Some Highlights from my Recent Orders

Hello my lovely readers and happy Monday! I hope you all are doing well. My life is pretty boring these days, and consists mainly of work and school, more work and more school which sadly means that I haven't been able to keep up with blogging as I had hoped I would have this summer.

However, the orders have been coming in steadily over the past few months and I wanted to share with you some of the highlights of these orders. I brought a list of some of my new favorites from my recent wax orders into work today to type out during my down time. Unfortunately, there won't be any pictures today but my blog was looking pretty lonely these days so I figured anything new would be better than staring at the same old video that has been up for a few weeks! 

I have found my wax preferences shifting significantly lately. While I am still loving the fruity scents that I couldn't get enough of this spring, I find myself now reaching more for deep and rich bakery scents over my lighter scents. Usually I'm one season ahead in terms of my scent preferences though I don't seem to want to melt my spicy fall scents quite yet. But anything caramel, chocolate, cake or cookie scented? Sign this girl up! The shocker among all shockers these days seems to be the fact that I'm actually tolerating bread scents much more, and *gasp* even enjoying them! I'm really into Amish Friendship Bread and Ice Cream Scoop Bread scents, and yes, even the occasional Zucchini Bread scent. I still have a violent negative reaction to most ZB scents but I am tolerating the sweet and creamy ones quite well these days. I don't know what's gotten into me lately but I'm just going with the flow and stocking up on lots of bakery and bready scents. 

And now, without any specific order, here are the highlights from my wax hauls over the past few months! I hope you all enjoy and maybe even find a new favorite amongst this mess of randomness!

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Sugar and Spice Gourmet Soy

Marshmallow Jelly Donuts - Sugar and Spice has quickly been climbing to the top of my favorite vendors list. Her stuff is always amazingly strong, for the most part her scents are awesome and since it is an RTS company the TAT is lightning fast. This was a scent that I originally got as a freebie in one of my orders and I loved it so much that I bought a 1 lb. bag of brittle in it during her last opening. It is your typical jelly donut scent that a lot of vendors carry, heavy on the berry jelly with a hint of a fried dough note. But with the addition of marshmallow in this blend, it takes it to a whole new level of awesome. I'm a sucker for a good marshmallow scent and this is definitely a good one. Winner winner! It's just pure creamy berry bakery goodness.

Creme Brulee Zucchini Cupcake - When I had originally ordered this scent, it was listed on the site as "Creme Brulee Cupcake" without the zucchini note. When I received my 1 lb. bag of this, I was a bit disappointed to see the zucchini note listed but upon first sniff of this scent, I was in love! Sugar and Spice was probably the first ZB scent that I actually liked as it is one of the most mellow and creamy zucchini scents I've smelled thus far. It's definitely still mainly a creme brulee scent but the little hint of breadiness helps this from becoming too sweet. Awesome blend!

Chocolate Butter Brickle Croissant - I have been insanely in love with both chocolate and butter brickle scents as of late and the two together in this blend is a home run! The chocolate croissant is a very unique chocolate bakery scent; it has a strong, almost boozy chocolate note mixed with a slightly buttery crust note. Blended with the butter brickle oil, it becomes this delicious confectionary delight that, yes, I have contemplated tasting because it smells so fantastic. I am going to request that she makes this in big bags of brittle next time she opens up her shop in the fall. 

Lollipop Fluff Cake - I am head over heels for Sugar and Spice's Lollipops scent. If you've never smelled it before, you absolutely must. It is certainly a nostalgic scent that takes me back to my childhood as it kind of smells like those scented dolls I loved as a kid. It's basically the most realistic fruity candy scent ever. A few other vendors have this scent as well, but I wish more vendors would carry it because I would buy it from everyone. Lollipop Fluff Cake is a blend of Lollipop, marshmallow and cake fragrance oils. The lollipop definitely takes center stage in this blend but the marshmallow and cake notes amp up the sweetness and add the slightest hint of a bakery undertone. It is the ultimate sweet scent in every way. This is another one I'll be requesting in 1 lb. bags of brittle so I'll never be without it. 

Peanut Butter Marshmallows - I've tried a few peanut butter scents from other vendors and they were all pretty underwhelming. I don't even really like peanut butter that much in real life, so when I saw this as a freebie in one of my orders, I figured I wouldn't like it before even opening the lid of the scent shot. However, it was true love upon first sniff. It is such a realistic peanut butter scent with the added creamy goodness from the marshmallow. So amazing! I'm looking forward to trying out different blends with this scent as well. I think it would be really fantastic blended with her Jelly Donuts scent! 

