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Tara's Candle Cottage Review (Review Completed 7/26/14)



Vendor: Tara’s Candle Cottage
Review Author: Lindsay Sara
Order Placed: June 8, 2014
Order Received: June 19, 2014

Pre-Review/Post Order:

  • Products
    • Melts
    • Scent Shots
    • Wax Warmers
    • 8 oz Jar Candles
    • 16 oz Jar Candles
    • Tealights
    • Air Fresheners
    • Body Spray
    • Hand Lotion
    • Hand Sanitizer

  • Where to Order: http://www.tarascandlecottage.com/index.php

  • Availability: It doesn’t seem very difficult at all to order. I have not seen the website disabled.

  • Turn Around Time (TAT): When I ordered the TAT was listed on the website’s main page as 5 business days, not including shipping. It does look as if it could change.
  • Price: $$
  • Cure Time: Minimum of two weeks. I let all my wax cure for a minimum of one month.

  • Warmer Recommended: 24 watt

  • My Order:
    • Skittles Scent Shot
    • Sweet Tarts Scent Shot
    • Fruit Punch Scent Shot

  • Extra Love Received:
    • Cherry Slush Scent Shot
    • Blueberry Cotton Candy Scent Shot


  • Picture of Order/Products





  • Wax Look: Clean and pretty colors. No embellishments.  According to the website, you can order customization at no extra charge.
 
  • Cold Smell:
    • Skittles Scent Shot
-         A very pleasant combination of fruity and sweet. I can almost taste the rainbow ;).

    • Sweet Tarts Scent Shot
-         Smells like sweet tarts with an emphasis on strawberry and cherry notes.

    • Fruit Punch Scent Shot
-         A weak fruit punch scent.

    • Cherry Slush Scent Shot
-         A very strong cherry scent.

    • Blueberry Cotton Candy Scent Shot
-         A very light sugary blueberry sell.



Wax Melting Review: 

  • Detailed Description of Each Smell
    • Skittles Scent Shot
-         Within seconds of putting this scent on the warmer I could smell it. It was a very pleasant sweet fruity smell. Very close to the smell of a bag of the original flavored skittles (as opposed to the tropical fruit skittles).

    • Sweet Tarts Scent Shot
-         Smelled fruity with hints of perfume. Generally I dislike most perfume scents, but the sweet notes actually combined to create a generally pleasant scent.

    • Fruit Punch Scent Shot
-         Very weak fruit punch scent. Even after it was completely melted, it continued to get slightly stronger.

    • Cherry Slush Scent Shot
-         A very strong cherry scent. I am not a fan of this particular cherry scent because I think it resembles cherry flavored cough medicine.

    • Blueberry Cotton Candy Scent Shot
-         Warmed smell is non-existent.


  • Comparison to Cold Smell
    • Skittles Scent Shot
-         Very similar, slightly stronger.

    • Sweet Tarts Scent Shot
-         Very similar to cold smell, slightly stronger.

    • Fruit Punch Scent Shot
-         Very similar.

    • Cherry Slush Scent Shot
-         Very similar.

    • Blueberry Cotton Candy Scent Shot
-         Weaker, non-existent.

  • Scent Throw:
    • Skittles Scent Shot
-         A strong 1!

    • Sweet Tarts Scent Shot
-         A strong 1!
    • Fruit Punch Scent Shot
-         A weak 1

    • Cherry Slush Scent Shot
-         A very strong 1!

    • Blueberry Cotton Candy Scent Shot
-         If I could give this a zero I would, but I didn’t include that in my number rating scale.


Sum Up:
  • Overall Impression
    • I have heard a lot of positive things about this company. I personally think the vendor is very kind. It was honestly a pleasure doing business with this vendor. As far as the wax goes, it could use some improvements.
  • Pros
    • When including extra love, it seems as if the vendor took note of what scents I liked and tried to include similar scents that she believed I may enjoy.
    • Great communication with vendor.

  • Cons
    • Consistency within the different scents.

  • Overall Liked Scents
    • Skittles
-         Even though the scent throw wasn’t strong enough to travel, I didn’t get wax nose (I could consistently smell the scent even after an extended of period of time within the room. Generally, a person can become immune and stop smelling a scent if they are around it for any extended period of time).
    • Sweet Tarts

  • Overall Disliked Scents
    • Blueberry Cotton Candy
    • Fruit Punch
    • Cherry Slushie

  • How the wax could be improved?/Was it missing something?
    • Perhaps a rating of each scents strength within the website, especially since some are just stronger than others.

  • Was it worth the money?
    • Somewhat.

  •  Would I purchase from this vendor again?
    • I would purchase the liked scents from the vendor again, but would not risk it with trying new scents.

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