Anybody who's been around me for long enough knows I am a huge fan of JoJoElle, a one-woman shop that specializes in having hundreds upon hundreds of scents that can be turned into perfumes, lotions, bath creams, sugar scrubs, and more. I've tried about 40 of her scents and have a list of some 80-odd other scents I'm dying to try. She's great, and I particularly recommend her Ultra Luxe Lotion, which I find light and moisturizing without being too heavy on the skin. Good for knitters, who need moisturization but can't have lotion that lingers.
I had a Christmas order in (which arrived just before the holiday, yay!), and of the 21 new scents I ordered (plus all the freebies and goodies), I've now tested three:
- Cranberry Cobbler - Sweet and sour aroma of rich red cranberries with baked sugar and lightly baked cobbler crust.
I'm sorry to say that this one basically turns to bubblegum on me. :( It does have a cranberry scent in the bottle, but that's not what it does on me. Alas!
- Lemon Cream Cheese Cupcakes - A scrumptious dessert of lemon bundt cupcakes with a decadent cream cheese frosting!
This one is pretty fabulous. It's mostly lemon and cake, but you definitely get a hint of cream cheese in there, too! Nom nom nom!
- Orange Cranberry Muffins - Sparkling orange and tart cranberries baked into sweet muffins!
On first application, this mostly smelled like oranges (the same oranges that go into her Orange Pumpkin Brulee) and a teeny bit of cake/pastry. After a bit, the cranberry started coming through. To my relief, it doesn't smell like bubblegum at all. This is a nice complex smell that reminds me a lot of being in Bed, Bath & Beyond, which makes me wonder what kind of air freshener they use. :)
Would I order any of these again? Probably not, since there are so many other things I badly want to try! The one that would stand the best chance of making it onto a repeat list is definitely the Lemon Cream Cheese Cupcakes -- that cupcake scent JoJoElle uses is terrific (it was especially fantastic in Iced Pumpkin Cupcakes, and I can't wait to try out Iced Pear Cupcakes). I've got dozens more in the bathroom waiting to be tested out. (God, I now have a lotion and soap stash!) I'll update when I've got a few more -- it always seems like posting just one would be a waste of your time to read. >_>
Tags: cranberry, dessert, jojoelle scents, lemon, orange, scents