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Sugar & Spice Gourmet Soy Candles (Review Completed 11/11/14!)



Vendor: Sugar & Spice Gourmet Soy Candles

Review Author: Lindsay Sara
Order Date: August 19, 2014
Order Received: August 25, 2014

Pre-Review/Post Order:

This company is owned and operated by Shanna Templeton-Voss. She is a very friendly vendor. The reason she told me that she loves to do multiple scent shots in a pack is because if you enjoy a scent, you always have a spare available. I personally told her I loved the idea for purposes of sharing in a RAOK. I had previously received his vendor’s wax in a destash, and decided I had to order some for a review.
  
  • Products
    • Soy Blend Melts (Scent Shots)
    • Melt Crumbles


  • Availability: This vendor sells shots in packs of 3, 4, and soy blend melts. Individual scent shots are stocked, but become available as she makes the scents for other customers. Essentially, whatever you want is available. It may not be available in individual scents shots at the time you wish to place your order.

  • Turn Around Time (TAT): The current TAT for your order is always listed at the top of the home page of her website.

  • Price: $$$

  • Cure Time: I recommend no less than a month.

  • Warmer Recommended: 24 watt warmer.

  • My Order:
    • Peanut Butter Marshmallow (Soy Blend Melt Scent Shot)
    • Eggnog French Toast (Soy Blend Melt Scent Shot)
    • Eggnog Cinnabun (Soy Blend Melt Scent Shot)
    • Funnel Cakes & Waffle Cones (Soy Blend Melt Scent Shot)
    • Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pie (Soy Blend Melt Scent Shot)
    • Pumpkin Cinna Vanilla Crunch (Soy Blend Melt Scent Shot)

  • Extra Love Received:
    • 3 Mystery Scent Shots

  • Picture of Order/Products


  • Wax Look: This vendor’s wax is clean. Although it may appear my wax didn’t have a variety of colors, it is because I ordered very similar scents. One mystery shot not only demonstrated that this vendor is capable of using a variety of colors in one scent shot, but able to blend scents.

  • Cold Smell:
    • Peanut Butter Marshmallow
-         A creamy peanut butter!

    • Eggnog French Toast
-         A creamy eggnog scent with subtle bakery notes.

    • Eggnog Cinnabun
-         The creaminess of the eggnog toned down the cinnamon to a very subtle note. I could also distinguish clear flakey bakery notes in the cold scent as well.
 
    • Funnel Cakes & Waffle Cones
-         A cinnamon sugar scent with subtle bakery notes.

    • Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pie
-         The primary note in this scent is the sweet potato with subtle hints of pumpkin pie. A creamy wonderful scent!

    • Pumpkin Cinna Vanilla Crunch
-         A creamy pumpkin scent with subtle hints of cinnamon.


Wax Melting Review:

  • Detailed Description of Each Smell
    • Peanut Butter Marshmallow
-         A creamy peanut butter! Probably one of the most realistic ones I have smelled!

    • Eggnog French Toast
-         A creamy eggnog scent with subtle cinnamon and bakery notes.

    • Eggnog Cinnabun
-         A wonderful creamy bakery scent that has clear cinnamon sugar notes.  I thought this scent may be too spicy with the significant cinnamon scents, but it wasn’t any sharper than either one of these scents by itself.

    • Funnel Cakes & Waffle Cones
-         A bakery scent with cinnamon sugar notes.

    • Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pie
-         A creamy sweet potato pie scent. Very accurate I must say! I love this scent!
-         Apparently I wasn’t the only one. My fiancé and his family loved it too! He melts wax at his grandmother’s house and messaged me saying, “OMG! I melted that sweet potato one and I am in love.” He continued to tell me how much he loved this scent!!! Then, I finally said, I know you have told me 12 times. His response, “You just don’t understand!”

    • Pumpkin Cinna Vanilla Crunch
-         A creamy pumpkin smell with bakery notes. There are also subtle cinnamon notes.

  • Comparison to Cold Smell
    • Peanut Butter Marshmallow
-         Similar

    • Eggnog French Toast
-         Similar

    • Eggnog Cinnabun
-         Similar, but with each note equally distinguishable.

    • Funnel Cakes & Waffle Cones
-         Similar, but the bakery notes come out more.
 
    • Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pie
-         Similar

    • Pumpkin Cinna Vanilla Crunch
-         Similar but with more bakery notes.

