Collective January and Early February Hauls

It's the same old story. I find myself with ambitions of regularly updating this blog, but life always seems to get in the way. I took these pictures weeks ago with intentions of doing full reviews and scent descriptions for each vendor haul, but I have found it nearly impossible to find time to do that these days. I do miss being able to blog on the regular, but life has been very kind to me so I can't complain. 

I'm up to my eyeballs in wax again. Our house is about to be under construction, so I need to get the wax down to a reasonable size so I can transport it easily from room to room while things are being redone. Expect some majorly major destashes/RAOKS/giveaways/etc. from me soon. 

I've decided to share the rest of the pictures of my January hauls in this one post. Yes, I realize that it's March and I'm still trying to get my January hauls up here. So I'm a bit late. I won't be doing full scent descriptions/cold sniff reviews for each product I've purchased anymore (at least for these type of posts) so please let me know if something catches your eye and you'd like to hear more about it! I did place a few orders from new vendors which will be featured in "New Vendor Spotlight" posts, which will be more comprehensive than these types of haul posts.

Another goal: melted reviews! One day my friends. One day.

January theme: BUBBLE GUM! I became slightly obsessed with bubble gum scents this month, you may notice as such in my scent choices. Also, sping/summer/fruity scents!

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TIFFANY CANDLES

Cuttable Hearts in: Pink Sugar and Tinsel; Serendipity, Banana and Bubble Gum

Loaf in: Melon Ball Fizz and Raspberry Lemonade chunks with Pink Marshmallow overpour (amazing!)

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 DAPHNE'S DIVINE

Squares in: Loopy Mallow Pistachio (incredible!!!); Celtic Moonspice Birthday Cake

Gingerbread men in: Candied Watermelon Bubblegum

Freebie squares in: Pink Blueberry Pumpkin ZB

Macaron in: Pink Bubblegum

Chunkster muffins in: California Dreamin, Loopy ICSB, Raspberry OJ Cake Rainbow

Square small chunks in: Dieter's Dilemma

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RAINBOW MELTS

Chunky RTS brittle in: Tutti Fruity, Wildberry Mousse and Cotton Candy (to die for!!!)

Freebies in: Gooey Caramel Cider (bangin'!) and Sweet Bubbles

Cookie in: Strawberry Crunch Berries (yum!)

Bundts in: Blueberry Butter Brickle Bread (do. not. like)

Teddies in: Pomegranate Lemonade and Watermelon Punch Cotton Candy Frosting

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FRONT PORCH

4-packs in: Chocolate Raspberry Truffle, Margarita Marshmallow Noel (best margarita scent ever!), Choco Banana Mallow Cake (meh), Double Bubble Gum, Marshmallow Bubble Gum, Tart & Sweet Bubble Gum

Crapload of singles in: Apricot VBF, Lemon Mallow Rose Ice Cream (so good!), Banana Mallow Bread (also fantastic), Peanut Butter and Banana Cream Cake, Cream Filled Cake Bread, Cucumber Melon Mint, Hawaiian Sun Tan Lotion, Lemon Margarita (fave!), Pink Loving Dare, Moonspice Marshmallow Bread, Apricot Serendipity, Black Raspberry Coffee Cake, Amaretto Jubliee Cherry Ice Cream, Raspberry Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies (have decided I don't like FP raspberry anymore), Gummy Fish Candy Bubble Gum, Honeydew Lemon Serendipity, Coffee Marshmallow Noel.

Chunky muffin in: Cotton Candy/Cucumber Melon

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SUGAR SCOOPS

Chunk bags in: Edible Bouquet (awesome!) and Candy Shoppe

 Individual chunks in: Blueberry Snow (must. have. more), Breakfast Wake Me Up, Sweet Tooth (has no scent whatsoever), Pomegranate Parfait, Rainbow Wafer.

More individual chunks in: Gingerbread House (strange yet delish combo of jelly beans and gingerbread), Chocolate Fondue Bar, Mocha Madness, Chocolate Covered Banana (so delish) and Pumpkin Pie a la Mode.

