The holiday season is a special time of year when we all come together to celebrate. This season can be extra special when you have beautiful aromas filling your home. In this blog post, we will share 24 different winter diffuser blends offering aromatherapy benefits as well as leaving your home smelling fresh, crisp, and cozy! These blends use essential oils that are known to help lift your spirits, enhance your sense of well-being and create a warm and inviting atmosphere.
What is a diffuser?
A diffuser is a device that disperses essential oils into the air. There are many different types and styles of diffusers, but they all serve the same purpose – to fill your home with the amazing scents of essential oils!

How do I use a diffuser?
Simply add water and a few drops of your favorite essential oil
Here are some amazing essential oil diffuser recipes to use in your diffuser all winter long. Fresh, clean, crisp scents that will keep that fresh house smell all winter long.
With each blend, I offer a small list of each oil's benefits. Some of the definitions will be repeated because I am using oils that work especially well with this season. You will find winter recipes, citrus scents, woodsy blends, and winter scents some of which will become your favorite blends.
The numerous therapeutic benefits of pine essential oil have made it one of the most important essential oils used in aromatherapy. The benefits of essential oils are ever-growing with more scientific research being made available to the general public. These recipes are using 100% pure essential oils. We do not promote fragrance oils for these blends as we are looking for the best results.
You will find a variety of my favorite essential oils used throughout these recipes. The scents of winter, a spicy scent coming from cinnamon and nutmeg, remind you of holiday cheer. Each one has a unique blend that brings about the holiday spirit, at this time of the year.
These winter essential oil diffuser blends offer winter wellness and health benefits in the form of a sweet aroma that will stay with you all winter. With these blends, cold symptoms should be few and far between. Clear and easy breathing to take in the winter wonderland of fresh snow, and winter nights, making for the perfect winter.
Coming in from the cold with these different scents warming the house, a warm blanket makes for a cozy environment.

To get started, you will need a diffuser. We love this winter diffuser blend from Plant Therapy:
- 6 drops of Pine essential oil
- 3 drops of Cypress essential oil
- 2 drops of Orange essential oil
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh evergreens.
- Pine Essential Oil is an excellent disinfectant and can be used to treat respiratory problems, and sinus infections, boost the immune system, relieve muscle pain, and increase circulation.
- Cypress Essential Oil's benefits for aromatherapy include helping to clear the airways and promote deep breathing while energizing the mood and grounding emotions.
- Orange Essential Oil is not just used for flavoring by chefs and culinary artisans but is also frequently used in aromatherapy. It can create a happy, relaxed feeling and works as a mood lifter, which may be perfect for people who suffer from depression or chronic anxiety.
If you are looking for a diffuser blend that smells like Christmas, then this next one is for you!
- 4 drops of Cinnamon Bark essential oil
- 2 drops of Clove essential oil
- 2 drops of Orange essential oil
- 1 drop of Nutmeg essential oil
Start by adding the cinnamon, clove, and orange oils to your diffuser. Then, add the nutmeg oil and give it a good stir. This Christmas diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh baked goodies.
- Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
- Clove Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, including dental and earaches, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
- Orange Essential Oil is not just for flavoring by chefs and culinary artisans but is also frequently used in aromatherapy. It can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Nutmeg Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, improve circulation, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, boost mental activity, and promote healthy skin and hair.
If you are looking for a diffuser blend to help you relax during this winter season, then this next one is for you!
- 3 drops of Lavender essential oil
- 2 drops of Bergamot essential oil
- 1 drop of Ylang Ylang essential oil
Start by adding lavender, bergamot, and ylang-ylang oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh flowers.
- Lavender Essential Oil (one of the hardest working essential oils) is used in aromatherapy for relaxation. It can be calming, sleep-inducing, analgesic, disinfectant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and antifungal. It is also beneficial for the treatment of issues with the nervous system, insomnia, skincare, hair care, pain relief, and insomnia.
- Bergamot Essential Oil removes body odor, relieves spasms, suppresses pain, improves mood and fights depression, heals cuts and scars, and promotes efficient digestion.
- Ylang-Ylang Essential Oil (another favorite of mine) It fights against depression and uplifts mood, stops sebum secretion, while also reducing blood pressure, soothing inflammation, and reducing the severity of nervous disorders.
It is also used as an aphrodisiac.

