Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #79: Sniff My Tarts' Peppermint/Spearmint/Lavender

MINT EXPLOSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111111

Sniff My Tarts' Peppermint/Spearmint/Lavender
Cold Rating: 8.5/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating: 9/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; this smells amazing on cold sniff, but the lavender comes out much more while warming, and while I don't hate it, I don't love it compared to other lavenders. Lavender is powdery, more like a laundry than a sweet lavender. Do not love. Cool peppermint and refreshing spearmint are such a wonderful combination. Blended mints are basically my fav. Cool color combination in the wax! Real pieces of lavender on top of the wax are both an awesome touch and a pain in the ass to clean out of the warmer. Large chunks that need to be cut even when already cut, ugh. This vendor is not opened all the time, but an opening is coming up soon. Never had a problem with throw from SMT. Chunks over loaves. Cutting wax is the devil.

Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #74: Sniff My Tarts' Rosemary Mint/Spearmint/Peppermint

Mint powers, assemble!!!
Ya hear that, Joss Whedon? I SAID ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!

Sniff My Tarts' Rosemary Mint/Spearmint/Peppermint
Cold Rating: 10/10
Lit Rating: 10/10
Throw Rating: 10/10
Overall Rating: 10/10; AMAZING, THE BEST, WONDERFUL, ETC. Never having enough adjectives to describe how wondrous something is. Herbal rosemary toned down by the spearmint, which leads the way to the peppermint. Ooooooooooooh, the peppermint! Always wanting, needing, craving mint scents. Branching out from my normal pink peppermint at night scent. Insane throw, could smell this outside in the backyard, and in the living room with the door to the bedroom closed. This lasted in my warmer 2 days because I didn't want to turn it off. It did dissipate, obvs. Vendors not always opened when I need a "fix," TAT is tremendous for Sniff My Tarts, but damn if they aren't worth it!! Sniff My Tarts will always be Sniff My Farts to my husband. You must try this, it is the ultimate minty wonderblend. Saying wonder a lot in different forms. The word "wonderful" reminding me of a Christmas song. CHRISTMAS MEANS MINTS. CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haul: Sniff My Tarts Haul #5!

In honor of Sniff My Tarts opening this past weekend (though they are now closed), I figured I'd share my months-old haul.

This is my fifth haul from Sniff My Tarts in the last 2.5 years. They aren't always open, in fact, they are a vendor you need to follow on Facebook in order to see when their openings will take place. I love their wax, and while am not a fan of the huge TAT (as in longer than 4 months), I am usually am not one to complain about it, I will just sit quietly and wait my turn. As I mentioned, this haul is several months old and I am just getting around to sharing it. SORRY! I know, I know, I am a failure, but maybe you can find some nice blends in this post for the next time they open!

While I love the fact that I can order entire sheet cakes (aka MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WAX) from SMT, I need to just realize that I hate, no, loathe cutting wax. It's a royal pain in the ass. So often I get caught up in the hype of buying these massive amounts that I forget how much disdain I have for my wax cutter. Anyways, SMT makes one of the best pink peppermints out there, so I am glad to have a ton of it, even if it means cutting it. It is crisp but sweet, and super strong. ALWAYS a repurchase!

With each SMT order, you can get up to 3 bags of these cute popsicle tarts. Again, they needed to be cut, but how can you resist something this adorable? I am realizing most key lime pie scents are just too crusty smelling for me, and this is really no exception, but the rainbow sherbet and raspberry lime work to drown it out as best as possible. I am not very creative at blending, but this isn't half bad. I probably didn't need 4.5 oz of it, though. Not sure if I'd get this particular blend again.

Their strawberry scent is another awesome one, and I saw that someone in the SMT group page recommended blending their fresh strawberry with cotton candy bliss. Uh, YEAH! So I did, and it's amazing. Very sweet but still manages to be fruity, love this one and will repurchase it. Karen, if you're reading, I totally forgot I had fresh strawberry in a blend until I went to make this post. Sorry! :(

I'm not 100% sure what type of cake oil they use, but Sweet 16 mixed with juicy watermelon and sweet cake is a brilliant blend! Love this one, too, and may even get chunks in this next time they open. My slight like of bakery is increasing by the day.

Peppermint is a staple in this house, as is pink sugar. Spearmint, up until lately, has been something I avoided because of a bad gum experience (don't ask). But, mixed with peppermint and pink sugar, this blend was incredible! Relatively strong but not so much that it was distracting, I am already done with this bag of chunks and repurchasing it. So good!

