How to Make a Gingerbread Oil Blend

There are many seasonal essential oil blends you can make during the holidays, from 
blends that smell like Christmas trees, to ones that remind you of roasting 
marshmallows over a fire in a log cabin. Another popular smell during this time of year is 
the smell of gingerbread cookies. You can turn this smell into an essential oil blend with 
just a few simple variations.

Clove, Orange, Nutmeg, and Cinnamon Bark

There are quite a few different blends that will make it smell just like freshly-baked 
gingerbread cookies, starting with this mix of four popular scents. You will likely see 
different variations of this combination since it truly smells just like gingerbread cookies. 
It uses cinnamon bark and nutmeg, two popular scents for gingerbread, plus a little 
clove for added spice, and orange to give it that fresh smell perfect for the holiday 
season.

Ginger, Cassia, and Clove

Another simple combination uses even less of your essential oils. You start with the 
clove essential oil once more, which gives you that spice you need for anything that is 
going to smell like baked treats for the holiday season. For gingerbread, you naturally 
want to have the ginger oil as well. You can then add in a third optional oil, such as 
cassia. This provides a nice subtle spice that really brings out that freshly-baked 
gingerbread scent.

Cardamom and Holiday Blend

If you don’t want to make the gingerbread oil blend from scratch, you don’t have to! You 
can either use a blend that already smells like gingerbread cookies, or if you have 
another holiday blend, combine it with cinnamon or cardamom. These spices are subtle 
and simply bring out the seasonal scents already used in a standard Christmas 
essential oil blend. It is easy to add a few drops of cardamom to a current holiday blend, 
whether it uses ginger and clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, or a little sweet orange. This 
allows you to customize current blends to make them your own.

Cinnamon and Ginger

This is definitely more of a subtle essential oil blend when you want it to smell like 
gingerbread cookies. The ginger is going to give it that gingerbread cookie scent, while 
the cinnamon is the perfect spice to use alongside it. This won’t be a complex scent, but 
a light aroma that smells like you have been busy baking Christmas cookies.


