-Heavenleigh Apothecary Lavender Silk in the bedroom (24W hot plate). One of my favorite lavender scents. It´s such an awesome balance of sweet yet herbal mixed with a creamy note. It was strong and lasted all day long.
-Ollie´s Soaps Raspberry Lemonade in the first floor (2 tarts, 24W hot plate). A good tart lemon with sweet raspberries. This was not that strong though, about light-medium I´d say.
-Scentsationals Santa´s Sugar Cookies in the kitchen (2 cubes, tea light). This was soo good as it smelled exactly like the cupcake and frosted sugar cookie scents from Scentsationals. Had a good throw and lasted really well.
-Happy Hippy Scents Free Bird Serendipity in the living room (tea light). Free Bird is Pink Funnel Cake and this one was a yummy one (none of those cinnamon-strong ones even though I like those as well), very creamy and it blended nicely with the serendipity. The throw however was a bit weak but I could only use a spoon full as I used a small tea light warmer.
-Sassy Girl Aroma Loopy Serendipity in the living room (24W hot plate, 2 tarts). A good blend of serendipity and fruit loops. To my delight this is rather balanced without the fruit loops overtaking the scent. It was medium strong and lasted really well.
-Lil´Kitchen Candles 16 Candles in the living room (24W hot plate, 8 hearts). This sweet blend of birthday cake (with something sweet...maybe cotton candy?) was really good but not that strong (medium I´d say). It lasted about 6-7 hours which was pretty good.
h
-Lasting Scent Candles Cozy Comforter in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This was a weird scent, it was on the one hand some kind of fresh laundry detergent scent but it also had a powdery and a floral note. It was really strong and lasted all day long but when I went to the bedroom to sleep at night it did cause a headache so I poured it out and replaced it with something fresh. Not a fan but not that bad either.
-The Bathing Garden Pixie Dust (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). This was super duper strong, a very green fresh citrus-based scent. Amazing and I really enjoyed it but it was almost too strong, might use only 1 cube next time!
-Scentsationals Cupcake in the kitchen (2 cubes, tealight). I really loved this scent, it smells a lot like the usual birthday cake scent many vendors carry. It was not as strong as I am used to from Scentsationals but it was an amazing scent.
-Lil´Kitchen Candles Birthday Serendipity (6 little hearts) in the living room (24W hot plate). AMAZING, awesome, just wonderful stuff. It was about medium strong and lasted through a good amount of hours (6-7 perhaps). I think after curing for longer (this was poured just about 10 days or so ago) this will be even stronger!
-Front Porch Angie´s Famous Cupcakes (2 tarts) and Serendipity (4 heart tarts) in the living room (24W hot plate). This was an amazing mix! The cupcake scent was similar to my beloved birthday cake scent as it was rich and creamy and the serendipity worked perfectly with it! Loved this strong and long-lasting combo!!
-Haley´s Heavenly Scents Pink Lavender in the bedroom (24W hot plate). A good sweet lavender blend however there is something I just started to dislike about HHS´s lavender scent. Was strong and lasted all day long though!
-Scentsationals Fresh Breeze in the 2nd floor (tealight, 2 cubes). A good clean but somehow sweet scent with good intensity and staying power. Really liked this!
-Ten Digit Creations Laundry Day in the 1st floor (25W lightbulb). This was awesome! It´s an unusual and amazing fresh laundry scent with a strong throw and impeccable lasting power. Amazing!!
-Farmhouse Kitchen Candles Cinnamon Bun Eggnog in the kitchen (tealight). This was light but still too spicy for me as it started to trigger a headache whenever I entered the kitchen. =X
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Amaretto Coffee (3 cubes) in the living room (24W hot plate). This was the most awesome coffee scent I have tried to date. A super strong almond coffee blend with excellent staying power and throw. Just reordered a bunch and oh... 2 cubes are easily sufficient I think =)
-CFTKR Caramel Sticky Buns Cornbread in the living room (24W hot plate). A good sweet caramel cornbread scent. It was about medium strong and was overpowered by the Granny´s scent =)
-Kissing Booth Candy Cane Lane (whole clamshell) in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This smelled nice and pretty strong in the clamshell so I used 2 cubes at first however the throw was really weak so I popped in 2 more and then the last 2. The scent was nice but definitely it was not very strong.
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Frosty´s Happy Hour in the 2nd floor (tealight). It was a standard christmas scent, very similar to a slew of other Xmas scents from Granny´s (like sleigh ride, snowman poop etc.). Throw was light-medium and I would not repurchase this.