Haley's Heavenly Scents

Raspberry Zinger - Haley's is another vendor I've really been loving lately. If you are in the HHS group on Facebook, you've probably seen me raving about this scent. Raspberry Zinger is a raspberry coconut cake scent, supposedly duping the now defunct (?) Hostess Raspberry Zinger cakes. I've seen this scent at several other vendors, and I don't know if HHS uses a different oil than all the others or just a higher concentration of the oil, but their version of this scent is absolutely phenomenal. Take any other raspberry coconut scent you've smelled before, amp it up 10 times, and you've got HHS Raspberry Zinger. During their recent 4th of July sale (wax ban be damned), I ordered a big bag of Raspberry Zinger on it's own and did two blends with the scent as well! I can't wait!

Strawberry Ice Cream Scoop Dough Bread - Although CFTKR will always have my favorite strawberry scent, HHS is nearing in at a close second these days. It's a strong, true strawberry scent with a slight tartness to it that adds a realistic aspect to the otherwise super sweet scent. Another recent favorite scent, as I mentioned above, is Ice Cream Scoop Bread scents. I'm OBSESSED with ice cream scents anyways so ICSB is an obvious win-win situation for me. The Ice Cream Scoop Bread note blends flawlessly with their strawberry oil to create one of the best strawberry bread scents I've come across. 

Lemon Ice Cream Cake - All of HHS' lemon blends are flawless, really. If you watched my 45 minute long melted reviews video, you know I have a deep affection for her Iced Lemon Cookies scent as well. Lemon Ice Cream Cake is a new discovery in a recent order. It is a blend of lemon poppyseed and cake batter ice cream. So. Amazing. It's a bakery lemon scent (with no touch of the astringent, cleaner lemon that sometimes  pops up in lemon pound cake scents) with the added creaminess from the ice cream scent. I actually blended this scent with Raspberry Zinger in my recent order and I can't wait to see how that turns out! 

Candles from the Keeping Room

The "Jelly Donut" family - It's no secret that CFTKR's Jelly Donut scent is one of my favorite fragrances of all time. Recently, Carol has started coming up with these amazing Jelly Donut blends that she has been sending out as testers in people's orders. The first blend to be officially released was Jelly Filled Sugar Cookie, and you better believe I got myself a bag the day it came out! Other blends that she's done lately were Jelly Filled Zucchini Donut and Jelly Filled Flapjacks, both incredible blends. In fact, I melted the Jelly Filled Zucchini Donut sample that Carol had sent yesterday and I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY at how phenomenal it was. She's working on some other jelly donut blends as well that I'm super excited to try! In fact, Carol has been coming out with a TON of new scents lately that I can't wait to get my grubby little hands on.

Sugar Cookie and Flapjacks -  I had a bag of this earlier this year and for some reason, I ended up selling in a destash. With my recent bakery obsession, I ended up regretting destashing it and bought myself another bag. Man oh MAN, I don't know how I could have ever let this bad boy go. At the very peak of my love for bakery is my love for sugar cookie scents. I just can't have enough cookie scents, I need them all! Carol's sugar cookie oil is one of the best, it is very, very sweet yet crunchy at the same time. Blended with her dough-y flapjacks scent (that, by the way, has the slightest hint of maple syrup) is one of the best bakery scents I have found thus far. Front Porch has apparently come out with a Sugar Cookie/Hotcakes blend recently and I can't wait to try that one as well to compare and contrast the two.

Fruit Cocktail - So even in the throes of my bakery-palooza, I've managed to find a new favorite fruity scent! Fruit Cocktail is a blend of peach, pears and cherries, just like the sweet canned fruit cocktail that is served in elementary school and at hospitals. It smells EXACTLY like opening a can of fruit cocktail, right down to the sweet syrup in which the fruit is suspended. Yes, it is a bit of an artificial fruit smell with that cherry note thrown in there but it is fabulous. This is what I wanted all those generic "fruit slices" scents to smell like. Luckily for my nose, I don't smell any citrus notes in here. Just the super sweet scent of cherries, pears and peaches. I'm so glad I stumbled across this scent. 

"Strawberry" anything - As I mentioned above, Carol has the best strawberry scent in the business. It's a true strawberry that is sweet yet fresh all at the same time. All the strawberry blends are awesome as well, like Strawberry Noel, Strawberry Flapjacks, Strawberry Cookie, Pink Sugared Strawberry, and a new favorite, Strawberry Dew (strawberry mixed with Mountain Dew). Her strawberry generally sell out pretty quickly when they're listed, so you have to be fast! They're like Pokemon, you've gotta catch them all! Haha I think that's the first time I've ever made a Pokemon reference in my life. Anyway, moving right along...

Victoria's Designer Creations

Cotton Candy Milkshake - I believe I've reviewed this scent on my blog before but I recently received a loaf of this scent (my very first loaf ever!) and it's so darn good that it's worth mentioning again. This is probably one of the best, if not the very best, cotton candy scent I've ever smelled. It has an extra level of sweet, sugary goodness while still retaining that "cotton candy" scent that we've all grown accustomed to, whether it's from cotton candy flavored bubble gum or cotton candy scented body spray in the 90's. Best thing about this particular cotton candy scent is how unbelievably strong it is! Cotton candy scents are notoriously light, but not this one. I'm so glad I have a loaf in this scent because I will be melting this one in large quantities for sure.

