Christmas, My Way
This collection weaves together my own christmas memories, family traditions, and the warmth of Christmas nostalgia.
1. Picking Up the Tree: Pine, Wood, Fir, Bayberry & Juniper.
Tradition starts here. Every year, we bundle up and go find our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. The scent of pine and juniper fills the air — and our hearts — with the promise of the season.
2. Christmas Cookies – Baking Day: Cookies, Vanilla, Buttercream.
Flour on our hands, love in the air. Every December, we gather in the kitchen to bake cookies for friends, family, and our church — and this scent takes me right back there.
3. First Snow: Sweet Pine, Vanilla, Peppermint, and Cinnamon.
From island sun to snowy skies. Growing up in the Caribbean, I never saw snow — so when the first flakes fall, it still feels like a fairytale.
4.Christmas Morning, spiked Coffee: Coffee & Irish Cream.
Gifts can wait — but coffee can’t. Every Christmas morning, me and my mother-in-law sip spiked coffee while the wrapping paper flies.
5. White Tree: Cedarwood & Pine.
My first Christmas tree wasn’t green — it was white. Growing up in the Dominican Republic, we made “charamicos,” dry branches painted white to symbolize snow. “White Tree” is my love letter to that memory.