Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Candles From The Keeping Room: Part 3 Holiday & Spice


Good Morning, friends! We are day three of Candles From The Keeping Room. Despite the fact I am mostly a seasonal melter I do try and pick up a few goodies from Carol's fall and holiday collection every time I order. Spices, adorable pumpkins and corn, great throw, all things I absolutely treasure in wax. The pumpkin shaped tarts run $6.25 a bag, which includes six pumpkin shapes and an ear of corn. 

Butternut Pumpkin, one of my very favorite pumpkin scents and a constant repurchase, is heavy on the spice but sweet with caramel, fruits and mellow almond along with the pumpkin. It throws strong and smells cozy.

Caramel Pumpkin Swirl possesses huge amounts of caramelized vanilla sugar and a tiny pinch of spice. This is one I buy from many vendors, but Carol's is one of the best. This was a repurchase. 

Pumpkin Wreath, another repurchase, speaks more to fall outdoors at apple orchards and pumpkin patches. The green tints of leaves and landscapes are sweetened by fresh ripe apples and cinnamon laced sweet pumpkins. A brilliant fall scent.


Pumpkin at the Fair is a first time purchase for me as I didn't look at the scent description before buying it. Turns out it is a great dupe for BBW's Pumpkin Pecan Waffles. I haven't had this scent in ages. It always smells of extra buttery butterscotch and pumpkin to me. Very decadent.

Apple Dumpling just might be my favorite apple cinnamon blend. It is highly juicy and with that tiny drizzle of pear nectar it smells even more vibrant. The spice is sweet and rich and fiery without being dry or cloying. 

Country Charm boasts notes of cinnamon, orange, clove, cranberries, green apples, raspberries, vanilla nutmeg and cashmere. It is an airy rendition of the spiced fruit aroma of a country gift shop. The cashmere gives it a veil of musk that keeps it from being too bold. I quite like it and would buy it again. 


Winter Wonderland holds notes of mint and pine. Why am I just now getting this one?? This will be a new winter go-to scent in those January months. It smells of sweet sugared spruce and snowy peppermint candies. It's perfect for my nose. 

Warm and Cozy sounded like how I would love my home to smell, so why not? It doesn't have much in the way of notes in the description but I smell sweet cinnamon and a touch of vanilla. It reminds me a little of Celtic Moonspice and Amish Quilt. Just a great cinnamon sugar staple. I look forward to trying this one out soon. 


Frosted Pine Noel is another new one for my melting pleasure. The pine is strong and a touch astringent but mixes wonderfully with the Vanilla Bean Noel. This is another winter winner. 

Country Christmas features that woodsy eucalyptus and camphor bearing bayberry. It really does smell like the woodland surrounding a cabin at Christmastime. A dash of spice and fruits adds a festivity to the fragrance. I don't think I have tried this one before but I would again. 

Peppermint & Cypress, yep, once again. I think this is the third or fourth bag and I seriously love it. It is a minty woods and greenery aroma that really opens my senses and makes me feel calm and my home feel clean and airy. I hope Carol carries this one for a good long time. 

That is my collection of holiday and spice scents from this most recent order. Do you see any that you love? What do you look to have on hand come fall or winter? 

12 comments:

  1. Those pumpkin scents all sound yummy. Mmmmmm!

    I'm curious what I'll be into scentwise this fall. I was surprised to find last year that I wasn't into the heavier pumpkin scents that I used to adore. I definitely leaned waaaaay towards lighter apple-cinnamon types scents. I know I'll probably still order my Sweet Fixations must-haves but it'll be interesting to see which way my nose leans this year.

    ~Deb

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    1. The pumpkins whisper to me in the night to melt them Deb. I need your help to stay strong.

      Isn't it funny how our tastes change like that? I used to be into the spiced cranberries and now I am leaning towards the spiced apples. I definitely won't be able to resist the siren song of spiced apples much longer.

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    2. The Fall Slut glares at you...

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    3. Ok. Backing off the pumpkins (snatches an apple on the way out). And hey! Thanks for the blogger tip. Yours was the first notification of a comment I got in months and months.

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  2. Caramel Pumpkin Swirl and Peppermint & Cypress sound wonderful! I'm mostly a seasonal melter too, so it's been all beachy and fruity scents melting in my house lately. Except for those earthy, patchouli scents. I can melt those all year round!

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    1. Beachy scents. Definitely something I have slacked on this summer. I hardly have any this year. Send some beach scent vibes my way. :-) Yes, the patch and woods and earthy has been going strong. Even spiced bakery with all the rain and thunderstorms we have been having.

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  3. Winter Wonderland sounds great and Peppermint Cypress has been on my CFTKR "to buy" list.
    I love all the spicy, woodsy and minty scents come Fall and Winter, but I melt them year round, too. I'll do a little bakery here and there during those times, but just a few times throughout the season. I'm not too into apple and pumpkin scents.
    CFTKR Pumpkin Lager and a Fireside pumpkin type you've blogged about do sound like blends I'd love to grab and try sometime if Carol stocks them again. :D

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    1. Ugh!!! YES! I search for Pumpkin Lager to this day. I will request it if I can next opening. And Pumpkin Fireside is mmmmmmm. I will send you some when I mail out the berries. Spicy, woodsy, minty is my life. xoxo

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  4. Pumpkin Firewood! I think it's that one I'm thinking of. You make all the scents sound so wonderful. ;)

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  5. I love to see these old school Julie wax posts, they're so much fun. And so pretty. You're right to jump on those adorable little Fall shapes - no need to justify that. :)

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    1. Thanks! It has been fun to throw some of these together. It is much easier to blog about wax than perfume. It is more lighthearted and doesn't take much thought. Just sniff and write. I didn't realize how much I needed to do this.

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