A debut last
week for Sweet Strawberry in sampler form. After a few disappointing samplers
lately I was pleased that Sweet Strawberry had a strong scent that could be
enjoyed. It is a fairly simple fragrance much like Strawberry jam. Very
pleasant and summery.
Pink Sands
is a delicious treat any time of year but particularly in the summer. Its
powdery yet fruity notes transport you off to faraway exotic places.
...In fact as
Yankee Brand Ambassador Steven Corfield alludes to Midsummer’s Night being like
the Milk Tray man, I’ll go for Pink Sands bringing back the memories of the
desert atmosphere of Turkish Delight! Remember this…
True Rose is
lovely and helps you bring summer indoors. So elegant and classy it captures
that essence of a single red rose.
It can’t all
be good news though! Beach Wood is one of my favourite fragrances and I was
very excited about burning it in large jar form for the first time. Having
burned it twice for long periods I have to voice some disappointment over its
lack of fragrance. There’s a lovely woody oily note that comes through in the
melts clearly, but even after two long burns it was hard to detect much fragrance from the large jar – just the merest
hint. Beach Wood is similar in some ways to ‘man candle’ First Down. However
even though First Down isn’t the strongest it had more to it than these first
burns of Beach Wood. I’ll have to try again and hope for better results. Pleased with the photo though!
What a
contrast Vanilla Clouds was on Saturday night. Whisking you off into the
stratosphere on a cloud 9 fantasy Vanilla Clouds has a highly perfumed note
balanced off with Vanilla. It’s gorgeous! We are convinced that Vanilla Clouds
is a tweaking of the Lakeside Birch Yankee Candle fragrance which is no bad
thing.
Pink Dragon
Fruit was used to wake up the household on Sunday morning and a fine job it did
too. I thought previously that this fragrance was more appropriate to an
evening / party type atmosphere but it also performs well early in the morning.
The fruity, powdery zestiness is a great pick me up and is reminiscent of a
rich blend of fruit juices.
And lastly I
closed the weekend off with Midnight Jasmine. It never gets old on summer
nights and is the perfect wind down candle at the end of a week.
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