This next winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh citrus fruits.
- 3 drops of Lemon essential oil
- 2 drops of Grapefruit essential oil
- 1 drop of Orange essential oil
Start by adding lemon, grapefruit, and orange oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh citrus fruits.
- Lemon Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include aiding in digestion, fighting depression, detoxifying the body, reducing inflammation, boosting energy levels, cleansing the skin, and improving oral health.
- Grapefruit Essential Oil is effective in treating anxiety, depression, stress, and fatigue. It is also an appetite suppressor, diuretic, and detoxifier.
- Orange Essential Oil is not just for flavoring by chefs and culinary artisans but is also frequently used in aromatherapy. It can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh herbs.
- 3 drops of Rosemary essential oil
- 2 drops of Thyme essential oil
- 1 drop of Sage essential oil
Start by adding rosemary, thyme, and sage oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh herbs.
- Rosemary Essential Oil can improve circulation, relieve muscle aches and pain, boost mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, and fight against depression.
- Thyme Essential Oil has antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiseptic, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, hypertensive, and stimulant properties. It can be used to treat bronchitis, colds, coughs, and infections.
- Sage Essential Oil can improve circulation, relieve muscle aches and pain, boost mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, and fight against depression.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of Christmas.
- 3 drops of Pine essential oil
- 2 drops of Cinnamon essential oil
- 1 drop of Nutmeg essential oil
Start by adding pine, cinnamon, and nutmeg oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of Christmas.
- Pine Essential Oil is an excellent disinfectant and can be used to treat respiratory problems, and sinus infections, boost the immune system, relieve muscle pain, and increase circulation.
- Cinnamon Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
- Nutmeg Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, improve circulation, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, boost mental activity, and promote healthy skin and hair.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of wintertime.

- 3 drops of Peppermint essential oil
- 2 drops of Eucalyptus essential oil
- 1 drop of Clove essential oil
Start by adding peppermint, eucalyptus, and clove oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of wintertime.
- Peppermint Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include aiding in digestion, fighting depression, detoxifying the body, reducing inflammation, boosting energy levels, cleansing the skin, and improving oral health.
- Eucalyptus Essential Oil is an excellent decongestant and can be used to treat respiratory problems, boost the immune system, relieve muscle pain, and increase circulation.
- Clove Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, including dental and earaches, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh citrus.
- 3 drops of Lemon essential oil
- 2 drops of Lime essential oil
- 1 drop of Orange essential oil
Start by adding lemon, lime, and orange oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh citrus.
- Lemon Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include aiding in digestion, fighting depression, detoxifying the body, reducing inflammation, boosting energy levels, cleansing the skin, and improving oral health.
- Lime Essential Oil can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Orange Essential Oil is not just for flavoring by chefs and culinary artisans but is also frequently used in aromatherapy. It can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh herbs.
- 3 drops of Rosemary essential oil
- 2 drops of Thyme essential oil
- 1 drop of Sage essential oil
Start by adding rosemary, thyme, and sage oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh herbs.
- Rosemary Essential Oil can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion and is used as a primary herb in Italian dishes.
- Thyme Essential Oil has antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiseptic, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, hypertensive, and stimulant properties. It can be used to treat respiratory problems, boost the immune system, relieve muscle pain, and increase circulation.
- Sage Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding in digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter spices.
- 3 drops of Ginger essential oil
- 2 drops of Anise essential oil
- 1 drop of Nutmeg essential oil
Start by adding ginger, anise, and nutmeg oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter spices.
- Ginger Essential Oil can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Anise Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include improving mental activity and energy levels, treating respiratory problems, fighting depression, and promoting healthy skin and hair.
- Nutmeg Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, improve circulation, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, boost mental activity, and promote healthy skin and hair.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of wintertime.
- 3 drops of Cinnamon essential oil
- 2 drops of Nutmeg essential oil
- 1 drop of Clove essential oil
Start by adding cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of wintertime.
- Cinnamon Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, and promote healthy skin and hair.
- Nutmeg Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, improve circulation, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, boost mental activity, and promote healthy skin and hair.
- Clove Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of Christmas.
- 3 drops of Pine essential oil
- 2 drops of Cinnamon essential oil
- 1 drop of Clove essential oil
Start by adding pine, cinnamon, and clove oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of Christmas.
- Pine Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include promoting healthy skin and hair, boosting immunity, aiding digestion, and reducing inflammation.
- Cinnamon Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, and promote healthy skin and hair.
- Clove Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh citrus.
- 3 drops of Orange essential oil
- 2 drops of Lemon essential oil
- 1 drop of Grapefruit essential oil
Start by adding orange, lemon, and grapefruit oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh citrus.
- Orange Essential Oil is not just for flavoring by chefs and culinary artisans but is also frequently used in aromatherapy. It can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Lemon Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include improving mental activity and energy levels, treating respiratory problems, fighting depression, promoting healthy skin and hair, boosting immunity, and aiding in digestion.
- Grapefruit Essential Oil can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter flowers.
- 3 drops of Lavender essential oil
- 2 drops of Rose essential oil
- 1 drop of Jasmine essential oil
Start by adding lavender, rose, and jasmine oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter flowers.
- Lavender Essential Oil (one of the hardest working essential oils) is used in aromatherapy for relaxation. It can be calming, sleep-inducing, analgesic, disinfectant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and antifungal. It is also beneficial for the treatment of issues with the nervous system, insomnia, pain relief, skincare, hair care, and insomnia.
- Rose Essential Oil can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Jasmine Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include promoting relaxation, improving sleep quality, reducing stress and anxiety levels, alleviating pain, and promoting healthy skin and hair.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter spices.
- 3 drops of Ginger essential oil
- 2 drops of Nutmeg essential oil
- 1 drop of Clove essential oil
Start by adding ginger, nutmeg, and clove oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter spices.
- Ginger Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, and promote healthy skin and hair.
- Nutmeg Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, improving circulation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
- Clove Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh pine.
- 3 drops of Pine essential oil
- 2 drops of Rosemary essential oil
- 1 drop of Eucalyptus essential oil
Start by adding pine, rosemary, and eucalyptus oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of fresh pine.
- Pine Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include promoting healthy skin and hair, boosting immunity, aiding digestion, and reducing inflammation.
- Rosemary Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, aiding digestion, and being used as a primary herb in Italian dishes.
- Eucalyptus Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, and promote healthy skin and hair.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter citrus.
- 3 drops of Orange essential oil
- 2 drops of Lemon essential oil
- 1 drop of Grapefruit essential oil
Start by adding orange, lemon, and grapefruit oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter citrus.
- Orange Essential Oil is not just for flavoring by chefs and culinary artisans but is also frequently used in aromatherapy. It can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Lemon Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include improving mental activity and energy levels, treating respiratory problems, fighting depression, promoting healthy skin and hair, boosting immunity, and aiding in digestion.
- Grapefruit Essential Oil can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter mint.
- 3 drops of Peppermint essential oil
- 2 drops of Spearmint essential oil
- 1 drop of Wintergreen essential oil
Start by adding peppermint, spearmint, and wintergreen oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter mint.
- Peppermint Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include improving mental activity and energy levels, treating respiratory problems, fighting depression, promoting healthy skin and hair, boosting immunity, and aiding in digestion.
- Spearmint Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, and promote healthy skin and hair.
- Wintergreen Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding in digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter florals.
- 3 drops of Lavender essential oil
- 2 drops of Rose essential oil
- 1 drop of Chamomile essential oil
Start by adding lavender, rose, and chamomile oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter florals.
- Lavender Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding in digestion.
- Rose Essential Oil can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Chamomile Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding in digestion.