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SUGAR AND SPICE 

(this was an RTS haul)

 Freebies in: Mystery cup, Mystery brittle (usually impressed with S&S freebies but these are not to my liking)

Cups in: Pineapple Honeydew Fluff (yum!!), Marshmallow Love Spell, Vitamin C, Strawberry B-day Cake Cotton Candy Fluff, Peach Strawberry Cream Cake, Kiwi (smells perfumey)

More cups in: Wildberry Zucchini Noel, Marshmallow Cake & Ice Cream Waffle Cone, Cotton Candy Marshmallow Cake and Ice Cream, Peanut Butter Crunch (smells off), Pine Peppermint Marshmallow Cake, Marshmallow Vanilla Butter Cake & Ice Cream ZB Noel, Peppermint Brickle, Eggnog Zucchini Bread and Pink Marshmallow Cake.

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UP THE CREEK SCENTS

4-packs in: Jelly Donut Sugar Cookies, Jelly Donut Butter Cookies (yum), Pink Confetti Cake, Bubble Gum Cotton Candy, Pink Sugared Bubblegum Beans, Banana Sugar Cookies (so good!!), Coffee Bean Noel

More 4-packs in: Spearmint Peppermint Twist (no eucalyptus note, love it!), Cotton Candy Sugar Beans, Blueberry Fruity Loop Marshmallows, Blue Moon, Lemon Pomegranate Noel (fantastic!) and Candy Crush.

Custom loaves in: Pina Colada/Serendipity/Bubble Gum (incredible!!) and Jelly Donut Marshmallow Zucchini Noel.

Chunks in: Blue Pink Pomegranate Fruit Punch and Strawberry Pudding Vanilla Butter Fudge

Freebies in: Confetti Cake, Jelly Donut Butter Cookies, Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies and Pink Sugared Bubblegum Beans.

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CANDLE LAB
Candle Lab is an amazing store in Columbus, Ohio where you can blend and pour your own candles and tarts! We visit Columbus quite often but never have taken the time to make our own blends. We stayed in Columbus for my birthday and made sure we had enough time to make our own this time! It was so much fun and I cannot wait to go back!

The loot!

Our blending worksheets! I vetoed my hubby's blend of pineapple/mango/guava because BBW has a similar Pineapple Mango candle but I was definitely impressed with his blending skills! (Please excuse the oily prints on mine, I kept referring back to my list as I was blending my oils)

Giant custom blended clamshells in: Black Cherry/Watermelon/Pomegranate, Dark Chocolate/Coffee Bean/Whipped Cream and Coconut/Pineapple/Brown Sugar (all are incredible!)

Custom blended candle in: Morning Dew/Hyacinth/Verbena (so fresh and spring-y!)

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BATH AND BODY WORKS TEST STORE HAUL
This was another stop on our Columbus trip.

Minis in: Pink Bubblegum, Raspberry Peach Macaron x2 (to die for!)
3-wicks in: Pomelo Grapefruit (incredible), Pineapple Palm Grass, Road to Kona, Havana Heat, Pink Petal Tea Cake and Lavender Marshmallow (amazing!!)

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That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a fantastic week <3

Weekly Wax Meltdown #1 - Melted Wax Reviews

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you've all had a splendid weekend so far. Today I'm excited to bring you my first Weekly Wax Meltdown! In these posts I will be sharing what I have melted in the past week and how that particular product performed. Though I love doing haul posts and cold sniff/first impression reviews, these melted reviews are much more fun because I can share how these scents made my house smell! I will be doing my Weekly Wax Meltdown on Sundays an I will make my best effort to do them once a week.

This week's Weekly Wax Meltdown actually contains a few week's worth of wax. I've been saving these to review since the second week of January, so this post will be quite long. Once I start reviewing only a week's worth of wax, these kind of posts will not be nearly as long. So bear with me here today as I go through this huge box of wax!

For each product that I review, I will share how much I melted, what type of warmer I used to melt it (unless it is a candle), the manufacturer's official notes in the scent, my take on the scent (including notes, throw and lasting power), whether or not I would repurchase, and an overall rating. Please let me know if there is anything else you would like to see from these melted reviews. 

So let's hop right into it. Here's my Weekly Wax Meltdown #1! Hope you enjoy =)

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First up are the candles.

