Haul | The Glitterati Candle Co (1)

A little recap, this is a flash sale that I won on the Glitterati Facebook group. I am still not quite sure how ordering works for this company but I am definitely going to look into it more carefully because this wax smells amazing and ridiculously strong on cold sniff.

Cantaloupe & Fresh Oranges
More oranges than cantaloupes but I am not complaining. Sweet and citrusy!

Jamaican Me Crazy A fresh tropical concoction with ripe notes of peach, papaya and mango and coconut.
This smells absolutely amazing, I am smelling lots and lots of peach and mango!

Pralines Vanilla caramel, dark brown sugar and butter-drenched pecans.
I think of a caramel Starbucks frappucino when I smell this. Yummy!

Wildberry Buttercream
The more I sniff this, the more I like it! It smells a lot like candies.

Beaver Tails x 2 Warm pastry filled with warm cinnamon sugar, sweet almond and juicy raisins (Bear Claws).
I am a little disappointed to get two of the same chunks and not in a scent I particularly like. This is going into my giveaway box.

Blue Cotton Candy
I am pretty sure the blue in this scent refers to blueberry. I like that this isn't sickly sick from the cotton candy and the blueberry is so fruity!

Lavender / Rosemary / Vanilla Mint
Yes, another sleepy time winner! The lavender is more of a base that highlights the rosemary and the sweet mint. So good!

Pecan & Pumpkin
It's a nice combo, equal in both pecans and pumpkins, could be a little sweeter though.

Strawberry / Fresh Pear / VBN
I love love love the Strawberry and Fresh Pear combo in here, it almost smells perfume-y too. Not much of VBN during the cold sniff though.

I am rather amazed at the amount of samples Janine popped into this little flash sale package. Count 'em, 4 SAMPLES!

Fall Berry Cranberry and autumn leaves.
Nice! It's more of a green scent but I can definitely smell the cranberry under layer. Definitely one for a fresh, spring day.

Livin' La Vida Juicy A berry, citrusy and light musk scent with vanilla - fresh and fun.
Yep, this one lives up to the description of fresh and fun. Definitely a perfume-y scent.

Tropical Pop
Oh this one is good, it smells like apples!

Tropical Twist
Smells like a fun, citrusy vacation drink! I can also smell a little hint of ginger and lime!

Wax Notes | October 2014 (1)

Butt Naked (Crabby Candle Co.)
This is going to be a weird way to describe it, but this is fruity with a hint of mothballs! I hope it isn't the wax going bad but I think I am going to melt my way through my Crabby stash this month, just in case. Not as strong as previous Crabby tarts.

Strawberry Shortcake (Crabby Candle Co.)
Nothing much to shout home about this scent, a very artificial strawberry. On the plus side, the longevity of the wax was about 4 tealights although the throw was rather weak by the fourth one.

Hot Orange Danish (Candles From The Keeping Room)
This is definitely a bakery scent that I like, I know, so rare! I really like how the cream cheese frosting blends so well with the orange citrus scent. Fruity and sweet, very comforting!

Pinky Skittleton (Crabby Candle Co.) - Not pictured.
Sweet like the candy and very strong in throw.

The Sultan's Moroccan Massage Oil (Enchanted Candle Co.)
I am melting this for research, Enchanted is doing their last opening of the year and I am almost sure I am going to be putting in an order with them! Gah, that little mustache is seriously adorable and throwing really well for such a little thing. I keep thinking of talcum powder when I inhale this scent but there's really none of that in the scent description. I am getting a very well-blended rosemary and lavender. The mint is much fainter but it keeps the blend interesting and not too herbal. Definitely need more for relaxing nighttime melting!

Repeat Melts
Nod & Dream (Enchanted Candle Co.)
Vanilla Layered Rootbeer Float (The Bathing Garden)
Orange Cream & Marshmallow (CFTKR)
Serendipity / Marshmallow Noel / Peppermint (Sniff My Tarts)
Captain Tightpants (Two Timing Tart)

Haul | Thirty Street Crafts (1)

I am very excited about Thirty Street Crafts! It's definitely one of the up and coming wax companies of 2014 and I can definitely see that they are gathering momentum and traction in the wax world. Jessica Cates is the owner and she has such a style about the way she is running this company. Her ordering process is smooth and easy, the website is usually open for about 5 days for unlimited orders with a pre-set list of scents that is announced in advance. Her wax is beautiful (look at them!), the scent blends are intricate, delicious and so strong on cold sniff! Her TAT is also ridiculously fast! Most of her wax is actually pre-poured and she starts shipping as soon as orders come in rather than waiting till the restock closes! I am definitely looking forwards to ordering more from her once I start melting this stuff!