  • Scent Throw:
    • Peanut Butter Marshmallow
-         2

    • Eggnog French Toast
-         2

    • Eggnog Cinnabun
-         2

    • Funnel Cakes & Waffle Cones
-         1

    • Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pie
-         3

    • Pumpkin Cinna Vanilla Crunch
-         2


Sum Up:

  • Overall Impression
    • Custom order or RTS this vendor’s TAT is lightning fast!  She has some awesome blends and overall is a great vendor. The blends caught my attention, and I am definitely happy with my order and glad I gave this vendor a try.

  • Pros
    • No scent nose. You can remain in the room with one of these scents and smell it the entire duration of the time it is emitting scents!
    • Realistic Scents!!!
    • RTS is stocked periodically, which enables you to determine which scents are popular.

  • Cons
    • RTS is stocked periodically as people request particular scents for custom orders.

  • Overall Liked Scents
    • Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pie
-         This scent has to be one of my fiancé and I’s favorite scents of all time! Yes, it is that good!!!
    • Eggnog French Toast
    • Eggnog Cinnabun
    • Peanut butter Marshmallow
    • Pumpkin Cinna Vanilla Crunch
    • Funnel Cakes and Waffle Cones
-         Was not as strong as I would like, but I did enjoy the scent.

  • Overall Disliked Scents
    • None

  • If it ends up in a destash, why?
    • I reluctantly gave my fiancé a scent shot of Sweet Potato Pumpkin Pie. This was not by choice, but more so that I knew what I had in stock in my personal collection. I didn’t want him grabbing wax without my knowledge.

  • How the wax could be improved?/Was it missing something?
    • I will get back to you on that.

  • Was it worth the money?
    • Yes!

  • Would I purchase from this vendor again?
    • Yes, I already did so before this review was complete!








Follow Up Order Review
Review Author: Lindsay Sara
Order Placed: August 26, 2014
Order Received: September 2, 2014
Pre-Review/Post Order:
  • My Order:
    • Pumpkin Eggnog
    • Pumpkin Chocolate Marshmallow Treats
    • Chocolate Chip Cookies and Milk
    • Cinnabun Ice Cream
    • Vanilla Sugar Waffle Cone

  • Extra Love Received:
    • Mystery Scented Brittle

  • Picture of Order/Products


  • Wax Look: Very clean and very simple. The scents I ordered had about as much color as I expected they would. I just love fall scents, and generally the colors are not as bright in the fall.

  • Cold Smell:
    • Pumpkin Eggnog
-         A pumpkin scent with a noticeable creamy aspect to it.

    • Pumpkin Chocolate Marshmallow Treats
-         A creamy chocolate scent.

    • Chocolate Chip Cookies and Milk
-         A creamy chocolate scent.

    • Cinnabun Ice Cream
-         Creamy cinnamon bakery scent!

    • Vanilla Sugar Waffle Cone
-         A wonderful creamy vanilla scent with just a touch of bakery notes.


Wax Melting Review: 
  • Detailed Description of Each Smell
    • Pumpkin Eggnog
-         A creamy pumpkin scent.

    • Pumpkin Chocolate Marshmallow Treats
-         All I could smell was a creamy chocolate scent.

    • Chocolate Chip Cookies and Milk
-         A creamy chocolate scent.

    • Cinnabun Ice Cream
-         A light cinnamon sugar scent. I like this particular cinnabun scent more than any other one by this vendor. I like it because the cinnamon aspect was just perfect mixed with the ice cream scent.

    • Vanilla Sugar Waffle Cone
-         A creamy vanilla scent with just a touch hint of bakery notes. Very nice scent.

  • Comparison to Cold Smell
    • Pumpkin Eggnog
-         Similar

    • Pumpkin Chocolate Marshmallow Treats
-         Similar

    • Chocolate Chip Cookies and Milk
-         Similar
    • Cinnabun Ice Cream
-         Similar

    • Vanilla Sugar Waffle Cone
-         Similar

  • Scent Throw:
    • Pumpkin Eggnog
-         1

    • Pumpkin Chocolate Marshmallow Treats
-         2

    • Chocolate Chip Cookies and Milk
-         1

    • Cinnabun Ice Cream
-         1

    • Vanilla Sugar Waffle Cone
-         1



Sum Up:
  • Overall Impression
    • This vendor is an awesome person, who sells great variety of different scents of wax at a reasonable price. This is what most people look for in a vendor. I still recommend her.

  • Pros
    • No scent nose, you can noticeable smell this scent if you stay in one room during the entire duration of the melt!
    • RTS is stocked periodically, which enables you to determine which scents are popular.
    • Great Availability
    • Fast TAT!

  • Cons
    • RTS is stocked periodically as people request particular scents for custom orders.