Yankee Candle

Shortbread Cookie

• Notes: pure cane sugar, creamy butter with hints of lavender and mint.
• My take: This is such a unique cookie scent! You can definitely smell the lavender and the mint, but only slightly and in such a way that only adds to the sweetness of the cookie scent. It's like a lavender cookie. AMAZING off of cold sniff, but it was pretty weak when burning. Light throw. I moved it to a smaller room and could smell it better. You definitely get the lavender while melting, along with a crunchy cookie note. It was a difficult burn as many 1-wick Yankees can have. Used the foil trick an was able to get an even wax pool. Next time I will try this with a candle lamp.
• Repurchase: Yes, I would repurchase this one. The uniqueness of the scent makes up for the light throw for me.
• Overall rating: 6/10

Home Sweet Home

• Notes: cinnamon, baking spices, freshly poured tea.
• My take: This is one of my all-time favorite Yankee scents. It really smells home-y. The cinnamon and baking spices blend make this a strong spicy scent, but not burn-your-nose strong. The hint of tea makes gives it a comforting feel. This is an old wax 2-wick so the throw was STRONG and lingered for quite a while even after I extinguished it. Yankee, why did you have to change the wax in the tumblers?! 
• Repurchase: I would absolutely repurchase this again, if I ever come across this scent in the old wax tumbler again I would snatch it up in a heartbeat!
• Overall rating:  10/10!

Simply Home Cranberry Zest

• Notes: (no official notes) cranberry, orange.
• My take: This one is scrumptious! I am suuuuuuuuuuuper picky about my cranberry scents and I really only like a select few. This is one of them. I do not like Yankee's regular Cranberry Chutney scent, nor do I like their Cranberry Orange scent but this one is different. It has a tart sweet cranberry note with the added tartness of orange. It is so juicy and delicious! The throw was strong. Burned flawlessly. This is also in the old wax.
• Repurchse: I would definitely buy this again if I could find it in the old wax!
• Overall rating: 7/10

Bath and Body Works

Marshmallow Fireside

• Notes: Marshmallow, woods, creamy vanilla.
• My take: This is one of my favorite candle scents from Bath and Body Works. It has a nice, sweet marshmallow scent mixed with the fireside scent, which smells like smoke and amber. This year's version of Marshmallow Fireside had a bit of a fuel note that last year's didn't have, so that was a bummer. It still smelled pretty good when melting though and I only got hints of the fuel note once in a blue moon. Strong throw. Even, deep wax pool. Somehow not quite as good as last year's version.
• Repurchase: Maybe. I'm currently looking for a good dupe that smells like last year's version.
• Overall rating: 7/10

White Citrus

• Notes: lemon, grapefruit, waterlily and ginger flower.
• My take: This was a gift from Shelby. Thanks girl! This is a strong, fresh citrus scent. I can't pick out the individual citrus notes in it but I can definitely pick out the ginger. It adds a subtle hint of spiciness. So good! This candle had the same problems that a lot of Bath and Body Works candles have - drowning wicks. I poured out some of the wax and foiled it and it took care of the problem for a while. I think next time I'll throw this one on a hotplate. Strong throw. 
• Repurchase: I'd definitely buy this one again. It's one of my favorite scents from B&BW. It is frustrating when candles don't burn well but as long as it has scent, I can find other ways to melt them.
• Overall rating: 7/10

London Calling - Tea & Lemon

• Notes: Tea, lemon and sugar.
• My take: This was amazing! You can definitely smell both the tea and the lemon in this one. The tea is like a sweet tea scent, not a floral tea scent that a lot of online vendors have. The throw is SUPER STRONG. It filled up almost my entire house. It was crazy!
• Repurchase: Absolutely, 100% will be getting another one of these!
• Overall rating: 10/10!

Now onto the tarts!

Candles from the Keeping Room

Frosted Lime Cookie Snap

• Notes: Sweet bakery lime, sweet sugar cookie.
• Warmer: Tea light
• My take: Grubby cookie shaped tart. I tend to lean toward lemon bakery over lime bakery scents but this one is really good. The sweet lime blends very well with the sugar cookie. The throw was strong in my tealight warmer, I could see the tufts of oil evaporating in the air. The scent lasted the length of a tealight, about 5 hours. This length is pretty standard for CFTKR tarts. 
• Repurchase: Definitely yes! This is a great lime bakery scent, good for all year round!
• Overall rating: 8/10

