Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 10/2/16-10/9/16

This was an OK wax week. I really had only one standout scent and the rest were just alright. I'm hoping this next week will be better. I'm still trying not to overdo it on fall scents, but for some reasons even when I do only one a week I'm not too keen on them. I wish I didn't burn out so fast.

Ten Digit Creations Autumn Daze
Scent Description: fallen leaves, fresh air, and a stroll through the woods
My Thoughts: This was my standout scent of the week. I love this outdoorsy fall scent. It's fresh airy, green, with hints of apple, and just the tiniest bit smokiness. It's really the perfect fall scent for someone like me who prefers clean and fresh scents. It has those elements of fall without going into stereotypical fall scent territory.
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Wilma's Fake Clean
Scent Description: The smell of a freshly cleaned house!
My Thoughts: This is not what I wanted it to be. I was hoping for a Pine-Sol or bleach-type scent. I know that's not appealing to most, but when I think fake clean that's what I think. I like that type of scent. This is not that. It almost reminds me of a beachy sand scent with some sweet lemon. It has a sweetness to it that puts me off. Not my idea of fake clean, but clearly someone else's! The throw wasn't great either.
Scent Throw: 1.5/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Ten Digit Creations Apple Harvest
Scent Description: juicy apples with a touch of spice
My Thoughts: This is your standard apple spice scent. It's a nice scent, but I had to take it out after a half an hour. It was just too strong and was giving me a headache. I don't see this scent being really any different than the countless other varieties of this same scent either. I don't hate this scent, but it was just too much for me. 
Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Colonial Candle Cranberry Comso
Scent Description: Cheers to the cocktail-inspired fragrance of tart cranberry with a touch of citrus. Top : Lemon Zest, Sweet Orange - Middle : Cranberry, Raspberry - Bottom : Creamy Milk
My Thoughts: This is nice cranberry scent, it's not too sweet or too tart. It's not the most exciting scent I've tried. It's OK. I don't hate it and don't love it. I have other cranberry scents I like better, but this one is nice. 
Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Discontinued

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 6/12/16-6/19/16

I'm running out of new wax to review! I'm scrapping the bottom of the barrel to find stuff to review lately. I'm somewhat in a bind too since I have a trip coming up and I'm trying to save money. I don't imagine I'll be buying new wax soon since there is nothing new in stores and vendor wax is more expensive. That being said, I did find some stuff to melt this week to share with you. 

Colonial Candle Blue Spruce

Scent Description: This welcoming scent with notes of pine, winter greens, and woodsy amber is like a visit to the tree farm. Top - Aldehydic, Bergamot, Cranberry, Red Currant Middle - Pine Needles, Wintergreen, Clove, Cinnamon, Cypress Bottom - Balsam, Cedarwood, Amber

My Thoughts: I'm always hesitant with Christmas tree scents. I used to love them, but lately, I find them to be so heady and overwhelming. This one is actually nice. It really is a perfect blend of Christmas-tree notes and crisp winter air. Of all of the Christmas tree types spruce is my favorite. It's the brightest of all of those tree types. This scent is bright, fresh, and woodsy. I'm a fan.

Scent Throw: 3.5/5

Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Ten Digit Creations Herbal Essences 

Scent Description: smells like the shampoo...slightly herbal, slightly fruity

My Thoughts: I've had this one sitting in a drawer for awhile because I was scared of it. I love Herbal Essences shampoo smell, but this wax on cold sniff was so strong I was afraid it would be too much when melted. I'm happy to report this wasn't the case. The scent dispersed nicely in in the room and wasn't overpowering in the least. This is a very clean scent that leaves just the right of amount of  freshness in the air. 

Scent Throw: 3.5/5

Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations 

Better Homes & Gardens Farm Apple Pumpkin

Scent Description: Ripe and ready, farm fresh apples and pumpkins

My Thoughts: This is your quintessential fall scent. This is a nice blend trio of pumpkin, apple, and cinnamon. This scent doesn't go sugary sweet or into synthetic territory. It's a very natural scent that is very warm and rich. I was in the mood for it the other day, but quickly realized I prefer something a little brighter and fresher this time of year. That said, it does not diminish the quality of this scent, it's awesome! I'll just wait until September.

