Festive Christmas Essential Oil Blends
Festive Christmas essential oil blends to make your house smell like Christmas! These printable essential oil blend charts show you what combination of essential oils smells like Christmas.
When I think of the holidays, my mind turns to fresh evergreen wreaths, Christmas carols, peppermint candy canes, wrapping gifts, baking cookies for Santa, and all the twinkling lights.
It’s a magical time of year when anything seems possible. And if you’re lucky, you might just feel like a kid again!
I’m a sucker for all the cheesy holiday fun, a Christmas lights tour in our pajamas, cutting paper snowflakes, drying oranges, sipping hot cocoa overloaded with marshmallows by the fire, making cinnamon dough ornaments, and more.
When the holidays are here, I swap out my fall essential oil blends for the best Christmas essential oil blend recipes. Fresh evergreen scents, sweet peppermint, and warming blends like cookies baking in the oven are where it’s at!
Because diffusing essential oils blends that smell like Christmas is the fastest way to make your home feel festive. You can stick with the classics like my Christmas Tree Farm blend or level up with Camp Christmas, an airy, spicy, sweet blend, or a romantic recipe for Mistletoe.
But they’re not just for diffusing – you can use these Christmas essential oil blends for soap, candles, DIY room sprays, and more holiday crafts. Just be sure to increase the amounts to fit your project.
No matter what you’re in the mood for, you’re sure to find a new favorite among these Christmas essential oil blends. Print each with our easy printable blend charts below!
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What combination of essential oils smells like Christmas?
How do you make your house smell like Christmas with essential oils? Start with essential oils that give us that festive holiday smell when combined. I began making this list of essential oils before I started putting my blends together.
Best Christmas Essential Oils:
Peppermint
Myrrh
Wintergreen
Cinnamon
Northern Lights Black Spruce
Clove
Bergamot
Thieves
Cedarwood
Clary Sage
Orange
Ginger
Vanilla
Cardamom
Spearmint
Frankincense
Vetiver
Idaho Blue Spruce
Pine
Nutmeg
Rosemary
Can you mix any essential oils?
Yes, but it’s more about “what essential oils smell good together?”. And it’s most easily answered by using an essential oil blending wheel. Like a color wheel, an essential oil blending wheel helps us understand the relationships between different aromas and how our brain processes them.
To create appealing essential oil blends, choose oils that sit next to each other on the blending wheel. So, use this list of essential oils that smell like Christmas with the blend wheeling to create countless combinations.
I’ve got twelve done-for-you Christmas essential oil blends you can use now!
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Diffusing Christmas Essential Oils Blends
If you’re new to diffusing essential oils, you’ll be delighted to know it’s straightforward. Choose one of these diffuser methods and a Christmas essential oil blend recipe below to infuse your kitchen, living room, bedroom, or entryway for the holidays!
Ultrasonic Diffuser
These popular devices use water and ultrasonic vibrations to disperse essential oils into the air as a fine mist. You can pick up a diffuser at Target or shop some of my favorites:
Don’t miss my tips on how to clean diffusers like this.
Essential Oil Tea Light Diffuser
These diffusers often come in decorative designs and use a heat source, such as a tea light candle (I make my own), to gently warm the essential oils and disperse their aroma throughout the room.
Reed Diffuser
Create a reed diffuser by combining essential oils with a carrier oil, such as sweet almond oil, and placing reed sticks into the mixture. The reeds absorb the oil and gradually release the scent into the room. Try this DIY reed diffuser tutorial to add a touch of elegance to your space.
Terracotta Diffuser Stones
Craft your own diffuser stones using terracotta clay. These porous stones absorb essential oils and release their fragrance slowly over time. Check out this tutorial for handmade terracotta diffuser stones to infuse your environment with natural scents.
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Where’s The Best Place To Put A Diffuser?
I know all too well that finding a good space for a diffuser can be difficult. I’ve learned that it’s not really about decor. It’s about choosing the best place to reap the aromatherapy benefits of a diffuser. Yes, I am guilty of choosing an essential oil diffuser for its looks and choosing a spot to use it because it looked good there.