Cinnamon Buns

• Notes: cinnamon pastry, cinnamon.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: This is, by far, my favorite cinnamon bun scent. It's so sweet and delicious. The cinnamon oil that Carol uses is amazing. Lasted about 5 hours. Very strong throw. Not much else to say other than AMAZING!
• Repurchase: YES! 
• Overall rating: 9/10

Sugar Milk

• Notes: sweet condensed milk, sugar.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: I was so back and forth on this scent when I first got it. I didn't really like it at first so I gave it to my mom. My husband really liked it so he took out a tart to use just to try it. It smells WAY better warm than it does cold. I get a tiny bit of a sour note from it but I really like it! I can't believe I ever doubted this one. Needless to say, I convinced my mom to give me back the bag of this haha. Medium throw. Lasted 12+ hours. 
• Repurchase: Maybe. I can't see myself using this one often and I think this 8 oz. bag will last for awhile. 
• Overall rating: 7/1o

Hot Orange Danish

• Notes: Fresh baked danish, orange zests, cream frosting.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: This one was pretty good. I could really smell the orange at first but after a few hours it fizzled out into just a sweet bakery scent. I didn't mind but would have liked to smell the orange for a bit longer. Still yummy though! Medium throw. Lasted 4 hours.
• Repurchase: Probably not. I have tons of other citrus-y bakery scents that worked better for me.
• Overall rating: 6/10

Banana Caramel Cupcake

• Notes: banana, caramel, cinnamon, almond, vanilla bean, buttercream
• Warmer: 24-watt hot plate
• My take: If you've read my Top 10 Scents of 2012 post, you'll already know that this is one of my favorite scents! On cold throw, the banana is a bit "fake" smelling but when melted, the banana scent in this blossoms into a wonderful, true banana scent. The caramel note is very strong when melting and dominates the banana but it is still there. There is a slight cake-y note to it as well. Very strong throw. Lasted 8+ hours.
• Repurchase: Though I've found a new favorite banana scent, this one is still a close second and I would buy this again and again!
• Overall rating: 10/10!

Serendipity Marshmallow Delight (sample)

• Notes: Serendipity, toasted marshmallow, sugar.
• Warmer: 24-watt hot plate
• My take: OMG THIS IS AMAZING! I am absolutely in love with this scent. Serendipity is great on its own but mixed with marshmallow? So good! The initial throw was very strong, but it fizzled out quickly. Lasted 6 hours before it started to get that waxy smell.
• Repurchase: Absolutely! In fact, I bought a few bags of it the other day =)
• Overall rating: 9/10

Kitchen Spice (sample)

• Notes: Cocoa spice, hazlenut, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, caramel, vanilla malt, marzipan.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: On cold throw, this smells exactly like vanilla extract with a teeny hint of spice. When warm, the caramel and spices come out more but you still get that vanilla extract note. Pretty good, but I wish it was a bit stronger. Light-medium throw. Lasted about 5 hours.
• Repurchase: Probably not. I have a 4 oz bag in this and once I use that up I don't see myself buying more. It's good but not a favorite.
• Overall rating: 6/10

Caramel Praline Indian Bread (sample)

• Notes: Indian bread, caramel, praline, brown sugar and sweet cream.
• Warmer: 24-watt hot plate
• My take: To me, Indian Bread smells very similar to Sugar Corn Pudding but with a slight bready note. It's definitely a sweet bread scent. The caramel praline was dominant while melting but the Indian Bread note added a nice bakery note to it. Medium-to-strong throw. Lasted about 4 hours.
• Repurchase: Probably not. It didn't really stand out to me that much. It was good but again, not a favorite.
• Overall rating: 6/10

Strawberry Raspberry Guava (sample)

• Notes: Strawberry, raspberry, guava.
• Warmer: 24-watt hot plate
• My take: This one was okay. It was a nice blend of those three fruits but I really was hoping it to be a lot stronger. The strawberry was dominant in this but I could smell the other notes as well. Light-to-medium throw. Lasted 4 hours.
• Repurchase: Nope. I have tons of fruity scents that are much stronger and long lasting than this one.
• Overall rating: 6/10.

