Sniff My Tarts - Whipped Cream/Watermelon Cake

Scent Description:  Delicious, fluffy whipped cream with hints of whipped churned butter, blonde sugar cane, Madagascar vanilla, and vanilla extract/Fresh sliced Watermon and rich decadent cake.

Date Reviewed: December 27, 2016

Weight Melted: 0.9 oz

Location of Warmer: Living room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 5/5 Deliciously juicy watermelons smothered in whipped cream and used as icing for a creamy cake.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 No real surprises once melted. At the very end of the melt the watermelon took on an artificial note.

Scent Strength: 2/3

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

Melting Power: 4/5 The 6 hour mark is when the watermelon took on an artificial plastic note and I dumped the wax.

Repurchase: Yup! Though I have a major lesson to learn: never leave coffee in the main room this wax is melting in. My cup of coffee tasted and smelled like waxy watermelon cake. Did I still drink it all? Yup. Do I regret it. Super yup. I needed a week long break from that specific coffee before I could smell it without reliving the watermelon-wax taste. LOL

Sniff My Tarts - Sugared Violets & Blueberry Noel

Excuse me while I try and apply my normal reviewing system to a hand-blended... well, blend.

Scent Description: No scent description available.

Weight Melted: Sugared Violets 0.6 oz, Blueberry Noel 0.7 oz

Location of Warmer: Living room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 4/5? How do I quantify this blend when the wax doesn't want to smush together enough to let both scents invade my nostrils? From what I could tell this seemed like a promising blend.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 I have a hard time describing florals. I always pick up on something powdery which influences the scent categories I blend my florals with. The most successful I've found is bakery, which contributed to this concoction. In short: a lovely springtime blend. In long? The warmth of late spring climbing in from open windows, promising comfortable warmth and happiness before the heat of summer sets in. Nearby fields of flowers boast of long adventures and games with friends. All the while, home beckons you with the scent of something sweet, something baked, something wonderful. It hints at blueberries, but you can't be sure while you're laying in the field of violets. As you drift off to sleep, these scents cling to you like dew to morning grass.

Scent Strength: 2/3

Scent Throw: >3/3 This filled the living room, bedroom, hallway, office, and part of the kitchen/dining area with its sweet springtime goodness.

Melting Power: 5/5 I got a little under 11 hours of scent from this concoction.

Re-Blend: Definitely! If you plan to order this as a blend from SMT, I highly suggest that you keep the Blueberry Noel at 50% or more of the blend, otherwise it will be drowned out by the Sugared Violets. I initially made this 2/3 violets and was extremely surprised at how much it overpowered the blueberry noel.

Sniff My Tarts - Cotton Candy Frosting/Grape/Pomegranate

Scent Description: Strawberry, Raspberry, Plum, sugary crystals and sweet vanilla/A strong, sweet and sour grape aroma/none available.

Date Received: December 27, 2016

Weight Melted: 0.9 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 2/5 There was an incredibly strong artificial grape note. Almost like a sweet, tart, cheaply scented/flavored children's makeup.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 That weird scent note completely died off, leaving a cavity inducing medley of tart grape, sweet pomegranate, and slightly creamy cotton candy frosting.

Scent Strength: 2/3

Scent Throw: >3/3 This filled the kitchen/dining area, hallway, office, part of the living room, and entryway with its sweet temptations.

Melting Power: 4/5 One chunk got a little over 7 hours of strong scent.

Repurchase: Definitely yes! Yet another prime example of why you cannot judge a blend by its cold sniff.

Sniff My Tarts - Marshmallow Noel/Vanilla Bean Noel/Blueberry Noel

Scent Description: "SMT Blend"/A rich, sweet vanilla sugar cookie with a slightly roasted marshmallow background and a hint of caramel/"SMT Blend"

Date Received: December 27, 2016

Weight Melted: 0.8 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 5/5 My beloved blueberry noel mixed with a healthy heaping of creamy vanilla.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 I expect vanilla scents to really tone down other scents when I blend them, but the blueberry noel stayed incredibly strong. I'm psyched about that. As for the end result - just a super creamy vanilla version of blueberry noel. Same enough to be blueberry noel, but different enough to warrant its own purchase.

