Monday, June 30, 2014

Lightning Round Reviews #21: More Bathroom Melts Edition!

It's been a while since I did a lightning round reviews post. Woohoo! Welcome, and hello, friends. Enjoy this post filled with things I have melted in our bathroom!
Ava's Country Cupboard's Fluffy Pink Peppermin
Cold Rating7/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating7.5/10
Overall Rating7.5/10; WOW, this was quite lovely! It was heavy on the tree smell with a mix of berries and a hint of cinnamon or clove. Very good throw, melted 2 cubes in the bathroom and it threw for a day. Repurchase, but I have more, so I will save it until next Christmas!
Orchid Lake Candles & Soaps (now known as Wilma)'s Blood Orange Nectar
Cold Rating4.5/10
Lit Rating: 5/10
Throw Rating4/10
Overall Rating4.5/10; not a whole lot to this one, unfortunately. You had to be in the bathroom to smell it. It had a nice orangey scent to it, but nothing beyond that. I don't know the difference between what an orange and a blood orange smells like, but I guess I'd assume this was sweeter. The throw was meh. not a repurchase, lasted 4 hours.
Orchid Lake Candles & Soaps (now known as Wilma)'s Cherry Limeade
Cold Rating4/10
Lit Rating: 4/10
Throw Rating4/10
Overall Rating4/10; there is no way these OLC tarts are bad...no freaking way. I have had some 1 ouncers that have blown my socks off from OLC, but this was another one that didn't perform so hot. I got a very faint cherry cough syrup scent, and even fainter wisps of lime, but again, nothing you could smell from a distance. I let this melt for 6 hours total, but I didn't really need to because you couldn't really enjoy it. I might repurchase this in a different form.
Orchid Lake Candles & Soaps (now known as Wilma)'s Citrus Teak
Cold Rating5/10
Lit Rating: 4/10
Throw Rating3.5/10
Overall Rating4/10; this smelled awesome when I received it, but not, not so much. Another pithy thrower, and another one that didn't have hardly any warm sniff smell. Not a repurchase, this one lasted about 4.5 hours. It's supposed to be a Yankee Candle scent, but it didn't smell like anything I had had before.
Orchid Lake Candles & Soaps (now known as Wilma)'s Energize
Cold Rating6/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating6/10
Overall Rating6/10; this one performed a bit better, but not by much. It was middle of the pack, and it mainly smelled like a bunch of different citrus fruits all thrown together with a background note of musk or woodsiness. It was nice, but not a repurchase. If the name is ENERGIZE, I expect my senses to be awoken. Lasted 5.5 hours!
Orchid Lake Candles & Soaps (now known as Wilma)'s Lemonhead
Cold Rating6.5/10
Lit Rating: 4/10
Throw Rating: 3.5/10
Overall Rating4.5/10; I love Lemonhead candies, so I thought these would be those bright little suckers in wax form. Unfortunately, this was another bad performer! I don't know what is up with these OLC melts, but since they are gone, I might need to put in another order (some time this year) to compare then vs. now. Lasted 4 hours in the bathroom, could have probably been taken out in 2 hours, though. Not a repurchase.
Orchid Lake Candles & Soaps (now known as Wilma)'s Watermelon
Cold Rating3/10
Lit Rating: 2.5/10
Throw Rating2.5/10
Overall Rating2.5/10; I feel really bad in my soul when things get low ratings. Really, I do. I am all about giving fair chances to vendors, which is why I won't hesitate to order again, but this round of shots was super unimpressive. If this was called something entirely different, it wouldn't have made a difference. This wasn't watermelon, watermelon scents are juicy and delicious and strong. This, was not. Even on cold sniff, this smelled more like watermelon scented chapstick or 75% straight-up wax. Not a repurcase, dumped after 1.5 hours.
Daphne's Divine's Pink & Blue ICEE
Cold Rating6.5/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating7/10
Overall Rating7/10; JUST like Icee's from Target! Or, wherever you can get them. This is sweet, delicious, and syrupy in a good way. It smells like the real thing. YUM! Pretty good throw, nice scent overall. Lasted 6 hours and I would repurchase this (except Daphne's has closed down). :(
Daphne's Divine's Serendipity Sherbet
Cold Rating6/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating6/10
Overall Rating6/10; another pretty good scent! I liked the mix of serendipity/cherry goodness and sherbet, but it really could have been stronger overall. Sweet, fruity, and fun. Lasted about 6 hours overall.
Daphne's Divine's Strawberry Vanilla Passion
Cold Rating: 5.5/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating6/10
Overall Rating6/10; smelled sort of artificial, but wasn't bad. Good mix of strawberry and vanilla, not sure what was passion-y about this, but I didn't get any of it. Nice, but nothing to write home about. I melted the entire chunk and let is marinate in the warmer for about 6-7 hours, but I think it may have been done after about 5 hours. Not a repurchase, but Daphne's did have other really awesome strawberry scents in the past!
Daphne's Divine's Tu-La-Ru-La
Cold Rating6.5/10
Lit Rating: 5.5/10
Throw Rating5.5/10
Overall Rating7/10; this smells sort of like Bedtime Bath (which might be a Johnson & Johnson scent?) mixed with a very herbal lavender, but wasn't super strong while warming. I didn't really care for this, but again, it wasn't bad. I melted 4 tarts out of 5 and chucked the last one (AGHHHH). Lasted 5 hours in the bathroom, not a repurchase.

5 comments:

  1. No wonder you said "welcome to hell!" I hope you had some awesome tarts going in the rest of the house to make up for the bathroom. :-( poops!!

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    1. LOL, great typo! Sometimes, even after proofreading, they *still* manage to make their way into my posts. :P

      At least these weren't bedroom melts, you know?! Maybe OLC/Wilma needs to be on my "don't buy from again" list. :/

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  2. Aww, sorry about the poor performing tarts. That always sucks! Blue Icee sounds super yummy though, I may have to seek out something similar from other vendors!

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    1. It's always a bummer when things don't melt like you wanted them to! Oh well, there's always next round of melts! :)

      BTW, if you can order from her, Candles from the Keeping Room has a really nice blue icee scent!

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  3. Love the lightning rounds, especially when they're mostly fruit scent based! Lots of new companies for me to add to my "wish list!"

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