Festive Aromas — 9 Holiday Essential Oil Blends

By Caryn Gehlmann

What’s the first thing you notice when you walk in the door of someone’s home? Often it’s the aroma that fills the air, especially if they have pie or cookies in the oven! If you want to add a festive aroma to your home, we have recipes for nine different holiday essential oil blends to share with you. They’re so scrumptious, you’re going to want to sniff them all year round!

The inspiration for this blog came to me a few weeks ago when we had a customer come into our store who wanted to make some holiday blends. We had so much fun brainstorming different ideas — what a hoot. It can be so much fun experimenting with different scents and “listening” to your nose. What memories do these different holiday smells bring up for you?

One of the easiest things to do is to add theses holiday essential oil blends to a diffuser in your room. However, if you don’t have a diffuser, there are easy alternatives. You can add the essential oils to a small bowl of salt (table salt or sea salt works). Or you can apply 2-4 drops of essential oil on several tissues or cotton balls and place them around the room or tuck into the grate of a fan or air vent in your home. (Please note, place cotton balls or tissues on a surface that will not be damaged by contact with essential oils.)

Thanksgiving Table
3 drops Rosemary, 3 drops Sage, 1 drop Thyme ct. linalool

Winter Cheer
3 drops e3 Protection, 2 drops e3 Revitalize
Watch a short video on how to make your own Winter Cheer Spritzer.

Silent Night
3 drops Frankincense & Myrrh, 2 drops Sandalwood

Happy New Year
8 drops e3 Revitalize, 3 drops Frankincense

Wintertime Forest
6 drops e3 Forest Blend, 2 drops Peppermint, 1 drop Wintergreen

Holiday Baking
3 drops Cinnamon, 1 drop Clove bud, 1 drop Ginger

Spiced Apple Cider
3 drops Ginger, 1 drop Orange, 1 drop Cinnamon

Candy Cane Lovers
2 drops Peppermint, 2 drops Wintergreen, 1 drop Spearmint

Fireside Chat
3 drops Cinnamon, 2 drops Orange, 1 drop Clove, 1 drop Nutmeg, 1 drop Black Pepper

My personal favorite of these holiday blends is Happy New Year Blend! We’re conducting a poll on Facebook to discover which one of these holiday essential oil blends is your favorite. Please visit our Facebook page and let us know! And if you have another idea for a fun holiday blend, we want to hear about it.

Would you like to learn how to make your own essential oil blends? For tips and recipes grab a copy of our downloadable free ebook, Listen to Your Nose – An Introduction to Aromatherapy.