Scent Strength: 2/3

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

Melting Power: 5/5 Half of a pie slice got me 10 hours of scent, and I probably could have pushed for more if I wanted.

Repurchase: Yes! As I stated in the Warm Sniff section, this blend is different enough from SMT's Blueberry Noel blend that I would recommend anyone who is a fan of vanilla and Blueberry Noel give this one a shot. I know I'm going to buy more once this runs out!

Sniff My Tarts - Sweet Lavender/Marshmallow Cake/Sticky Pink Serendipity

Scent Description: No scent description available.

Date Received: March 7, 2016

Weight Melted: 1.0 oz

Location of Warmer: Living room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 4.5/5 Deliciously sweet and indulgent marshmallow cake with a healthy heaping of sweet lavender buds. Add in the sweet ghost of pink sugar and that's this blend. I can't say I picked up much on serendipity.

Warm Sniff: 4.5/5 Not many changes once melted. The serendipity became ever so slightly noticeable, but it did not change the overall scent.

Scent Strength: 1/3

Scent Throw: 3/3 This filled the entire living room.

Melting Power: 4/5 A quarter of a cookie lasted for a little under seven hours.

Repurchase: Probably not. I have other blends that turn out so similar to this I can't imagine buying this specific blend again. It was a very fun experiment, though!

Sniff My Tarts - Mexican Fried Ice Cream/Peach Coffee

Scent Description: Rich buttery whipped cream, vanilla bean, toasted nut, grated cinnamon, melted marshmallow/"SMT Blend"

Date Received: December 27, 2016
  
Weight Melted: 0.8 oz

Location of Warmer: Living room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 3/5 Lots of coffee with a hint of creamy peaches.

Warm Sniff: 2/5 Creamy ice cream, sweet coffee, and a healthy heaping of peaches. Unfortunately, I'm not quite a peach-and-coffee kind of person, so this didn't quite fit my fancy.

Scent Strength: 2/3

Scent Throw: 3/3 This filled the entire living room.

Melting Power: 4/5 I got a little over six hours of scent from one tart.

Repurchase: Nope. Not a fan of peaches and coffee. It was an interesting experiment, though.

Sniff My Tarts - Pink Sugar/Marshmallow Noel/Cotton Candy Frosting

Scent Description: Cotton Candy, Vanilla and Caramel, Bergamot and orange citrus top note, with touches of Berries, Muget, Strawberry, Plum, and a dry-down of Dry Fig Leaves, Musk, Anise, with just the slightest hint of Musk and Woodsy Aroma/"SMT Blend"/ Rich creamy frosting flavored with a STRONG base of sugary sweet cotton candy confection! Strawberry, Raspberry, Plum, sugary crystals and sweet vanilla. Jeez... this is what happens when I blend lots of well-defined scents together. LOL

Date Received: December 27, 2016

Weight Melted: 0.9 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 5/5 A delectably creamy take on the normal Pink Sugar. CCF is not quite noticeable, except perhaps in passing.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 The cotton candy frosting becomes more noticeable, amping up the sweet factor to this blend. It's no more sweet than pink sugar by itself, though, so if you can handle PS alone this will be fine.

Scent Strength: 1/3

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

Melting Power: 4/5 Half of a chunk got a little under 8 hours of scent.

Repurchase: Definitely! This is one of those scents I like to melt when guests are coming over since it is light enough to not intrude and the less experienced nose accepts it as a strange vanilla blend. 

Sniff My Tarts - Sugared Violets/Sugar Cookie/Tea & Cakes

Scent Description: None available/A warm butter cookie, with a background of vanilla/Orange & almond tea cakes with a sip of steaming black tea!