Sniff My Tarts

Sugar Cookie Brulee/Deep Fried Ice Cream - This was a combo that I did in a scent shot in my second SMT custom order. It's so amazing that I'll probably never use it because I only have one scent shot in it! I'm  kicking myself for not ordering this blend in chunks. This is the first time I've ever had the pleasure of smelling a Sugar Cookie Brulee scent but it certainly will not be my last. Sugar Cookie Brulee is an amazing, rich bakery scent that is mainly the "brulee" note of burnt sugar with a slight undertone of cookie crunchiness. Brilliant! I wish more vendors would carry this scent. And of course, blended with the deep fried ice cream scent it becomes even more amazing! Maybe one day I'll win a custom lot and be able to create this blend myself again. My second custom SMT had more duds in it than the first but this was definitely the standout of everything that I ordered. 

Butter Brickle/Cotton Candy - Surprise, surprise a butter brickle and cotton candy blend! Shocking, I know. Though I'm not the hugest fan of the way they are doing chunks now (in individual molds as opposed to doing large batches and cutting them into chunks), the Butter Brickle/Cotton Candy blend that I received in my order really knocked it out of the park. The cotton candy was the overpour and the butter brickle was the chunks, so it was definitely a bit heavier on the cotton candy but still a really nice blend of the two. I don't know what it is about butter brickle and cotton candy, but they are just so darn fantastic together! By the way, if you've never smelled a butter brickle scent before, it's kind of like a super sweet candied caramel fragrance. Really rich and delicious smelling! 

The Bathing Garden

Peppermint Bubbles - Though TBG hasn't really been knocking it out of the park for me lately, this blend is a new favorite among all the TBG scents I've ever tried. It almost has a frosty, cool quality to it that makes it stand out from all the other peppermint scents in my stash. It's a very sweet peppermint scent, blended with marshmallow, whipped cream and meringue. The sweet, fluffy notes in this scent give it an almost bakery-like quality without having it actually smell like a typical bakery scent. That probably makes no sense, but you'll just have to take my word for it. If sharp peppermint scents scare you, definitely give this one a try! I bet this scent would be amazing in a scrub as well.

Rosegirls

Taste the Rainbow - This scent was a surprise favorite for me. Though I didn't actually order it, I stumbled across a chunk of it in an RR and I knew I had to grab it. I've smelled one other Skittles inspired scent before from Dutch/Crabby Candle, and while that one is really nice, this one is like Skittles on steroids. I was weary about this blend when it was introduced to the RG lineup in April because it contains chunks of both satsuma and grape, two of my arch nemesis fragrances in the wax wax world. However, the grape and satsuma scents blended with key lime chunks and the Chicks Dig It overpour creates this completely awesome fruity blend that really smells like a bag of Skittles. On steroids.

Key Lime Swizzle Sticks - Rosegirls has the absolute best Key Lime Pie scent, bar none. It's such a realistic key lime scent, right down to the slight graham cracker crust note. I'm super picky about my lime scents but they're always a major win from RG. Their swizzle sticks scent is described as a sugary sweet glaze, which to me, smells a little bit like the above mentioned lollipop scent from other vendors. Together, the blend is flawless. I'm almost wishing I would have ordered a large pie in this scent instead of just a regular sized bag. But hey, now I have more room in my stash to try other key lime blends. And try them I will!

Pomegranate Watermelon Slush - This was another new scent that I got out of an RR that moved right up to the top of my favorites list. Pomegranate scents seem to be all the rage these days and this one is one of the best I've smelled thus far. The tart, berry-like pomegranate scent combines effortlessly with the super sweet watermelon slush scent to create a divine summer drink blend. I saw on one of my wax groups somewhere that someone wanted to pour some booze into this scent and drink it, and I wholeheartedly agree! Perfection.

Sweet Lemon Confection/Swizzle Sticks/Pomegranate (custom blend) - Someone in one of my wax groups did this blend and I had to borrow the idea and make a medium pie in it for myself. I did the pomegranate as the overpour which was an ideal decision because this scent smells like the absolute best pomegranate lemonade you'd ever taste in your life. Yes, it smells like the way it would taste. Thank you to whoever suggested this blend because my pomegranate-loving self would never have been the same without it!

