Wax Notes | Jan 2016 (1)

This two weeks have been an absolutely bonkers for me! I worked more 15-hour days and weekends that I would have liked. And it's not going to get any easier for the rest of the month. So despite all of that, I am surprised that I managed to melt as much as I did, which goes to show I should never use busyness as a excuse for not melting! How about you, how was your January?

Alice in Wonderland (Rosegirls)
I am not sure if I like this scent now that I am melting it. It's pleasant but it doesn't get me excited. Medium high scent throw, medium scent impact.

Surfer Girl (Vintage Chic Scents)
The strongest notes I am smelling is the coconut and the graham cracker crust. It's quite yummy and today is a rainy day which calls for a comforting scent. To be honest, whenever I pick up Surfer Girl, I keep thinking it's a fresh, marine scent from its name but then I sniff it and I put it down because of the graham cracker. But I really need to melt my VCS stash because I have had them for 1.5 years (omg, that long!). Medium scent throw, medium scent impact.

Creamy Fruit Slices (Tiffany Candles)
I wanted something energising for my first office melt of the year so I picked this one. It was just right, citrusy enough to jazz up my mood but mellow enough to ease back into the work week after a four-day weekend! High scent throw, medium scent impact.

Lavender Cream (Candles From The Keeping Room)
I was surprised by the initial candy sweetness that this scent pumped out first. I had left the room for a bath when I started the melt. But later it becomes a good ol' herbal lavender that really gets into your lungs when you take a deep breath. Really nice! Medium high throw, medium high scent impact.

Sea Salt & Rice Flower (Ten Digit Creations)
Really liked this scent, it was just the right amount of salty, fresh and sweet. It also wasn't as "heavy" a scent as I thought it would be. Medium throw, medium scent impact. Longevity of the scent was shorter than I expected from a TDC tart.

Lazy Summer Days (Vintage Chic Scents)
I am rather surprised at the performance of this VCS wax, the power of it was much weaker than I had come to expect of VCS. I could smell very little of this scent, The most of it being a sweet honeydew. Low throw, medium scent impact. [Oops, labelled the picture wrongly! Sunny Days is an RG scent!]

Sea Berry (Ten Digit Creations)
A fairly nondescript marine scent. I thought the berries scent note would be stronger and mix with the marine note but it's not really happening. I can see why this scent is leaving the TDC line-up. Medium high throw, medium high scent impact. (EDIT: On second melt, the sweet berry scent is coming through more strongly and it's really a very nice scent.)

Bubblegum Ice Cream (Sassy Girl Aroma)
I didn't detect any bubblegum scent, maybe because this piece of wax is pretty old? I remember thinking that it sounds like fruit loops though which is kind of weird. Lol! Medium throw, low scent impact.

Repeat Melts
Spring in Hundred Acre Woods (Enchanted)
Over The Moon (Rosegirls)
Fresh Flowers (Smelly Buttons)

Haul | Memorial Sale

This is my first non-vendor sale haul, a winning lot from the Memorial Sale for Jessica in March. Audrey shipped it out really quickly and the Regional Rate A box was packed full of goodies! I was really looking forward to this package because there were so many vendors that I have never tried in here.

Candles From The Keeping Room - Coconut Milk & Lavender A sweet blend of coconut milk and lavender. Changes the lavender to almost a tropical flower
Mmm, I like this one. The lavender tends towards soapy (but not detergent). I don't smell coconut milk yet.

Candles From The Keeping Room - Orange Cream & Marshmallow

This is a yummy, bakery citrus!

Candles From The Keeping Room - Pink Sugar Milk A blend of our yummy sugar milk and pink sugar.

I can smell both the sugar milk and pink sugar equally. I am so excited to try a sugar milk blend!

Candles From The Keeping Room - Tropical Sugar A blend of delicious sweet fruit, sugars, whipped cream and a little vanilla.

This reminds me of a citrus powder soft drink. I am intrigued by how it will melt!

Candles From The Keeping Room - Raspberry Cream Filled Twinkies A yummy blend of our sweet twinkie filled with fresh raspberry sauce.
I smell the raspberry sauce and it's yummy but there's that weird plasticky note.

Candles From The Keeping Room - Hot Orange Danish Notes of fresh baked danish, orange zests, and the aroma of drizzled cream frosting.

The orange smells really great in here!

Candles From The Keeping Room - Toasted Marshmallow & Twinkies Twinkies filled with our yummy toasted marshmallow and drizzled with love.

This smells burnt and plasticky, I wonder if it's from the Twinkies because the other Twinkies blend that I have smells the same.

Super Tarts - Honeydew, Strawberry and Creamsicle
A nice, mellow melon blend. It's also a little fizzy! Can't wait to try this one!

Super Tarts - Champagne, Pomegranate, Grapefruit, Rock Candy
This is such a fresh, citrusy, energetic blend! I will enjoy melting this one.

Sassy Girl Aroma - Strawberry Bread
Not a big fan of this one. It smells weird and plastic to me.

Sassy Girl Aroma - Bubblegum Ice Cream Bubblegum blended with rich vanilla ice cream
Smells exactly like a Bazooka gum! Bubblegum is quickly becoming a favourite scent of mine.

Up The Creek - Candy Crush Candy lime, lemon drop and raspberry with juicy notes of orange and red apple sweetened with splashes of pulled sugar and old fashion vanilla.
Such a fun and fruity scent, I am getting lots and lots of citrus!

Up The Creek - Zucchini Noel Surprise
I am getting mostly an almond scent in this chunk, which is unexpected.

Up The Creek - Grape Fluff Blueberry Confetti Cake

The blueberry is the strongest scent note and is so so yummy! It's more of a blueberry jam scent to me. By the way, I now understand why so many people is always in search of a holy grail blueberry scent.

Bit of Bliss - Key Lime Pie
I smell a creamy, zesty lime. I feel energised just sniffing at this!

Bit of Bliss - Lavender, Green Tea, Grapefruit
This was one of my favourites of the haul. I love to drink green tea and this is the first green tea scent that I have seen in wax form. I like how these three scents were blended together, perfect for a mellow night.

Bit of Bliss - Grape, Cotton Candy, Jelly Beans
The Jelly Beans scent is a little too overpowering in here. There's also a plastic note coming through.

Rosegirls - Love Potion No. 9 Mystery blend of Love Spell and pomegranate blizzard.
My first ever Rosegirls! I think I might hoard this until I know when my Assorted Sampler is going to ship! Both the Love Spell and pomegranate blizzard scents I am not familiar with, and I have no idea what I am supposed to smell here except for some creaminess.

Vintage Chic Scents - Jackie O Marshmallow, birthday cake and Vanilla Bean Noel
So sweet!

Sugar & Spice - Banana Funnel Cake & Waffle Cones
I immediately think of Banana Bread when I smell this one, I can actually smell that tart scent  of the cooked Banana flesh. I like it more than I thought I would!