Calling All Mint Chocolate Lovers!

Back from yet another hiatus.. Now that summer is coming along, hopefully I'll find more time to update this little blog site! Looking to add some more useful reviews to help those of you who love shopping like me!

Many ladies would know that currently, Bath and Body Works is having their semi-annual sale! I made 2 purchases already on 2 separate occasions, and the sale only started on Wednesday... But I promise, everything was very discounted! If you know me, you know I love a bargain and rarely buy items at the full, original retail price.

Anyway, this blog is dedicated to the Mint Chocolate 3-wick candle that I purchased just today. When I saw this in stores the first time, I didn't buy it because I wasn't sure how it would perform when it was burned. It smelled AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS out of the jar in the store (just like Yorks peppermints, or Andes mint chocolates) but I wanted to check out some of the reviews for the candle first before I added it to my shopping bag. Since I made the purchase, you can pretty much guess that the reviews I read were good...

Now onto my own review for this candle. I am an avid mint chocolate lover. Icecream, chocolate, mousse cakes... if it's mint chocolate, you know I want it! If you're like me, and you take a whiff of this in stores, you will instantly find yourself trying to breathe in as much of this product as possible. It's THAT good!

Here it is a couple of minutes after I lit it up, sitting happily on top of my Alex unit from Ikea. that the boyfriend recently surprised me with =)

I wanted to try it out tonight to see if it burns well. When I first lit it, you don't instantly smell it in your room right away. I was a little surprised, because I always thought that the 3-wick candles would carry a stronger scent and would be more suitable for larger, open areas, instead of small bedroom. The scent wasn't very strong... which means it wont be nauseating when you're burning it in your room =). When I left my room briefly and came back in, that's when I really noticed the smell a lot more. And it's a very pleasant smell! You will notice the chocolate, but the mint in it really makes it smell more unique, in a good way. It's not artificial smelling at all. Smells like you've got a batch of mint chocolates in your room! The flames dance really high for this one!

For anyone that's been to Thailand.. notice the Thai Iced Tea cup in the background? We found a vendor at the Richmond Night Market that brewed them! Soooo good... totally missing Bangkok right now especially...

I didn't light it for very long (maybe only 30 minutes tops) but I'm sure if I burned it for longer, the pool would have evened out a bit better. Before the wax hardened up, I took a whiff of the candle, and that's when you realllllllly get a good sniff of the mint chocolate scent. mmmmmmm.....

So, the verdict is, that you do really have to grab this one if you like the scent of it from the jar. Or if you're ordering online, if you love mint chocolate, then you will love this too! I think I'm going to pick up some more before they disappear..

Right now I kind of want to purchase a candle warmer. I heard that the scent gets released a lot better when you use one. The only thing is, I'm not sure if I can find a candle warmer that will be big enough to fit this one...and I'm hesitant to mutilate this candle and break it into chunks to place onto a candle warmer...

Anyway, this is actually the first candle I've burned from BBW. I do have a few other ones sitting around, but I guess I'm not nearly as excited about those as I am with this one =)