalgia. Your favorite Christmas fragrances might remind you of pleasant holidays past, childhood, family, and friends.

Is it that refreshing smell of fresh evergreen clippings like pine, spruce, or balsam fir that remind you of cutting down a fresh Christmas tree?

A Christmas tree essential oil blend can bring you right back to that memory!

Or perhaps it’s yummy and sweet-smelling like Christmas cookies, gingerbread, or Gramma’s freshly baked apple pie. It could be the zing of peppermint is your thing.

Some people are crazy about citrus mixed with cinnamon while others prefer warm vanilla and nutmeg that reminds them of eggnog.

It could even be that warm, woodsy incense smell, reminiscent of Christmas midnight mass. It’s different for everyone.

How Do I Make My House Smell Like Christmas?

There are so many ways to achieve these Christmas scents in your home like candles, wax melts, air fresheners, potpourri on the stove, and actual baking. But we’re going to focus on diffuser blends. You’re sure to find a Christmas smell that suits your taste with these holiday essential oils.

We’ll give you 15 Christmas Oil Blends to try but if you prefer to freestyle it, go for it! Maybe you know what your nose likes best so adjust or adapt any of these recipes as you see fit.

Blend these Christmas essential oils up in your diffuser however you want. If you like a blast of citrus, add more wild orange, a hint of clove to your cinnamon works well too.

Actually, you can experiment with the number of drops you put into your diffuser until you get the perfect Christmas scent for your taste.

Holiday Scent Essential Oils

Before we get into the recipes, here’s a quick look at some of the essential holiday oils you may want to get. If you already have some of these on hand great! If a new one catches your eye, consider adding it to your winter collection.

These are the most popular essential oils that smell like Christmas:

• Pine Needle
• Fir Needle (Balsam, Douglas, or Fraser)
• Cypress
• Peppermint
• Spearmint
• Wintergreen
• Vanilla
• Christmas Spirit (Young Living)
• Northern Lights Black Spruce (Young Living)
• Winter Nights (Young Living)
• Cinnamon Cassia/Cinnamon Bark
• Clove
• Copaiba
• Wild Orange
• Bergamot
• Lemon
• Lime
• Frankincense
• Myrrh
• Juniper Berry
• Cedarwood
• Sandalwood

The ready-made blends listed above from Young Living (Christmas Spirit, Northern Lights, and Winter Nights) can be used in diffuser recipes but are also amazing on their own!

15 Best Christmas Essential Oil Blends

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These are some of our favorite holiday essential oil blend recipes for Christmas. I hope you find one that you fall in love with!

Candy Cane Lane

• 3 drops peppermint

• 2 drops Wintergreen

• 2 drops Cinnamon or Cinnamon Bark

Midnight Mass

• 4 drops Frankincense

• 4 drops Myrrh

• 1 drop Sandalwood

Warm Gingerbread

• 3 drops Ginger

• 2 drops Cinnamon

• 2 drops Nutmeg

• 2 drops Clove

Wonderful Winter

• 2 drops Cypress or Pine Needle

• 3 drops Spearmint or Peppermint

• 2 drops Bergamot or Wild Orange

Oh Christmas Tree

• 3 drops Fir Needle or Pine Needle

• 2 drops Wild Orange

• 1 drop Cypress

• 1 drop Sandalwood

Northern Forest

• 3 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce

• 3 drops Juniper Berry

• 2 drops Cypress

Sleigh Ride

• 4 drops Winter Nights

• 3 drops Frankincense or Myrhh

• 3 drops Lime

Christmas Vibe

• 2 drops Cinnamon Bark

• 2 drops Clove

• 2 drops Wild Orange or Bergamot

Gramma’s Apple Pie

• 5 drops Lime

• 4 drops Douglas Fir

• 4 drops Cinnamon

Nutmeg Delight

• 3 drops Nutmeg

• 3 drops Vanilla

• 2 drops Wild Orange

• 2 drops Cedarwood or Sandalwood

All Is Calm

• 2 drops Frankincense

• 2 drops Lavender

• 2 drops Copaiba

Home For Christmas

• 3 drops Christmas Spirit

• 3 drops Lemon

Traditional Christmas

• 2 drops Frankincense

• 2 drops Orange or Bergamot

• 2 drops Peppermint

Christmas Cookies

• 3 drops Vanilla

• 2 drops Cinnamon

• 1 drop Ginger

Silent Night

• 3 drops Frankincense

• 3 drops Lavender

• 2-3 drops Myrrh

These are some of our favorite essential oils that we diffuse for that wonderful Christmas smell and to help set the mood for the holidays.

I hope you find a Christmas oil blend recipe that you love!

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and all the best in the New Year!

Until next time, K.

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