Strawberry Jam/Sweet Lemon Confection/Monster Cookie (custom blend) - This was another custom blend that turned out even better than expected. First off, Rosegirls Strawberry Jam scent is one of the best out there, probably tied in second place with HHS' strawberry scent. When strawberry jam is blended here with the lemon bakery note and RG's famous Monster Cookie, it's truly a match made in heaven. This was actually a blend that Dana and I created to split a large pie in, and I'm so glad I have half a pie in this one because it's SO FREAKING AWESOME! I'm also a huge fan of RG's Strawberry Lemon Custard scent but I think I like this one a bit better because of the added bakery note here. As a rule of thumb, you can't really go wrong with any blends containing Strawberry Jam, Sweet Lemon Confection or Monster Cookie because they're all really top notch.

Pics, Petals and Scents

Vanilla Buttercream Waffle Cone - I recently got a long awaited (3+ months) custom order in from PPS, and while I generally liked everything in my order, the real standout of the whole lot was a freebie that she sent in Vanilla Buttercream Waffle Cone! I'm feeling a little burnt out on descriptions right now but I will say that the buttercream is the stronger note in this blend, but the waffle cone isn't far behind. Usually buttercream and waffle cone scents are very light but in this scent, they are strong as can be! Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Up the Creek Scents

Coco Mango/Pomegranate/Peach (custom blend) - Up the Creek is a new-ish vendor that has been all the rage in my Facebook groups lately. Their stuff is incredibly strong, well blended, and best of all - super inexpensive! I believe the 3 bags of custom blended brittle cost me somewhere in the ballpark of $15. Not to shabby! Anyways, this was obviously a custom blend of mine that really turned out well. I did make this blend before my aversion to peach scents began, but luckily I mostly smell the sweet Coco Mango scent blended with the tart pomegranate. I don't know what ever possessed me to make this blend, I mean, you've got to admit that it's kind of random, but these notes work really well together to create a really unique and awesome tropical fruity blend.

Pink Sugar/Sweet Orange and Chili Pepper (custom blend) - Usually I can't stand orange scents, but there is something about the sweet orange and chili pepper oil that I love. I've seen lots of Pink Sugar and orange scents so I figured these two would be great together and boy was I right! The sweet, perfume-y notes in Pink Sugar blend surprisingly well with the tart orange scent. After doing this blend, I've been dying to try other Pink Sugar/orange scents. Next on my list to try is CFTKR Pink Sugared Orange Juice. If you have any other favorite PS/orange blends, do let me know =)

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Well folks, that's all for now! I'm actually now finishing up this at home this evening as it took me a lot longer to write than I thought! I hope you all are having a great day and I'll see you all soon =)

Lots of Smaller Hauls from the Past Few Weeks

Hey everyone! I've been busy getting ready for vacation and I have all these boxes sitting around of little hauls that I've gotten throughout the past few weeks. I don't really have time to do cold sniff reviews for all of these but I figured I'd show you them all before I get them put away in their respective drawers. 

There's a few new vendors in here, and I would have liked to do a big review of those vendors but I will try to include that sort of information in my melted reviews for the new ones. If you have any questions or are really curious about a certain scent, please let me know and I can give you a quick review. I'll be sure to incorporate a lot of these into my weekly melts in the next few weeks! If any scent particularly stood out to me, I will let you know in the pictures.

So, here are my last few weeks worth of hauls in pictures. Enjoy!

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Rosegirls Facebook Destash

 L-R:

Caramel Apple Puff Pastry, Apple Fritters, Pink Sugar Rose Petals, Pink Snuggle Baby, Pink Serendipity Smoothie

Top: 1/4 of a large pie in Cranberry Cobbler, Pear and Baked Zucchini Bread

Botton, L-R: Peppermint Coconut Mallow (AMAZING), Beach Vacation, Strawberry Banana Bubble Gum (AMAZING!) and Cuppa Cuppa Cake

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Beezy Tarts Haul 

L-R, top to bottom (I ordered 2 of each of these scents):

Butt Naked, Spiced Apples & Peaches, Pineapple, Fresh Peaches, Strawberry Passion, Strip & Go Naked, Lemon Poppyseed Pound Cake, Birthday Cake, Vanilla Frosted Grahams (so awesome!) and Orange Juice Cake

Clockwise from top left (all freebies);

Pumpkin Creme Brulee, Cherry and Blonde Moment

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Candles from the Keeping Room Haul

 L-R:

Crunch Berry Crisp, Vanilla Bean Noel Fluff

Clockwise from top left (all freebies):

Farmhouse Treats, Black and Blue, Tooth Fairy, Gooey Chewy Kettle Corn

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Closet Full of Wax Haul

Clockwise from top left:

Eucalyptus Spearmint, Pumpkin Cheesecake (awesome), Pink Sugar, CK One, Cinnamon Donuts (worst cinnamon donut scent ever) and Blushing Peaches

Clockwise from top left (all freebies):

Peppermint Bedtime Bath, Buttercream Crunch, Honey Bunny

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Front Porch Haul

L-R:

Row 1: Celtic Moonspice Noel, Blueberry Fruity Loops, Buttercream Iced Orange Danish, Orange Pineapple Filled Cake

