A familiar fragrance, a present chosen with someone in mind, a table with room for one more. Our Christmas 2026 edit brings together Glasshouse and Circa Home for the moments that make the season feel like yours.
Christmas often arrives in the smallest details. The decorations come out of their box. Someone starts making a list. A fragrance you have not smelled since last December drifts through the house, and suddenly the celebrations feel a little closer.
This year, Glasshouse brings its festive world to life with illustrated candle vessels, spinning carousels and gifts to open a little at a time. Circa pairs botanical packaging and embossed ceramics with a tableware collection made for gathering. There are rich berries, fresh woodland notes and gingerbread scents to choose from, along with gifts that will find a place in everyday life long after the wrapping has been folded away.
Begin with the way you want Christmas to feel: bright and playful, warm and nostalgic, or relaxed enough for lunch to carry on into the afternoon.
The Christmas fragrances: choose the mood
Glasshouse: sugar plums, woodland walks and something sweet
For many homes, Night Before Christmas is where the season begins. Blackcurrant and plum meet lavender and lemon in its Dancing Sugar Plums fragrance, with the richness of a Christmas pudding and a little brightness to lift it. Choose the 60g candle for a small gift, the 380g candle for a favourite evening ritual, or the generous 760g size for someone who returns to this scent every year.
If Christmas smells like greenery to you, there are two lovely directions to explore. White Christmas brings together cedar leaf, clove and eucalyptus with fir balsam, amber and warm woods. Winter Wonderland has a fresher, Christmas-tree character, with fir, spruce, pine needles, eucalyptus and cedarwood. Think of the first as warmly wooded and the second as a breath of festive greenery.
For lovers of kitchen scents, Gingerbread House is all spiced-biscuit warmth: ginger, caramel, warm spices and bourbon vanilla. Under the Mistletoe takes a fruitier turn, pairing apple and red berries with cinnamon, vanilla and caramel. Both suit the part of Christmas that involves an afternoon at home, something in the oven and nowhere else you need to be.
Then there is Naughty & Nice, the playful one. Peppermint, sugar, coconut and creamy vanilla give it a candy-cane character. It is a cheerful choice for someone who enjoys a sweet fragrance with a cool, minty edge. All six Glasshouse Christmas fragrances in our edit are available as 380g candles, $64.95 each.
Circa Home: berries, botanicals and the biscuit tin
Circa’s three Christmas scents make a beautifully balanced little collection. Raspberry & Rhubarb is bright and fruit-filled, bringing red berries and tart rhubarb together with lime. It feels particularly at home in an Australian Christmas: lively, generous and full of colour.
White Fig & Cedar offers a greener mood, with pine and juniper, white fig, cardamom and cedarwood. Choose it for someone drawn to leafy arrangements, natural textures and woody fragrances. Gingerbread Cookies is the comforting alternative, with ginger, cinnamon, biscuit and vanilla recalling the pleasure of opening a well-filled biscuit tin.
The three 300g soy candles are $49.95 each, poured by hand in Sydney and presented in embossed ceramic vessels with lids. The smaller Raspberry & Rhubarb 70g Bauble Soy Candle ($22.95) comes in hanging Christmas packaging: a lovely little present to tuck beside a card or add to a stocking.
Fragrance beyond the candle
A diffuser makes sense for someone who enjoys fragrance without lighting a candle. Glasshouse offers Night Before Christmas in a 250mL diffuser; Circa’s Raspberry & Rhubarb and White Fig & Cedar 250mL diffusers bring the same choice between fruity and woodland notes to a hallway or living space.
For the tree itself, try Glasshouse Winter Wonderland Tree Scent Stems or Circa White Fig & Cedar Christmas Tree Scent Stems. Glasshouse also offers Winter Wonderland Interior Fragrance for a quick room refresh. If a scent-stem holder is already part of the household, Night Before Christmas replacement stems or Circa Raspberry & Rhubarb refills make useful small gifts. These are refills for their respective systems; the holders are separate.
Gift packs, from little thank-yous to the main event
For the person who likes to try a little of everything
A candle trio takes some of the guesswork out of choosing just one fragrance. The Glasshouse Christmas Trio ($69.95) brings together Night Before Christmas, White Christmas and Winter Wonderland in three 60g candles. The Circa Christmas Candle Trio ($64.95) includes Raspberry & Rhubarb, White Fig & Cedar and Gingerbread Cookies in three 70g candles.
Either is a thoughtful choice for a fragrance enthusiast who enjoys changing the mood from room to room, or someone still discovering which Christmas scent feels most like home.
A familiar favourite, dressed for the occasion
For a little theatre, the Kyoto in Bloom Candle & Spinning Carousel Gift Set ($99.95) pairs a 380g candle with a gold carousel that turns in the warmth rising from the flame. The camellia and lotus fragrance makes this an appealing gift for someone who loves florals. If they already have a Glasshouse 380g candle, the Christmas Spinning Carousel Accessory ($39.95) is available separately; a candle is not included.
