Create a complete but frugal festive feeling at home

With Christmas finally here it’s time to dust off the decorations, check the fairy lights and start writing the cards. For many of us it’s been a long and challenging year, but the festive season is a chance for us to put the hard times to one side and embrace the excitement of family get-togethers, indulgent food and cheerful Christmas songs.

This year, why not create a real winter feeling in your home and play host to the season’s festivities.  And you don’t need to break the bank to do it!

Ambi Pur, the expert in home fragrance, understands the importance of creating an authentic festive feeling in your home and on an affordable budget.  To help you capture a real seasonal scent indoors, Ambi Pur has its Winter Collection of inspiring and indulgent festive fragrances.

Winter Dream is a sweet and delicate fragrance with hints of vanilla, inspired by the familiar aromas of freshly baked cakes and creamy hot drinks and chilly winter evenings snuggled up on the sofa.  Winter Dream is available in a scented candle and in the revolutionary 3volution plug-in, which has three alternating but complementary fragrances that are released in a continuous cycle, one after the other, every 45 minutes so you can always notice the fragrance.

Completing the collection is Winter Woodland, a warm and spicy fragrance inspired by memories of winter strolls through pine forests and cosy evenings spent at home with loved ones in front of an open fire, which is available in a scented candle. Both fragrances in Ambi Pur’s Winter Collection are made with real perfume essence for a superior home fragrance.  Ambi Pur 3volution primary units are £7.99 (RRP) and the Ambi Pur scented candles are £2.99 (RRP).




To help you create a complete but frugal festive feeling at home, follow Ambi Pur’s top tips:

• Recycle your old decorations and, for new additions, encourage the children to make their own.  This will then lead to a lovely new and personal collection to treasure for many years to come.
• Alternatively, if it’s your first Christmas in your own home, ask all guests to bring a decoration to help dress your tree. You’ll soon have a well-dressed feature and a new collection of decorations to remember your first year in a new home.
• Use your cards as decorations by making a feature of them.  Display them round mirrors and on doors or hang across the wall.
• Take a visit to your local woods and collect twigs, pinecones and nuts.  When you get home, spray them gold or silver to bring a little sparkle indoors.
• Why buy snacks and treats when you can make your own.  Chocolates and biscuits can be hung from the tree and homemade treats will be more appreciated; plus making them can help occupy the children during the holidays!
• Our sense of smell is extremely powerful and intrinsically linked to mood enhancement and our memories.  Add festive fragrances such as Ambi Pur’s Winter Dream 3volution plug-in and scented candle or Ambi Pur’s Winter Woodland scented candle, made with real perfume essence for a superior seasonal scent.
• Don’t buy new crockery or cookware especially for Christmas.  If you’re running low, ask friends and family to help out or, if you want to add a seasonal touch use some Christmas confetti on the table.
• If you’re feeling creative, why not make some of your gifts this year.  If you have a special talent, now’s the time to use it; photography makes a very personal gift or try your hand at jewellery making.  Equally if you have a skill in the kitchen or the garden, now’s the time to share.