Dessa's Homespun Scents - Christmas Tree

Scent Description: Close your eyes and you are in the middle of a Christmas tree farm. The nostalgic scent of fresh cut pine trees.

Weight Melted: 0.8 oz

Location of Warmer: Living room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 3.5/5 Slightly powdery, but I definitely pick up on the fresh pine and woody aromas.

Warm Sniff: 4/5 That powdery note went away and this turned into a very authentic Christmas tree scent. Score!

Scent Strength: 2/3

Scent Throw: 2/3 This filled most of the living room.

Melting Power: 3/5 I got about 5 hours of scent from this cute candle-shaped tart.

Repurchase: Probably not. Dessa has other Christmas themed scents she offers that serve my Christmas tree urges and this one didn't throw as far as I was hoping it would.

Dessa's Homespun Scents - Cinnamon Garland

What better way to start off the last month of the year with some wax I bought a year ago?!

Scent Description: Crisp fresh bayberry infused with spicy ground cinnamon.

Weight Melted: 0.9 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer.

Cold Sniff: 4/5 Sweet & spicy cinnamon with a hint of a Christmas tree. At least, that's what my notes say from when I melted this. Now that I've read the scent description, I know it's bayberry!

Warm Sniff: 4/5 No surprises once melted.

Scent Strength: 2.5/3

Scent Throw: >3/3 This filled the kitchen/dining area, hallway, office, half of the living room, and the entryway.

Melting Power: 4/5 Seven solid hours of scent from this little grubby heart.

Repurchase: Definitely a yes! I can now say with confidence that Dessa's wax is still fantastic after a year and an international move!

Dessa's Homespun Scents: Sweet Pomegranate

Scent Description: Sweet, juicy pomegranates mixed with hints of strawberry & creamy vanilla.

Weight Melted: 1.3 oz

Location of Warmer: Office

Cold Sniff: 4.5/5 I just really like sweet pomegranate blends. This fit the scent description perfectly.

Warm Sniff: 4.5/5 No change.

Scent Strength: 1/3

Scent Throw: 3/3 This filled the entire office, kitchen/dining area, and hallway.

Melting Power: 5/5 I got about 9 hours from this tart before the scent died off.

Repurchase: Yes! I might even pick up a larger quantity just so I have something to blend with! This is also a pleasant, easy scent for me when I want something nice and don't want to worry about whether I'll like it or not.

Dessa's Homespun Scents - Black Raspberry Vanilla

Scent Description: Sun-sweetened, delicious dark raspberries warmed with a dash of sweet and creamy vanilla. A B&BW type duplication.
Pretty cut and cry fragrance. I took this way back in the States because I wasn't sure I would be able to review this melt before I left. Turns out I not only never melted it, but Mom sent it to me in one of the packages. LOL. So here goes!

Weight Melted: 1.4 oz

Location of Warmer: Office

Cold Sniff: 4/5 I'm a big black raspberry and vanilla fan.

Warm Sniff:2/5 I don't know how to describe what happened to this poor tart. It took on a sickly sweet but fake note, like lipgloss or chapstick. A lot of my berry type scents have been doing this. It's really a bummer!

Scent Strength: 3/3

Scent Throw: 5/3 This filled the entire apartment with its weird, chokingly fake notes.

Melting Power: 2/5 I let this go for about 3 hours before deciding that there was nothing I could do for the wax and tossed it.

Repurchase: Probably not. I think I could have gotten better scent performance if I had melted less wax, but it was still horrifying enough that I don't think I'll be picking up this scent any time soon.

Dessa's Homespun Scents - Cranberries & Cornbread

Scent Description: Traditional tart cranberries with our old fashioned cornbread and baked them together in a cast iron skillet.
Weight Melted: 0.81 oz. I cut this in half, thinking I would melt half upstairs and the other half downstairs. I never did that.
Cold Sniff: 4/5 Pleasant sweet berries with a hint of spicy bread.
Warm Sniff: 4/5 The bread became a little more dominant as this melted but it was still a slightly sweet spicy bread. No tortilla chip smell. The cranberry was a nice addition to this.
Scent Strength: 1/3
Scent Throw: 3/5 This filled the bedroom and some of the upstairs hallway. I should have melted the whole tart at once and the entire house would've been filled!
Melting Power: 3/5 I got about 9 hours from this half tart before I called it quits.
Repurchase: Yes, so long as when I melt the next full tart I buy it performs as well as I am thinking it should.

Haul: Dessa's Homespun Scents

Are you ready to share in the awesomeness that is my small Dessa's haul? Deb has been posting about her experiences with this vendor's wax for a while now so I thought I would try it out!
Onto the goodies!