Date Received: December 27, 2016

Weight Melted: 0.7 oz

Location of Warmer: Guest room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 5/5 There is an almost berry-like note to this, layered between a faint tea and gentle violets.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 The violets lean slightly musky and compliment the tea and cakes/sugar cookies wonderfully! It's hard to describe besides delicious. I used this as a bedtime melt and it was light enough to sleep with but threw incredibly far.

Scent Strength: 1.5/3

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

Melting Power: 5/5 Half of one chunk gave me about 10 hours of scent.

Repurchase: Yes! My only regret is I did not use my psychic powers to see into the future and realize I would want so much more of this. LOL

Haul - Sniff My Tarts December 2016 Opening

I did not ask for this. I did not plan for this. My dear bloggy friends reminded me constantly, pushing and prodding at my feeble self control with their talk of blends and plans for this opening. Before I knew it, I was planning out blends. You know. Just in case. Then I found myself perusing the new website and testing out the new gift registry system. Just in case.

Before I knew it, Amy announced the website was open. My poor fingers had a mind of their own. How did they remember my payment information?! Why were my eyes complying, reading off the order and comparing it to my Just In Case list? How can one submit an order with such speed when they obviously had no intentions of ordering?

Alas, it was too late. I admitted defeat to my friends, confessed to my husband... then settled in with extreme excitement at the thought of another order. Imagine my pleasure when I discovered I was 12th in line - in the first group!

I placed my order on December 2nd, paid shipping on December 12th, and my package shipped on December 13th.

Sniff My Tarts - Jack Frost/Candy Cane/Winter Green

Scent Description: Creamy mint, vanilla/Christmas candy canes/cool, crisp notes that will export you to the forests of the frozen alps.

Date Received: March 7, 2016

Weight Melted: 0.8 oz

Location of Warmer: Living room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 5/5 Candy canes, strong mint, and the hint of one of my favorite hard candies? Yes, please!

Warm Sniff: 5/5 This swayed between a candy cane blend and a generic minty blend. The wintergreen continued to be a background player, making this a very minty, very cool weather kind of melt. The vanilla toned down some of that typical minty bite, but not so much that it lost its cool. Hehehehe. See what I did there?

Scent Strength: 2.5/3

Scent Throw: 3/3 This filled the entire living room and some of the bedroom.

Melting Power: 4/5 I got about 7 hours of scent from one chunk.

Repurchase: Yaaas! Sorry, I've been watching a lot of Nikkie Tutorials. This was a perfect melt for a day where it wasn't too hot for a warmer yet still hot enough to make one wish for cooler days. I may or may not have broken out my Fall box early. It's sitting next to my living room warmer, taunting me with its promises of cooler days and more wax melting. I haven't melted anything from this box yet, but each day I'm tempted a little more. Please forgive me, Deb!

Sniff My Tarts - Cotton Candy/Sweet Lavender/Strawberry & Kiwi

Scent Description: Fresh strawberry, sugar, sweet vanilla/none available/strawberry and kiwi.

Date Received: March 7, 2016

Weight Melted: 1.0 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 5/5 This blend took one of my favorite blends, lavender & cotton candy, and added in a fruity aspect. The strawberry & kiwi adds just a little bite to my beloved blend, brightening it up and dulling the lavender so that even a lavender hater would like this. :)

Warm Sniff: 5/5 No real surprises once melted. The entire mix blended together seamlessly, making it hard to tell one note from another on passing sniff.

Scent Strength: 1.5/3

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

Melting Power: 4/5 I got about 7.5 hours from half a chunk.

Repurchase: Yes! I decided to sit out the most recent SMT custom opening, but I definitely plan on picking up more of this blend the next time I partake.

Sniff My Tarts - Pink Noel/Sweet Lavender/Marshmallow Cake

Scent Description: "SMT Blend"/"This scent is a must try!"/"SMT Blend" Thank you, scent description page. -.-

Date Received: March 7, 2016

Weight Melted: 1.0 oz

Location of Warmer: Living room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 4.5/5 A delectable blend of all of my favorite scents from Sniff My Tarts. Equal parts of all three, making this a very creamy, super sweet, slightly bakery scent.

