Scent continues to be one of the fastest-growing marketing options for retail and business locations year-round, but there is no better time to fully leverage your scent solution than during the Christmas shopping season. Second only to Christmas music, ambient scent can play a powerful role in completely transforming a space and eliciting fond holiday memories – as well as slice through the chaos of everyday life to immediately relax and attract customers, guests and clients.
Most scent clients choose to customize their scent strategy for the major seasons and – especially Christmas – taking the opportunity to highlight particular merchandise, or linking the scent to their overall environment and seasonal décor.
To that end, one of the most common questions we receive is, “What are the most popular holiday fragrances?” While Mood offers more than 1500+ options to choose from, there are 16 clear favorites when it comes to the holidays:
| Fragrance | Description |
| Candy Cane | Cool mints, peppermint, spearmint and vanilla |
| Candy Corn | Candy corn |
| Cinnamon | Spicy, red hots, cinnamon |
| Cornucopia | Orange citrus, spices and woods |
| Cranberry Apple Marmalade | A fruity compote of spiced apples and tart cranberry |
| Evergreen Forest | Warm resinous woods, and fir balsam |
| Festival of Spices | Hint of citrus blends into cinnamon and warm spices |
| Gingerbread Man | Warm baking spices of cinnamon and clove mix with ginger and a hint of sugar |
| Holiday Spice | Orange citrus and fir balsam |
| Hot Apple Pie | Everyone’s favorite, hot apple pie with the warmth of cinnamon & sweetness of pie crust |
| Noel | A holiday tradition – citrus, berries and fir balsam |
| Old St. Nick | Orange citrus with a hint of spice and a background of woods |
| Pumpkin Pie | Pumpkin pie, warm and spicy with a hint of sweetness |
| Season’s Greetings | Citrus notes, spicy cinnamon and fir balsam |
| Spiced Apple Cider | A warm spicy apple fragrance with hints of clove and a background of cinnamon |
| Spiced Winter | Sugar glaze and spicy cinnamon |
We’d love to hear from you on your favorite holiday fragrance and how you’re using scent during the holidays. Join the conversation on our Facebook or tweet #mood_matters to @moodmedia.
– Submitted by Matt Mahoney, Marketing
I have always despised candy corn, so I’ll admit that I have no clue why it is so popular as a candy and I have no clue who would really like this as a scent?? But I digress, because this really is a cool list of scents. If I would have to pick a favorite, I think that I would go with Festival of Spices. I am a huge fan of these cinnamon scents, and I would probably also really enjoy Spiced Apple Cider and Spiced Winter. Thanks for sharing!