Aloha Coconut, CH and MMU orders

Much to catch up on! My first order at Aloha Coconut was great customer service-wise. Jessica included a 2 oz. Tropic Tan body frosting - she wrote in a little postcard that normally she includes a sample jar with every order, but she had run out of those so she was giving me a full size instead! How nice is that? And the turnaround time was superfast, my order shipped the day after I placed it. Scentwise not much worked out for me but I'm still on the fence about a couple scents. I got all of the following samples in either the body frosting or body cream:

Chocolate Raspberry Cream - Lovely but the raspberry went weird on me. This is a nice scent though so if you don't have chemistry issues with raspberry, try it.

Fresh Peaches - I think I should just abandon my quest for a peach scent. They just don't work on my skin! This is really nice though, very true peach.

Iced Pineapple and Pineapple Princess - Wasn't thrilled with either of these, both were artificial and too sweet. I know I should just stick with CH's Pineapple Slices but I do love trying all things pineapple so I couldn't resist!

Life's a Beach - Great scent but I'm still debating if it works on me. I like it better than the Tropic Tan, it's fresher than that, but I fear it still goes a tiny bit plastic on me.

New York Appletini - Liking this one a lot but still trying to see if it turns on me. Some days it smells great, other times not so much. It's not a pure apple scent, more like an apple Jolly Rancher, but it's very good - not overly sweet or cloying at all.

Tropic Tan - This is a more authentic tanning oil scent than CH's Surf Bunny (which I was disappointed in) but still not an exact replica of Hawaiian Tropic. It went totally plastic/musty on me. Still, give it a shot if you're looking for this type of scent.

Two Pina Coladas - This is a great pina colada scent. If only it didn't go plastic on me! (And if only I didn't already have about 4 backups of BBW Tropical Colada, LOL.) Definitely try this if you're looking for a pina colada, it's perfectly balanced between the pineapple and coconut.

Onto MMU. Turnaround time is very long but to me it's worth it! I had only ordered from MMU once before and wasn't thrilled with the scents or the textures so I was wary of ordering again, but the scent list was calling my name! I think they reformulated most of their body butters and creams, everything is a ton better than it was when I first ordered (September 2005). Let's see, I got a variety of creams and butters - Body Custard, Babe Cakes Body Icing, Shea Body Souffle, In the Pudding, Place of Comfort - all are excellent and very moisturizing. Here are the scents:

Blood Orange - Absolutely amazing orange scent. Smells exactly like 100% Pure Blood Orange but with better staying power. Finally I've found the perfect orange!

Clementine - This was a miss for me, too sweet and somewhat artificial. And not very citrusy either. Just kind of an off, fake orange.

Coconanas - If you like Bathed and Infused's Junebug get this! It smells almost exactly like it but not as heavy on the banana. I liked this one a lot but it turned on me.

Flip Flops in Hawaii - This reminded me of another BI scent, Island Oasis. Sort of a fruity coconut. It wasn't great on me though so I won't be ordering that again.

Freshly Squeezed Orange - This was better than the Clementine but not nearly as nice as the Blood Orange. Still, if you want a more sweet and less citrusy/tart orange, try it.

Georgia's a Peach - Such a lovely peach scent but my chemistry does not like peach. Definitely order this though if you want a straight, true peach.

Island Colada - This just smelled off to me. Very generic and the coconut was plasticky.

Raspberry - I tried this on the day after I got my order and almost put it up for swap. It was awful both in the jar and on me. Then I thought I better let it sit and see if it got better. After a month it still was totally off so up for swap it went.

Tahitian Coconut - This was somewhat musty in the jar but still smelled good enough to try on. I should have known it would go completely musty on my skin! If you don't have issues with coconut scents this is nice, but be warned that there is a slight sandy/musty note in this.

I also ordered two perfume samples, one in Wild Lime and one in Key Lime. The Wild Lime was quite nice, it's not as sharp as CH's Wild Lime and is a very true lime. I'd order it again if it weren't for the absolute fabulousness of the Key Lime! Wild Lime is great but Key Lime knocked my socks off. It smells just like my beloved 100% Pure Lime stuff, not too tart but definitely not too sweet either, just a beautiful lime. Finally my search for the perfect lime is over!

Nancy was kind enough to include a sample of Strawberry Lane (very artificial to my nose) and
Raspberry Dipped Lemon Souffle. This one was a very nice blend of raspberry, lemon and cake, great if you like foody. I'm picky about foody scents though so this wasn't one of my faves.

Finally, CH. Turnaround time was less than a week! I got all of these in the body butter:

Babcock Peach - Very light but true peach. Too bad it turned on me.

Blue Dolphin Breezer - Not one of Lena's best, just a very generic fruit scent. I couldn't really smell any of the individual fruit notes in it.

Granny Smith Apple - I keep going back and forth on this. Like the apple one from Aloha Coconut, one day it seems fine and not so good the next. In the jar though it's a great tart green apple scent, plus unlike other apple scents I can't smell the base. If you're looking for a true green apple, you must try this!

Pineapple Heat Wave Margarita - This to my nose was a more tart version of Pineapple Slices, like pineapple with a zing! Lovely in the jar, unfortunately the "zing" didn't agree with me.

Polynesian Pear Dacquiri - This was really nice if you like pear. I've never had a pear dacquiri but this is what I'd imagine it would smell like! I do love pear scents but they don't love me (as usual!) - this was rancid pear on me. :( Definitely try this though if pear works on you.

Tangerine Dreams - I need to stop ordering tangerine scents, they're always so artificial and cloying to my nose and this one was no exception.

Wild Lime - I got this in the perfume. I like it a lot but it seems to wear off fairly quickly. Plus now that I've found MMU's Key Lime I probably won't get this again. Still, a very nice lime scent and I'll definitely use it up!

Lena included some lovely samples as usual. She put in White Sangria Punch which was very nice but it went sour on me. Still it was a great fruity scent with just a touch of booziness to it to make it interesting.

I think that's all for now! I just received another MMU order and I have a couple of other miscellaneous small orders to report on, but I still need to test everything out!