Warm Sniff: 4.5/5 No real surprises while melting.

Scent Strength: 1/3

Scent Throw: 3/3 This filled the entire living room.

Melting Power: 4/5 I got about 6.5 hours from a quarter of this cookie.

Repurchase: Yes! Or at the very least, re-blend. I believe I have the individual scents in loaf/other form so I can blend me up some more of this delicious treat.

Sniff My Tarts - Pink Fairy Dust/Ice Cream Scoop Bread/Lavender Berry

Scent Description: "SMT Blend"/creamy vanilla, almond, sugar cane, cake batter/the combination of fruits and floral.

Date Received: March 7, 2016

Weight Melted: 0.9 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 3/5 A very slight wax tone to it. A little ice cream, a little cake batter. Just a hint of lavender berry. No hint of pink fairy dust.

Warm Sniff: 4/5 The fairy dust is just so slightly there. I wish it were more prominent, but this still turned into a lovely blend. Sweet lavender and ice cream with just a hint of fairy dust. Overall a very light scent

Scent Strength: 1/3

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

Melting Power: 3/5 This lasted about 5 hours.

Repurchase: Yes! Even with how light the blend was, it smelled nice and was unique from other scents I've melted, enough so that I wouldn't mind repurchasing.

Sniff My Tarts - Sweet Lavender Coconut

The two on the left... I deleted my picture of this tart. I'm all sorts of scatterbrained lately.

Scent Description: None available.

Date Received: April 26, 2016

Weight Melted: 1.0 oz

Location of Warmer: Living room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 5/5 A very sweet and creamy lavender. No coconut on cold sniff.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 The coconut only slightly came out. If I didn't know it was there I would never have noticed it.

Scent Strength: 1.5/3

Scent Throw: 3/3 This filled the entire living room.

Melting Power: 3/5 I gout about 5.5 hours of scent from one tart.

Repurchase: Probably not. The coconut wasn't strong enough to warrant me picking up this blend for any unique qualities it might offer.

Haul: Sniff My Tarts March 2016 Loaf Sale

Does this picture look familiar? It should, because it was recently featured on the Sniff My Tarts Facebook group page. I had a mini heart attack again when Donna & Amy contacted me, asking if they could use my picture for their group header. They've used one of my pictures before, but this time they asked for my blog so they could give me credit and link to my blog. Cue my freak out as my little corner of the internet experienced an increase in hits, searches, and comments.

Now that the increase has died down, I have enough presence of mind to finally post my loaf sale haul!

On March 11th Donna & Amy held a loaf sale, limit four loaves. There were two loaf sizes to choose from: 16 oz loaves for $16.20, and 24+ oz loaves for $23.80. I, of course, went completely overboard and bought four super ultra deluxe sized loaves. I placed my order on March 11th and it shipped on April 14th. What did I get? Why, let me show you!!

Sniff My Tarts - Ice Cream Cake Batter/Cotton Candy/Pomegranate

I'm doing a horrid job of making sure I have a picture of the wax I'm melting. I apologize. It's the pie on the left. <3

Scent Description: Luscious, creamy vanilla, almond, sugar cane, cake batter/fresh strawberry, sugar, sweet vanilla/none available.

Date Received: March 7, 2016

Weight Melted: 0.6 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 4/5 Lots of sweet cotton candy and cake batter. No pomegranate on cold sniff. Nonetheless, I very much liked what I smelled.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 Yummy! Sweet and light pomegranate made its way out and the end result was a sweet pomegranate & cotton candy cake. Probably too sweet for some. Divine for my nose.

Scent Strength: 2/3

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

Melting Power: 4/5 I got about 6 and a half hours of scent from this tart.

Repurchase: Yes yes a million times yes! I loved this blend and have melted it several times since I first melted it. That and my ice cream cake batter/FPS blend are my go to scent right now.