(start clockwise from the first row!)

Cliffs of Insanity Gain Island Fresh type gives notes of ozone, greenery, lavender, rose, jasmine, melon & vanilla, blended with fresh lemon, grapefruit & clementine.
A strong laundry note, I like how Jessica amps this up with citrus! So good!

Fencing Masters Lime, mandarin, lemon & sea salt, followed by icy guava nectar, strawberries, pineapple & vanilla rum.

The lime and lemon hits me first before the sea salt and a general fruitiness. I would never have thought to combine citrus and sea salt but I think it works really really well! One of my faves from this order.

Kingdom of Florin The scent of laundry hanging on a line, fresh fruits of peach, watermelon, neroli, jasmine and pear, gooseberry & raspberry.
Love this one too and I must say the laundry scent is one of the strongest in this order in fact my whole package smells of laundry! Beyond the laundry, I am smelling sweet pears and peaches!

The 'Kissing' Book Creamy rainbow sherbert smooches lime, pineapple, orange, raspberry, and a base of vanilla blended with sweet coconut and ripe pear.
The rainbow sherbet is very yummy in here and blends well with the vanilla and coconut. I  don't really smell the pear.

Princess Buttercup Delicate pink rose, jasmine, soft violet, sweet musk and sweet marshmallow.
So pretty! I am smelling lots of rose, violets and musk.

Prince Humperdink Juicy orange, lemon, maraschino cherry, pineapple, sea spray, sweet coconut, vanilla rum and fresh ozone.
I really like these cameo tarts, the size is handy to throw into a warmer and the mould is so cute! I don't think there is any other company doing cameo tarts like Thirty Street. The maraschino cherry scent is really strong here. After sniffing really hard, I begin to get the pineapple, sweet coconut and vanilla rum. So far, not very much citrus.

Satsuma
Straight up, fizzy satsuma! I feel energised just sniffing this.

Green Apple
This smells exactly like the Green Apple slurpee that I often get from 7-11! So good and just begging to be blended!

Vanilla Nutmeg (Sample)
I really like this size of samples, in fact, I would also be willing to buy wax in this form. Just small enough to pop into smaller warmers. Vanilla Nutmeg is a very warm & cozy kind of sweet. The nutmeg adds a little interest to an otherwise plain vanilla scent.

Tuscan Fields (Sample)
Mostly this smells of fresh air and grass greens but I am detecting a little fruitiness underlaid throughout. I think I am going to like this!

Wax Notes | September 2014 (2)

Sunnee (of the amazing Fragrance Obsessed blog) once mentioned how difficult it was to start posts like these. Usually I mention whether this was a good or bad fortnight but it can get kind of awkward. For once, I have something legit to talk about. I love my new tart warmer! I love how deep and wide the dish, I don't have to cut up bigger chunks or worry that the wax will overflow. And I can also blend leftover pieces from different chunks together! LOVE!

Watermelon / Strawberry Kiwi Sorbet / Raspberry Guava (Sniff My Tarts)
I might be starting an SMT kick this month because SMT is going to open up for an order in October and I want to be ready for it by trying out the chunks I already have! Scent throw is good and strong with SMT. With three types of scents going into a blend, it's a bit difficult to pick apart the scents but I think the watermelon has an edge over the sweet fruitiness of the strawberry and the raspberry.

Mango Sorbet / Tangerine / Strawberry Daiquiri (Sniff My Tarts)
This is fun, fruity scent, I really like the tangerine in here and I need to start thinking up possible blends with these. The scent throw is surprisingly weak, medium at best, and I am melting a huge chunk. :( However, longevity is pretty amazing, been melting this through 4 tealights

Pink Sugar Milk (CFTKR)
A little wary of this combination because I am not sure about the milky scent note but it's pretty good. The milk note isn't sour at all and really helps to tone down the sickly sweetness of Pink Sugar. The throw is amazing as well, throwing right out of my bedroom doors.

Blue Sugar Lavender Martini (Two Timing Tart)
I like this scent, it's mostly blue sugar but the underlying lavender is so pretty! I can't distinguish between blue sugar and martini because both have a sour note to it. The throw is really weird on this, sometimes it's medium high, sometimes I can barely smell it.

