My Only Sunshine and Fresh Cut Daisies

My Only Sunshine

Start your day with a smile as you experience golden tuberose and jasmine balanced by sandalwood, vanilla, and glowing amber.

I love tuberose.  It is not for everyone.  Tuberose is a huge tropical floral that has clear scent memory for me.  I love perfume, and many of my perfumes are tuberose blends, often with jasmine.  My Only Sunshine has all of the scent notes I love best, but I have to say, the bar I melted of My Only Sunshine was NOT a strong bar.  In fact, it was rather on the lighter end, and I found that disappointing.  It did last a good while, a quixotic thing considering it was such a quiet scent.  I really want to try some more of this, since I know, based upon past experience, that batches CAN vary.  The opening of My Only Sunshine is definitely all about the florals.  The later hours are all about the sandalwood and vanilla.  Yum!  It is delicious. However, if my future trials don't come up with a stronger bar, I'm afraid I won't be able to recommend it.  I don't want to have to stick my nose in my warmer, and I bet you don't either.  The scent is a 10, the last is a 7, and the throw is still yet to be decided.  

Fresh Cut Daisies

A  meadow awash in summer blooms: freshly cut grass and clover with daisies, buttercups, and ivy.

The problem with Fresh Cut Daisies is that it smells just like fresh cut daisies.  It is a very green scent with that earthy bitter accord that daisies have.  And while I don't hate it, it's just not a scent I love.  It reminds me somewhat of Yankee Candle's Loves Me, Loves me Not.  It is quite strong, a very definite throw along with excellent last.  If you love the smell of daisies warming in your summer garden, this is the scent for you--very realistic, quite strong, and very long lasting.  For me, it's about a 6 in scent, but a 10 in throw and last.  

Poppy and Blush Suede

Poppy and Blush Suede

Lighthearted poppies, verbena, and honeysuckle yield to masculine blush suede, lush plums blossoms, and white musk.

Poppy and Blush Suede was one of those scents I really like quite a bit cold, and like quite a bit less when warming.  I think the problem is the plum blossom and white musk; it gives kind of a sweet perfume vibe that makes the whole thing a little off.  A little more of the poppies and suede would have been a good thing.  It's not horrible, and it's not a bit masculine, but, on the other hand, it is completely forgettable. 

Basically, I would describe it as a jammy perfumed floral.  If you like those, this could be your thing.  It has decent throw (a 7) and average lasting power, but on the scent scale, for me, this is a 6.  Not a do-over.

Next up: My Only Sunshine

Bonfire Beach

Bonfire Beach

Imagine you are on a wonderful beach vacation.  It is warm, but not hot, and the beach grasses are swaying gently in the breeze, carrying a hint of the salty sea air just yards away from your beach chair.  Down the beach, at a distance, an adorable family has a large bonfire going, with some red hot embers on the edges, where they have just begun to roast marshmallows.  Along with their laughter, the sugary scent floats down to you.  MMMMmmmm!  You jump up from your book and chair to run in for a wrap, and when you arrive indoors, Pink Haze sends a wonderful warm slightly sweet greeting to your nose.

That is Bonfire Beach--a lot of pink haze mixed with a smattering of salty air and delightful bonfire.
Scentsy says 
Toasted marshmallow smoldering over white flint and sandalwood harmonize with salty sea air and ocean spray.

Spot on!!  And I love it.  I just never get tired of my lovely marshmallow scents.  The throw is equally excellent and the last is just above average.  Another 10 for Scentsy!

Next up, a less glowing review for Poppies and Blush Suede, and after that, My Only Sunshine.

Coconut Flower

Coconut Flower

Graceful tropical blossoms meet luscious pineapple and the subtle scent of coconut milk in a feminine floral fragrance.

Don't worry.  If you don't like coconut scents, there is still a chance you might like Coconut Flower.  When Scentsy describes the coconut milk as subtle, they really mean it.  I would describe Coconut Flower as neither strongly fruity nor strongly floral, if that can possibly make sense.  It also doesn't strike me as tropical, which you might think it would from the description.  It is one of those "background" scents that I love so much, sharing the same scent vibe (although not the same scent) as Zen Garden and Honeymoon Hideaway,  People will walk into your home and think it smells wonderful, but they won't think, "My Gawd!  Coconut!"  or "Yuck!  Pineapple."    Coconut Flower is absolutely lovely and well blended.  I also find it very soothing, which would make it a good choice for the bedroom.  Now that I've said everything it is not, here is how it does strike me--a light floral with a creamy hint of coconut milk and just a spritz of pineapple.

