i want my house to smell all wintery and warm but not use spray air fresherners or plug ins?

[misdee]

i like the spiced apple fragreances, mulled wine etc.

any tips for making the house smell lovely and festive?

Make mulled wine?
Make those clove-studded oranges that were fashionable c. 1972?

Pomanders?

We always used to make them at school.

What about pot pourri?? Does that smell too overpowering though???

I have some scented candles in winter smells eg cinnamon, mince pie, xmas pud

(I hate scented candles)

scented candles

i got one of those plug in things and you could literally chew on the smell

unplugged it after 15 mins of being plugged in!

here

Bake cinammon apples?

I burn essential oils as an alternative to plug ins. Orange, frankincence will a little cedarwood on the go now and smells wonderful in here.
The bottles seem a little pricey but last a long time. I don?t really like candles in the daytime so find the oil burners helpful in the home.
You can get a range of pre mixed Christmas frangance oils to burn or use the essential oils - up to you.

If you just want a subtle smell, then a few drops of essential oils like green mandarin, cinnamon and frankincense in a little bowl of water will give a lovely smell. If you want it to be stronger then warm the water.

I have some Prices tealights, bought from local bog standard DIY shop, which are Apple Spice fragrance and absolutely lush. You'd love them.

cranberry essential oil thingy on radiators

Some lovely MNers recommended yankee candles for my poorly relative and she loves the aroma.

Waitrose do a really lovely range of christmassy candles. We got the red one in a tin (£3 I think) it seems to be lasting well and smells lovely.

Body shop do a gingerbread oil-it is lovely. I burnt it yesterday and today 2 people asked if I had been baking!

cinnimon joss sticks, or essential oil in a burner.

Lovely.

Make mulled wine every night.

Second mulled wine every night. Just finished mine.

When you put your Christmas Tree up buy some scented stars to put on the branches. Lakeland, just up the road from me, do these and they smell of cinamon, lovely and very christmassy.