Strawberry Shake (sample)

• Notes: Strawberry, orange, peach nectar, green leafy florals, vanilla.
• Warmer: 24-watt hot plate
• My take: This is a very sweet strawberry scent. All I smell in this is strawberry with a hint of creaminess. So good! After about an hour, the husband requested a strawberry milkshake scent so I threw in CFTKR Strawberry Milk. They smelled AMAZING together. This one was more of a background to the strawberry milk so I would say the throw is medium to strong. The two together lasted over 12 hours.
• Repurchase: Maybe. I ordered a strawberry sampler from Carol so I will be trying lots of different strawberry scents to see which ones I like the best.
• Overall rating: 7.5/10

Strawberry Milk (sample)

• Notes: Strawberry, sweet cream, milk
• Warmer: 24-watt hot plate
• My take: WOW. This one is absolutely amazing! It's definitely strawberry mixed with her Sugar Milk scent. It almost smells like strawberries and cream oatmeal. I mixed this with CFTKR Strawberry Shake to make a strawberry milkshake scent. This one was definitely the more dominant of the two. Very strong throw. These two lasted over 12 hours.
• Repurchase: Oh yeah, definitely getting a bag of this one! 
• Overall rating: 8/10

Pumpkin Cookie Crunch (sample)

• Notes: pumpkin, cookie, caramelized sugar, whipped cream, french vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon, Vermont maple sugar.
• Warmer: 24-watt hot plate
• My take: This one was amazing! I kind of OD'd on pumpkin scents over the fall but I had a hankering for one the other day and this was the one I chose. I'm so glad I did! The main note in this one is the spices, and I can definitely pick out the cardamom. It gives the spices a warmth that you can't get from just cinnamon and clove alone. So yummy! The crunchy cookie note is prominent as well. I don't really get a maple note at all. The pumpkin is there too but the spices and cookie note definitely take center stage. I don't mind at all because this is so good! Strong throw. Lasted 6 hours.
• Repurchase: For sure! I hope she still has some left, I don't know if I can wait until fall for this one! This is 8 oz. bag worthy!!
• Overall rating: 9/10

Lasting Scent Candles

Raspberry Love

• Notes: Raspberry, sugar, caramel, sugar cookie, vanilla.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: This one was pretty yummy. It's mainly raspberry with a hint of bakery to amp up the sweetness. Sadly, this one did not last very long. 4 hours max. The scent throw was medium. I think I'm going to try doing my fruity LSC scents on a lightbulb warmer because they don't seem to last as well as the others from LSC do. 
• Repurchase: No. It's on the discontinued list anyways.
• Overall rating: 6/10

Strawberry Love

• Notes: Strawberry, sugar, caramel, sugar cookie, vanilla.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: Pretty much all the same notes that I made for Raspberry Love apply here. It's mainly strawberry with a hint of bakery. Did not last long, maybe 4 hours tops. The scent throw was medium. 
• Repurchase: No.
• Overall Rating: 6/10

Santa Treats

• Notes: sugar cookies, milk.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: This is scrumptious!! I don't smell cookies and milk, but I do smell the most yummy pie crush scent ever! This seriously smells like real pie crust. It blows all the other "Granny's Pie Crust" scents out of the water. It's just a flaky, sweet crust. Love! Medium throw. Lasted about 8 hours.
• Repurchase: Definitely! I saw she added this in her RTS section today, I might have to pick up a few more. 
• Overall rating: 8/10

Peppermint Marshmallow Snow

• Notes: Peppermint, marshmallow, vanilla bean.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: This is another one of my top 10 scents of 2012. Amazing! This smells very similar to the now-discontinued but much-loved Bath and Body Works Marshmallow Peppermint. This is a sweet peppermint scent with fluffy marshmallow. Really strong throw. Lasted 12+ hours. Could smell this the next morning after I turned it off. 
• Repurchase: Absolutely! Though I have quite a few of this scent stashed away so I don't know that I'll be needing it for awhile =)
• Overall rating: 10/10

Cinnamon Sugar Donut

• Notes: Donut, cinnamon sugar.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: Sooooo yummy! This is another one of my top 10 scents of the year. I love cinnamon donut scents from all vendors but LSC has one of my favorites. You can smell the dough and the cinnamon sugar. Delish! This had a medium-to-strong throw. Lasted over 24 hours! By far the longest lasting tart I've had from them. Super impressed!
• Repurchase: Absolutely!
• Overall rating: 10/10