But, you’ll be less likely to use your diffuser if it’s not where you or your family are often. And the same can be said for your essential oils. If you keep them in a box in your closet – how often are you going to use them?
So, take some time to think about where you and your family frequently spend time in your home and how you can creatively store your essential oils for ease of use. I share several storage tips for oils here and have a few ideas in the Oily Chic Lookbook.
Here is a list of some of the best places to put a diffuser:
- Living Room Sofa Table
- Kitchen Island
- Bedroom Night Stand
- Entry Way Table
- Bathroom Vanity
- Coffee Bar
- Office Credenza
- Portable Diffuser In The Car
- Kids Playroom Bookshelf
Once you’ve found the perfect locations for diffusers in your home, store the essential oils you will use most often there. And why not tuck these Christmas blend charts nearby?
What oils should I diffuse for Christmas?
When diffusing essential oil blends for Christmas, you can’t go wrong with these festive diffuser recipes! Start from the top and work your way to the bottom of this fun list of holiday favorites.
12 Merry & Bright Christmas Essential Oil Blends
Christmas Tree Farm
We’re kicking off this list with a twist on the classic Christmas tree essential oil blend. A splash of warm vanilla and cinnamon makes blue spruce smile in this recipe.
2 drops vanilla
3 drops blue spruce
2 drops cinnamon
Frosted Gingerbread
Add this to the diffuser in your kitchen or your homemade cleaning spray, and you’ll be ready to make frosted gingerbread houses – no matter how long it takes.
3 drops vanilla
2 drops cinnamon
3 drops ginger
1 drop clove
Camp Christmas
Add this to the diffuser in your living room and establish Camp Christmas! Roll out the sleeping bags and roast marshmallows in the fireplace; it’s time for some holiday fun.
3 drops orange
3 drops cinnamon
2 drops black spruce
2 drops ginger
Santa’s Sleigh
This essential oil blend recipe has all the scents we’d surely find in Santa’s Sleigh – peppermint, orange, and frankincense, too.
3 drops peppermint
2 drops orange
2 drops frankincense
Candy Cane Forest
Pull out your favorite board games on Christmas break and add this to the diffuser for extra merry mint. You can make holiday-scented foaming hand soap with this blend, too.
4 drops peppermint
2 drops vanilla
Reindeer Romp
Play holiday music and wear your reindeer antlers for a reindeer romp with this festive blend recipe of ginger, clove, and orange.
2 drops ginger
3 drop clove
1 drop orange
North Pole
This blend of refreshing wintergreen, vanilla, and spearmint would be fabulous in not just the diffuser but DIY shower steamers or homemade massage oil, too!
3 drops wintergreen
2 drops vanilla
2 drops spearmint
Christmas Cookies
Nothing is better than the smell of Christmas cookies baking in the oven on Christmas Eve. Y-U-M-M-Y
3 drops orange
2 drops vanilla
2 drops cinnamon
1 drop nutmeg
Mistletoe
Set the mood for a romantic evening with this Mistletoe blend of valor and ylang ylang.
4 drops valor
3 drops ylang ylang
Silver Bells
Invite the scent of winter into your home with refreshing spruce, pine, and bergamot using this Christmas blend recipe.
4 drops blue spruce
1 drop pine
3 drops bergamot
Home For The Holidays
Enjoy the comfort of being home for the holidays; add this Christmas blend to a car diffuser on your way home this season.
3 drops rosemary
2 drops blue spruce
3 drops lemon
2 drops clove
Trim The Tree
When you’re ready to trim the tree and deck the halls, pop this in the diffuser! You’ll be humming “Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree” in no time.
2 drops orange
3 drops myrrh
2 drops cedarwood
Printable Christmas Essential Oil Blends Charts
Print these Christmas essential oil blends charts for diffuser recipes and more. They’re everything you need to celebrate the season. Find both and countless more essential oil printables in the Oily Chic Library.
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- Rosemary Diffuser Blends
- Fall Essential Oil Wax Melts DIY
- Fall DIY Diffuser
- Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub Recipe
- How To Make Wax Melts Sparkle
Pin these Christmas essential oil blend charts to your Pinterest blends board, and while there, follow Oily Chic for more inspired ideas. And don’t forget to print your charts!
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