Thursday, November 10, 2005

Another CH order, also my B&I order

I got my CH order and it's one of the best ones I've ever gotten. Super-fast turnaround and shipping too - I ordered on a Thursday and received my package Monday. Go Lena! Ditto for Bathed and Infused (http://www.bathedandinfused.com) I ordered on a Monday, it shipped that same day and I got it Thursday.

Okay, here's CH (all are souffles unless otherwise noted):

Gingerbread Man: Loving this. In the container it's a lovely sweet gingerbread. On me most of the sweetness disappears, but for some reason it's not overly spicy. It smells just like when I take the gingerbread cookies out of the oven, before I add the icing. I'm pretty sure I'm getting a gift pack of this that includes a scrub and souffle.

Lemon Pumpkin Jelly Roll: I didn't care very much for this one, just too much going on.

Mocha-licious: If you like coffee scents I'd give this a try. Nice mix of chocolate and coffee. But it just smelled like dirt on me! I didn't get any coffee notes at all.

Pumpkin Gingerbread Ice Cream: Lena included a sample of this in the body butter, it's really nice on cold sniff. Great mix of gingerbread and vanilla. Unfortunately on me it was all spice.

Pumpkin Pie a la Mode: This is delicious, plain and simple. On me it's a little spicier than it is in the container, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to order a full size of either this or the Sweet Pumpkin Chai Latte. You can really smell the vanilla and pumpkin pie on cold sniff.

Raspberry Truffle Chocolate Cake: I sniffed this side by side with Raspberry Zinger, they smell almost identical. I didn't get any chocolate notes from this, it was just a little sweeter than the Raspberry Zinger, but not much different.

Sticky Peppermint Snowball: Nice sweet minty scent. Too bad it turned sour on me. But if you're looking for a unique mint scent for the winter, try this.

Sweet Pumpkin Chai Latte: I think this one was my favorite from this order, at least on cold sniff. It smells just like a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice latte. On me it smells very similar to Pumpkin Pie a la mode, but as it dries down a bit more I get the coffee notes. It seems to take a while for them to show up on my skin. Who knows, maybe I'll get both this and the Pumpkin Pie a la Mode!

Winter Wonderland Cake: This was so sad. It smells great in the container and lousy on me. It's mint mixed with a fresh baked cake, crisp but also sweet. But it was truly nauseating on me. Damn body chemistry.

BI
Pumpkin Pie: Delicious! Perfect pumpkin pie. On my skin the pie crust note comes out more but it's still lovely and not overly spicy. Will definitely reorder.

Pizzelle Cookies: This killed me - smelled very close to pizzelles, but on me, as I had feared, it was all anise. I don't particularly care for that scent so I'm getting rid of this.

Samples of lotions in Pumpkin Pancakes and Sweet and Nutty were included with my order. Pumpkin Pancakes is excellent in the container but had the worst drydown on me. Sweet and Nutty just didn't appeal to me at all so I didn't even try it on, not a big nut scent fan.

SDE order

This was my first time ordering from Marliss - I had gotten some things through CPs before but this was my first "real" order. :) Over all I really liked everything, the quality of her products is really excellent. http://www.skindecent.com

Pumpkin Cupcakes, Candy Cane, Creamy Eggnog, Cinnamon Buns, Orange Sorbet: I got these either in the Bermuda Beach scrub or the Body Buffer scrub. All are very true to their names, although Pumpkin Cupcakes, Cinnamon Buns and Creamy Eggnog all had a strange nut note. But it's very light and barely noticeable so I don't mind.

Cinnamon Buns whipped moisture cream: Unfortunately this was a miss for me and I wouldn't recommend it. All I could smell in the container and on me was cinnamon, no vanilla or pastry notes. If you want a straight cinnamon scent this is good, but I wanted something a little less spicy.

Creamy Eggnog body butter: Another one that was too spicy and nutty. To me this didn't smell remotely like Eggnog. For some reason the scrub does, but not the butter. On me it was just a weird nut scent. The search for the perfect eggnog scent continues.

Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries body butter: At first on cold sniff this honestly smelled like vomit! But I let it sit for a little over a week. I smelled it again last night and lo and behold, it was much better on cold sniff, no vomit smell anymore. Too bad it still didn't work on me.

Orange Sorbet whipped moisture cream: Nice scent but not for me. It's nice and citrusy without being too tart, but it's just not great on me so I think I'm getting rid of it.

Grapefruit Vanilla body butter: This was so disappointing for me! It's great in the container but awful on me. Perfect mix of grapefruit vanilla, not too sweet and not too tart. Unfortunately it just has this weird sickly sweet drydown on me. Sigh.

Candy Cane: I'm giving this one more try and if it still doesn't work then up for swap it goes. It smells very nice in the container, but on me it turns slightly sour. It's very minty, as it should be, but it lacks the sweetnes of a candy cane. If you want a striaght minty scent this would be good, but if you're looking for a mint with a bit of sweetness, this isn't it.

Gingerbread Moccacino: I'm debating whether to order a backup of this since I think it's LE. It's truly amazing, perfect mix of gingerbread and coffee. At first it smells a little spicy, and then as it dries down more you get the coffee notes.