Best Essential Oils to Celebrate the Holiday Season

Essential oils are the perfect way to add a festive aroma to your Flagstaff apartment home during the holiday season. They also have natural calming, mood-boosting, and even anti-viral properties that can be beneficial to your health and well-being. Here are some of the most important tips to keep in mind when choosing essential oils for your home this winter.

Best Essential Oils for Winter

Typically, the essential oils (EO) that have a high base or middle note are associated with winter scents. These include cinnamon, clove, frankincense, and ginger. Base-note EOs linger in the air longer than the top and middle note scents like lemon, orange, bergamot, and lavender. During the manufacturing of a perfume, the first sniff of a product will be the top and middle note scents, but the long-lasting, lingering smell of the perfume will be the base note flowers or plants.

Top note oils are light and breezy, making them perfect for setting a spring or summer mood. The best essential oils for winter are deeply fragrant and woodsy. These oils soothe and comfort, and may also inspire happy childhood memories or winter events. Here is a good list of essential oils to use leading up to the holidays and in the winter months after:

• Ylang Ylang
• Rose or Lavender
• Cedarwood
• Ginger
• Myrrh
• Cardamom
• Cinnamon
• Clove

Holiday-Scented Essential Oil Blends

There is no one way to blend a unique essential oil recipe. Experimenting with just a few drops in your diffuser of two or three of the following essential oils is all you need for an apartment full of holiday merriment.

• Peppermint, Lemon, Eucalyptus
• Cinnamon, Sweet Orange, Clove
• Frankincense, Fir Needle, Cedar Wood
• Ginger, Orange, Cinnamon
• Wintergreen, Sweet Orange
• Rosemary, Sage, Thyme
• Peppermint, Lavender, Rosemary

Diffusing essential oils during the holiday season can reduce stress, bring back happy winter memories, promote good health, and usher in the hopes of a Happy New Year.

If you're looking for a new Flagstaff apartment home where you can create a warm and festive vibe, consider Butterfield Apartments. You will find comfortable interiors and modern finishes to highlight each newly renovated apartment. This includes gorgeous kitchen and bathroom cabinetry, in-home washers & dryers, and some floor plans that include stunning fireplaces as well. Contact us today to learn more.