Sun & Sand

Woohoo! Sun & Sand by Yankee Candle is such a fun scent! I haven't used the fragrance wax yet, but I've been using the fragrance oil this week and it's great!! Now, I will say it does not linger the way that other scents do the day after. However, I don't mind simply because the fragrance is so good when lit. It truly smells like the beach. I can't place if I'm smelling the sun, the sand, sun tan lotion, or what- but the name is just very accurate. Stuck at home but want to be on the beach every day like I do? Then I really recommend this scent. Geez, this sounds like an ad. Can you tell I'm a fan of summer scents?!! The refreshing fragrance of summer is so relaxing!

Coconut Leaves

Coconut Leaves home fragrance oil by Slatkin & Co. smells summery and fun. I was expecting the scent to be earthy and natural. I guess the word "leaves" in the name led me to believe that. Instead, I found it almost smells like a pina colada. For some reason, I'm not just smelling coconut here but also pineapple. Am I crazy? Maybe so, but I like that it smells like a tropical vacation.

Fluffy Towels

The fragrance oil Fluffy Towels by Yankee Candle is soooo good! The scent is pretty strong and fills the air with a fresh and clean aroma. I noticed it really does linger once the burning is over as well. I can notice the scent a little the next day as well. 

The name is also pretty accurate because it does smell like clean linens basically! Some home fragrances that are named fresh linens or clean towels smell sort of like chemicals or have a fake touch to it... but this one really does smell nice.  When I walk into a room with Fluffy Towels burning, it just smells clean and fresh.

I've been lighting this one every night lately! It's a nice alternative to fruity or other specific scents. This is just CLEAN.

Vanilla Cupcake

Vanilla Cupcake scented fragrance oil by Yankee Candles sounds really yummy and smells equally yummy when you sniff the top of the container, but once used, left me a little disappointed.  The description provided says it is a "rich, creamy aroma" ... "with hints of lemon and lots of buttery icing."  Although the oil was pleasant, I really didn't grasp any buttery or creamy scents. I also found that I had to be standing pretty close to my oil burner in order to smell this one. I even put it in two separate burners to try to promote the scent.  I prefer scents that fill the area and overwhelm your senses a bit, which this did not do.  That being said, I still think this scent was good! I asked my boyfriend what fragrance he thought I was burning and he guessed citrus.... when I told him it was vanilla cupcake he suddenly seemed to agree with the name- so maybe it does accurately smell like vanilla cupcake. It just didn't to me! I was hoping my home would smell like a kitchen with some warm cupcakes in the oven.

Fresh Lemon & Lemon Lavender

I love lemon scents in general because they smell so clean and potent. Lately, I've been really into anything citrus related.

Slatkin & Co. has a fragrance oil named Fresh Lemon. I found this scent to be very strong and I loved how it filled the air with a lemon fragrance. I'd describe this fragrance oil as a clean lemon scent. Clean... and well, fresh, like the name says!

I also tried the Lemon Lavender fragrance oil by Yankee Candle. By the way, they were on sale: 3 for $10. These sales are ridiculous when you have an addiction like I do, am I right?

Lavender and lemon are two of my favorite scents individually, but for some reason I wasn't expecting to love Lemon Lavender as much as I did. It was extremely fragrant and we could smell it throughout our living room and kitchen. I couldn't totally pinpoint the lavender in the scent, but it wasn't just a regular lemon like the Fresh Lemon above. The best way to describe the Lemon Lavender is to compare it to Lemon Heads candy.  The scent kept reminding me of candy and then I realized- "This is what it smells like when we eat Lemon Heads!"  I have to say, I will be lighting this scent again today and breathing in the sugary fresh scent.

Organize Home Fragrances

One common theme you will begin to see on this blog is my obsession for air fragrances. I LOVE trying new scents. It's this happy feeling I get when smelling new options and buying a few to take home and try. Every week I can't help but buy something new.

Last year, I found a local shop that sold incense and fragrance oils. I bought a bunch of new incense burners and tried out the incense triangle things for once (instead of just the sticks). I even made my own incense burner which I'll post at a later date.

I've always used incense, but oils were new to me. Wow, I loved trying them. Pepperment is especially potent and I love how strong the smell was. Now, I also shop for fragrance oils at regular stores in the mall. You can usually find them on sale and they smell so great. It's basically an addiction!

Recently, I dove into the world of fragrance wax cubes. They function the same way that fragrance oils do. You place the wax on top of a wax burner and you light a tea candle beneath it. The candle will melt the wax cubes which will give off the scent. It's soo good! I'm still learning how long to re-light the same wax cubes. But the only way to learn is to try.

As I noticed my obsessive collection was growing in size, I knew I had to find a way to organize everything. I kept looking at tiny storage drawers and containers that snap shut, but nothing seemed right. Then, I found this fabric box at Target and thought it could do the trick.

Well, I was right! I'm so glad I tried this out because now that everything is organized I feel much better about this obsession! I have separate sections for:

fragrance wax cubes

extra tea candles to have on-hand for refills

mini wax chips

fragrance oils and oil dropper

 incense sticks and incense cones

I'm in love!