Favourite festive smells?

Alex_Alumni
Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
edited November 2022 in Coffee lounge
It's getting towards that time of year again, I'm curious to know if you have any favourite festive smells?

One of mine is the smell of waffles and mulled wine at the Christmas Market!
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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    That's making me hungry @Teddybear12 :D  
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Christmas cake baking love the smell but don't like it 

    Stuffing 
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,461 Championing
    Pine :) 
  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,493 Championing
    Ooh love this Christmas spice 
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,172 Championing
    Pine of a real tree
  • GizmoTiddles
    GizmoTiddles Online Community Member Posts: 156 Empowering
    Only at Xmas

    Old Spice 👍
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,866 Championing
    Spiced Apple and Cinnamon are my favourites 🥰
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    That sounds lovely @woodbine I hope you enjoy heading out :) 

    There's definitely a food or tree theme going on here!
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Pine smell of a real tree is lovely but I saw a four foot one yesterday for fifty pounds! That means I’ll stick with my trusty synthetic one ...again. 
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    That's expensive @leeCal, and synthetic does mean less to tidy up, so that's a plus too :)
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 14,990 Championing
    If you shop around you can get a real tree for a reasonable price. We get a 5 or 6 foot one for £20 each year but it comes from a muddy warehouse in a field, not a fancy garden centre!
  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 62,172 Championing
    Try home bargains for real tree you'll  be be sirprised
  • Grinchy
    Grinchy Online Community Member Posts: 1,953 Championing
    I like the turkey cooking, stuffing, and the christmas scented candles you find this time of year, great thread!
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    To many nice Christmas smells for me to choose ha ha x
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    I like the smell of the turkey roasting too! 
  • Steve_in_The_City
    Steve_in_The_City Scope Member Posts: 768 Trailblazing
    Cinnamon is my Xmas smell. Unfortunately I have forgotten why, so cannot explain!
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing
    Hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows  :D  
  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing
    edited December 2022

    What a bargain @66Mustang and thanks for sharing your tip with us too @Sandy_123, now we can all find cheaper trees!

    I agree with you that the Christmas lunch cooking is one of the best smells @Grinchy and @leeCal and anything that reminds me of Christmas lunch! 

    Do you have any favourite Christmas-scented candles? I am curious! Cinnamon sounds great @Steve_in_The_City

    @Ada Do you have any more natural smells that you particularly like or that remind you of Christmas?

    Please note, I agree with @Grinchy - this is a wonderful thread. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone else adds to this thread  :)

  • onebigvoice
    onebigvoice Scope Member Posts: 867 Pioneering
    Alex_Scope said:
    That's expensive @leeCal, and synthetic does mean less to tidy up, so that's a plus too :)
    While I agree on both counts, as a real tree in Tesco's by us start around £30 for a 3/4 foot.  Advantages:  The lovely pine smell through the house, keep it watered means you can plant them when done in the pot for next year and watch it grow year by year, until you can't lift it anymore and decorate it without door lights.  Synthetic:  No Smell, and yes they do loose tinsel ours seems to be worse than the real because the kids keep rearranging the Baubles and lights, and the new dog's first Christmas thinks why are you hanging all my toys on a bush?   Each day empty his basket.  and as a foot note I was in the Attic on the weekend and of all the bags up there to put my hand on I found the other leg off the Christmas tree, so on went the leg out went the two bricks, and balance was restored in the OBV Household...... 
  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 3,857 Championing
    Honey roast parsnips!

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