Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #19: Candles from the Keeping Room's Cedarwood Vanilla

The only redeeming value of summer is the nice, long nights, which are perfect for nice, long bonfires in the backyard. In fact, we're getting ready to have one right now! ;)

The strong cedar aroma tones down with sweet vanilla Celtic Moonspice...a wonderfully fragrant blend of warm spices, cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg. Gives you that warm home & hearth feeling, like a cozy cottage with a fireplace on a cold snow evening.

Candles from the Keeping Room's Cedarwood Vanilla
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; an unexpected favorite as of recently. Very lovely tart! Excellent throw, stellar scent, extremely pleasant. Not even necessary for fall/winter. Vanilla-y Celtic Moonspice toning down the cedarwood makes this super smooth and uber fragrant, yet spicy and delicious. Realizing I like cedarwood, which is weird. Perfect scent descriptions a la Carol. Wanting to make a spice cake or pumpkin cookies. Missing all of the CFTKR openings since October last year. Not needing any more damn wax but wanting to BUY ALL THE THINGS!!! Remnants of fall. The Fall Slut, omg, have you checked out Deb's blog lately? I CRIED, so funny!!!

Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #18: Up The Creek Scents Pink Marshmallow

If I could live in a world built of only one thing/substance, I would pick to live in a world of marshmallows.
Those things would make damn fine pillows.

Up The Creek Scents Pink Marshmallows
Cold Rating: 4.5/10
Lit Rating: 3.5/10
Throw Rating: 5.5/10
Overall Rating: 4/10; extremely uncharacteristic of Up The Creek Scents to have a "bad" scent. Didn't get any pink from this. Marshmallow had a funky undertone. Had lots of cure time but in the end, no dice. Smelled even stranger after many months. The throw wasn't stellar, either. Didn't melt this long. Possible culprit: was this a wrongly labeled tart?  It had slight stinks of zucchini in its wisps. EW Maybe pink sugar isn't their thing? Or maybe their pink sugar is on the muskier side? One "bad" tart won't dissuade me from this company, since most of the stuff I have melted from them has been pretty good. Has anyone else had this problem with their pink sugar scents??

Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #17: Daphne's Divine Scents and Aromas Watermelon Blast

July is right around the corner, can you believe it? I know we all say this all the time, but this year is flying by so fast. July is watermelon season, so it only seemed appropriate to welcome summer with (reluctant) open arms and embrace one of its signature scents.

Daphne's Divine Scents and Aromas Watermelon Blast
Cold Rating: 7.5/10
Lit Rating: 8.5/10
Throw Rating: 8.5/10
Overall Rating: 8.5/10; incredible throw of the "knock your socks off" variety. Delicious on cold sniff, even better while warming. Juicy, sweet watermelon, strictly this scent. Not liking watermelon the fruit but LOVING watermelon the scent. The juicier, the better. Using 4/5 tarts just because I can, YOLO. Pretty pink sun-shaped tarts (with no weird man face). Lasted in the bathroom for 3 hours with a strong scent and 4-5 extra house at a medium throw. Would repurchase but has is closed. :( Closed vendors = sad, but closed vendors who are really super sweet = ultimate sadness.

Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #16: Orchid Lake Candles' Lemon Lavender

As I astutely mentioned in my last post, summer is upon us, rearing its ugly, hot, annoying head like a malfunctioning dryer stuck in a garage. Or a sauna. Minus the smelly feet. (....where do I come up with this crap? LOL)

Orchid Lake Scents' Lemon Lavender
Cold Rating: 5.5/10
Lit Rating: 3/10
Throw Rating: 3/10
Overall Rating: 3/10; one of my favorite scent combinations ever. Unfortunately, this scent shot just couldn't muster any throw. Also, not strong while warming, only bare medium on cold sniff. Lemon smelled sweet on cold sniff, but weak. Some one ounce scent shots perform better than other one ounce scent shots. Not being able to smell anything makes me angry. Buying wax faster than I can melt it. Waste is bad, mmmkay?? Orchid Lake is now Wilma Handmade. The Flinstones. Dirty feet. Smelly feet. Horrible garage smells. Full circle.

Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #15: Lasting Scent Candles' Summer Melons

Summer is upon us, friends.
BLEH.

Lasting Scent Candles' Summer Melon
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 7/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; pretty solid throw on this scent. Melted with the same throw for about 4.5 hours, but left it in for a few days since I melted this in the office and didn't go in there for about a day. Slight floral undertones to mesh the melons. Still, nice, but might not repurchase. Not sure what melons are in this, honeydew for sure, perhaps cantaloupe, no watermelon. I don't like watermelon as a food but LOVE it as a scent. Water is the greatest drink on the planet. Our planet is Earth. If Earth had a scent, it would consist of dirt, beer, french fries, and dignity. #MURICA

Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #14: K's Kreations White Nectarine

One thing about going from the hot, dry desert back to hot, humid San Diego is the swollen joints when returning to humidity. And a smelly, shut-up house with NO WAX MELTING. UGH.

K's Kreations White Nectarine
Cold Rating: 7.5/10
Lit Rating: 8.5/10
Throw Rating: 8.5/10
Overall Rating: 8.5/10; spectacular mix of fresh and fruity! Very great throw and delicious scent while warming. Lasted about 12 hours in the bathroom. A little bit of what I can only describe as laundry freshness and ultra citrus zing. Bright in the non-sun, non-light sense of the word. Katch' Ems spelled with a K. NO KARDASHIAN WHO SPELL EVERYTHING WITH A K. Reality TV is the devil. Dia de los muertos. Mmmmmmmmmmmm, milkshakes. Bringing all the boys to the yard. Having nothing to do with the scent at hand.

Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #13: Aunt Smellman's Autumn Breeze

If you follow my on Instagram, you will know BigJ and I were in Vegas this week! We had a great time, even though my foot is still broken, we made it work! It was hot, but it was fun. I will have a picture post up soon.

Aunt Smellman's Autumn Breeze
Cold Rating: 3.5/10
Lit Rating: 3/10
Throw Rating: 7/10
Overall Rating: 4/10; slightly rounded down from 4.5. Not up my alley and couldn't get over it, but the throw on this was decent. Strange mix of scents, very musky and yet floral and slightly fruity. Some weird tree scents. Patchouli? Sandalwood? Strange??? Maybe ylang ylang. Not knowing how to pronounce ylang ylang...is it lang-lang, or ya-lang-ya-lang, or yang-yang?? WORDS ARE CONFUSING. Trees = shade = goodness = I hate the sun = I am pale. Nothing about this screams autumn to me in this, must doesn't necessarily mean fall time. Also, not so much breeze, just random concoction of ingredients. Free tarts. Using all the wax at once. All wax needs cure time. This would be better in soap form. Or potpourri.