Five new scents for Spring 2013 have been unveiled by Yankee in the recent weeks and now that I have had a chance to try them all out I thought i'd share a thought or two.
As a quick side note all five scents are available in candle and wax tart form but with Yankee I find their tarts to have a better scent throw than their candle products not to mention they are much cheaper.
A Child's Wish - "A warm breeze of soft flowers and fresh green fields captures the sweet innocence of childhood days playing in the backyard." An unoffensive gentle floral scent that is bright and uplifting. In my opinion this reminds me a little of a floral scented clothes soap, fresh, familiar and comforting.
Black Coconut - "Sunset in paradise... rich Coconut, cedar-wood and island blossoms promise an evening of luxurious tranquility." A grown up coconut scent, not overly sweet or artificial Due to the cedar-wood addition this has a slightly deeper tone and reminds me a little of Coconut tinged rum. I think this scent would be lovely to burn on a lazy spring/summer evening with drinks in the garden to continue the summer is coming vibe indoors.
Paradise Spice - "An exotic island treasure...perfectly ripe banana and creamy vanilla, unexpectedly spiced with prized cinnamon and cloves". Best described as a spicy Pina Colada, I can detect the banana and vanilla notes also with a slight fruity pineapple twist. You know the song if you like Pina Colada's, well if you do I know you'll also enjoy this scent.
Waikiki Melon - "Aloha! Wake up to the sunny, sweet glow of exotic, juicy melons with a touch of sweet orange oil." Out of the five this is the most artificial in terms of scent and has a very sweet almost sickly melon scent with not detection of orange oil. If you are a huge fan of melon or fruity scents then you may like this otherwise skip.
Turquoise Sky - "Calm, salty air with hints of sea grass and musk, float gently on ocean waves...off on an adventure beneath a bright blue sky." Another typical aquatic scent nothing more or less to say.
All in all the new additions are very fresh and perfect for the milder weather which is hopefully on the way.
I bought these from eBay for 90p each -link
A child's wish and black coconut sound divine! And great price for only 90p :)
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I picked up the biggest size of Black Coconut a few days ago. It is heavenly. It's also very strong, the scent goes through my whole apartment.
ReplyDeleteI'm burning the last 1/4 of the last piece I received in the parcel... Ouch!
ReplyDeleteOh no :( I'll have to send you some more soon!
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ReplyDeleteI´ve heard that a child´s wish smells like DG Light Blue. Is it true?
DeleteNow you've said it yes it does :) not identical but there is certainly a familiarity :)
DeleteTurquoise sky sounds so lovely, I'll have to pick it up once my midnight sky runs out
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Oh these look great. What do you use to burn them in? I've tried yankee sample size candles before but they don't seem very fragrant, so these seems like a better purchase.
ReplyDeleteI was disappointed by Waikiki Melon, sounded like it would be nice but NOPE. Black Coconut is really nice though! xx
ReplyDeletethe coconut and spice one sound very nice!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the sound of Black coconut and paradise spice, It's a given that I will love anything with coconut in and you can't go wrong with something that smells like Pina Colada :) I'd love to try one of the tarts but to be honest I have no idea how you burn them
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black coconut is beautiful xx
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of Paradise spice! I smelt Waikiki melon in store and it seemed really nice to me, I do love anything melon/mango-ey though. xo
ReplyDeleteBlack coconut sounds lush but I never get along with Yankee Candle scents, I tend to find they smell a little strange. It must be my nose xxx
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Love Yankee scents!
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Just ordered these on your recommendation. Thanks! x
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Ooo, I love Yankee Candle tarts! Black Coconut & Paradise Spice sound diviiiiine! I'll be popping in to my House of Fraser to grab them! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI love the look of these! Might have to pick a couple up.
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I love the sound of Paradise Spice because of the banana scents in it. I might pick up a sampler of it soon to give it a try. The others aren't really my thing, but the black coconut one sounds different and I'll give it a sniff to see what it's like. To be honest I'll give them all a good sniff, it won't hurt eh? :P
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I'm burning black coconut as we speak and really like it :) x
ReplyDeleteI smelt Turquoise Sky recently and loved it so much I had to buy the full size! x
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