Do you like cake batter? Do yourself a favor and try ice cream cake batter. It's more creamy, more decadent, and more delicious. I LOVE ice cream cake batter, wildberry mousse, and pink sugar each on their own, so why not combine them? I have yet to melt this, but on cold sniff, whoooooooooa nelly! Wildberry mousse's creaminess is elevated when mixed with ICCB. Yum!

Unfortunately, cotton candy/watermelon/orange sherbet  was not a hit for me, and I don't know why. We like all of these scents individually, but together, it was just too sweet and artificial for us. Oh well, better luck next time. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this blend other than it's not to our taste, so I will be gifting these to those I think might enjoy them more than we did!

A staple, apparently! A ton of my waxy friends love this blend, so I decided to get in on it, too. It is lovely! The orange chiffon is subtly citrusy when mixed with the cake note, and the vanilla tones it all down. The pink sugar is also an excellent addition (but when is it not?). Love and will repurchase!

What's better than juicy watermelon? Not very much! Other vendors have good honeydew watermelon blends, so I tried to create my own, with pink sugar of course! This is juicy, fruity, strong, and delicious. Need to melt this asap!

Unfortunately, this was not the scent I was looking for, but it's still okay! Flower Shop, if you're not familiar, is the greatest Bath & Body Works candle ever created. EVER. AND THEY GOT RID OF IT. I'm not bitter. Anywho, this is a very sweet floral and had a decent throw, but not a repurchase.

Also, I did receive some samples, but they were melted by the time I made this post. When SMT reopened this weekend, did you order? What did you get? Please share your haul and thoughts on SMT!

Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #38: A Whole Lotta Sniff My Tarts Reviews!

Sunnee from Fragrance Obsessed mentioned in a comment that she wanted to see tons of Sniff My Tarts reviews before their impending opening. Ask and ye shall receive, my friend! I tried to get scent descriptions where I could.

Birthday cake + twinkies + STRAWBERRY JAM – Sweet strawberries made into jam, just like grandma used to make. You'll love this one. 

Sniff My Tarts' Birthday Cake Strawberry Jam Twinkies
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 5.5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; a nice strawberry scent but I don't like the other bakery notes.

The perfect blend of fresh picked flowers.

Sniff My Tarts Flower Shop
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating: 6.5/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10

Sniff My Tarts' Keylime Pie, Iced Pineapple, Orange Sherbet
Cold Rating: 7.5/10
Lit Rating: 5/10
Throw Rating: 5/10
Overall Rating: 5/10; this was very crusty while melting and wasn't as strong as it was on cold sniff. Bummer.

Sniff My Tarts' Pink Coconut Orange Danish
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 4/10
Throw Rating: 5/10
Overall Rating: 5/10; too buttery and bready for my tastes.

STICKY MARSHMALLOW - The aroma of open a big bag of jets marshmallows + Fruity Peebles + STRAWBERRY PRESERVES – Just like the name it smells good enough to eat!Wonderful strawberry fragrance with soft sweet undertones.

Sniff My Tarts' Sticky Marshmallow Fruity Pebbles Type Strawberry Preserves
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 6.5/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10; peebles, damn it! PEEBLES!!!!!!!

Sniff My Tarts' Cotton Candy Lemon Berry Grape
Cold Rating: 7.5/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 7.5/10; whoever made this blend is a genius because it is delicious.

Sniff My Tarts' Granny's Jam
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6/10

Marshmallow vanilla bean noel

Sniff My Tarts' Marshmallow Noel
Cold Rating: 8.5/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; amaaaaaaaaazing scent from a wax friend. So simple and yet so rich and creamy. Love!

Sticky Marshmallow Pink Sugar Serendipity

Sniff My Tarts's Sticky Pink Serendipity
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 7/10; SMT has some of the best marshmallow scents, but they also have some of the best serendipity blends, too.

Sniff My Tarts' Vanilla Ice Cream
Cold Rating: 4/10
Lit Rating: 5/10
Throw Rating: 5/10
Overall Rating: 5/10; a little more come from this while melting, but not much. It sort of had a waxy undertone that I dumped shortly after putting in the warmer because it wouldn't go away.

Sniff My Tarts' Apricot Christmas Cabernet Pomegranate
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 6.5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10; a unique combination of scents that I'm not sure I loved, but didn't mind trying once!

