Colonial Candle Wax Melt Reviews 2016

Peppery savory scent with pine, and a salty, smoky, soapy note. Bayberry scents are usually a little sweet, with a hint of berry, but this one is not. I'm not sure I like it. When melted, it took on kind of a rancid, moldy note and smelled terrible. I didn't even wait to see how it threw (I don't think throw was going to be good), since it wasn't even fully melted and I put my nose up to it and nearly gagged. 

I expected this to be a fresh watery scent with coconut. But instead, it's a nice creamy pineapple and coconut scent that smells like a frozen drink. Looking at the notes, I don't smell dewy greens, citrus, musk, or vanilla. I don't like pineapple scents, but this one is quite nice.

Weak on cold sniff. I smell a creamy old-fashioned perfume scent, like an old-fashioned face cream. It has a little of that waxy note but not bad. I don't smell apricot.

This smells like vanilla with a little bit of nutmeg which gives it an eggnoggy note, but there's also something a little bit bitter in the background which I thought might be pine but it's not. And looking at the scent notes, I don't see pine. I see apple, but I don't think I smell that. I don't smell cinnamon either. It's a nice scent, but when melted I detect more of that bitterness that gives it a bit of a chemical note.

Very weak on cold sniff, but I detect a men's cologne or sweet rubbing alcohol scent, with that old waxy note.

A nice fresh herbal scent with a cucumber note, but also a slight tartness like lemon. It's really not a foodie scent though, more like a fresh or spa type scent. And I don't smell wasabi! When melted, there's a weird note in there that smells "old".

Pine with a smidgen of berry. The currant gives this a "classy" vibe. When melted, there's also a hint of a smoky soapy scent that I don't care for, but not enough to ruin the scent. It's still very nice. This scent is similar to Holiday Sparkle.

A very nice woodsy scent with a sweet fruity note I think, and a foodie quality. But looking at the scent notes, I don't see fruit. I do smell the warm amber. I don't smell anise, but there is some kind of peppery spice in there. Melted, it's also taking on a little bit of a milky note that makes it smell even better.

Very weak on cold sniff, but I detect a fresh soapy watery scent, with that old waxy note.

Pine with a very slight sweet note, which is probably the floral (although I don't detect the sweetness when melted). There's a slight woodsy note in the background which is probably the patchouli. This scent is similar to Currant & Holly, but without the soapy note, and I like this scent better.

This is a nice warm sweet amber scent with a slight pine note and a hint of berry. Melted, it smells like pine scented men's cologne. It's a fantastic scent! I was concerned that it might not throw well because the light green wax has beige discoloration around the edge, but the discoloration had no bearing on the throw.

This smells like Angel perfume to me, one of my favorite scents! Angel perfume has a warm ambery note and some "foodie" notes in the background. I smell the musk and the light woods notes. I also detect a foodie note, like a vanilla. Looking at the scent notes, there's the vanilla, and I think I smell a hint of jasmine and patchouli. I don't detect any fruit notes though (peach, strawberry, citrus or apple). Fantastic scent!

This is not the same scent as Yankee Candle Picnic in the Park (which is more of an apple scent). This is a sweet floral with a very slight woodsiness and maybe a hint of fruit (the apple I think). I can smell the jasmine and gardenia. Nice spring scent, good as a bathroom scent.

This is a little light on cold sniff. A light cottony floral with just a smidgen of fruit, perfect for a bedroom. Cherry blossom scents often have very weak throw, no matter which company manufactures the wax. I would be happily surprised if this were the exception.

A nice generic bakery pumpkin scent, breadier and sweeter than pumpkin pie and with less spice. I don't smell almond or black pepper, but I do detect a little bit of a waxy note that I don't care for.

A fresh watery floral scent, quite generic, smells like air freshener. Nice scent, but only "meh" for me. I don't smell mint or grapefruit or lavender.

I just smell wax on cold sniff, with maybe a smidgen of something a little woodsy and floral, but it has a strong waxy note. Because the Simmersnaps have a hole in the top of the package, this can allow the scent to dissipate quickly. If an older scent or it wasn't stored properly, the scent leaves the wax and all that's left is... wax. Unfortunately that's the case with this scent and several others in this order (and other orders I've placed in the past). Colonial Candle scents are fantastic, and very complex, which is why I love them. However, there are more duds than there should be, so I'm not sure I'll be ordering from Colonial Candle anymore.

Very strong on cold sniff, this is a super fresh watery scent which smells kind of like pool water with that fresh almost chlorine note. In fact, it smells a lot like DD Sun-Drenched Denim (from Hobby Lobby), which also smells like pool water, although it's not exactly the same but close. Yuzu is an Asian citrus fruit, and although I don't detect any citrus notes in this scent, I think there is a barely noticeable fruit note in the background. Throw was very strong early on, but started dissipating within a half hour but was still quite strong, but it started taking on a strange chemical note that smelled a little like nail polish. 

Typical salty water scent, not bad but not my favorite. Colonial Candle melts are very soft, messy wax, but this one is hard wax. Maybe this is a newer scent with a newer formula?

A lovely sweet laundry scent with a jasmine note.

A peppery pine scent with a slightly musty note. I guess the peppery note is the thistle. I don't care for the musty note, and scent started dissipating within an hour.

This smells more like a warm ambery perfume or skin cream, than vanilla or rum. It's not overly sweet though, and when melted it has a bit of a musty note that makes it smell a little old. I don't smell pomegranate at all.

Cozy warm men's body wash, but has that slight waxy note on cold sniff. When melted, it smells like waxy soap.

Another waxy scent. I smell maybe a smidgen of floral with possibly coconut, but it's mostly just wax.

A nice strong peppery pine scent with a raw wood note, this smells like an authentic fir tree. I don't see pepper in the scent notes; maybe it's the "tree" note? I don't smell berry, musk, or patchouli at all, and there's no sweetness in this scent.