35 Holiday Essential Oil Blend Recipes

Want to get yourself more in the Christmas spirit this holiday season? Grab some essential oils, make one or more of the following holiday essential oil blends, and you’re sure to be feeling that Christmas cheer in minutes.

Holiday Scents are part of what make the Christmas season feel like Christmas. From the tree to cookies baking to cider and eggnog, you can now easily bring your favorite holiday scents to life throughout the season.

Instead of using artificial fragrances and fake air fresheners, use pure essential oils to scent your home the natural way. You can of course purchase pre-made Christmas diffuser blends, but making your own holiday blends is easy to do and is a great way to bring the holiday spirit into your home.

Ways to Use These Blends

You can use these essential oil blends in so many ways.

1) Use them in your favorite essential oil diffuser like an ultrasonic diffuser (or a reed diffuser).

2) Combine with a carrier oil like sweet almond oil or fractionated coconut oil and dilute to a safe level for use on your wrists or neck.

3) Drop the oils into a spray bottle filled with filtered water to make a room spray. Sheets and towels and air vents are a great places to start. Shake well before using or use an essential oil emulsifier to keep the oils evenly distributed in the water.

4) Put a few drops in essential oil jewelry and wear it around. This healthy jewelry is based around neodymium magnets for added health benefits. Each magnet is 4000 gauss and there are loads of studies on the benefits of these magnets.

5) Make the blends and place in an essential oil bottle and give as a gift.

6) Add the oil blends to homemade soap. Either regular soap or homemade soap without lye.

7) Make this homemade essential oil body spray with the oil blends so you or your home can smell like the holidays.

Following are lots of holiday essential oil diffuser recipes with the number of drops of essential oils you’ll need for each blend. Simply combine, use, and enjoy. These scents are practically Christmas cheer in a bottle.

Popular Essential Oils for Christmas

The following are some of the most popular essential oils for holiday blends. Having these oils on hand will help you make many of these blends.

• Pine
• Cinnamon
• Cedarwood
• Peppermint
• Frankincense
• Fir
• Clove
• Wintergreen
• Orange

And here is an assortment of blends to use these oils in to “Christmasify” your home.

35 Holiday Essential Oil Blends

Christmas Tree

• 3 drops douglas fir
• 2 drops cedarwood
• 1 drop juniper berry

Gingerbread

• 2 drops cinnamon
• 2 drops clove
• 2 drops ginger

Candy Cane

• 1 drop wintergreen
• 2 drops peppermint
• 3 drops spearmint

Spiced Cider

• 3 drops cinnamon  
• 2 drops cardamom
• 1 drop wild orange
• 1 drop clove

Fruitcake

• 5 drops lemon
• 4 clove
• 3 cinnamon
• 3 rosemary
• 3 eucalyptus
• 16 grapefruit

By the Fire

• 2 drops white fir
• 2 drops cinnamon
• 1 drop clove
• 1 drop cedarwood

Christmas Cookies

• 2 drops cinnamon
• 3 drops lemon
• 1 drop bergamot

Sugar Plum Fairy

• 3 drops of peppermint
• 2 drops of orange
• 2 drops of cinnamon
• 1 drop of nutmeg

Sugar Cookies

• 4 drops vanilla
• 1 drop orange

Snickerdoodles

• 3 cinnamon
• 3 clove
• 2 ginger
• 1 vanilla

Wassail / Mulled Wine

• 4 clove
• 4 cinnamon
• 3 orange
• 2 lemon
• 1 ginger

Spiced Tea

• 3 drops ginger
• 3 drops orange
• 2 drops lemon
• 1 drop cinnamon

Eggnog

• 3 vanilla
• 2 nutmeg
• 1 cinnamon

Eggnog By the Tree

• 1 drop of fir balsam
• 2 drops of nutmeg
• 1 drop of cinnamon
• 1 drop of clove

Silent Night

• 2 drops lavender
• 2 drops wild orange
• 1 drop roman chamomile

Orange Pomander

• 3 drops wild orange
• 2 drops clove

Snowy Night

• 2 drops white fir
• 2 drops wild orange
• 1 drop wintergreen

Vanilla Chai

• 2 drops vanilla bean
• 2 drops cinnamon
• 2 drops clove
• 2 drops cardamom
• 2 drops ginger
• 1 drop black pepper

Deck the Halls

• 2 drops frankincense
• 2 drops myrrh
• 2 drops orange
• 2 drops cedarwood

Peppermint Latte

• 4 drops coffee
• 3 drops cocoa
• 2 drops vanilla
• 1 drop peppermint

Merry & Bright

• 3 drops white fir
• 2 drops grapefruit
• 2 drops frankincense

Cozy Sweater

• 5 drops orange
• 4 drops frankincense
• 1 drop ginger

Cinnamon Drops

• 1 drop balance blend
• 2 drops clove
• 3 drops cinnamon

Pumpkin Pie

• 5 drops cinnamon
• 1 drop clove
• 1 drop nutmeg

Mint Hot Chocolate

• 6 drops cacao absolute
• 2 drops peppermint

Christmas Morning

• 2 drops orange
• 2 drops cinnamon
• 2 drops fir or pine

Three Wise Men

• 2 drops frankincense
• 2 drops myrrh
• 2 drops orange

Walk in the Woods

• 4 drops frankincense
• 4 drops fir
• 4 drops cedarwood

Christmas Traditions

• 2 drops frankincense
• 3 drops sweet orange
• 2 drops peppermint

Winter Forest

• 3 drops white fir
• 3 drops cypress
• 2 drops cedarwood

Christmas Cheer

• 2 drops frankincense
• 2 drops orange
• 2 drops copaiba
• 2 drops pine
• 1 drop cinnamon

Holiday Joy/Christmas Joy

• 3 drops wild orange
• 2 drops peppermint
• 2 drops frankincense
• 1 drop cedarwood

Peace Blend

• 2 drops lavender
• 2 drops geranium
• 1 drop roman chamomile
• 1 drop clary sage
• 1 drop ylang ylang

Cinnamon Buns

• 3 drops cinnamon
• 2 drops cardamom
• 2 drops orange
• 1 drop vanilla

Winter Wonderland

• 3 drops peppermint
• 2 drops bergamot
• 1 drop cypress

Sugar and Spice

• 2 drops wild orange
• 2 drops lavender
• 3 drops frankincense

Snowflakes

• 2 drops frankincense
• 2 drops ginger
• 2 drops orange
• 1 drop lemon

May these holiday essential oil blends enhance your Christmas celebrations with the sweet smells of the season.