Lightning Round Reviews #19!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAI friends! As I sit here typing this, it is 46 degrees outside.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND TOO COLD FOR SAN DIEGO.

Deb over at It's Always Something... has called me a winter weather wuss, and rightfully so. While she and I were talking yesterday, it was 17 degrees where she lives. *DOES NOT COMPUTER*

Well, here are some lightning round reviews for you while I sit here shivering with my jacket, pants, huge puffy socks, and a zebra throw on my person. I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT. :P

Bath & Body Works' Tiki Beach (14.5 oz 3-wick candle)
Cold Rating: 8/10
Lit Rating: 9/10
Throw Rating: 9/10
Overall Rating: 9/10; yes, it is the dead of winter and I am burning a coconut candle. Well, I was really just trying to finish it. Tiki Beach is incredible! You HAVE to like coconut to enjoy this, which I do. The throw was incredible and it burned well every single time I melted it. WOWZA. So good. Would repurchase, have repurchased.

Bath & Body Works' Blackberry Spice (mason jar, 1-wick candle)
Cold Rating: 5/10
Lit Rating: 5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 5/10; well, the initial reviews of this candle from YouTube were correct...this is a very generic berry scent, one I'm not particularly fond of. The spice is almost nowhere to be found. Not a repurchase, but the throw was better than I expected for a one wick candle.

The Bathing Garden's Autumn Cream Pie
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 5.5/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; this was okay, unmemorable for me though. It sort of just smelled like sweetness with a touch of autumn bakery. Not a repurchase for me. This lasted 3 hours in the bedroom.

The Bathing Garden's Coconut Candy Apple
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 7/10; this is a mix of a winter candied apple type and coconut. It's interesting and strong! I melted two cubes of this in the bathroom and got great results. I don't know if I would repurchase this, maybe, but you have to be in the mood for something perfumey. Lasted 8 hours in the bathroom.

The Bathing Garden's Blackberry Jam Butter Cookies
Cold Rating: 4.5/10
Lit Rating: 5/10
Throw Rating: 3/10
Overall Rating: 4/10; sad about this scent! I have heard great things, and TBG's blackberry isn't too cloyingly perfumey, but I just couldn't smell this in a big room like the kitchen. Not a repurchase for me. Had this going for almost 2 days and could barely smell anything.

The Bathing Garden's Season of the Reindeer
Cold Rating: 7.5/10
Lit Rating: 7.5/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 7.5/10; I was hesitant about Season of the Reindeer on cold sniff, it smelled like straight-up Christmas trees. Well, in August/September when I bought this, I was nervous because Christmas was months away...so I saved it, obviously. This is spectacular! I really like it! The throw is great, I really enjoy the mix of scents, and though pine is a main note, it sort of a mix between spicy and piney! Repurchase!

The Bathing Garden's Poisoned Apothecary
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; this scent is a very appley type of cider scent with little to no spice. It's pretty much straight, fresh apple. It's okay, good throw, but a little one-dimensional. Not a repurchase for me, but lasted 5 hours in the bedroom.

The Bathing Garden's Bad Santa, Spiked Eggnog
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 7.5/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 7.5/10; incredible! I love this scent! It really does smell like spiked eggnog, complete with spices and everything. SO GOOD! Two cubes of this lasted the entire day in the bedroom. Absolute repurchase, perfect for this time of year!

Tara's Candle Cottage's Apple Cinnamon
Cold Rating: 5.5/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; apple cinnamon is pretty basic. Actually, it's as basic as you can get. It's still nice, though. I can purchase this from pretty much any vendor, so I might not get it from TCC again. Lasted 6 hours!

Tara's Candle Cottage's Celtic Moonspice
Cold Rating: 5.5/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 7/10; it's really hard to go wrong with Celtic Moonspice, in my opinion, as it's one of my two favorite spicy scents EVER. This was weird on cold sniff, but once it got to melting, it was great. Liked it a lot! Repurchase! Lasted 8 hours in the bedroom.

Sweet Fixations Celtic Moonspice
Cold Rating: 7.5/10
Lit Rating: 7.5/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; another fantastic Celtic Moonspice scent. UGH, it's just so, so good. This little tart from Sweet Fixations lasted 16 whopping hours. LOVE LOVE LOVE!! Repurchase! It's so homey, so spicy, so good.

Sweet Fixations Brown Sugar Cake
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 6.5/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; Brown Sugar Cake, what does this make you think of? Sweet, cakey, possibly buttery? Nope, this smelled like Brown Sugar & Fig from Bath & Body Works, LOL. I got pretty much no cake out of this. I love Brown Sugar & Fig, so I was cool with it. Repurchase! Lasted a day and a half in the kitchen!

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Enjoy your week! 9 more days until Christmas!!! :)