Ambience and decorations
Make your home smell warm and welcoming by blending essential oils for an oil burner or a room spray. There are several spicy (clove, cinnamon) and citrus oils (orange, tangerine, bergamot, mandarin, lemon) that work well together. Try adding four drops of essential oil of orange and two of cinnamon to the water-filled bowl of your burner or dilute these quantities in two cups of water in a plant spray. Frankincense (see October oil of the month) and myrrh in resin form were the gifts of Kings, and you can experiment by adding a single drop of either of these essential oils to your blend to give a spiritual dimension. Alternatively, you could add a couple of drops of ‘woody’ oil such as cedarwood, bay or pine.
Indeed, the natural scent of pine we all associate with Yuletide can be recaptured either by spraying your Christmas tree with a mixture of six drops of essential oil of pine to one cup of water or by wrapping a piece of absorbent fabric infused with a few drops of pine oil around the tree trunk. This can help evoke the Christmas spirit whether you opt for a traditional Christmas tree (nowadays often coated with preservatives which prevent needle-drop but mask the natural scent) or an artificial one. You can do the same with Christmas wreaths and pine cone table decorations.
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