Sniff My Tarts - Cotton Candy/Watermelon/Lemon Sugar Type

It's the one on the left... somehow I never took a picture of this tart by itself.

Scent Description: Fresh strawberry, sugar, sweet vanilla/ripe, fresh, sweet watermelon/tart lemons, light whipped cream, sweet vanilla crystals.

Date Received: 3-7-2016

Weight Melted: 1.7 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 3/5 This was heavy on the watermelon with just a hint of lemon sugar. No cotton candy to be found.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 Oooooh, now this was a blend that surprised me. I fully expected the lemon to take over this entire blend. Instead it was a background note to a watermelon and cotton candy medley. This lemon was sweet and creamy, without that biting citrus note that lemons tend to have.

 Scent Strength: 2/3

Scent Throw: >>3/3 This filled the entire house. I figured I would get some intense throw because I was melting a fair amount of wax, but this extended throughout the entire house. Yum!

Melting Power: 5/5 I got 10 hours of scent, or about 2 tealight candles, from this wax. I'm impressed!

Repurchase: Yes! I know Donna and Amy are finishing up their customs order in the next month or so, meaning customs is coming up soon! I may have to sit their opening out. I'm concerned about shipping wax across the world in the heat of summer, and I have a fair amount of wax anyway. I'll have to see how I feel as the opening comes up.

Sniff My Tarts - Blackberry/Banana/Circus Concession

Scent Description: Pure blackberry without any perfume or candy tones/fresh ripened banana/cotton candy, caramelized apples, funnel cakes.

Date Received: 3-7-2016

Weight Melted: 0.8 oz

Location of Warmer: Living room, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 3/5 A semi sweet banana and apple combination. The blackberry has a tartness to it.

Warm Sniff: 3/5 This took on a heavier bakery note as it melted. The banana stayed prevalent, and the blackberry died off.

Scent Strength: 1/3

Scent Throw: 2.5/3 This filled most of the living room.

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

Repurchase: No. It's an interesting blend and I will melt the rest of this cookie, but it's not something I plan to pick up more of.

Sniff My Tarts - Pink Sugar/Plumeria/Peppermint

Scent Description: Cotton candy, vanilla, caramel, strawberry, plum, dry fig leaves, musk, anise, musk, woods/exotic sweet floral/crisp, clean, true peppermint

Date Received: 3-7-2016

Weight Melted: 0.9 oz

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer

Cold Sniff: 5/5 It's hard to pick up on any plumeria on cold sniff, but this is still a beautiful Pink Peppermint scent that I'm a huge fan of.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 There's that plumeria! Sweet florals beautifully blended with pink sugar and peppermint. Quite a subtle but sophisticated blend.

Scent Strength: 1/3

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

Melting Power: 4/5 6.5 hours of scent from this beauty.

Repurchase: Yes! In fact, I already did, in a ginormous loaf. If I somehow change my mind on whether I like this scent I will have a lot to hate. LOL

Sniff My Tarts - Ice Cream Cake Batter/Fresh Picked Strawberries

Scent Description: Vanilla, almond, sugar cane, cake batter/fresh picked strawberries.

Date Received: 3-7-2016

Weight Melted: 0.7 oz.

Location of Warmer: Kitchen, in tealight warmer (the one Deb sent me! <3)

Cold Sniff: 3/5 Eh, this was okay. I picked up on sweet, sweet strawberries on cold sniff.

Warm Sniff: 5/5 Authentic cake batter! Sweet strawberries! Cake galore assaulting your face! M thought he smelled a berry medley with something like cookies, which is close enough.

Scent Strength: 2/3

Scent Throw: >3/3 This filled the kitchen/dining room, hallway, office, entryway, and most of the living room with its bakery goodness.

Melting Power: 4/5 I got about 6 hours from this cute little tart.

Repurchase: Yes! I already did. I'm going to be drowning in SMT wax whenever Amy & Donna send my order off. You know, because I'm not already drowning in their wax.