  • Overall Liked Scents
    • Cinnabun Ice Cream
    • Vanilla Sugar Waffle Cone
    • Pumpkin Eggnog

  • Overall Disliked Scents
    • Pumpkin Chocolate Marshmallow Treats
    • Chocolate Chip Cookies and Milk

  • If it ends up in a destash/RAOK, why?
    • Pumpkin Chocolate Marshmallow Treats
-         I don’t like the particular chocolate in this scent. I tend to lean away towards the artificial chocolate scent.

    • Chocolate Chip Cookies and Milk
-         I don’t like the particular chocolate in this scent. I tend to lean away towards the artificial chocolate scent.

  • How the wax could be improved?/Was it missing something?
    • Scents could throw farther, but honestly it was just perfect for the room I spent the majority of time in (which is a fairly big bedroom).
    • I am not sure if the vendor blends scents like the Pumpkin Chocolate Marshmallow Treats, but if so then the suggestion is in reference to those types of scents.
-         Some of these types of scents have notes stronger than others in general, such as chocolate. There needs to be a balance so that other notes are not lost within the more powerful scent.
-         Because of this, both chocolates scents in this order smelled almost identical.

  • Anything Else?:
    • N/A






Follow Up Order Review:
Review Author: Lindsay Sara
Order Placed: October 3, 2014
Order Received: October 11, 2014
Pre-Review/Post Order:
  • My Order:
    • Zucchini Pumpkin Bread (RTS Scent Shot)
    • Macintosh Apple Cinnamon Strudel (RTS Scent Shot)
    • Ghost Munch (RTS Scent Shot)
    • Lemon Icebox Cake Fruit Loops (RTS Scent Shot)

  • Extra Love Received:
    • Mystery Scent Shot
    • Mystery Scent Shot

  • Picture of Order/Products


  • Wax Look:
    • Clean and colorful!


  • Cold Smell:
    • Zucchini Pumpkin Bread
-         A wonderful bakery zucchini bread scent with pumpkin notes.

    • Macintosh Apple Cinnamon Strudel
-         A mac apple scent with subtle bakery notes.

    • Ghost Munch
-         Smells somewhat like a soft pretzel with a subtle hint of sweetness.

    • Lemon Icebox Cake Fruit Loops
-         A very strong lemon scent.


Wax Melting Review: 
  • Detailed Description of Each Smell
    • Zucchini Pumpkin Bread
-         My fiancé stated this scent reminded him of pumpkin pie. This scent came off a strong sweet zucchini bread scent with subtle pumpkin notes.

    • Macintosh Apple Cinnamon Strudel
-         A mac apple scent with very subtle bakery notes.

    • Ghost Munch
-         Smells just like a soft pretzel in my opinion.

    • Lemon Icebox Cake Fruit Loops
-         My fiancé and I both agreed this smelled like the wax version of lemon pledge with very subtle bakery notes. We didn’t hate it, but we didn’t love it either.

  • Comparison to Cold Smell
    • Zucchini Pumpkin Bread
-         Similar, but the pumpkin blends more when warmed.

    • Macintosh Apple Cinnamon Strudel
-         Similar

    • Ghost Munch
-         Similar

    • Lemon Icebox Cake Fruit Loops
-         Similar

  • Scent Throw:
    • Zucchini Pumpkin Bread
-         3

    • Macintosh Apple Cinnamon Strudel
-         3

    • Ghost Munch
-         3

    • Lemon Icebox Cake Fruit Loops
-         3


Sum Up:
  • Overall Impression
    • This vendor is an awesome person, who sells great variety of different scents of wax at a reasonable price. This is what most people look for in a vendor. I still recommend her. I will admit that a lot of this vendor’s bakery scents smell similar, but they smell good so I don’t see that as a problem!

  • Pros
    • No scent nose, you can noticeable smell this scent if you stay in one room during the entire duration of the melt!
    • RTS is stocked periodically, which enables you to determine which scents are popular.
    • Great Availability
    • Fast TAT!

  • Cons
    • RTS is stocked periodically as people request particular scents for custom orders.

  • Overall Liked Scents
    • Zucchini Pumpkin Bread
    • Macintosh Apple Cinnamon Strudel
    • Ghost Munch

  • Overall Disliked Scents
    • N/A

  • If it ends up in a destash, why?
    • N/A

  • How the wax could be improved?/Was it missing something?
    • Lemon Icebox Fruit Loops
-         Perhaps more fruit loop scent oil in comparison to the lemon icebox scent oil.

  • Anything Else?:
    • I do believe this vendor is worth the try if you haven’t yet had the opportunity to do so yet.

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