Orchid Lake Candles Review

I won a giveaway at the start of the month from Orchid Lake Candles and was soooo excited. I won 10 cup tarts and I decided to sweeten the deal and order 16 more tarts on my own dime. I had heard great things about this company and couldn't wait to try their blends and scents. Since, there were so many good reviews about the company, I decided to choose 'safe' scents. I'm new to the wax world and I wanted to compare run of the mill scents with other companies. I also wanted to see how authentic each smell was. Did the apple scent really smell like apples? You guys know what I mean...

The way I'm going to present this review is to just comment on the cold sniff and as I warm each scent, I'll write a review on the throw and actual scent in different blogs.

I let my sister sort out her favorites, nice scents, and not interested scents. She also provided the descriptions. I just typed. Again these are her descriptions based on cold throw. I'm also guessing that these may need a longer cure time.

I'm going to be honest and tell you guys that I've been away for so long because I've been depressed and irritable. I let my sister smell these scents because I'm just over everything right now and I'm trying to recover one day at a time. I don't want to harshly judge something that I know has nothing to do with the product. Anyway, if you all would like a post later on down the road about what is going on I'll give you a general heads up. Until I'm feeling at full force, I'll post at least once a week.

Tie Dye Tart

So back to the review. These are my sister's thoughts:

Favorites:
4/5 of the samples made her favorites:

• Creamy Nutmeg- Extremely creamy. Light on the nutmeg. I enjoyed it and so did she. 
• Berry Bellini- Smells like fresh sweet berries. It reminds me of juicy, sweet raspberries. So, so good!
• Pear Noel- Light and fresh. Reminds me of a Jolly Rancher.
• Pumpkin Brulee- Creamy Pumpkin scent. I like that it's not overly spicy. I'm going to hold out as long as possible to warm this. Every time I walk past the box I smell this. It's smells so good! Like the creamiest pumpkin you can think of. 

1.5 oz. sizes:

• Serendipity (OLC)- Smells so nice. Like cherries and creme. 
• Oatmeal Milk and Honey- Smells like the soap. I can smell a bit of everything in here. Can't wait to melt and test. 
• Cinnamon Sugar Donut- I just smell cinnamon. My sister smells a box full of warm donuts. 
• Georgia Peach- Reminds me of those peach candies that I used to eat as a child. Can't wait to warm and be reminded of my childhood right now. So good!
• Sweet tea- Smells like tea and something else that I can't put my finger on... I'll tell you all when I warm.
• Mango Papaya- This really does smell like papaya. We had a tree out in the backyard where I grew up and as soon as I cold sniffed this, I knew this was the picked fresh off the tree scent. Still can't believe how realistic the scent is. I smell more papaya than mango. 
• Coconut Creme Pie- Smells lightly of coconut and pie crust. There's something else there but I can't put my finger on it. 
• Pina Colada- Smells just like the real thing! Gosh! I just close my eyes and imagine myself sipping one of these on a beach with a cherry on top. I love this!

Okay:
Raspberry- It smells like raspberry candy to me. Like a jolly rancher on a cold sniff if they had a raspberry flavor.
Nana's Coffee Cake- Spicy but it does have a strong pie crust scent.
Butter Pecan- Smells like butter pecan with lots of butter.
Appletini- Reminds me of greenery. We've never had martini's so I'm guessing this is what a martini smell's like. It really reminds me of a Gain scent. I can't put my finger on it. What do you guys think?
Island Cupcakes- This was on my sister's okay list but I really liked this scent. I could smell fresh pineapples. This was not an artificial pineapple scent and I look forward to ordering more pineapple scents from OLC.
Wild Cherry- Smells like cherry Pixy Stix.
Rum Cakes- Smells like rum to me. Have any of you all tried this scent? What do you all think about this scent?

Not Interested:
Blackberry Jam Cookie-right now I'm just smelling a sweet blackberry scent like a popsicle with butter.
Bread & Jam-Spicy.
Baked Apple Pie-extremely spicy.
Double Stuffed- Smells like Brownie Mix. Tempted to lick the bowl.
Apple Caramel Crunch- Spicy Apple and Caramel.
Butterscotch- Very light butterscotch scent. (I'm guessing that this was in the same bag as one of the spicy apple scents. Should be fine once I pop it into my warmer). I can use this as a mixer for sure.
Strawberry Muffin- Smells like heavy butter/pie crust and a dash of strawberries.
Pumpkin Apple Butter- Extremely spicy.
Monkey Farts- Soap and extremely light bubblegum and a very small dash of bananas.
Fresh Baked Bread- Smells like dough and yeast.
Winter Wonderland- Spicy. My sister says she smells pine trees.

As you can tell from my sister, she doesn't like spicy scents. On the other hand, my mom LOVES spicy scents so I'm sure that she will love all of the scents that have been described as spicy.

Overall, my package was well packed. There were no missing tops or cracked scents. I love the tie-dye effects.

My advice to those that are newbies like me would be to give your mailed package a day to air out before judging the scents and to separate like scents together in the boxes or storage containers. I liked my order and generous samples. Thanks so much Wendy for the giveaway!

Have you all tried Orchid Lake Candles? What do you think about the scents. Are any of you into wax tarts? Do you enjoy fruity scents, coffee scents, spicy scents, bakery scents? What fall scents are you looking forward to?

Thanks for reading!