The Bathing Garden

Parisian Strawberry Fields

• Notes: Strawberries, white peaches, mango and vanilla bean.
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• Amount used: 2 cubes
• My take: The husband was in love this one when I got it so when this order was done curing, this was the first one I popped in. I definitely get the strawberry, mango and peach, but there is almost a floral note to it as well. I don't mind at all, this scent is very well blended so it works. Definitely not your typical sweet strawberry scent. VERY STRONG THROW. Next time I will only be using 1 cube of this. Lasted 12+ hours.
• Repurchase: Definitely. This one is perfect for spring!
• Overall rating: 9/10

Cinnamon Jingle

• Notes: Cinnamon, orange, grapefruit, apple, lemon, ginger, carrot, nutmeg, buttercream, vanilla.
• Warmer: 24-watt hotplate
• Amount used: 2 cubes
• My take: This is a yummy, sweet cinnamon bakery scent. I couldn't really pick out the fruity notes. Perhaps they are a candied fruit that just adds to the sweetness. Either way, this was really good. Smells a lot like a cinnamon donut scent. SUPER STRONG THROW. Lasted 12+ hours. Note to self: Only use 1 cube of The Bathing Garden tarts because they are super strong! 
• Repurchase: Yes!
• Overall rating: 9/10

The Kissing Booth

Tough Cookie

• Notes: Sugar cookies, lemon
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• Amount used: 4 cubes (would have used all 6 but they would not fit)
• My take: I should have known this was going to be a dud. I could barely smell it off of cold sniff. When melted, I could not smell a thing. Not even when I stuck my head over it. No throw whatsoever. Will be tossing the other 2 cubes of this out. Shame because I love lemon bakery scents.
• Repurchase: No.
• Overall rating: 0/10

Better Homes and Gardens

Grapefruit Melon Sage

• Notes: (no official notes) grapefruit, melon, sage.
• Warmer: Tea light
• Amount used: 1 cube
• My take: This is a really unique scent! The tartness of the grapefruit blends really well with the herbal sage note. However, I can't smell any melon in this. That's okay because I like it just the same. Usually BHG tarts are super strong, but one cube of this in a tealight warmer was only a medium throw. Next time I'll definitely use 2 cubes. Lasted 8 hours.
• Repurchase: Definitely. This is a very unique scent that I've never seen anywhere else. Plus, I'm a sucker for anything grapefruit =)
• Overall rating: 7.5/10

Yankee Candle

Water Garden 

• Notes: water flowers, lush greens, melon, musk
• Warmer: Tea light
• My take: Floral haters steer clear! This is a pretty strong floral scent. I love it though! It has a strong rose scent with green notes and a heavy aquatic note. I don't get any melon in this. So, so good. And SUPER STRONG. It lingered forever after I finally stopped melting it. This lasted through 2 tealights, about 10 hours. I'm sure it could have gone much longer. People say they don't have good luck from Yankee tarts but I find they work really well in tealight burners. 
• Repurchase: Absolutely! This is a discontinued scent so is only available at the outlets. I didn't see the tarts last time I was in there but I was able to snag a medium sized jar in this for super cheap. Woohoo!
• Overall rating: 9/10

Greenhouse

• Notes: Rose blossoms and spicy green herbs.
• Warmer: Tea light
• My take: VOMIT. When I grabbed this one at the outlet, I mistakenly thought I was buying Rainforest (which I love). Imagine my disappointment when I got home and saw that I bought Greenhouse instead. I figured I'd give it a try anyways because I have been into green scents lately. It was SO overpoweringly powdery somehow. Smelled like a bathroom airfreshener. Not a fan. But it did have a super strong throw. Don't know how long it lasted because I got rid of it after about an hour.
• Repurchase: No way, Jose!
• Overall rating: 4/10 (for scent throw only)

Napa Valley Sun

• Notes: golden amber, vanilla flower
• Warmer: Tea light
• My take: Love this one! I have been going back and forth on getting a jar in this for quite some time so I finally picked up a tealight to test out. This is a great amber vanilla scent. The amber is quite powdery but the vanilla adds a really nice sweetness that balances it out. This puppy was STRONG! I could smell it throughout my house. Lasted about 8 hours, not quite through 2 tealights.
• Repurchase: Absolutely. I think I will be getting a jar in this.
• Overall rating: 8/10