-Scentsationals Sparkling Citrus (2 cubes) in the first floor (25W hot plate). A good spa-like citrus scent with a nice medium throw. This was really nice!
-Country Home Scents Gingerbread House in the kitchen (tealight). I got a light spicy throw from this. I am so fed up with my CHS and just really want to toss them in a box and get rid of them. Will eventually do this!
-Lasting Scent Candles Sticky Bread in the living room (24W hot plate). This was awesome and super delectable! A sweet gooey bread scent! Scent intensity was about medium and it lasted a good 6-7 hours. Loved this!
-Front Porch Caramel Sticky Buns in the living room (24W hot plate). This was so very light =( I think since FP´s TAT really improved the tarts now need a bit of a curing time. On cold sniff it was pretty great, a sweet gooey caramel bakery.
-Front Porch Peppermint Noel in the bedroom (24W hot plate). On cold sniff I only got the super strong typical FP peppermint but when I melted it the sweet Vanilla Bean Noel scent came through. Was really strong and lasted until the night! Would definitely get some 4-packs of this!
-La Dolce Vita Christmas Wish (2 cubes) in the 2nd floor (tealight warmer). Even though this didn´t really have a scent I somehow liked this as it just gave a sweetness to the air. Sounds weird but yea... I thought it was nice. Would not consider a repurchase though!
-Scentsationals Yin Yang (2 cubes) in the first floor (25W lightbulb warmer). A very strong eucalyptus spearmint scent that wandered throughout the whole house. Amazing!
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Ginger Brown Sugared Shortbread in the kitchen (tealight). I didn´t smell anything at all. I think this was from the old wax as the new ones (the majority of what I have) smell pretty strong!
-CFTKR Comfy Home in the living room (24W hot plate). This smelled so yummy cold but when I melted it I didn´t care for it at all. It was a caramel scent but it had a whacky note to it.
-Frostings Wax Melts Serendipity in the living room (24W hot plate). Now this was really amazing! One of the best serendipity scents ever! It was strong, sweet, decadent and long-lasting. I just ordered a dozen of these! AWESOME!!
-Scentsationals Sleigh Ride (2 cubes) in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This was a very refreshing mint scent but it smells also X-Masy (maybe there is pine or spruce or something in the mix?). The throw was really good and lasting power ditto.
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Santa´s Sleigh in the first floor (25W lightbulb). I can´t say what this smelled like exactly but it smelled like Christmas to me. It had a good throw and lasted through the day!
-The Bathing Garden Cranberry Chiffon (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight). This was probably my favorite scent of the day. I am not usually a big cranberry lover but this was awesome! It was sweet and refreshing, threw like crazy and lasted a full 8 hours. Awesome!
-Sniff My Tarts Orange ZB in the living room (24W hot plate). I only got a light orange zucchini bread from this tart even though I melted a fairly large chunk (about 2 oz I´d guess). The scent was delicious though!
-CFTKR Christmas Wish in the living room (24W hot plate). I really enjoyed this scent, it was pretty strong and long-lasting. It was a fresher citrusy scent but still it screamed Xmas all the way!
I picked up a few goodies from Scentsationals recently so just thought of posting couple of pics. A few are back-ups. Care Package is one of my favorite bakery scents ever! It´s sooo good!!
-VDC Early Morning Sunrise Cake in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This was an awesome scent. It was strong and lasted all day long. It was a fresh and fruity bakery scent.
-TBG Faun´s Path (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). This was a slightly sweet woodsy Xmas scent and I liked it however it had a weird undertone to it that started to get on my nerves after a while. As for staying power and strength this was fab as to be expected by TBG.
-Jaimie Lauren Cupcakery & Confections in Wax Vanilla Hazelnut Coffee in the kitchen (tealight). I couldn´t smell this at all as it had absolutely no throw!
-Scentsationals Night Before Christmas (2 cubes) in the living room (24W hot plate). I loved this scent a lot! It was strong and slightly fruity (like cider) and still had a fresh note (pine?) to it. Awesome! Lasted all day long, too!
-Lasting Scent Candles Holiday in The Park (24W hot plate) in the living room. Another Xmas scent I truly enjoyed. It smelled also a bit like christmas tree but sweeter! Scent throw and intensity were awesome, too!
-La Dolce Vita Vanilla Bean Nectarine (2 cubes) in the bedroom (24W hot plate). I just love this awesome scent, it is like no other. I got a strong throw and great lasting power from this tart!
-Scentsationals Blue Basil & Sage (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). A very nice clean herbal scent with a medium throw and good lasting power.
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Home for the Holidays in the kitchen (24W hot plate). This was strong and it was really good! To me it smelled like pine mixed with mint. Awesome and great lasting power, too!
