Sweet Smell of....Coffee!

I'm not going to lie to you. I am a self confessed, self diagnosed and known coffee addict.

I love the stuff; I love the taste, I love the smell, I love the varieties and I'm sure I probably love the effect too. I drink far too much coffee for my own good, I've tried cutting down (I managed to cut down to 4 cups a day) but sooner or later I'll be back gulping down that glorious java juice!

Another love of mine is a nice smelling house. I don't mean a house that smells like it has magic cleaning fairies in residence that smells permanently like some kind of name brand cleaning product, I mean a house that smells nice, a house with a smell of love and personality.
I while ago, I began following the lovely Maryann of One Stop Pamper Shop on Twitter. She sells the most gorgeous looking candles, votives and wax melts I have ever seen (and jewellery too!).

I also began to covet one particular scent in her range: Rich Italian. You've guessed it! It's a coffee (and vanilla!) range! It comes as a tinned candle or wax melt.

A wax melt is a cross between and oil and a candle. It doesn't have a wick so you use it in a burner, but it isn't an oil so you don't add water. You simply pop it in your burner and light a tea light underneath. The wax melts and a glorious smell (hopefully) erupts from it. When you blow out the tea light (which you should do after 3hours) the wax hardens ready for use later.

I'm a big fan of burner oils, but not wax melts as much, they're not quite as easy to swap fragrances with and for this reason I stick with oils. I decided to ask Maryann if she could make an oil for me in this fabulous scent, but alas, she said she doesn't make them.

I was devastated...until...Maryann Tweeted me a little offer 'How about I send you (no obligation) a couple of free melts for you to try and see if I can change your mind?'

Free home fragrance thingies?...yes please!!

I jumped at the chance! And here are my freebies :)


I received a fantastic Rich Italian (yahooo!) and a lovely Antique Lace (vanilla and jasmine). The scent hit me as soon as I opened them, they were gorgeous.



I popped the Italian in as soon as the boyfriend left for work (he's not a big a fan of coffee as me). I was not left disappointed! The scent was lovely and strong, not overpowering and absolutely gorgeous! A beautiful smell of strong coffee with a delicate vanilla undertone...I'm in love.

The Antique Lace is also wonderful! It's beautiful and delicate and definitely one I would suggest when you have guests, it's not too strong and the lovely jasmine and vanilla scent will have your guests wondering how you have such a beautiful smelling home.

After testing out the melts I decided that the scents of One Stop Pamper Shop were amazing and I will definitely be buying some candles from there in the future but wax melts just aren't for me. I swap and change my fragrances too often to use them as getting them out of the burner isn't the easiest thing in the world.

I'm so grateful for getting the chance to try these and highly recommend One Stop Pamper Shop to all you house proud people out there! If you like to have one fragrance in your home for a long period, get some of the wax melts, you will not be disappointed. If you like to swap and change...go for the candles - they're even prettier too! I will be getting some candles in the near future!

Links: One Stop Pamper Shop
One Stop Pamper Shop (Folksy)
OneStopPamper (Twitter)

I highly recommend the Rich Italian!

And may I remind you all that it is my birthday on Monday ;)