Swift & Supersonically Snappy Short Review #37: Sniff My Tarts' Cake Batter Fudge Wildberry Mousse Vanilla Waffle Cone

....well, that was a mouthful of a scent name.

Sniff My Tarts Cake Batter Fudge Wildberry Mousse Vanilla Waffle Cone
Cold Rating: 8.5/10
Lit Rating: 9/10
Throw Rating: 9/10
Overall Rating: 9/10; excellent balance of all three scents. Somehow, you get the cake batter and the waffle cone, though those two separate ingredients are often powerful individually. Wildberry mousse club, amazing wildberry scent. Extreme throw, excellent lasting power, 12+ hours. Cute berry embeds on top. Glitter bomb, still picking glitter out from the crevices of my warmer. Cool colors in my warmer while melting. Repeat blend, hell yes! If you've read my blog for any considerable length, you might know I am not the biggest bakery fan.
I can admit when I'm wrong.

Lightning Round Reviews #11!

More reviews, lightning style! Gotta throw these empty wrappers away, y'all! :)

Tiffany Candles Guava
Cold Rating: 5/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 5.5/10
Overall Rating: 5.5/10; nothing special, just a fruity scent, not overly strong, just medium. I doubt I'd repurchase this, maybe in a blend.

Tiffany Candles Kulu Bay
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 5.5/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; I like this one but wish it was a bit stronger! A nice fruity scent with bits of slight herbalness. Decent, would be better in a smaller room. Possible repurchase.

Tiffany Candles Mandarin Tiki
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 6.5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10; a good balance between mandarin orange and berry sweetness. Very nice! Would repurchase, might be better in a blend.

Sniff My Tarts Honeydew
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 7.5/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 7.5/10; this one little tart had an incredible throw! I have not liked many stand alone honeydew scents before, but this one is lovely! Juicy, sweet, and overall quite nice. Would repurchase.

Sniff My Tarts Lemon Bundt Cake
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 7.5/10; another great one from SMT! Nice blend of bakery and lemon. Would definitely repurchase, nice strong throw!

Ollie's Soaps Apple Iced Tea
Cold Rating: 8/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; it's scents like this that make me sad Ayano isn't making wax right now...her apple blends are INSANELY good! Mixed with her iced tea, which I know I love, fab! Amazing throw. Would buy this in bulk.

Ollie's Soaps Lemon Colada
Cold Rating: 5/10
Lit Rating: 4.5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 5/10; this one was okay, but something about the lemon mixed with pina colada was just not attractive to my nose. Not a repurchase for me.

Ollie's Soaps Lime Cooler
Cold Rating: 5.5/10
Lit Rating: 4/10
Throw Rating: 4/10
Overall Rating: 4.5/10; a lime scent that is also sort of medicinal. I don't dig this one.

Pics, Petals & Scents Out of this World
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 6.5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; orange and serendipity, I think? This one is nice, but I get mostly orange. I might repurchase this, as it was a nice smaller room scent. I wished I could have gotten a bit more serendipity.

Pics, Petals & Scents Pineapple Paprika
Cold Rating: 5.5/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 7/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; strangely good! Not super spicy or anything, just a pineapple.

Pics, Petals & Scents Fuzzy Bellybutton
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; orange? interesting! I liked this, decent throw, good scent!

Pics, Petals & Scents Vanilla Buttercream Waffle Cone
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 7/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10; better on cold throw, surprisingly. A decent serendipity, but nothing to write home about, I suppose. Lasted 3 hours before I needed a change. PS: this shop is now closed.

Pics, Petals & Scents Blue Raspberry Slushie/Fruity Rings
Cold Rating: 4/10
Lit Rating: 3/10
Throw Rating: 4/10
Overall Rating: 4/10; not a fan of this blend. For some reason, the combination made this astringent. Not good.

FIN!

Lightning Round Reviews #9!

Time for tons of lightning round reviews, waxy friends!

Candles from the Keeping Room's Palm Beach
Cold Rating: 5/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 5/10
Overall Rating: 5/10; decent dupe, a bit lighter than I would have liked, but otherwise, nice and tropical. Lasted 3 hours with a low-medium throw throughout.

Front Porch's Bear Claws
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 7.5/10
Throw Rating: 7/10
Overall Rating: 7/10; a nice cinnamon bakery scent that manages to not have that weird FP undertone I hate so much. This is nice and I would repurchase it. Lasted for 6 hours!