Cucumber Mint + Spearmint + Honeydew Ya (Super Tarts)
It's crazy hot today and I really wanted something fruity and minty so I decided to mix these three together! I think this three scents went very well together, although poor Spearmint got a bit drowned out because it was the smallest chunk of the trio, would have loved to get more. Excellent throw as usual with Super Tarts' wax, it's on its third tealight and still going strong. My Mum is loving this combination and she's been making noises about wanting to melt in her room too, of course, I am thrilled! More wax to burn and buy! Haha!

Bliss (Crabby Candle Co.)
Despite the scent description of lemon, sage, chamomile and rosewater, I really only get the lemon and sage. It's a very sharp lemon, almost veering on cleaning detergent lemon. I am definitely disappointed that the chamomile and rosewater wasn't apparent.

Repeat Melts
Hello Sweetie (Two Timing Tart)

Haul | Enchanted Candle Company (2)

Here's my second Enchanted Candle Company haul and it is awesome! For this order, I decided to go for the little bags of wax moustaches for the scents in the Fathers of Disney Line.  The bags came in adorable bags but it was tied with ribbon rather than the twist ties. The ribbons are a bit of a pain to tie and re-tie when you want to get out the tarts. I hope Debra will consider changing them up to the twist ties in future.

Did I mention that I am loving this order especially the scents from the Fathers of Disney Line? Everything I got was so so so good!

Darth (Black) We wanted something as mysterious as the man himself. While we won’t tell you what this is what we will tell you is it’s an epic scent of galactical proportion that will have you screaming “Yes! You ARE my Daddy!”
I absolutely could not tell you what scent notes make up this blend but I am getting a cinnamony-bitter note. And surprisingly, it's very pleasant. This is what I think Autumn would smell like.

Marlin (Orange) Dive into the big blue world with this tropical fragrance of mango, pineapple, green apple, yuzu, and orchid.
Oh so good! I immediately think of fresh, tropical mango. Upon further sniffing, I begin to smell the pineapple and the green apple. I definitely want a lot more of this scent!

The Sultan's Moroccan Massage Oil (Blue) Get pampered with the sultan with this tingling oil made from rosemary, peppermint, and a touch of lavender.
I love this one so much! I don't find any of the notes outstanding by its own because it's blends so well together into a pretty, soft, sweet relaxing scent. It's herbal in a very soothing and subdued way. I also need more of this one!

Walt's Lemon Meringue Pie (Yellow) This is a perfect lemon with the added creaminess of a towering meringue topping and a hint of pie crust.
This one is delicious, it's not overtly bakery but rather just pure lemon sweetness! Again, I need more!

Afternoon at Grandma's Warm peanut butter cookies straight out of the oven
This is a free sample included in my order (thank you!). I can definitely smell a very yummy peanut butter cookie scent but there is also a weird bitter note tangling with it.

Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane Step into the parlor of the Bank's home where the scent of English scones and a freshly brewed pot of tea lingers in the air.
I can't quite wrap my head around this scent because I don't smell any scones or tea, just a fruity scent.

Lavender and Chamomile A calming herbal blend of lavender, chamomile and hints of eucalyptus.
Mmm, a calming and soothing blend. Enchanted's lavender is a soapy type but the chamomile and eucalyptus helps. I will have to be careful with this because Enchanted's scent throw is strong and too much can be a bad thing.

Napa Valley The sweet aroma of plump merlot, cabernet, and zinfandel grapes.
Super, yummy, grape scent! Again, there's that weird bitter note. Could be the wax? I hope it goes away during melting!

Wildberry Tea A Celestial Seasonings dupe. This perfect tea blend bursts with raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, cranberries, and even cherries.
This is such a yummy fruity-berry scent, I really can't discern anything seperate, just a big berry medley!

Something Fruity A blend of frozen berries mixed with a splash of rum.
Very interesting, it's quite different from Wildberry Tea. But it's just as good and I am pretty sure I can smell the rum

Icy Peppermint A strong blast of peppermint.
Exactly as advertised! Strong and sinus cleansing! I just want to inhale this when I am feeling congested!

Wax Notes | September 2014 (1)

From such an amazing fortnight to a rather dismal one. I have been feeling under the weather and my nose has been blocked more often than not. I have been mainly melting my BBW Twisted Peppermint candle to help unsnuff my nose but really it isn't strong enough. I am going to have get myself some Sinus Relief scents from a vendor, anyone has any suggestions?

Greased Lightning (Rosegirls)
I am not feeling too well and decided to indulge myself in some waxy goodness so I popped a whole chunk rather than cutting it up as I would probably have done. I am enjoying most of it, it's a sweet strawberry bakery scent and I love that snatches of strawberry jam in the air. I can see why so many people love Rosegirls' bakery. Who knows I might be a convert to bakery. :)

Red Velvet Cake (Ten Digit Creations)
Ugh. I totally hate this scent. It's a really weird chocolate scent. However, the strength throw is very good. As I have been saying, TDC's tarts last a long time so buy with ease!

