6 ways to make your home smell like Christmas

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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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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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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Peppermint tops off these DIY votives, but you can customise the layers with your favourite essential oils.

Tutorial: Hello Natural

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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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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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