Front Porch's Celtic Moonspice Noel
Cold Rating: 8/10
Lit Rating: 8.5/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; celtic moonspice is one of my all time favorite scents, and when it's added with vanilla bean noel, it's just as fabulous. Wonderful scent, great throw, would repurchase always, lasted 7 hours.

Lasting Scent Candles Blackberry Sage Tea
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 5/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10; the throw was pretty good, and the cold sniff scent was strong, but the sage in this was not my favorite. I love LSC's tea scent, but the floral blackberry and sage notes didn't mesh together. Lasted 2 hours but would have lasted longer if I hadn't gotten tired of it. PS: LOOK AT THOSE OILS, OMG.

Lil' Kitchen Candles Serendipity
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 6/10
Throw Rating: 5.5/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; better on cold throw, surprisingly. A decent serendipity, but nothing to write home about, I suppose. Lasted 3 hours before I needed a change. PS: this shop is now closed.

Lil' Kitchen Candles Twinkies
Cold Rating: 4/10
Lit Rating: 4/10
Throw Rating: 4/10
Overall Rating: 4/10; very light, but sweet. Decent twinkies scent, but nothing special. Lasted 2.5 hours.

Lil' Kitchen Candles Lemon Lush Noel
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 5.5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6/10; weird cleaner lemon mixed with a pie crust type of scent. It was okay, not my favorite though. Strange is all. Lasted 4 hours.

Lil' Kitchen Candles Pink Serendipity Vanilla Bean Noel Marshmallow Birthday Cake
Cold Rating: 8.5/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 7/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; amaaaaaaazing blend. This scent alone makes me with LKC was still in business. Lasted 7+ hours, sad I cannot repurchase this. Coconut cherry cakey creamy wonderment.

Scarlet Raine's Tropical Escape
Cold Rating: 4/10
Lit Rating: 4.5/10
Throw Rating: 4/10
Overall Rating: 4/10; this scent was rather boring and not particularly strong. I haven't been impressed from this company yet, unfortunately.

Scarlet Raine's Pink Marshmallow
Cold Rating: 2/10
Lit Rating: 2/10
Throw Rating: 2/10
Overall Rating: 2/10; I got nothing from this, there was a veeeeeery small bit on cold sniff, but nothing while warming.  Disappointed.

Scarlet Raine's Pink Peppermint
Cold Rating: 6/10
Lit Rating: 5.5/10
Throw Rating: 5.5/10
Overall Rating: 5.5/10; a nice pink peppermint, just not super strong. This is the best thing I have melted from this company thus far, but it's still not that high above medium.

Sniff My Tarts Pink Chiffon Pink Sugar
Cold Rating: 7.5/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 8/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; amaaaaazing. I love this scent. Pink Chiffon is a perfume dupe, and when it's mixed with pink sugar, I just loved it. Strong throw in the bedroom. Wonderful, lasted 5.5 hours, definite repurch.

Sweet Fixations Bergamot & Coriander
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 8/10
Throw Rating: 10/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; a nice cinnamon bakery scent that manages to not have that weird FP undertone I hate so much. This is nice and I would repurchase it. Lasted for 6 hours!

The Scented Princess' Green Apple Explosion Serendipity
Cold Rating: 7/10
Lit Rating: 7.5/10
Throw Rating: 6.5/10
Overall Rating: 7/10; awesome, unexpected blend! Green apple and coconut/cherry seem to go together well in this blend. Plus, Dawn's serendipity isn't too in-your-face as others can be. Lasted 6 hours, would and have repurchased.

The Scented Princess' Serendipity Cotton Candy Pink Sugar
Cold Rating: 8/10
Lit Rating: 8.5/10
Throw Rating: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 8/10; I made this blend and it's fan-freakin-tastic! So, so good. Great throw, even better smell. Lasted 7+ hours both times, I would definitely buy this in scoopable.

The Scented Princess' Granny's Pie Crust
Cold Rating: 6.5/10
Lit Rating: 6.5/10
Throw Rating: 6/10
Overall Rating: 6.5/10; I think I've mentioned before that I am not a fan of crusty scents, like lemon meringue pie, key lime pie, etc. Granny's pie crust is the only form of crust I enjoy, and this was nice. Vanilla-y, luscious, not overly buttery. Nice! Lasted 4 hours, would repurchase.

I've got a ton more empties I am trying to put together in a post, so look out for that, as well as a destash soon! :)

ALSO, I am in the process of going through old posts and adding ratings to my labels/tags, so you can look through and find what I loved and what I hated. :)