Row 2: Caramel Vanilla Buttercream Cupcake, Vanilla Grapefruit, Blueberry Marshmallow, Iced Cinnamon Rolls, Pineapple Lime Cake

 Chunk Muffins, L-R (bottom picture):

Banana Marshmallow and Caramel Vanilla Buttercream Cupcake, Celtic Moonspice and Cinnamon Ice Cream, Loopy Marshmallow and Strawberry Lime, Ruby Red Grapefruit and Sugary Marshmallow

Lemon Cotton Candy

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Gift from Sarah (Sarah Ferguson on YouTube). Thank you Sarah <3 <3 <3

Clockwise from top left:

Rosegirls Caramel Apple Puff Pastry, Tiffany's Donut Shop, Truely Yours Honey Pear Cider

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Sugar and Spice Gourmet Soy Haul

Clockwise from top left:

Pink Peach Margarita, Simply Divine Cherry BBW Type (awful, nothing like the original), Strawberry Lemon Key Lime Pie Cake, Strawberry Tres Leche Cake (yum!)

Clockwise from top left:

Fruit Crush, Peach Strawberry Cream Cake, Coconut Island Fruits, Peach Margarita

Clockwise from top left:

Flip Flops, Lemon Lime Sugar Cookies (I'm not liking her lime scent), Lemon Berry Wafers, Pink Blueberry Cake Batter Ice Cream

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Haley's Heavenly Scents Haul

L-R:

Pink Lemonade, Toasted Strawberry Noel (amazing), Americana (amazing blend of strawberry and Blue Sugar), Whipped Peaches and Cream (one of my new top 10 favorite scents EVER!)

L-R:

Sinus Relief, Juniper Breeze, Iced Cinnamon Donuts (another cinnamon donut scent I don't like), 

Strawberry Ice Cream Scoop Dough Bread

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Ollie's Soaps Haul

L-R:

Pink Vanilla Butter Fudge, Donut Shop

Freebies: Leaves, Neopolitan Ice Cream (absolutely amazing! smells like freeze dried astronaut ice cream)

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Ten Digit Creations Haul

Clockwise from top left:

Monkey Bread, Ginger Ale (my ultimate fave from TDC), Magnolia Blossom, Cucumber Mint (gross), 

Fizzy Pop

L-R:

Row 1: Lollipops, Forget Me Not, Sunday Morning

Row 2: Cinnamon Butter Cookies, Maple Cinnamon

Row 3 (freebies): Tahitian Orchid, Coffee Cake & Spice, Honeysuckle & White Patchouli (not bad)

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Tiffany Candles Haul

L-R:

Jelly Donuts (awesome), Pomegranate (so good), Cherry Cheesecake (amazing)

L-R:

Fruitopia (fantastic), Fizzy Pop (I like TDC's Fizzy Pop better), Kiwi Cucumber Mango 

Clockwise from top left (freebies):

Pink Sugar Cookies, Lime Cheesecake, Stress Relief (HATE! smells like cheap men's cologne), S'Mores

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That's all for now! Again, let me know if you are curious about any of these scents and I would be more than happy to let you know what I think. Thanks for stopping by and I will see you all again soon =)

Weekly Wax Meltdown #5 - 2/17/13 to 3/2/13

Hey everyone! I'm back here with another edition of my Weekly Wax Meltdown! 

As you may notice from the dates, this is actually two weeks worth of melts. I took a few days off from melting last week and I've been pretty busy these past few weeks so I just haven't been melting as much in general. I need to up my game this week! Also, ever since taking a few days off from melting, I am finding that I can smell things much better and the scents seem to be lasting much longer for me. Anyways, I am leaving for vacation this Friday so this will probably be my last weekly melt post for the next few weeks. 

Also, I am going to change the way I do these posts. Before, I would separate the different aspects of my review for each scent and it was just taking too much time. So, I'm just going to keep it simple and just do all parts of my review in one blurb. Also, I am no longer going to link to each vendor's site in my reviews. I plan on compiling a list of vendors, their abbreviations and their websites very soon and I will link it at the top of the page. I really did like the system that I was using and it was nice and organized, but again, just too time consuming. Maybe I'll switch back to that format later on down the road but for now, I need to try to keep things a bit more concise. 

I once again didn't melt any candles. I really need to start melting through my candles, I am going to make that a goal for when I get back from vacation! In fact, I think I am going to start a project wax. More on that later.

