Sunday, August 7, 2011

Villainess



Ordered August 1, shipped August 2, arrived August 5 - fast!
This was my second order from Villainess and I am very pleased with everything. Its nicely packaged and shipped and just look at the cute stickers they included for me!
Villainess is celebrating their 8th birthday and so the first 200 orders received birthday candles. Some of the candles had a special code with them!

Banana Cream Soap - Fresh Banana and Sweet Pineapple creamed with Crisp Coconut.
--A really sweet, ripe creamy banana scent. Love it! Will go great with my bungalow body butter and Sudsy's Banana cream pie body splash!

Some More soap - Smokey milk chocolate, sandwiched with toasted marshmallow between cinnamon honey grahams.
--Chocolatey and well mostly just chocolatey. Yummy from what I can tell, kind of difficult to smell through the shrink wrap.

Supervillainess Redux - Dry woods, worn-in leather, bittersweet cacao and arabica, succulent blackberry and lime, and a salty thread of cilantro.
--I don't usually buy scents with notes of leather in them, but the blackberry and lime persuaded me. I can't quite decide what I think of it. I like it but, then there's that leather note. Will have to keep sniffing and see if its one of those "acquired" scents.


Freebies:
I opened both of these before the photo and so I messed up the labels a little bit. I just couldn't wait to sniff them! :)

Blush soap slice - A blend of sweet berry and tart lime notes, grounded by a slightly tipsy touch of cheap dry wine.
--I smell the berry, with what seems like something woodsy or maybe a warm floral like jasmine. I am not picking up the lime note. Its a pleasant scent, but not a favorite.

Decadance - An indulgent vanilla - alcoholic, buttery and bittersweet with delightful undertones of tonka and coconut. Our favourite vice.
--This soap smells a lot like another favorite fragrance of mine. I love it!

I opened up my candle and I didn't see a code, but it was fun to participate in the 8th birthday for Villainess Soaps.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Wahm's Scented Wax haul and review





Links removed due to shop closed. Re-opened as Sassy Girl Aroma

This is my second order with Wahm's Scented Wax and I absolutely love everything that Julie makes. From how it looks, to how it smells on cold throw and while melting. She is top notch and has made her way to the top of my list for tart makers. I am already plotting a third order.
Julie is very communicative, fast, and friendly. She's simply amazing, I don't think the gal ever sleeps!

Read on for my scent review!

Christmas Wish - A wonderful Christmas treat. A unique blend of hints of lemon, orange, cedar wood and pine all nestled in a warm, rich vanilla cookie base. It reminds me of a kitchen filled with freshly baked sugar cookies surrounded by pine and pine cones scented in a fireplace.
--Half a dozen donuts! This scent is absolutely amazing. Teresa sent an oil sample to me, and I asked Wahm's if they could find it, little did I know Teresa had asked too! :D So here we are, tart scent heaven. :)

Pumpkin Noel - no description
--Yummy creamy pumpkin, I don't smell any cinnamon at all which is awesome! This scent was done in the scoop w/pumpkins and the whole thing is meltable!

Lemon Buttercream zucchini - no description
--A very yummy sweet lemon buttercream frosting piled high on top of soft zucchini bread. A nice cozy scent!

pumpkin bread (toast 4 pack) - no description
--This smells just like the pumpkin bread my grandmother used to bake! So comforting and warm smelling, this is strong!

gingerbread house (toast 4 pack)- Candied Citrus, Pink Sugar, Ginger Root, Brown Sugar, Molasses, Buttercream Frosting, Allspice, Golden Caramel, Vanilla Sugar.
--a fresh baked gingerbread house decorated with candies, non-perils, frosting, sparkling sugars and spicy gumdrops!

Christmas Cupcakes - You can still smell them baking as the cupcakes are taken out
of the oven and covered in icing and decorated with your favorite Christmas scene.
--This one is the scoop, I asked her to surprise me with the shape and she made cupcakes by hand without a mold! I think she did a wonderful job with them. Reminiscent of vanilla bean noel with a dollop of buttercream frosting. yummy!

limeade - Lime and Sugar
--Definitely fizzy smelling and very limey! Jas and I both love this one, its going to be a strong melter!

Freebies:
Strawberry Shortcake - no description
--Hello Kitty shaped layered in white and pink. The sweetest sugarard strawberries sitting atop a buttery shortcake round. I can't stop sniffing this!

Butter Pecan Ice Cream - no description
--Popsicle shaped. I got this as a freebie in my first order too! Love it!

Bad Banana Jamma - Wahm didn't have a description, so I found this on the supplier's webpage: We combined Banana, pineapple, strawberry, cherry, coconut, vanilla custard, caramel, almond toffee crunch, chocolate fudge and french vanilla.
Then we topped it all off with a super rich and lusciuos whipped cream.
--Straight up sweet, ripe banana, and perhaps a touch of rum. No basey/caramelly/taffy scents in this at all! I would have never thought by the blend decription that this would smell like a real banana! Amazing what certain blended scents can do!

Haus of Gloi - second hand purchase



Ploughman emulsifying scrub - Well worn leather, dirt n' dandelions, carrot, a pinch of tobacco and a light sheen of feral skin musk
--To me this smells like the earth when its starting to rain. I LOVE that scent and have always wished I could find something like it in a body product. This is going to be so awesome to use in the shower on a cool autumn night.

Honey Tree perfume sample - Quite rich! Right from the bee hive - honey amplified by seductive essence of resinous vanilla, darkened by a passing waft of mild rare wood smoke.
--I get a creamy dark vanilla, but when I asked Jas what he thought of it, well..you know what they say about honey scents. =/ So I will most likely be gifting this one elsewhere.

Earth bar soap -Aged patchouli, three vanillas and the glorious exhale of jasmine blooms.
--This soap smells a little spicy and a little..hmm..perhaps musk but its light. I don't smell patchouli distinctly in it, which is great, cause I don't like patch! However; I think I'll love this when using it.