The downside to Coconut Flower is that it is not a big scent.  Although the lasting power is excellent, it is a subtle scent.  I can smell it, but it isn't a strong one, so if you like really big scents or need a scent to travel from one or two warmers to the rest of your house, this isn't it.   You will definitely need a cube per room if you want to scent your whole house.  Its lasting power is excellent, though, lasting through several days.  

In summary, I love Coconut Flower and plan to stock up for spring and summer with my next order.  It is a solid 10 for scent, a 5 for throw, and a 10 for lasting power.

Next up in the spring Scentsy reviews:  Bonfire Beach

I'm in a Pink Haze during Tax Season

Tax Season---Here Again

I'm so excited.  Today I received a bar each of all the new spring Scentsy scents---all 15!  On cold sniff, there isn't a single one that pushes my yuck button, which is an amazing feat because, well, you know how I am!  I'm also glad to have new scents to review.

The new scents are, in alphabetical order:

Bamboo Yuzu

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Blondwood and Moonflower

Bonfire Beach

Coconut Cotton

Coconut Flower

Dark Harbor

Fields of Gold

Fresh Cut Daisies

My Only Sunshine

Mystic Magnolia

Poppy and Blush Suede

Sea, Sun, & Fun

Sedona Sunset

Sunburst Blooms

A few I'm a little concerned might go a little perfumey when warmed, like Sedona Sunset and Coconut Cotton.  Others are for sure thumbs up, like Bonfire Beach and Fields of Gold (wellll, I say that now.  We shall see)  Even the banana one smells good.  Am I becoming a sweet scent person?  hmmmmmmm

It is nice to have this little bit of fun smackdab in the middle of tax season.  This year is very busy.  No matter whether your opinion of Obamacare is yay or nay, the "affordable care act" has added a whole new layer of headache into the taxcode.  The calculations would make even a math major's head explode.  It is mindboggling.  Add in some healthcare.gov paperwork snafus, IRS slowdowns, and eager taxpayers, and you have a quite a volatile combination!

Today I popped in Coconut Flower to try, so that will be my first review in coming days.

However, I do have a review of the February scent of the month, Pink Haze.  It will be available for at least another four and a half months, so happy days if you haven't purchased yours yet.

Pink Haze

A sweet confection of berries, nectarines and vanilla-laced whipped cream nestled in marshmallow fondant.

I'll say it straight out.  This is one of my favorite scents to come out in a very long time. I've heard a couple of folks say they think it smells like cotton candy, and although I don't completely agree, I can see where they're coming from.

Pink Haze is sweet, but not in the same way that praline or caramel scents are sweet.  This is marshmallow, people!  Yum!  It is a much subtler sweet than bakery scents can be, and everyone in the family loves it, although they tend to be like me---not sweet scent lovers.  I really can't pick out specific notes in Pink Haze.  It is just a lightly fruity, lightly marshmallow, deliciously marshmallow scent.  If you liked the now discontinued My Wish, you'll love Pink Haze.  With my latest order I got another six pack (on top of the 10 bars I originally had!)  You can bet your sweet bippy I'll be stocking up before this one goes away, too.  A perfect 10 in every category!

Family Update

Ah, my babies are getting so big!  Wee Elf is almost two now, and just a real little person.  Love that girl--she is just a ball of curiosity and entertainment.  Soren is 14 months!  Hard to believe.  He looks so much like boy version of his mama when she was little, but he is for sure all boy.  If there is a puddle or dirt hole, that dude is heading straight for it.  He has added a whole new dimension to my life since the experience of a little boy is new to us, having raised girls.  Such fun, and even if he does like to roll in the dirt, he is not above having a cuddle from time to time with Grandma.  Love that lovebug!  Elf Alice will be welcoming her new little sibling in June--Jack Jack the WonderBaby (okay, just Jack, but that is his working nickname).  We are very excited (and a little surprised) that we are starting to be surrounded by little boys now.