Here's what I melted these past two weeks:

• Combo #1 - ScentSationals Raspberry Fizz and Front Porch Pink Sugar Marshmallow - This was such an amazing combo! Shoutout to my friend Dana over at Dana's Little Wax Blog (check out her blog, she just started it this week) for picking up this Scentsationals for me! Raspberry Fizz is a super sweet and effervescent raspberry scent. It smells like raspberry pop! The FP Pink Sugar Marshmallow added a nice sweetness to the Raspberry Fizz and they really worked well together! The Raspberry Fizz was still the dominant scent but the FP was definitely there. Strong scent throw on this combo. Used 1 cube of the ScentSationals and 1 FP tart in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted 12+ hours. Scentsationals and FP are two vendors that never let me down in terms of scent throw and longevity. Good stuff!

• Combo #2 - Candles from the Keeping Room Wildberry Mousse Noel and Beezy Tarts Pistachio Pudding Cake - I have been seeing a lot about this combo from various youtubers and I wanted to try it for myself. I used a full scent shot of the Beezy's and one CFTKR tart. It was a really nice combo but the Pistachio Pudding Cake definitely overpowered the Wildberry Mousse Noel scent. Together, the sweet berry scent really went well with the pistachio pudding cake scent but I wish I would have smelled more of the wildberry. I am going to try this again but next time, I will only use half of a scent shot of the Pistachio Pudding Cake. Strong throw together. Lasted about 8 hours.

• ScentSationals Coffee Cake Swirl - Yet another gift from the lovely Dana! This is a new scent for spring 2013 and I was having a hard time finding it here so Dana hooked me up.This scent is absolutely phenomenal, I don't know how I've lived without it this long. It is one of the most perfect cinnamon bakery scents I have ever had the pleasure of smelling. I can smell notes of flaky pastry as well as some sort of cake scent, and then a sweet frosting and a true cinnamon scent. No coffee notes here! Just the glorious scent of spiced coffee cake. Used 1 cube in a 24-watt hotplate. Strong throw. Lasted about 8 hours. Would repurchase this one again and again!
• Better Homes and Gardens Butterscotch Maple Cream - Whoa mama is this one strong!! It's definitely a super sweet butterscotch and maple scent. I can smell both notes in here. I used one cube in an 18-watt hotplate and it just about knocked me over all the way in a different room. Next time I melt this one I'll probably add some sort of vanilla scent to tone it down. If you're looking for something super sweet that will knock your socks off scent-wise, this is the tart for you!
• The Kissing Booth After Church: The Little Ones - I am not exactly the hugest Kissing Booth fan these days but I am pleasantly surprised by this one. The scent is a blend of frosted graham crackers and fruit punch, inspired by the owner's favorite after church snack as a child. This is such a yummy blend. The fruit punch note is tempered by the creamy graham cracker scent and together, it's a creamy-fruity-crackery-cookie blend. I honestly don't know that I will be ordering from this vendor again so I will have to ration what is left of this scent! Used 2 cubes in an 18-watt hotplate warmer. Medium-to-strong scent throw. Lasted about 6 hours.

• Sweet Fixations Banana Caramel Pound Cake - I did a lot of SF these past few weeks. Good stuff! Banana Caramel Pound Cake is probably my favorite banana-caramel-bakery scent ever. It has a true, ripe banana note, a strong caramel note, a slight nutty note and then an awesome cake note underneath it all. Most Banana Caramel Cupcake scents I've smelled are super heavy on the caramel but this is an even blend of all the notes. Amazing! I have a huge stash of these tarts and I've been passing them on in a lot of swaps and round robins lately so people get a chance to experience the awesomeness. 1 scent shot in an 18-watt hotplate warmer. Strong throw. Lasted 12+ hours. So awesome.
• Sweet Fixations Banana Cream - This one was pretty good, but not a favorite. I don't think I like the combination of banana with Pink Sugar, they smell kind of odd together. The Pink Sugar was the dominant note here but the banana is prominent as well. 1 scent shot in an 18-watt hotplate warmer. Medium-to-strong throw. Lasted about 8 hours. Not a repurchase.
• Sweet Fixations Georgia Peach - This is the perfect straight up peach scent. No perfume-y notes, nothing artificial. Just a nice, juicy peach scent. I need to get a few more of these. I think this would be great for blending too! Strong scent throw in a 24-watt warmer. Lasted about 12 hours. Love this one!
• Sweet Fixations Watermelon - Another great straight-up fruit scent. This one is a sweet watermelon scent, without the candied note that a lot of watermelon scents tend to have. Just sweet and juicy watermelon. Definitely one of the more authentic watermelon scents I've smelled. If only it were a bit stronger, it would be perfect. Medium scent throw in an 18-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted about 6 hours.
• Sweet Fixations Sinus Relief - This is a Vick's Vap-o-Rub scent. It has a strong herbal menthol note and that's about it. I'm finding that with the couple vendors' sinus relief tarts I've tried, they're not quite as strong as I would like them to be. If I need sinus relief, I need to be able to breathe in and feel the menthol clearing my chest and sinuses. It was about a medium throw but I would have loved for it to be punch-me-in-the-face strong. Lasted 12+ hours.