Beezy Tarts

Pistachio Pudding Cake

• Notes: Pistachio, almond, honey, heliotrope, vanilla custard.
• Warmer: 24-watt hotplate
• My take: SO GOOD! I was looking for a wax dupe of my beloved Laura Mercier Creme de Pistache and this is it. This is a very nutty scent with strong notes of pistachio and almond. You almost get a bit of a cherry note as wel. The Vanilla and honey add creaminess and tone it down a bit. This is seriously amazing. Super strong scent throw! Lasted 12+ hours. Next time I'll probably blend it with a vanilla scent to make it even creamier.
• Repurchase: For sure! I haven't seen him add this scent to stock recently, I hope he plans on making this again!
• Overall rating: 9/10

Sweet Potato and Brown Sugar (sample)

• Notes: Sweet potato, coconut milk, squash puree, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract, butter rum, maple sugar.
• Warmer: Tea light
• My take: Amazing, simply amazing. Yet another one of my top picks for 2012. This smells EXACTLY like those sweet potatoes with marshmallows that my grandma makes for Thanksgiving. The sweet potato scent is so realistic and delicious!  This was not a scent I would normally try but ever since he sent me a sample I've been hooked.Strong scent throw. Lasted about 10 hours, through 2 tealights.
• Repurchase: Absolutely!
• Overall rating: 10/10

Pink Soda

• Notes: Pink Sugar, cream soda.
• Warmer: 25-watt lightbulb warmer
• My take: This is a really great Pink Sugar blend! I don't think I've seen another vendor blend PS with cream soda. The pink sugar in this dominates but the cream soda mellows it out and adds the slightest hint of effervescence. Medium throw. Lasted about 10 hours. 
• Repurchase: Yes.
• Overall rating: 8/10

Front Porch Candle Co.

Lemon Marshmallow

• Notes: (no official notes) Lemon, marshmallow
• Warmer: 18-watt hotplate
• My take: I absolutely love this one. It is one of Front Porch's most popular scents, and for good reason. Her marshmallow scent is divine, and the sweet lemon paired with it makes it even better! The lemon is definitely the prominent note in this blend but the marshmallow adds and extra kick. No pledge-y lemon here, this is nice and sweet! Medium-to-strong throw. Lasted about 6 hours.
• Repurchase: Definitely! I'm trying not to buy from Front Porch because I have so much to melt through but when I make a dent in my FP stash, this is for sure on the re-order list.
• Overall rating: 8.5/10

Celtic Moonspice

• Notes: Cinnamon, clove, nutmeg
• Warmer: 25-watt lightbulb
• My take: This is an awesome sweet cinnamon bakery scent. It smelled a lot like The Bathing Garden's Cinnamon Jingle. For some reason though, the scent throw on this was not very good. Light-to-medium throw. I think it may be due to the fact that this is one of my older tarts, back from October. Not that old (tarts should last at least a year) but that's the only thing I could think of because usually FP stuff is super strong. I ordered this scent from CFTKR, so maybe I'll get a stronger scent throw in her wax.
• Repurchase: I would purchase this scent again from a different vendor.
• Overall rating: 6/10

Ultimate Bakery:

• Notes: Cinnamon, apple, bread, sugar cookie, pie crust and Pink Sugar
• Warmer: 18-watt hotplate.
• My take: Guess what? I think this scent is GROSS! It is Front Porch's signature scent and has been duplicated by many other vendors. I originally got this in a candle and it smelled wonderful. It had that exact aroma of walking into a bakery. I fell in love! So I ordered a 4-pack and a few singles. They definitely smelled different than the candle but I figured they would smell the same while melting. No. They did not. Front Porch uses a different wax for their candles that makes things smell a bit different. In the tarts, this was ABHORRENT. People actually like this scent in the tarts?!?! It smells like zucchini bread (a.k.a stale Fritos) with pink sugar and rotting apples. Horrible, awful combination! But guess what? People LOVE this one! I'm sure I will find a happy home for the rest of my Ultimate Bakery tarts. Oh, and the scent throw was strong on this one. Poured it our after an hour though
• Repurchase: N to the O.
• Overall rating: 2/10 (for scent throw only)

Country Home Scent (out of business)