Scent Throw: 4.5/5

Where To Buy: Walmart

ScentSationals Mandarin Mango Madness

Scent Description: A tropical twist of ripe island mango nectar with sweet mandarin oranges, ruby red grapefruit and exotic dew fruit. So tempting, you can almost feel the madness!

My Thoughts: I knew on first sniff this would be a problem, but I put it in the melter anyways hoping for a different outcome. Mango scents (as well as peach) I've noticed are really hard to replicate in wax naturally. They tend to go musty. Instead of smelling like fresh fruit they smell like overripe moldy fruit. This was the case with Mandarin Mango Madness. Not nice. I quickly tossed this one out of the warmer. 

Scent Throw: 3.5/5

Where To Buy: Walmart

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 5/22/16-5/29/16

It has been a fairly good wax week. I'm definitely finding myself craving summer scents lately. I love fruity scents, but I'm incredibly picky about them. I hate sugary sweet candy scents, and I find a lot of fruity scents can go that direction. I prefer the more natural fruity scents or fruity drink scents (granted they don't get too sugary). It can be a lot of trial and error in finding the right fruity scents, but I did have some success this week. 

Ten Digit Creations Fruit Slices

Scent Description: orange, grapefruit, strawberry, melon, peach, kiwi, and sugar crystals

My Thoughts: This is scent is fruity perfection. I love the blend of fruits in this scent blend and I don't find the sugar crystals aspect to take into a sickly sweet direction. This has a really nice natural tart and sweet fruit blend that has a nice throw. It reminds me a bit of a fruit punch type scent, but not a specific brand of fruit punch.

Scent Throw: 3.5/5

Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Better Homes & Gardens Sun Washed Poppies 

Scent Description: An intriguing floral, fruity blend that opens with notes of sweet apple, pink raspberry and white pepper. A playful heart of rose petals, jasmine, and wild poppies leads into a sensuous comforting base of sandalwood and sun-washed musk. 

My Thoughts: I'm so on the fence with this scent. I'd say I like it about 80%. This is going to be such a convoluted review.  I really get the fruity and floral blend. The raspberry and poppy are most prominent. I do like this and had it melting all day, but I also don't like it. I think it's the poppy note. It's nice, but poppy can go a bit musty to me. It almost smells like an overripe peach or something. It's really not bad I swear, there is just this underlying "hmph" type thing going on if that makes any sense! I think some people will like it others will not. 

Scent Throw: 4/5

Where To Buy: Walmart

Colonial Candle Caipirinha 

Scent Description: Sip on Brazil's most popular cocktail with notes of sugar cane rum, honey, and lime. Top: Tangy Lemon, Bergamot - Middle: Cardamom, Currant, Orange Blossom - Bottom: Vanilla Bourbon, Musk

My Thoughts:  I love citrus and I love bergamot. I especially love citrus drink blends. This one is really nice as it's very citrusy, sweet, and clean. It's not too sweet and is a really refreshing blend. The throw on this was inconsistent to me. I'd get a strong whiff of it here and there, but other times I really had to try to smell it. 

Scent Throw: 2.5/5

Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Wilma's Fabuloso Type

Scent Description: Just like the lavender household cleaner. So good and so strong!

My Thoughts: I hate artificial scents (when it comes to artificial fruits and etc.), but I do love chemically laden smelling cleaning product scents. This smells exactly like Fabuloso and I love the smell of a freshly cleaned house with bleach and other chemically ridden cleaning products. This is awesome and the scent description is right it is strong, but in a good clean way. I did not find it overpowering. If you like cleaning product smell you'll like this, otherwise, stay away. In fact, I think this is a dupe to ScentSationals Lavender Glow. 

Scent Throw: 5/5

Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Happy Sunday! 

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 5/15/16-5/22/16

This wasn't a great week in wax for me. I had more duds than wins. You live and you learn! That being said, even if I get duds I still like trying them out and reviewing them. I hope next week will be better especially as I have some new wax on the way to me!