• Front Porch Lemon Cotton Candy - This is incredible. It jumped right up into my top 10 scents of all time the moment I could smell it when melting. You can smell the lemon, of course, but there is a super strong note of cotton candy as well. I haven't been having much luck with FP cotton candy blends lately but this one is an exception. It's so strong and so good. It smells like some sort of lemonade drink you would get at the county fair. Amazing is an understatement. Strong throw in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted 12+ hours. SO GOOD.
• Front Porch Sweet Pine Noel - Yet another Front Porch favorite! I got this one out of Shelby's round robin. The pine in this is very sweet, and then you get the added sweetness from the Vanilla Bean Noel. I don't know how else to describe it other than a super sweet pine scent. It's not really a bakery sweetness, but just a creamy sweetness. Make sense? No? Well, order this next holiday season and you'll see what I mean! It's so awesome. Strong throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted 12+ hours.
• Front Porch Cherries Jubilee Ice Cream - This one I got out of Stephanie's round robin. These were in the super cute mini ice cream scoop shapes. Out of all the unique shapes I have in my tart collection, these ice cream scoops are among my top favorites. The scent was fantastic as well. It was a super strong, sweet cherry scent with almost a syrup-y sweetness to it. There's also the sweet, creamy ice cream note and a hint of chocolate as well. The husband said that this one smelled like a cherry cordial and I have to agree. I am in love with both chocolate and cherry scents lately so this was a really good pick for me. Strong scent throw. Lasted about 8 hours.

• Candles from the Keeping Room Coconut Strawberry Cake - This one was quite yummy! I'm used to seeing raspberry/coconut blends so to see a coconut/strawberry blend was a nice change of pace. The coconut is just a hair stronger in this blend but I could smell the strawberry in there as well. I didn't get much of a cake note but that's fine with me because the strawberry and coconut scents blended really well together. Medium-to-strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted about 8 hours.
• Candles from the Keeping Room Honeydew & Whipped Cream - This was a nice surprise all around! I was out shopping with my mom last weekend and when I came home, the husband had done a bit of cleaning and had popped this tart into the warmer, all by himself! How adorable is that? This scent isn't a favorite in my stash off of cold throw but I was pleasantly surprised when this was melting! The honeydew is a very strong and fresh and has a bit of a floral/powder note to it. However, this powder-y not wasn't at all unpleasant. In fact, it was AWESOME! I'm not sure I smelled much whipped cream, but I did get a super strong floral-honeydew scent. Really, really good. Kudos to the hubby for picking this one out! Strong throw in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted 12+ hours.
• Candles from the Keeping Room Strawberries and Cream - Yum. That's all I really have to say about that. Haha okay, I guess I can share a bit more. This is a very sweet, creamy strawberry scent. Yes, it is an artificial strawberry scent but I LOVE it. It smells like these cupcake dolls I used to have when I was a kid. Does anyone remember those? It's a very nostalgic scent. Anyways, I got a medium-to-strong scent throw with this one in a tealight warmer. Lasted about 5 hours. I will always need to have this in my stash! 

• Rosegirls Celtic Moonspice Pancake Batter - Someone hand me a rag, I can't stop the drooling! This one was incredible! Celtic Moonspice is one of my favorite spice-based scents, it's a nice, cinnamon-y scent with a hint of a bakery undertone. Pair that with the scent of fresh pancake batter with the slightest hint of maple syrup and you've got a real winner on your hands. It's amazing! I first started out melting a chunk in my 24-watt hotplate and got a strong throw from it. I wanted the rest of the downstairs of my house to smell like it so I did a small chunk in a tealight warmer in the front of my house as well. My whole house smelled like a cinnamon pancake. Wonderful. As my friend Shelby would say, it's a great breakfast scent!
• Rosegirls Pumpkin Creme Brulee - I got this one out of Shelby's round robin. This is another hit from Rosegirls. The blend itself isn't unique, as it smells exactly like my Pumpkin Creme Brulee tarts from Tiffany Candles. This little chunk just about knocked my socks off with scent throw. You get a really nice pumpkin pie scent with lots of spice and then the crunchy caramel creme brulee note. This is a very "Jacqui" kind of scent. Lasted 12+ hours. Glorious!

