48 Reviews of Christmas Scent

From: Charishma Ramchandani

On Oct 30, 2004

This is a "must have" around my house in the cooler months(November to January). We love the scent of oranges and lemons simmered together with the spices. Truly a pleasure to smell a whiff of these in the air

From: Gerry

On Nov 17, 2004

This natural blend is a great scent not only for the holiday season but year around. Fills the house with the wonderful aroma of home baking. Putting the ingredients in a decorative jar for gift giving is an excellent idea. Love the photo!

From: Heystopthatnow

On Jan 8, 2007

I really liked the concept of this and wanted to give my in-laws a jar of "christmas." I saw this recipe on Christmas day so I had my husband go to the market to buy me some ground cloves, an orange, and a lemon. When I finished making it and had it simmering, all I could smell was the cloves...well, I could smell some of the cinnamon but the cloves dominated the smell. I think it might have been because I forgot to put the bay leaves in! I put it in a jar and took some over to my in-laws...again, all we could smell was the cloves. Since I like this idea so much, I'll probably make it again (without as much cloves) next year, and the year after, and the year after that, because I want my son to grow up recognizing this scent as THE Christmas day scent!

From: Bonnie Traynor

On Dec 22, 2005

I LOVED this! I used it at my annual Christmas party this year. It really smelled so wonderful!! I used it a few days after also and noticed that it started to smell different. I couldn’t quite put my finger on what it was and asked DH if he knew what the smell was and he said “Yeah, I added”….whatever he added. I told him next time to trust me that this doesn’t need sprucing up with a bunch of other stuff, just add water every now and then and it will be fine…grrrr… Anyway, this is really nice and every night I would put it into the refrigerator and take it back out the next day to use. If it hadn’t been altered I think it would have lasted at least 7-10 days no problem!!! Just don’t forget to keep adding water to the stovetop!

From: Kiro Sushi

On Jun 21, 2007

Smells delightful.

From: brendice

On Sep 21, 2006

Makes the house smell wonderful!

From: V.A.

On Oct 31, 2006

This stuff smells wonderful! A very easy way to make the house smell great, and it's pretty simmering on the stove to boot! Thanks so much for posting your recipe

From: Tamaretta

On Jul 8, 2006

Great stuff! We are trying to sell our house and I always have this simmering when potential buyers arrive. Everyone comments on how wonderful it smells!

From: sassykat1213

On Oct 24, 2006

The idea to give this as a gift is wonderful--I make almost this same simmering potpourri--but I use cranberry juice instead of water.

From: Lucretia Mcalpine

On Nov 3, 2005

Im definetly am going to try this recipe i thought maybe excluding the lemon and orange slices because they spoil faster and maybe trying dried lemon and orange ring instead,i use a electric potpourri burner i'll let you know how it turns out Lucretia Mcalpine