-TBG Apple Crisp in the living room (24W hot plate, 2 cubes). By TBG standards this scent was really light, just had a light-medium throw. I loved the sweet un-spicy apple though!
-Front Porch Amish Friendship Bread in the living room (24W hot plate). The AFB scent from FP is awesome though it reminds me of a creamy zucchini bread rather than the typical AFB as those tend to have some fruity raisin or cherry note. Staying power left a bit to be desired as after 4-5 hours I could not smell anything anymore!
So we already reached the end of November! (And yea, now as I am typing this it´s already December...lame I know lol!). December is my favorite months as we get the first snow, it´s my birthday (12/23) and Xmas is just around the corner and I love all the decoration and festive feeling going one now!
-Pics, Petals & Scents Pink Sugar in my bedroom (24W hot plate). Unfortunately this was a really light scent, I could hardly smell it. While PPS is one of my top vendors now this scent was a bit of a disappointment.
-Scentsationals Citrus & Sage (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). I really liked this soft fresh herbal spa scent. It was not as strong as I had expected but I could smell it and it was a very nice unobtrusive fragrance.
-The Bathing Garden Santa´s Spruce (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight). This was amazing! A super strong spruce/pine kind of scent perfect for Xmas or winter in general! It was super strong and lingered all day long (until the tealight burned out). Really fantastic!
-CFTKR Sugar Cookie and Flapjacks (2 tarts, 24W hot plate). This was pretty light by CFTKR standards. I could only get a whiff of this here and there which was a bit disappointing as it was such a delicious scent!
-Cupcake Candles Hot Orange Danish in the living room (24W hot plate). Hot Orange Danish tends to be a strong fragrance with most vendors but this one was so very light! So far I am not impressed with what I melted from Cupcake Candles at all! I mean such a huge macaroon (I bet it´s more than 2 oz of wax!) has great potential to pack a punch but this was just too faint!
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Birthday Cake in the bedroom (24W hot plate). I used the whole clamshell at once and got a yummy very light vanilla cake scent. I really loved the scent but it´s not worth repurchasing if I need a whole clamshell for one melt! This is in her old wax though so I might order another one to see if the newer version has a better throw!
-FussAssMcGee Pink Zebra (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). This was a fruity scent with a light-medium throw and very average lasting power (4-5 hours).
-Scentsationals Almond Biscotti (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight). A good solid almond bakery scent with good intensity and decent staying power.
-CFTKR Comfy Home in the living room (24W hot plate). I was in the mood for some rich caramel and maple scents in the living room. Comfy Home is a very pretty sweet caramel scent with a bit of a bakery note. Really enjoyed it while it lasted (replaced it after about 6-7 hours with any random CFTKR sample)
-LSC Honey Maple Bread in the living room (24W hot plate). This was awesome, too! I could smell a sweet maple with sweet honey and a light bakery note. Stayed strong through most of the day but I did replace this, too! (also some random CFTKR sample I reviewed here before).
-Lasting Scent Candles Spring Mountain Mint in the bedroom (24W hot plate). I just love this scent, I had a few of this and now I have no more =( It´s a super fresh minty herbal scent and when I melted it it was really strong and stayed all day long!
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Skinny Bitch in the first floor (24W hot plate). This was a fruity scent...it was really light but I could smell it. Nothing I´d repurchase though (came as part of a seedling melts sample pack).
-Scentsationals Autumn Leaves (2 cubes) in the kitchen. OMG this was outrageously strong! I melted this before in my living room and I totally loved it but this time it was just too much. It smells like actual crisp brown fall leaves with a hint of spice. A perfect fall scent however as I said, it was too much so I might try one cube next time.
-Tiffany Candles Ultimate Donut/Caramel Apple/Hocus Pocus (1 gingerbread man/each) in the living room (24W hot plate). I could barely smell anything even though in the jar the scent was pretty strong. I am not having the best luck with Tiffany´s these days =(
-Front Porch Cranberry Marshmallow in the living room (24W hot plate). This was just too spicy for me and I think I am not really into cranberry scents. It was crazy strong and lasted till I poured it out at night but I would not repurchase this particular scent!
-CFTKR Green Clover & Aloe in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This smelled like any aloe body lotion. I wonder if the plant smells the same or if it´s just what we imagine aloe smells like due to all the lotions bearing this kind of scent! Anyway, this was a pleasant bedroom scent and it lasted well through the day!
