Sunday, September 29, 2013

Lightning Round Reviews #13!

I'm almost out of these damn empties. Good golly, they are strewn about the house.
Butterfly Lane Scents' Hillbilly Homebrew
Cold Rating6/10
Lit Rating: 5/10
Throw Rating: 5/10
Overall Rating5/10; this smelled great cold, but fizzled fast once being warmer. This was about a year old, so maybe that's why, but it smelled better cold.
Butterfly Lane Scents' Pink Cotton Candy
Cold Rating8/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating7/10
Overall Rating7/10; so, so good. Definite repurchase. The cotton candy from BL meshed so well with pink sugar...so lovely and just what I needed!
Butterfly Lane Scents' Pink Cotton Candy
Cold Rating8/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating8/10; a fabulous blend of pink sugar and serendipity! STRONG! Huge bundt cakes. Love this scent. Unable to get more since BL is always closed it seems like. :(
K's Kreations Loopy Coconut Cookie Bread
Cold Rating6/10
Lit Rating: 5.5/10
Throw Rating6/10
Overall Rating6/10; good, but not a repurchase for me. The fruit loops and coconut went well together, and the cookie bread is a fan favorite from K's, but too bready for me.
K's Kreations Strawberry Bliss + Orchid Lake Candles Serendipity
Cold Rating8/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating8/10
Overall Rating8/10; AMAZING combo! Loved this! It was like a super sweet, strawberry serendipity. YUM!
Lasting Scent Candles Buttermint Candy
Cold Rating4/10
Lit Rating: 4/10
Throw Rating4/10
Overall Rating4/10; not very strong, and also not very good. Something in this was not right, and it didn't smell overly like buttermint candies. Maybe I just waited too long to melt it? Either way, not a repurchase.

Lasting Scent Candles Serendipity
Cold Rating7/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating7/10
Overall Rating7/10; great serendipity blend! Wish it had more cherry, but overall, medium high scent all around.
Lasting Scent Candles Snow Flurries
Cold Rating6/10
Lit Rating3/10
Throw Rating3/10
Overall Rating3/10; the cold sniff scent alone was enough to put this at a 3, math be damned. EW. It smelled like a nice vanilla mint scent on cold sniff, perhaps with wintergreen, but when warming, YUCK. It smelled musty and gross. Not a repurch!
Lasting Scent Candles Spring Mountain Mint
Cold Rating6/10
Lit Rating: 5.5/10
Throw Rating6/10
Overall Rating6/10; very strange and earthy mixed with mint, water, and dirt, in my opinion. It was good and mediumly strong, but weird. Not a repurch.
Lasting Scent Candles Sweet Potato Muffins
Cold Rating6/10
Lit Rating: 5.5/10
Throw Rating6/10
Overall Rating6/10; interesting scent, very sweet from the brown sugar note. Decent, but not my favorite. Smelled like butter, too. This was a sample and I'm not sure if I'd buy it on my own.
Orchid Lake Candles Pear Noel
Cold Rating6/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating6/10
Overall Rating6/10; this was decent, had that great pear smell mixed with caramelly and velvety VBN. Very nice. Not a repurchase, though, it was too sweet.
Up The Creek Scents' Hillbilly Brew Noel
Cold Rating5/10
Lit Rating: 4/10
Throw Rating4/10
Overall Rating4/10; I loved UTC's vanilla bean noel straight, but when mixed, it wasn't pleasant to my nose. It wasn't overly strong, though, so there's that. Not a repurchase.
Up The Creek Scents' Vanilla Bean Noel
Cold Rating7/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating8/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; luscious, caramelly, delicious! Strong, wonderful. Loved this dupe. Definite repurchase!

7 comments:

  1. I always want to try Lasting Scents but I think it's their long TAT that has kept me from ever ordering. Their scores don't look too good here. Maybe I'm still not in a hurry to place an order. lol

    ~Deb

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    1. Lasting Scent is usually a really stellar vendor! I think I just got a string of scents that aren't for me!

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  2. It sucks you didn't have good luck with LSC this week because they're in my top 5 vendors! I think I might have UTC Vanilla Bean Noel somewhere...I should go melt that :)

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    1. I really do love LSC, I think I got a string of scents that aren't for me is all! They are a great vendor. Also, you should go and find UTC's vbn! I hope you like it! :)

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  3. The pink cotton candy sounds really good! I gotva sweet potato and brown sugar free sample from a vendor and did not like it too much. Almost too savory. Very strange for my nose to wrap around.

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    1. Pink Cotton Candy has been good from other vendors, but Butterfly Lane makes it especially great! :)

      AGREED about sweet potato and brown sugar types, it's JUST savory enough to be too weird! That's the perfect way to put it! What vendor did you have it from?

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  4. I got it from Sugar & Spice so I am pretty sure it was as good a quality scent I could have tried, just not for me!

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