6 ways to make your home smell like Christmas
Build a festive simmer pot
If you're hosting a Christmas party (and have a burner free on your stove), fill a saucepan with a bit of water and inviting aromatics like cinnamon sticks and apple slices. As the mixture heats, it will fill your home with happy, nostaligic scents - and your guests may never want to leave.
Tutorial: Design Improvised
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Try pine needles
For a less sweet take on the simmer pot, try one with pine branches as the main ingredient (great if you haven't bought a real Christmas tree this year).
Tutorial: Make+Haus
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Mix your own potpourri
To make a holiday blend that's exactly to your liking, experiment with your own recipe of dried fruit and spices.
Tutorial: Coordinately Yours
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Make minty candles
Peppermint tops off these DIY votives, but you can customise the layers with your favourite essential oils.
Tutorial: Hello Natural
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Hang a sweet-smelling garland
Cinnamon-applesauce pomanders look lovely paired with bright dried orange slices, and (you guessed it) they smell amazing, too.
Tutorial: 5 Orange Potatoes
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Boost pine cones
Sneak a favourite seasonal fragrance into your Christmas decor by spritzing cones with a cinnamon-scented oil.
Tutorial: Kleinworth & Co.
Originally written by Lauren Piro on Good Housekeeping US.
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