This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter spice.
- 3 drops of Cinnamon essential oil
- 2 drops of Nutmeg essential oil
- 1 drop of Clove essential oil
Start by adding cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter spice.
- Cinnamon Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
- Nutmeg Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, improve circulation, fight depression, and promote healthy skin and hair.
- Clove Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, including dental and earaches, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding in digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter citrus.
- 3 drops of Orange essential oil
- 2 drops of Bergamot essential oil
- 1 drop of Lemon essential oil
Start by adding orange, bergamot, and lemon oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter citrus.
- Orange Essential Oil is not just for flavoring by chefs and culinary artisans but is also frequently used in aromatherapy. It can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Bergamot Essential Oil can improve mood and energy levels, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Lemon Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding in digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter woods.
- 3 drops of Pine essential oil
- 2 drops of Cedarwood essential oil
- 1 drop of Juniper Berry essential oil
Start by adding pine, cedarwood, and juniper berry oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter woods.
- Pine Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding in digestion.
- Cedarwood Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Juniper Berry Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding in digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter mint.
- 3 drops of Peppermint essential oil
- 2 drops of Spearmint essential oil
- 1 drop of Eucalyptus essential oil
Start by adding peppermint, spearmint, and eucalyptus oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter mint.
- Peppermint Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding in digestion.
- Spearmint Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Eucalyptus Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter spice.

- 3 drops of Cinnamon essential oil
- 2 drops of Clove essential oil
- 1 drop of Nutmeg essential oil
Start by adding cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg oils to your diffuser. This winter diffuser blend is perfect for filling your home with the scent of winter spice.
- Cinnamon Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
- Clove Essential Oil can improve mental activity and energy levels, treat respiratory problems, fight depression, promote healthy skin and hair, boost immunity, and aid in digestion.
- Nutmeg Essential Oil has a wide range of benefits that include reducing inflammation, fighting depression, boosting energy levels, promoting healthy skin and hair, and aiding digestion.
BONUS
All of these diffuser recipes can also make a perfect blend of room sprays. With flu season in the winter months being able to clean the air for clear breathing will come easier. Fighting a sore throat with these winter blends will be easier as most contain antibacterial, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic properties. You will need a 2 – 4oz bottle with a sprayer. Add 3 – 4 drops to the bottle. Put the sprayer on the bottle tightly and shake well. Shake before use. Spray as often as you like. With pure essential oils MORE IS NOT BETTER.
A Few Fun Facts about Essential Oils
- Aromatherapy and Essential Oils have been around for over 6000 years.
- The Romans would wear Rosemary around their head believing that help improved their memory. As it turns out they were right. A study done at NIH shows rosemary enhances memory.
- Peppermint Essential Oil is used in study halls to help with retention.
- Lavender Essential Oil instantly relaxes your nervous system.
- Rose Essential Oil is one of the most expensive oils in the world. Each rose has 30 petals, and it takes 4000kg of rose petals to produce 1kg of 100% pure distilled rose essential oil. This is in the neighborhood of 60,000 roses for 1oz of oil. So buyer beware when you see pure rose essential oil for $9.99 for 1/2oz.
- If you put the pure essential oil on the bottom of your foot, you will taste it on your tongue.
These winter diffuser blends are the perfect way to enjoy the winter season while filling your home with beautiful scents. What are your favorite winter diffuser blends? Let us know in the comments below!