Transform Your Christmas Atmosphere With Essential Oils

By Good Magazine

December 6, 2024

It’s that time of year again… when the joy of jingle bells is mixed with a sprinkling of chaos. But did you know that essential oils can be one of your secret weapons for a cosy, harmonious holiday season?

Oil blends used correctly may enhance the ambience in your home and even clear the air – quite literally – during any of those potentially tense family moments.

Absolute Essential founder Dr Bo Hendgen recalls how certain scents evoke memories of personal childhood Christmases. “As a child growing up in Europe, Christmas had a certain smell,” she says. “My mother used to fill the house with festive scents like cinnamon, orange, and clove for weeks while baking and cooking leading up to Christmas.” These scents not only bring back happy memories but also contribute to feelings of warmth and togetherness – essential elements of the holiday season.

Scent is a direct way to influence the brain. When we breathe in natural scent molecules, they travel through the frontal part of our brain where it interacts with our memory to the limbic system in the back of the head, our emotional centres.

Dr Bo explains, “Essential oils can trigger memories and emotions, creating a desired mood. Scents like pine, orange, frankincense, and cinnamon often remind people of happy, festive times. For those who might not have a fresh Christmas tree, diffusing pine or similar scents can help recreate that classic Christmas tree aroma.”

When family and friends gather, creating a harmonious atmosphere is key. A diffuser is a simple yet effective way to spread essential oil in a space, particularly in areas where people congregate. A diffuser combines oil and water into a very fine mist, which can be breathed in thanks to the airborne efficiency. “If you don’t have a diffuser, you could put some drops onto table decorations or have cotton handkerchiefs around the house to carry the scent subtly, Dr Bo suggests. “Some people enjoy placing a few drops onto their vacuum cleaner filter fabric as they give their floor the once-over before guests arrive.”

To use scent on the go, good-quality essential oils can also be used on pulse points if you need a personal mood lift throughout a busy workday or while you’re battling the crowds finishing your festive shopping.

For Harmony

“Families often get together at Christmas, and while some people look forward to it, others might find it challenging with difficult family members,” Dr Bo notes. The Absolute Essential Certified Organic Harmony Oil Blend, which includes geranium, orange, lavender, and ylang ylang, “is a scent recommended for appreciating each other’s point of view, and it can ease conversations and create a more harmonious mood,” she explains.

For Ambience

With frankincense, myrrh, orange, pine, and a hint of cinnamon, the Absolute Essential Certified Organic Festive Spirit Essential Oil Blend encapsulates the scents of Christmas. “It’s designed to calm the mind and provide a grounded effect,” says Dr Bo. It’s perfect for creating a warm, festive ambience that feels deeply connected to the spirit of family and giving.

For Joy

Inspired by the bubbly joy of champagne, Absolute Essential’s Certified Organic Celebrate Essential Oil Blend includes exotic notes like tonka bean and vanilla for a sweet, uplifting scent. “I wanted this to smell like champagne, with that sweet, bubbly impression,” says Dr Bo. This unique blend is perfect for special holiday moments and bringing a touch of festive luxury, also available as a Celebration Spray.

Try using essential oils as part of your Christmas preparations this year; they can transform your home and make your get-together memorable!

Gift idea

Essential oil makes the perfect gift, as does a diffuser such as the premium quality ultrasonic Ceramic Aroma Diffuser, $159.95. It’s as quiet as a whisper, efficient, and easy to use. It comes with a handy remote control that helps access a host of added features such as a timer, colour selection, and mist modes.

What sets Absolute Essential apart?

They source, harvest and extract only the finest medicinal-grade product with quality active therapeutic compounds.  For more information visit absoluteessential.com/pages/about-us

Bo Hendgen, DO ND, is an osteopathic and naturopathic physician. She founded Absolute Essential in 1988.

Therapeutic plant oils are used to support natural body processes. The information here is not a recommendation to cure any medical condition.

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