The A Tahaa Affair Candle & Diffuser Gift Set ($79.95) is one for the vanilla-caramel devotee. A 200g candle and 150mL diffuser carry its blend of caramel, vanilla, pineapple and coconut. These familiar Glasshouse fragrances arrive in seasonal gift sets, offering a festive way to give a scent you already know they love.
For a home-fragrance gift without a flame, the Night Before Christmas & Velvet Rhapsody Scent Scene Duo ($44.95) includes a gold vessel and five stems in each fragrance. It moves from festive sugar-plum notes to the water lily and yuzu character of Velvet Rhapsody.
Small parcels with plenty of thought behind them
The Kyoto in Bloom Christmas Bon Bon ($19.95) contains a 50mL body lotion and 5mL eau de parfum. Circa’s Mango & Papaya Hand Cream Bonbon ($14.95) holds a 40mL hand cream. Both work beautifully as a little thank-you, a stocking addition or a place-setting gift for an adult guest.
For a slightly fuller parcel, the Circa Christmas Hand Care Trio ($34.95) presents three 40mL hand creams in a festive tin: Lychee & Rose, Jasmine & Magnolia and Oceanique. Think of the friend who keeps a hand cream in every bag, or the person who is always packing for the next weekend away.
For the host who has thought of everyone else
The Mango & Papaya Hand Care Duo ($69.95) pairs a 450mL hand wash and 450mL lotion on a ceramic tray. It is a generous way to bring a favourite tropical fragrance to the basin.
For someone happiest in the kitchen, the White Tea & Wild Mint Kitchen Trio Gift Set ($89.95) gathers dish soap, counter spray and hand wash, with a draining tray and microfibre towel. It is a practical gift with a lovely sense of order, ready for the everyday routines that continue after the guests have gone.
A countdown to savour
Some presents are best given before Christmas. The Glasshouse 24 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar ($300.00) unfolds across home fragrance, perfume, bath and body treats, and accessories. It is the grand gesture for someone who would enjoy making a little discovery each day.
The 12 Days of Luxury Fragrance Discovery ($160.00) takes a different path, with twelve perfume, body-care and hand-cream treats to sample and layer. Choose it for the person who likes exploring a fragrance on the skin as much as enjoying it at home.
Circa entertaining: a table worth lingering over
The best Christmas tables leave room for the people around them. A few pieces of favourite crockery, glasses that catch the light and something generous to share can be enough. Circa’s paper tableware adds colour and pattern without asking you to begin again with a whole new dinner set.
Botanical greens for Christmas lunch
For a coordinated setting, begin with the Festive Tableware Pack ($69.95). It brings together eight placemats, eight coasters, eight bow napkin rings, twenty cocktail napkins, twenty dinner napkins and ten name tags. The leafy prints and soft bow details sit beautifully with white plates, green glassware and a linen tablecloth.
Write the name tags before the day gets busy, then let the place settings do most of the decorating. Keep flowers low and leave space down the middle for serving platters. The Festive Paper Table Runner is sold separately in a 7.6m roll, ready to cut to the length of your table. Additional Festive Dinner Napkins come in packs of twenty, useful when lunch grows by a few extra chairs.
On the food table, Festive Greaseproof Paper adds botanical and gingerbread patterns beneath a platter of biscuits or a sharing board. There are thirty serving sheets in each pack. Use them to line boards and trays when serving; they are not for the oven or microwave.
Sunshine colours for the long summer holidays
If your Christmas leans towards lunch on the verandah, Circa’s Summer collection offers a brighter direction. Start with the blue-and-white striped Summer Paper Table Runner, then layer on the scalloped Summer Paper Placemats. The pack of eight includes two each in four colours, so the table feels coordinated with a little variation from seat to seat.
Add the citrus-and-floral Summer Dinner Napkins for lunch, or keep Summer Cocktail Napkins near the drinks. Each comes in a pack of twenty. Summer Paper Coasters are packed in eights, while Summer Greaseproof Paper brings three cheerful designs to boards and trays, with thirty sheets per pack.
Pull one colour from the print into a jug of flowers or a bowl of fruit. Let the rest of the table stay simple. These are pieces to carry through Christmas, Boxing Day and the unhurried lunches that follow; the summer palette works well beyond December. As with the festive sheets, the summer greaseproof paper is for serving only.
Whether you begin with a fragrance that brings back memories, a beautifully boxed gift or the table everyone will gather around, choose the details you will enjoy living with. A home does not need to be finished for Christmas to feel welcoming.
Explore the pieces linked throughout this guide, or visit us at The Lemon House, 273A Peel Street, Tamworth. We would love to help you choose a fragrance, find a thoughtful present or bring your festive table together. Complimentary gift wrapping is available for eligible purchases; select the items you would like wrapped in your cart before checkout.
Prices are in Australian dollars. Photography: Glasshouse Fragrances and CIRCA.