Colonial Candle Juicy Watermelon
Scent Description: The ultimate summer refresher, the sweet, cooling scent of juicy watermelon.
My Thoughts: This is 100% Jolly Rancher fake watermelon scent. I hate artificial watermelon scent or flavor, it is nothing like real watermelon. It always smells so synthetic and oddly tart to me. Watermelon is not tart! Watermelon is my favorite fruit and I eat nearly everyday. I know my watermelon! Yeah, I'm pretty peeved. This is fake watermelon. Not for me. 
Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Ten Digit Creations Cucumber Apple Splash
Scent Description: fresh cucumber, juicy apple, and a dash of zest
My Thoughts: This scent is really a nice blend of green apple and cucumber. It's very crisp, sweet, and strong. That being said, I find it a little too sweet and overbearing for my tastes. This smells more like it would be better suited to a bath and body care product than home fragrance. I'd prefer this in a shampoo or something. 
Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Ten Digit Creations Kumquat
Scent Description: a small citrus fruit....smells like a mix between orange and grapefruit
My Thoughts: This scent I love. This is the winner this week for me. I love this citrus scent. It really is mix of orange and grapefruit. It has the perfect balance of sweet and tart, and it's very natural not synthetic in the least. I melted this after cleaning the house and it was perfect. It was fresh, clean, and inviting. 
Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Colonial Candle Snowday
Scent Description: Let the snow fall outside as you bundle up with this refreshing blend of eucalyptus, mint, and dewy greens. Top - Apple, Melon, Peach, Pineapple Middle - Jasmine, Rose, Violet, Dewy Greens, Eucalyptus, Mint Leaf Bottom - Sheer Musk, Vetiver, Rosewood, Amber
My Thoughts: This smells really nice on cold. The strongest note I get are the "dewy greens" followed up my floral, fruity, and musk. I don't really get the "Snowday" theme, it doesn't smell like a winter scent.  This is a very general clean and fresh scent to me. It's nice, but it's not the best. I also could not smell this when melted at all. I think either it has a weak throw or just blended into my Glade wall plug-in scent.
Throw: 1/5
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 5/8/16-5/15/16

This was a fairly good wax week. I only had one odd ball wax this week, otherwise it was fairly good. The only issue I really seemed to have this week with the waxes I melt was throw. I wanted some stronger wax!

Colonial Candle Sea Spray

Scent Description: Splash around in a crisp marine blend of sea grass, salty sea foam, and amber sand.Top: Sea Grass, Seaweed, Herbal - Middle: Marine, Ozone - Bottom: Driftwood, Sea Salt, Amber

My Thoughts: This is probably the most authentic and natural salt water scent I've come across. I get a very well balanced ozone, sea salt water, and seaweed blend from this wax. It's ocean perfection. It's a very refreshing scent with decent throw too.

Scent Throw: 4/5

Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Wilma's Lavender Eucalyptus

Scent Description: A relaxing blend of wild lavender and fresh eucalyptus.

My Thoughts: I loved this scent on cold. It really is a nice balance of lavender and eucalyptus. This got weird when melted though. I did get that soothing lavender and green floral eucalyptus, but something else was coming out in it. I swear I got this weird note of chicken and waffles. I know that sounds bizarre, but that's what I was smelling. It was like lavender, eucalyptus, fried chicken ,and maple syrup.  Needless to say, my nose to offense to this bizarre mystery note. Blech. I don't get any of that weird note on cold though -shrug-. 

Scent Throw: 4/5

Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Ten Digit Creations Rainbow Sherbet

Scent Description: creamy vanilla with notes of pineapple, honeydew melon, and raspberries

My Thoughts: This reminds me of that fruit punch stuff you'd have at parties as a kid. It was a mix of Sprite, Hawaiian Punch, and rainbow sherbet in a punch bowl. This smells like that. It's amazing! I get the tartness from the raspberry and the bite from the pineapple, a hint of creaminess to it, plus this fizzy note. I LOVE fizzy and effervescent scent, so this was my jam. I just wish it had a stronger throw.

Scent Throw: 3/5

Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations

Colonial Candle Cucumber Fresca

Scent Description: Relax with this garden-inspired medley of cool, crisp cucumber and fresh cilantro leaves. Top : Fresh Wasabi, Basil Leaf, White Grapefruit - Middle : Cucumber Peel, Trailing Ivy, Cilantro - Bottom : Cactus Blossom, Oak Moss, Violet Leaf

My Thoughts: Speaking of fizzy, this is another fizzy scent. This scent is so crisp and refreshing. I definitely detect the cucumber, grapefruit, and cilantro in this wax. I'm not familiar with cocktail types, but this smells like some type of cocktail made with seltzer water or something you'd want to drink on a very hot day. Like the previous one though, I wish it had a stronger throw. 