-Scentsationals Lemongrass Ginger Tea in the 1st floor (3 cubes, 24W hot plate). I wanted to finish up this old-style packaging as I got a few backups in the new style (yea, shallow reason). Anyway, this is one of my absolute favorites from Scentsationals, it´s such a pretty soft spa like lemongrass tea scent, thankfully with just a touch of ginger. Amazing! 3 cubes of course were really strong and lasted all day long. 1 cube of these is never enough in my experience since it´s a softer kind of scent.
-Jaimie Lauren Cupcakery Island Mango in the kitchen (tealight). This was a nice tropical fruity scent with a creamy touch. I could definitely smell this during most of the day!
-TBG Pumpkin Apple Strudel (2 cubes) in the living room (24W hot plate). Being neither big into pumpkin nor apple I was surprised by how much I actually enjoyed this scent. There was even a bit of cinnamon in it and it did not overwhelm! A very gorgeous soft apple cinnamon scent with a hint of pumpkin!
-Lasting Scent Candles Serendipity Scone in the living room (24W hot plate). I didn´t even remember ordering this but when I was browsing my LSC stash (I am very OCD with my organization....sorted by vendor, then type e.g. clamshells, cups etc., then color lol) I found this and had to melt it yesterday. It is a yummy creamy serendipity scent, there isn´t much scone in it. I really loved this...for those who are not familiar with serendipity: it´s a blend of cherry, vanilla, confectioners sugar and coconut. The coconut came out by the end of the day, before that I got the super sweet creamy cherry scent!
-Three Sisters Soap Got Milk? in the bedroom (24W hot plate warmer). One of my favorite bedroom scents and I just have 1 or 2 of these left =( Anyway, a wonderful creamy baby bath kind of scent with good throw and great lasting power! I think I reviewed this a few times already!
-Front Porch Vanilla Laundry in the first floor (24W hot plate). This was amazing! A sweet vanilla mixed with a fresh laundry detergent scent and it scented up my whole first floor with intense long-lasting fragrance! Went strong until I poured it out... I think it could have stayed another day or so!
-Scentsationals Vanilla Pomegranate Tea (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight). I loved this gorgeous sweet fruity scent as it was refreshing yet sweet and it was strong and lasted until the tealight extinguished itself!
-CFTKR Country Sweet Rolls in the living room (24W hot plate). A delectable sweet caramel bakery scent without any spice at all. Unfortunately this was a bit light so I replaced it after about half the day.
-Kristin´s Kandles Sugar Corn Pudding (2 tarts) in the living room (24W hot plate). I really love this truly amazing scent, it´s so yummy! Unfortunately even with 2 tarts I could barely smell something. I think that the fragrance is soft by default so it would be better in a smaller room I suppose.
-I replaced the CFTKR and Kristin´s scents with the last 4 cubes (2 in each warmer) of my Scentsationals Care Package scent. It´s just the most amazing bakery scent for me right now and it was strong and delicious!
Here is my most previous Scentsationals haul. Well, another one is on the way lol but I won´t be getting it that soon (not their fault, my package is due to be delivered by Monday but since I have to have my package forwarded from the US to Europe it will take another week or so as I am waiting on some more hauls to combine shipping).
Anyway, Scentsationals is definitely my favorite commercial brand (vs the homemade vendors) lol
Fresh/clean Scents:
Bakery/foody scents:
Fruity:
Masculine/woodsy:
Drinks:
-Front Porch Winter in the Forks in the bedroom (24W hot plate). This was the free 4-pack I got with my first FP order back in April or so. They picked it for me and I really like it as it´s a fresh herbal pepperminty scent. Throw was great in my bedroom and lasting power impeccable as with the majority of FP.
-CFTKR Amish Wash Day in the first floor (24W hot plate). This was just a standard laundry detergent scent. Throw was strong as I expected and it lasted till the evening.
-Scentsationals Lemon Balsam (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight). On cold sniff this was an amazing fresh lemon scent however when melted it had a weird undertone I didn´t care for. This was about medium strong and stayed till I poured it out.
-Ye Olde Candle Cubbard Orange Caramel Crumble in the living room (2 bundt cakes) in a 24W hot plate warmer. I melted 2 of these huge tarts and got a light throw out of these. As always I am totally underwhelmed with YOCC´s quality. Time to destash I think.
-TBG Pistachio Cardamon Pound Cake (2 cubes) in the living room (24W hot plate). This was a really good scent however the throw was a disappointment. Thus also no lasting power lol.
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Sinus Relief in my bedroom (25W lightbulb). I just don´t like the lightbulb warmers with Granny´s. I know she´s recommending lower wattage but I just like the 24W hot plate best with her tarts! This is a nice fresh herbal scent, I think it also contains menthol or something along those lines. Throw was light-medium and staying power was about 5-6 hours.