Juicy Pear

• Notes: (unknown) pear
• Warmer: 18-watt hot plate
• My take: I wouldn't call this a juicy pear, as it is more of a Victoria's Secret Pear Glace dupe. So, I would call this "perfume-y pear." I don't mind though because I love that scent. It had a strong scent throw and lasted 12+ hours. 
• Repurchase: Company is now out of business.
• Overall rating: 7/10

Raspberry Marshmallow Creme

• Notes: (unknown) raspberry, marshmallow
• Warmer: 24-watt hotplate
• My take: When I first put this in, it had the most amazing raspberry scent I'd ever smelled. The marshmallow added a sweet tanginess and they scent was just absolutely divine. The raspberry note fizzled out after a couple of hours but I'm just glad I was able to experience the wonderful scent of this tart. If CHS was still open, I would order a boatload of this scent. Medium-strong throw. Lasted about 4 hours. Probably would have lasted much longer on a lower wattage but this was a replacement for another tart and it was the only warmer open.
• Repurchase: I so wish that I could! If you all know of any great raspberry marshmallow scents, please let me know!
• Overall rating: 8.5/10

Ten Digit Creations

Monkey Bread

• Notes: Brown sugar, cinnamon, caramel and walnuts.
• Warmer: 18-watt hotplate
• My take: This one is amazing!! There's no bready note in this one, just spices, nuts and caramel. The scent throw is strong but even more impressive is this puppy lasted over 24 hours! I have heard mixed reviews on TDC but with this first one that I've melted and I am quite impressed!
• Repurchase: Definitely!
• Overall rating: 10/10

Tiffany Candles

Melonberry Blast (old wax)

• Notes: Cucumber melon, mulberry
• Warmer: 18-watt hotplate
• Amount used: 1 scalloped tart
• My take: Very yummy blend! The mulberry is definitely the prominent note and the cucumber melon adds a bit of freshness to it. It is a very unusual combo and I would have never thought that these two scents work together, but they do. For those who don't know, mulberry scents tend to be very heavy with a bit of a grape note to them. Definitely not your typical berry kind of scent. Strong scent throw with only one scallop, which is very rare for Tiffany's old wax. Lasted about 8 hours.
• Repurchase: Maybe
• Overall rating: 7/10

Cinnabon (old wax)

• Notes: Sweet maple, cinnamon, vanilla.
• Warmer: 18-watt hotplate (2)
• Amount used: 1.5 scalloped tarts in each
• My take: I have no idea what compelled me to melt this scent because it smelled absolutely awful off of cold sniff. I guess I thought maybe it would smell better while melting. Boy, was I wrong. This was the most awful, fake cinnamon scent I had ever smelled. It was offensive. It smelled like the airfreshener my school uses in the bathrooms. Medium scent throw. Not sure of lasting power because I poured this out. YUCK!
• Repurchase: Absolutely not.
• Overall rating: 2/10 (for scent throw only)

Monkey Kisses (old wax)

• Notes: Banana, kiwi, grapefruit, bubble gum, strawberry, vanilla
• Warmer: 24-watt hot plate
• Amount used: 3 scalloped tarts
• My take: I love this one! The banana is definitely the dominant note, and I don't really smell the other notes on their own but altogether they lend a candy sweetness to this scent. I used all 3 scallops because I wanted a strong scent throw and I'm glad I did because the throw on this was perfect! Lasted about 6 hours.
• Repurchase: Yes! Already repurchased this in the new wax to see how it will perform.
• Overall rating: 7/10

Pink Panties (new wax)

• Notes: Pink Sugar and Love Spell
• Warmer: 24-watt hot plate
• My take: This is a good blend of Pink Sugar and Love Spell. I could smell both notes and they seem to have been blended equally. This was in the new wax so I was expecting more of a scent throw than the old wax had. And the scent throw was a bit stronger, but not as strong as I would have liked. Medium-to-strong scent throw. Lasted only about 4 hours. The verdict is still out on whether or not I like her new wax.
• Repurchase: Probably not.
• Overall rating: 6/10

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PHEW! If you are still reading this, kudos to you!! I really hope that I am able to do this every week do they don't all pile up like this! Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed reading my first Weekly Wax Meltdown! I promise they won't all be this long =) Have a great evening!