Scent Throw: 2.5/5

Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Happy Sunday! 

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 4/17/16-4/24/16

This was really good wax week. It wasn't a perfect week, but I tried a lot of new wax I liked. I'm also happy because I got a lot of new wax this week, so I have a lot of new stuff to try!

Colonial Candle Topaz Waters
Scent Description: Sail away in the crystal clear water of St. Barts with sparkling bergamot, blue freesia, and driftwood.Top: Fresh Bergamot, Blue Mandarin, Black Anise - Middle: Blue Freesia, Geranium, Mediterranean Lavender - Bottom: Tonka Bean, Driftwood, Turquoise Musk
My Thoughts: This is a very unique water scent. It's unlike anything I own in the water category. It has a masculinity to it, but it's mellowed by floral and citrus. It's so hard to describe because it's so unique. This scent is excellent though. It's very fresh, crisp, and sophisticted.
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle 

Colonial Candle Simple Breeze
Scent Description: Take in the fresh outdoor feeling of dewy greens and a hint of lavender and geranium. Top: Dewy Greens, Ozone, Citrus - Middle: Lavender, Geranium - Bottom: Sandalwood
My Thoughts: This smells like a fresh laundry scent. I usually do not laundry scents because I can find them so strong and very harsh. This was PERFECT. There were no harsh or chemically notes whatsoever. This had a very soft scent of fresh air, lavender, and other florals. This had a very solid throw, but was not overpowering in anyway. I had just finished cleaning the house when I put this in the warmer and this was the perfect scent.
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Candles by Victoria Whispering Winds
Scent Description: An extremely unique blend this cucumber mint fragrance begins with top notes of garden-fresh cucumber, ripe banana, and juicy clementine; followed by middle notes of cyclamen blossoms, African violets, and Madonna lily; sitting on base notes of palm fronds, spearmint leaves, and cool peppermint.
My Thoughts: When I smelled this on cold it smelled like straight up Altoids. It has a very heavy peppermint smell. When melted, you get a strong background note of peppermint, but you also get some green and floral notes too. I felt while the peppermint note is the main note it was well balanced with other notes too. It didn't come off as a straight peppermint scent or anything Christmas-like. It's a very crisp clean air scent with greenery. I quite liked this scent. 
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: Candles by Victoria

Colonial Candle Fresh Aloe
Scent Description: A fresh fusion of Polynesian palm leaves, rainforest bamboo, and sparkling citrus. Top: Soft Bergamot, Lemon Slice - Middle: Neroli Blossom, Water Lily, Marine Accord - Bottom: Fijian Palm Leaf, Polynesian Hibiscus, Sea Grass
My Thoughts: This is a very fresh and green scent. I definitely get those green notes form it right away. I do detect some slight water and citrus notes in there too, but it's mainly a green scent. I really like this scent, it just did not have a strong enough throw for me to really notice it. 
Scent Throw: 2/5
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Ten Digit Creations Lavender Patchouli 
Scent Description: earthy patchouli, herbaceous lavender, and sheer musk
My Thoughts: Patchouli is typically one of those scents people either love or hate. I sometimes love it and sometimes I don't. I really like it in this lavender blend. This is really nice blend of earthy, soothing, and perfumey. This scent reminds me of how my grandparents house smelled. They had some potpourri that smelled just like this. Yes, this does have kind of an antique and vintage quality to it, but it's nostalgic so I like it! This one had a strong throw.
Scent Throw: 5/5
Where To Buy: Ten Digit Creations 

Happy Sunday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 4/3/16-4/10/16

This post was meant for Sunday, but since that was my blog birthday I pushed it back to today. I had a fairly good wax week. I didn't have any waxes I detested, so that's a start! There are many weeks where I have one I really can't stand. This week not everything was a favorite, but nothing was a dud.

