Vendor: Lasting Scent Candles
Review
Author: Lindsay Sara
Order
Placed: October 4, 2014
Order
Received: November 28, 2014
Pre-Review/Post Order:
- Products
- Wax Melts
- Where to Order: http://www.lastingscentcandles.com/
- Availability: The vendor has announced openings every couple of months and announces the opening beforehand. Although the vendor does not remain open for very long making this vendor’s wax a bit tricky to obtain.
- Turn Around Time (TAT): Lists TAT on home page of website at the time of order.
- Price: $$$
- Cure Time: Two weeks. I will be letting this vendor’s wax cure no less than one month.
- Warmer Recommended:
- 20 – 24 watt hot plate warmer.
- A warming tip about the tarts: Lasting Scent Candles' tarts are designed to use the entire 1.5 ounce tart in a single use because of the wax to oils ratio. If you burn less than a 1.5 ounce tart at one time, please keep in mind that considerably less oil will be present in the wax, and the scent will not be as strong; nor will it last as long, due to less fragrance oil being present than there would be in a full size tart (e.g., if you are using 1/2 of a tart, the fragrance oil present is reduced by 1/2). All our fragrances are thoroughly tested by using a 1.5 ounce tart.
- My Order:
- Cider Dipped Donuts (Scent Shot)
- Fried Apples French Toast (Scent Shot)
- Pumpkin Cookie Dough (Scent Shot)
- Pumpkin Marshmallow Grahams (Scent Shot)
- Pumpkin Stuffed French Toast (Scent Shot)
- Snicklefritz (Scent Shot)
- Spooky Apparitions (Scent Shot)
- Trick or Treat (Scent Shot)
- Extra Love Received:
- Frost Bite (Scent Shot)
- Picture of Order/Products
- Wax Look:
- Clean
- Colorful!
- Cute containers!
- Cold Smell:
- Cider Dipped Donuts
-
A mac
apple like apple scent with a sweet glaze like scent undertone.
- Fried Apples French Toast
-
A sweet
bakery scent with apple as the predominant note. I swear I can smell some subtle maple syrup like
scents.
- Pumpkin Cookie Dough
-
A sweet
bakery scent with pumpkin and cinnamon notes as the predominate scent notes.
- Pumpkin Marshmallow Grahams
-
A
delicious bakery scent that has a creamy pumpkin scent as the predominant note
with subtle cinnamon sugar bakery undertones.
- Pumpkin Stuffed French Toast
-
A light
pumpkin bakery scent.
- Snicklefritz
-
A sweet maple scent with a slight
with a slight bit of saltiness to it. Smells very similar to the popular pecan waffles
scent.
- Spooky Apparitions
-
A light
pumpkin cinnamon sugar scent.
- Trick or Treat
-
A sweet
and creamy candy like scent with undistinguishable notes. It also smells as if
some bakery notes are present.
Wax Melting Review:
- Detailed Description of Each Smell
- Cider Dipped Donuts
-
A sweet
mac apple scent.
- Fried Apples French Toast
-
A sweet
mac apple scent with a subtle hint of maple.
- Pumpkin Cookie Dough
-
A sweet
pumpkin bakery scent with subtle notes of cinnamon sugar.
- Pumpkin Marshmallow Grahams
-
A creamy
pumpkin scent with underlying cinnamon sugar notes. It reminds me of a vanilla
frosted grahams scent but with pumpkin!
- Pumpkin Stuffed French Toast
-
A light sweet
pumpkin bakery scent with very subtle maple syrup notes.
- Snicklefritz
-
A strong
sweet yet slightly salty maple scent. Smells similar to the popular pecan
waffles scent.
- Spooky Apparitions
-
A light
bakery scent that smells like a cinnamon sugar pumpkin scent.
- Trick or Treat
-
A sweet creamy candy like scent with
a subtle notes that smelled like chocolate.
- Comparison to Cold Smell
- Cider Dipped Donuts
-
Similar
- Fried Apples French Toast
-
Similar,
but less bakery notes come through.
- Pumpkin Cookie Dough
-
Similar
- Pumpkin Marshmallow Grahams
-
Similar
- Pumpkin Stuffed French Toast
-
Similar
- Snicklefritz
-
Similar
- Spooky Apparitions
-
Similar
- Trick or Treat
-
Different.
Notes that were not detectable in cold smell came out when in warmer.
- Scent Throw:
- Cider Dipped Donuts
-
3
- Fried Apples French Toast
-
1
- Pumpkin Cookie Dough
-
2
- Pumpkin Marshmallow Grahams
-
3
- Pumpkin Stuffed French Toast
-
2
- Snicklefritz
-
3
- Spooky Apparitions
-
3
- Trick or Treat
-
2
Sum Up:
- Overall Impression
- Like most vendors, this vendor has some hit or miss scents. While some are amazing others leave something to be desired. Overall, the vendor does produce good wax. I do recommend checking this vendor out if you have yet to do so. I look forward to seeing what blends this vendor has to offer in the future.
- Pros
- No Scent Nose (My nose never got used to the scent if I remained in the room for an extended period of time. I could smell the scent throughout the duration of the time it was melting.)
- Interesting Blends!
- Long Lasting Scents!
- Cons
- Harder vendor to order from.
- Vendor recommends not cutting tarts, but tarts are simply too large to fit into most warmers.
-
I found
that cutting the tarts really does not affect the throw as the vendor says. The
scents threw just as well if not better (less wax generally means a scent heats
up more and produces a better scent throw.)
-
The
vendor’s logic on not cutting the tarts simply did not make a lot of sense. I
have personally made wax and can attest that unless the vendor was making each
tart individually, her explanation did not fit. This logic only proves useful
for selling more wax. (I don’t think this is the vendor’s reason either
considering she limits the amount of each scent sold per customer.) Overall, I
couldn’t explain the logic behind this statement made on the vendor’s main
webpage.
- Overall Liked Scents
- Snickerfritz
- Pumpkin Cookie Dough
- Cider Dipped Donuts
- Pumpkin Marshmallow Grahams
- Spooky Apparitions
- Trick or Treat
-
I wasn’t sure if I would like this
scent upon cold sniff, but it turned out to be very interesting once warmed.
- Overall Disliked Scents
- Fried Apple French Toast
-
I would
have liked this scent more if it had kept its bakery notes when warmed.
- Pumpkin French Toast
-
I wasn’t
a huge fan of this scent. It was somewhat boring.
- If it ends up in a destash, why?
- N/A
- How the wax could be improved?/Was it missing something?
- N/A
- Was it worth the money?
- Yes
- Would I purchase from this vendor again?
- Yes. I really hope they offer more pumpkin marshmallow grahams. I really like this scent and can totally imagine myself melting this year round.
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