-Country Home Scent Lavender Vanilla in the first floor (24W hot plate). I could not smell anything from this at all, i don´t know why I am having such horrible luck with the majority of my CHS tarts as I used to love them back in summer!
-The Bathing Garden Rainbow Apothecary (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight warmer). This was a pretty intense scent with good staying power but I didn´t care for the scent itself. It was a weird artificial fruity smell I just didn´t like.
-CFTKR Toffee Graham Pie in the living room (24W hot plate). I really liked this scent, it was a mellow sweet caramel without really any bakery notes in my opinion. It lasted about 5 hours then I could get hardly any smell at all.
-Scentsationals Sugar Cookie (2 cubes) in the living room (24W hot plate). This was one of the first Scentsational tarts I tried that had absolutely no scent throw whatsoever. Even if I dipped my nose into the wax there was no scent =P
I ordered a few times from the Scentsationals website and as I wrote in an earlier haul post their service is just amazing and I love their tarts so much as they are almost always strong! Anyway, I am not going to ramble now, please check out my earlier Scentsational haul(s)!
Since I received this haul I got in another one lol...will post about that one separately! Anyway, nothing else to write about Scentsationals, please check out the pics below!
Herbal/Spa scents:
Fresh and tea scents:
Fruity:
Bakery:
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Stress Relief in the bedroom (3 cubes, 24W hot plate). Now this was an awesome herbal scent however the intensity was so low that I had to use half a clamshell. Now I thought usually I use a 2oz scent shot from Granny´s whereas 3 cubes from the clamshell are only about 1.75 oz so to me it sounds about logic to use half a clamshell. To many users it may look uneconomical but for me that´s ok and pretty cost-effective however I might buy two 2oz scent shots rather than 1 clamshell next time as I think it comes out to be a few cents cheaper that way. Still not a product that blows me away. Will let the other 3 cubes cure a bit longer to see if the scent strength will improve as this was poured pretty recently.
-The Bathing Garden Pretty Woman (2 cubes) in the first floor (24W hot plate). I am not a big floral person but I just mentioned in another daily melts post that I can take some rose scents. Pretty Woman is a nice powdery rose with a layer of creamy vanilla on top. They blend nicely into a creamy sweet rose scent with a strong throw and great lasting power.
-Scentsationals Crispy Apples (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight). This was a totally overpowering headache-inducing fake apple scent. I had to pour it out after half an hour and replace it with something else as the scent made me sick.
-CFTKR Wildberry Mousse Indian Bread (2 slices, 24W hot plate). While I love CFTKR I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I dislike most berry scents, especially sickly sweet ones like this. I had to pour this out and replace it as this made me sick, too.
-VDC Lemon Chiffon in the living room (tealight). Nothing to write about this, it had zero throw!
-Pics, Petals & Scents Apple Cider Bread (1 stick) in my kitchen (tealight). This was my replacement for that gross apple scent from Scentsationals. This was awesome, a slightly spice albeit not overpowering scent. It threw really well and lasted the whole tealight long (a 6-hr one). P,P&S is just an awesome vendor!!
-CFTKR Serendipity Noel in the living room (24W hot plate). My replacement for the wildberry scent and it was awesome! The serendipity wasn´t as sweet as the berry scent and the sweet vanilla bean note made it overall a yummy treat! Lasted all day long!
-Granny´s Kountry Candles Bedtime Bath in my bedroom (25W light bulb). I just got my Granny´s order a few days ago and so far I am pretty happy with what I got. This is a really beautiful fresh baby bath kind of scent so it´s perfect for the bathroom. Scent throw was good, about medium at most but that´s about what I like for my bedroom.
-Front Porch Lemon Grass in the first floor (24W hot plate). This is not a lemongrass scent but rather a blend of lemon and fresh cut grass. I really like this scent, it´s fresh and summery and the scent throw was great like the majority of Front Porch.
-Scentsationals Care Package (2 cubes) in the kitchen (tealight). This is an awesome bakery scent without any spices, it´s sweet and just yummy overall. This gave off a great scent and I would definitely repurchase this scent!
-Tiffany Candles Lemon Meringue Pie in my living room (tealight). This is a yummy lemon bakery scent however the scent throw was too light for my liking. Good that I just got a new voltage converter for my 2nd 24W hot plate in my living room as I just don´t like the tealight as much.
-LSC Amaretto Buttercream Cookie in the living room (24W hot plate). A creamy almond scent. I really liked this and the scent throw and lasting power were great!