Hello Sweetie (Two Timing Tart)
This is the new wax formula and it's throwing medium high. TTT performs very well for me and I am looking forward to ordering from them again once I finish up my stash.

Violet Mojito (Two Timing Tart)
Man oh man, this one is so strong that I had to turn it off. The violet scent is more clean than floral and definitely overpowers any hint of mojito.

Repeat Melts
Bite Me Serendipity Bubble Gum (L3WW)
Serendipity Peppermint (I Heart Wax)
The Sound of Drums (Two Timing Tart)
Spearmint (Super Tarts) + Icy Peppermint (Beezy's) + Lavender Cotton Candy Frosting (L3WW)

Rolling in Wax!

Today is an incredibly exciting wax haul day (even though I am furtively typing this in the office). Last Thursday, I finally clicked 'ship' on all my outstanding packages! I would have shipped some of them earlier but I unexpectedly got word that my Rosegirls order would be completed much earlier than I expected and then I won a Glitterati flash sale! So in total, I have SIX packages arriving together! I have been trying very hard to melt through my stash because I am pretty sure I am not going to have enough space in my wax storage boxes to put everything away. Looking at my orders, I think I am set for the rest of the year. Fall scents aren't really my thing seeing as I live in heat and humidity all year round.

Just to mentally prepare myself for the onslaught of wax and remind myself about what I ordered and that I really don't need anymore wax for the time being, I am listing out everything I have that is incoming.

Glitterati Candle Co.
When Glitterati put up a few flash sale lots a few weeks ago, I threw my name in the smaller lots for the heck of it. And what do you know, I won one of them! My lot consisted of 4 scent shots in Pralines, Wildberry Buttercream, Cantaloupes & Fresh Oranges and Jamaican Me Crazy and 6 other mystery chunks in Fruity/Bakery. I am super excited to get this because Glitterati has been a company that I haven't managed to figure out exactly how to order. She's closed for Customs till December 2014 (!!) and I have always missed seeing the Mystery Bag sign up. Definitely a lucky break being able to win this flash sale lot.

Rosegirls
I am still trying to figure out exactly how I am going store 10 bags of chunks but I suspect I am going to have a lot of fun (sniffing) figuring it out. I have 10 bags in Koopa Troopa Assault, Blueberry Hill, Singing in the Rain, Lavender Cupcakes with Honey Frosting, Macintosh Madness + Rosegirls Garden, Summer Daze, Sunny Days, Alice in Wonderland, Apple Colada and Monster Cookie Fluff Puffs.

Thirty Street Wax
I have never watched the Princess Bride so the scent names don't mean very much to me but I was totally in the market for some Thirty Street so I picked up a few of the scents, Kingdom of Florin, The 'Kissing' Book, Fencing Masters, Cliffs of Insanity, Princess Buttercup, Prince Humperdink, Satsuma and Green Apple.

Enchanted Candle Co. Order & Mystery Bag
The regular order consists of Darth, Marlin, The Sultan's Moroccan Massage Oil (very excited to sniff this one after Julie reviewed it and loved it!), Walt's Lemon Meringue Pie, Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, Lavender and Chamomile, Napa Vallery, Wildberry Tea, Something Fruity and Icy Peppermint. The second order is a Mystery Bag although I think it may be more of a box because it's supposed to weigh 2lbs! I am looking forward to sniffing these because I just decided I want to get on a future customs list and I have already started thinking of some possible blends!

Ten Digit Creations
The earliest order I made in this shopping spree, I am pretty sure they are all cured after sitting in my box for 1.5 months. I very badly want this TDC haul to be awesome because I think TDC could become my wax dealer for scents that I need on a regular basis since they are always open, ships so fast and have such a long list of scents! Every girl needs a wax dealer right? Aloe & Green Tea, Apple Harvest, Avocado & Sea Salt, Bamboo & Sugar Cane, Bartlett Pear, Berry Verbena, Chamomile Apple, Fruit Loops, Green Tea & Willow, Honey Lemon, Lavender Apple, Lavender Mint, Lemon Marshmallow, Muscadine, Orange Blossom, Peppermint Meringue, Pink Sands, Red Mac Apple, Sea Berry, Sea Salt & Rice Flower, Serendipity, Sugar Milk, Sugared Jasmine, Twisted Lemon, Vanilla Lime and Violet Vixen.