Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Rosegirls: July Pre-Order


I was innocently planning on sitting out the July Rosegirls opening but sure enough there lurked "that one scent" that had me placing an order. This time it was Light As A Feather, Stiff As A Board. 

Light As A Feather, Stiff As A Board- Leaves, vanilla, amber, sandalwood and gooey marshmallows. ($10.50)

Looking at these notes... this should be a no brainer for my tastes. I bought two bags of this... $21 worth... based on the notes alone. Sometimes assumptions should not be made. It is a nice enough scent. The marshmallow is sweet, there are crunchy leaves hiding about in there, but I get a strange soapiness that overrides the goodness and leaves me scrunching my nose. Almost like I smell that dreaded Autumn something or other scent I really do not like from BBW. I melted some to see if it bloomed or morphed as wax is sometimes want to do, but no dice. It threw nice and strong. But the soapiness and artificial back note remained. I will be gifting this away bit by bit. 


Wisconsin Woods- A secret blend. ($7.00)

Woods yes, a scrubbed clean rendition of oak and birch, fresh air and maybe the teeniest hint of smoke. The freshness is prominent to my nose. It smells strong on cold, but I have not gotten around to melting it yet. Saving it for some post-holiday winter time melting. 


Free samples!

Cider Delight, Cider Lane with extra caramel and punchy fruit. It is a very sweet blend.

Overall this ended up being a so-so order for myself. Nothing wrong on Rosegirls part at all, I just went overboard buying things I should have tried in smaller amounts first. I did skip this last Rosegirls pre-order. I have so much wax on hand for fall that I am mainly concentrating on melting those goodies. I do a have a couple more orders laying about I will post and review but the majority of the new purchases are candles and such. Getting ready for this cooler weather I hope, and also hopefully NOT seeing Irma's cyclonic claws. 

11 comments:

  1. I wanted Lighy as Feather so badly as well. I smell currants? I haven't melted yet

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    1. Currants!!! I could see that. Currants in wax usually hit my nose wrong too, a little bitter, a little sour, a little funky. I can get that from this blend too for sure. It is such a bummer, because on paper it sounds like the most cozy sweet scent I could want for fall. I hope you enjoy yours melted. Mine didn't fare any better once melted, but my friend Jessica at The Melt Down Blog liked hers better once melted, so it could be just me. :-)

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  2. Bummer that your order was a bummer. That Cider Delight one had me excited for a moment until I saw your mention of punchy fruit. Now I'm kinda like imagining Hawaiian Punch with a caramel dropped into it. Eeuw.

    ~Deb

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    1. Yeah. A bit. And the cider one did smell pretty much like that to me. I will be passing it along for sure.

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  3. I would have thought that Light As A Feather Stiff As A Board would have been an eye rolling scent for you. Odd. so I really hate to hear it didn't work out, especially since you bought two bags and that it was the meat to your order. I'd save a little bit back if you do gift most of it incase you change your mind after letting it sit a little longer maybe?
    Btw, I wanted to apologize for being so absent with commenting lately, it has been super, super crazy with life lately. At this point I'm just trying to keep breathing and having very little time for anything extra. So I'm hopeful at SOME point things will get better and turn around for the good.
    Hope all is well on your end!♡

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    1. Yeah.... so did I. I may let it cure a little longer but honestly I think that is just how it is going to smell for me. I have not really ever had a scent change due to sitting, only change once warmed, and since that didn't happen I can safely say it won't work for me. Sadly.

      No worries. I know you are wading through your own storms and I have been thinking about you and praying for you all the time. <3

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  4. Such a bummer about your order!! I have abstained from the past several RG preorders because literally no blends have spoken to me. How odd is that? This last one was surprising to me, there were hardly any fall scents. Have to say, I miss the days of pages upon pages of chunk blends to browse through. Oh well! Can't say I miss that 6 month TAT though!! I did get some mini melters a few months back that were fabulous! RG is pretty much the only vendor I order from these days, in fact. Still such great wax, just not vining on the blends they're doing these days.

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    1. Yeah... but I guess they can't all be winners. Part of the gamble of buying scents that can't be smelled beforehand. Like you, there were very few that stood out to me last opening too. I really really miss custom ordering and the TAT never bothered me. But I know I am in the minority on that. I think if I had to only order from one vendor these days it would either be CFTKR where I could grab a truckload of wax and have it last for the rest of my days, or I would buy from Dessa's where I can get all my holiday scents and still do some blending and custom orders as I wished.

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  5. Boo-urns. :( It's always a bummer when a hopeful two-bagger doesn't work out. I had a similar thing with Game Over (I may have given you a piece?) All of the individual scents were ones that I loved, I figured it'd be a slam dunk and bought two bags, and I didn't care for it at all. I stick to single bags now, it's just easier when things go wrong.

    I haven't placed any orders with Rosegirls the last few openings, actually. A few blends have spoken to me, but they're all things I can recreate with Mini Melters, and I do have a ton of those. I also may - okay, I did! - have placed a rather large order with SuperTarts for a pile of Halloween and fandom scents. Pretty excited about that one.

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    1. Right. Normally I am pretty conservative and only buy one bag or muffin set in a new scent but the notes and rave reviews had me "knowing" it would be a hit. Nah. Oh well.

      Super Tarts!! I have been using my small ST collection up pretty rapidly and I have been meaning to go back and look for more. I might do that in the next few months. Use up some of what I have and I know my SMT order should be headed here any day now. Looking forward to seeing what all you picked up!!

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