Colonial Candle French Lavender
Scent Description: Whisk away with this soft and soothing lavender fragrance. Top: Fresh Green - Middle: Lavender - Bottom: Musk, Woody
My Thoughts: This isn't my favorite type of lavender scent, as I prefer a more herbal take, but I still like this one. It does have some of those herbal notes, but it has softness to it and I think touch of powderiness that I believe comes from the bottom musky and woody notes. I'm not usually into powdery scents, but this one works. It's a nice balance of soft and soothing. 
Scent Throw: 3.5/5
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Mainstays Darkest Sandalwood
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This is a very masculine scent, not in the sense that it smells like cologne, but it's very rich and deep. This smells like pure wood blended with leather and hint of bergamot.  I'm not usually into woodsy scents aa they tend to have a sweetness to them I find unpleasant. This one is just so dark, rich, and complex I'm not really getting any of that. The problem with this one is throw was poor.
Scent Throw: 2/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

Wilma Victorian Cleaning
Scent Description: Our own blend of clean cotton linens and lemongrass with a slightly green note.
My Thoughts: The main note I'm getting from this lemongrass with a hint of laundry scent in the background to balance it out. This is a pure lemongrass scent too. It has that amazing herbal aromatherapy-like quality. I liked this blend. It's a very crisp and refreshing scent.
Scent Throw: 4/5
Where To Buy: Wilma's Shop

Colonial Candle Rainshowers
Scent Description: Capturing that moment when the rain first falls, carrying hints of ozone, clary sage and oakmoss, saturating the ground and cleansing everything it touches. Top: Ozone Mint, Grapefruit, Glacier Water Accord - Medium: Sage Clary, Lavender - Bottom: Oakmoss, Coumarin, Tonka Bean.
My Thoughts: There is a lot going on in this scent and that means it could go either way. It can either be awful or spectacular. This one is spectacular. This is such a sophisticated and unique clean water scent. I can identify all of the fragrance notes it listed. It's a refreshing blend of herbal, minty, water, and green rolled all into one.Those are all my favorite type of scents, so it's no wonder. This one had great throw, but the scent only lasted for a few hours. I wish it lasted longer!
Scent Throw: 4/5 
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Re-Melts of the Week:
Ten Digit Creations Cool Citrus Basil
Ten Digit Creations Sea Salt & Ocean Breezes

Happy Tuesday!

Weekly Wax Wrap Up: 3/27/16-4/3/16

Here are the new waxes I melted this week.

Colonial Candle Spring Awakening
Scent Description: Rejuvenate the energy of spring with a mixture of fresh apple, grapefruit, and sun dried cotton.
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this scent. I definitely get a strong green apple note from this which reminds a lot of the Suave Juicy Green Apple shampoo they've had for ages. That green apple note to my nose is paired with a blend of some type of  light floral, greenery, and cotton notes. This is a really nice blend. It's very fresh and green. My only complaint is I wish it had a stronger throw. 
Scent Throw: 3/5
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Better Homes & Gardens By The Pool (Splash + Coconut)
Scent Description: N/A
My Thoughts: This is another one of those duo packs you melt together. The "Splash" side smells like a a blend of salty ocean water, a light floral, and pineapple. The "Coconut" side smells like Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen, pretty much a blend of coconut and pineapple. These melted together smell exactly like how you smell after a day at the pool. You know when your skin smells like a mixture of sunscreen and chlorine? It's a pretty artificial smell, but it's nostalgic to me as it reminds me of the summers I used to live in the pool as a kid. I did tire of it after a few hours because those pineapple notes can get too sweet, but it's definitely a scent I would melt again. Not a favorite, but I like it enough. 
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

ScentSationals Orchid Paradise
Scent Description: I hope heaven is like this
My Thoughts: Really ScentSationals? What kind of scent description is that? This is one of those scents that fooled me. On cold sniff, I got a fresh and crisp floral with maybe some sweet watery notes, when melted this overpowering powdery note came out. It smelled like scented baby powder. I really don't like powdery florals. I know violets are like that. I guess orchids are too? This one to me smelled really different on cold than when melted. It tricked me! I sure hope heaven doesn't smell like this. 
Scent Throw: 4.5/5
Where To Buy: Walmart

Colonial Candle Harbor Mist
Scent Description: Treasure the clean scent of gentle florals, musk, and a touch of sweet pear.
My Thoughts: This is my kind of scent. This an amazing blend of ocean air, soft floral, slight fruity note, and hint of perfume. It really does match the description. I love fresh and clean scents like this with some added elements to make it special. My beef? This had a very light throw. It was very disappointing because it smells so great in the package. Bummer.
Scent Throw: 1.5/5
Where To Buy: Colonial Candle

Re-Melts of the Week:
Mainstays Soothing Spa
ScentSationals Spa
ScentSationals Lavender Glow

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Happy Sunday!