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There are certain Smells, Scents and Fragrances that instantly remind you of Christmas.
Sometimes a smell is enough to transport you back to a wonderful childhood memory of Christmas, meaning you will forever associate that smell with being ‘The Scent of Christmas’.
What is the Best Christmas Scent?
Everyone has different tastes and the love of Christmas smells is usually triggered by happy memories, so while someone might associate baking cookies and the warm smell of cookie dough as the ultimate Christmas scent, another might adore the smell of a cold crisp morning breeze.
What are Typical Christmas Smells?
Typically the smell of Christmas is associated with warm spices, the scent of real trees (pine and fur) and food!
You can buy a plethora of Christmas Scents in the form of air fresheners, candles and wax melts but nothing beats the smell of the real thing!
Nostalgic Christmas Scents
We asked our fans over on our Facebook Page Christmas Countdown UK what their favourite Christmas smells were to help us compile this list.
Here are the top 20 Best & Nostalgic Christmas Smells…
1 – Cookies
Freshly Baked Cookies straight from the oven Smell Amazing at any time of year!
2 – Gingerbread
One of the main ‘Christmas’ Spices you can’t deny Ginger is a nostalgic Christmas Scent. Although a lot of people actually have an aversion to Ginger.
3 – Cinnamon
This spice is also widely used at Christmas. It’s a no from me though, sorry, it can go in the bin!
4 – Quality Street
Now we are talking! When you first pop open a tub of Quality Street, The mixture of wrappers, plastic and chocolate in all different flavours just smacks me back to my nan’s house in the 80s!
5 – Winter Air
When the weather changes from Autumn to Winter you can just smell it! There is a cold, crispness to the air and it always reminds me that Christmas has landed.
6 – Real Christmas Trees
You can not beat a real Christmas tree, mainly due to its gorgeous fresh, woody aroma. A lot of people use Scentsicles to make their artificial trees (and homes) smell like freshly cut Christmas trees.
7 – Oranges
As a child, we always had bowls of satsumas and/or clementines dotted around the house at Christmas. The smell is undeniably festive.
8 – Marzipan
Not used so much these days, but Marzipan is certainly nostalgic.
9 – Silver Fulminate
This Smell is actually the explosive chemical used in Christmas Crackers! Some people love the smell of a freshly pulled cracker!
10 – Christmas Dinner
In particular the Turkey roasting first thing in the morning! There’s nothing like coming down the stairs to that smell.
11 – Roasted Chestnuts
You won’t find these being freshly roasted at many venues these days, mainly Christmas markets, but if you are lucky enough to find them, the smell is absolutely fantastic.
12 – Baileys
The iconic Christmas tipple! What’s not to love!
13 – Christmas Scented Candles
I am a huge fan of candles and I always switch to festive scents in December. Here are the top 10 BEST Christmas Yankee Candle Scents.
14 – Homemade Pickled Onions
The stronger the better! My grandfather used to make tonnes of pickled onions for everyone at Christmas.
15 – Hot Chocolate
It’s not Christmas without a Hot Chocolate with a movie (Elf of course).
16 – Mulled Wine
All the lovely Christmas Spices warmed up! The smell is wonderful.
17 – The Attic
Apparently, people associate the smell of the loft with Christmas. Probably because getting the decorations down at Christmas is the only time we go up there!
18 – Tinsel
Does tinsel have a smell? Apparently so! I need to find some to have a sniff now.
19 – Peppermint
Candy Canes! Not only good to smell but even better to eat! 7
20 – Cigars!
Not my idea of festive but some people have memories of their fathers having one at Christmas.
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Are there any other Nostalgic Christmas Smells that you think we should add to this list? Let us know in the commnets below…