• Lil' Kitchen Candles Serendipity Cotton Candy - I didn't have much luck from the last LKC tarts I melted (little legos in Circus) but this one was fantastic! I didn't get much cotton candy, just a nice strong Serendipity scent. Perhaps the cotton candy added an extra bit of sweetness to the blend. Used 1 Hello Kitty tart. Strong scent throw in an 18-watt warmer. Lasted about 8 hours. Really good but nothing too special, I have lots of other serendipity blends where I can smell the other notes better. 
• The Scented Princess Strawberry Satsuma - This was the first thing I melted from the Scented Princess and I have to say, I was quite impressed with the scent throw. However, the blend was very one-sided. I could pretty much only smell the satsuma with a slight hint of strawberry here and there. Off of cold throw, most of the blends I got from this vendor were pretty heavy on one note so hopefully with time, she will get better with blending. I melted 1 of these large scallop tarts in a 24-watt warmer. Medium-to-strong scent throw. Lasted about 8 hours.
• Yankee Candle Black Coconut - This was definitely my favorite scent out of all of their new scents for spring. This is a deep coconut scent with a background of musk and a bit of a perfume-y note as well. Really nice. I would call this one a "sexy coconut" scent. I melted this in a tealight warmer and had a super strong scent throw for about 3 hours but it fizzled pretty fast. By hour 4, I couldn't smell this one at all. I have a candle in this scent and I can't wait to melt it because I know there will be a nice, stready scent with that one. 
• Ollie's Soaps Elf Sweat - Another pick from Shelby's RR box. This was a popular scent around the holidays. It is a peppermint scent with a strong effervescent note and the slightest hint of spice. You know me and effervescent scents - I just can't resist them! I can definitely see why this would be popular around the holidays, as I've heard it compared to the scent of ribbon candy. Really nice. I got a medium-to-strong scent throw off of just one of these little stars. Lasted about 5 hours in a tealight warmer. Next time I'll probably throw the last two of these in a hotplate warmer to get a more long-lasting scent.
• Can-Do-Candles Lessie's Coco-Mint Frost - This is an amazing blend of creamy coconut and mint! I had never seen a coconut and mint scent before but now they seem to be popping up everywhere. In fact, I received a coconut mint scent from Rosegirls yesterday and it is just as awesome! This one is pretty evenly blended between the creamy coconut scent and peppermint. It wasn't as strong as I had hoped when I melted it, about a medium scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. I really like this blend so if the Rosegirls one doesn't perform well for me I will for sure be buying a couple more of these. 

• Orchid Lake Caramel Coconut Cookie - This one was a nice coconut and caramel cookie scent. I could smell the caramel, the coconut and the cookie notes equally in this blend. However, it just had a medium scent throw for me. I'm finding that a lot of my Orchid Lake bakery scent shots (even the 2 oz. ones) aren't quite as strong as I would like them to be. It had a medium scent throw in an 19-watt hotplate. It was a very pleasant scent but if only it was a bit stronger, it would be perfect. I have another one of these coming in my most recent order and I am going to try that one in a 24-watt hotplate to see if I can get a stronger throw from it.
• Orchid Lake Pixie Dust - This one, however, was nice and strong! This one is a blend of pomegranate, berries, peppermint and vanilla. If you've ever smelled a Tinsel scent, this one is very similar but with a strong pomegranate note. Really nice and refreshing! I need to get my hands on more of this scent for sure. Strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted 12+ hours.
• Pics, Petals and Scents Iced Lemon Cookies - This was a birthday gift from Shelby. Man, was this one fantastic! Iced Lemon Cookies scents are a lot different from most other lemon bakery scents because they have a strong almond-y undertone, almost like a biscotti note. Love that! I get a nice, sweet lemon with a crunchy, almond cookie scent. Super strong scent throw in an 18-watt hotplate. Lasted about 12 hours. Great performance for just a teeny 1 oz scent shot! Color me impressed. 
• Sugar and Spice Gourmet Soy Peach Margarita - I'm really into peach scents lately and this is a nice change of pace from all the sweet and bakery peach scents I've been melting. I don't really get much of a lime note per se, but I do get a really tart, almost fizzy note along with the sweet peach. It does have a bit of an artificial note to it but I actually like that about this scent. Strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate warmer. Lasted about 8 hours. Definite repurch!
• Nene's Kitchen Melts Cherry Chip Cake - I have been having awesome luck with my Nene's tarts lately! If you've never tried this vendor, I highly suggest it. This is another nostalgic scent for me, it's a super creamy, fake cherry scent with a hint of an underlying cake batter scent. I know that the words "fake" and "cherry" don't sound like they would make for a really yummy scent, but I promise they do. Again, it smells like some kind of scented doll that I had as a kid. I just ordered 8 ounces worth of this scent today because it seems like she's discontinuing this oil. Strong scent throw in a 24-watt hotplate. Lasted about 8 hours.
• Sugar Works unnamed mystery tart - Sugar Works (a.k.a Isle of Eden) is a very popular bath and body vendor who is famous for her body scrubs. I placed an order from her in October and received this as a freebie. It's a wonderful orange creamsicle bakery kind of scent. So strong and so awesome. Unfortunately, I believe that she shut down her online store and only sells her products in a brick and mortar store. Bummer because this was really fantastic. I would definitely order this one again if I could.

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That's it for today kiddos! I hope that my new melt review method is okay for you guys. Let me know what you think! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you all soon!