Have you ever tried Scentsy? I have to admit, I was a Scentsy virgin till just a few days ago. I was offered the opportunity to sample and review different Scentsy products and couldn’t begin to tell you just how excited I was. I’d always heard great things about this company, but honestly had never even seen it.
When my package arrived, I think I may have kissed the delivery man (quite frankly), and I couldn’t wait to open it. I’ve admitted it before (but NEVER at any meetings or anything) that I am a candle junkie. So, I was a little skeptical, because nothing has been able to convert me.
I was also given the honor of my very own Scentsy Buddy.
I love my Buddy. She was soft, cuddly, and smelled awesome. These would make a wonderful gift for children of all ages. My wonderful little bear had a zipped pocket on the back where I inserted a scented sash.
There are six scentsy stuffed animals to choose from and there may be more released later.
- Lenny the Lamb
- Roarbert the Lion
- Mollie the Monkey
- Ollie the grey elephant
- Penny the Pig
- Ribbert the Frog
I’ve already ordered a pair for Christmas. If you’ve done the math, you know why. . 1 mom, 2 gremlins, and 1 bear… (yes this one is MINE… lol).
Oh, and guess what? For everyone who makes a purchase from Vanessa on her site, she is giving away a free bar of scents.
About Scentsy:
This simple idea was born when two stay-at-home moms began selling decorative warmers designed to melt scented wax with the heat of a light bulb instead of a traditional wick and flame. They wanted a safe, wickless alternative to scented candles.
For more on how this simple idea turned into something amazing go here.
About the product:
Pros:
Scentsy is a safe alternative to the traditional flame candle, making it safer for families like mine with small children. With so many options available, it can be a little overwhelming, but for me the search is over, I’m hooked. The scent was strong, without being overwhelming, my house smelled DIVINE. Then of course there is the safety factor, although the wax was hot, I wouldn’t recommend putting your fingers in it, but I’d definitely take THAT on over a fire. Not to mention, the fragrance lasted longer than traditional candles, and have I mentioned they smell divine?
Cons:
Choosing just ONLY 1 or 2 or 3…
BIG thumbs UP!! for Scentsy …
Giveaway time!
Vanessa, an independent Scentsy consultant will be giving away a Scentsy holiday kit that includes a warmer, bricks, and a Scentsy buddy for one of our readers! To enter the contest, visit her site and then come back here and tell us which scent you would love to try!
This giveaway is a part of the 5 Minutes for Mom Christmas Giveaway 2011. Please follow the link for more information, as well as for a complete list of all giveaways as they post throughout the month of November. Entries for all giveaways will close Saturday, December 3rd at 7pm CST. Winners will be drawn randomly and we will announce the winners Monday, December 5th. We will email winners at the address accompanying the winning comments.
Written by 5 Minutes for Mom Contributor Lisa, mother of twin girls, navy wife, and author of the blog Mommying on the Fly. You can connect with Lisa on twitter @mommyinondfly.
Disclosure: I was sent a Scentsy kit in order to write this review. All opinions are my own.
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These are just so adorable! After browsing a bit, I decided I liked Lenny the lamb the best. He’s so cute……
The Honey Pear Cider sounds pretty intriguing. Thanks for the chance.
Would love to try plum garland.
Ooh, I’d love to try the Central Park Pralines scent. Sounds delicious!
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Christmas Cottage sounds lovely!
I would love to try the Christmas Cottage scent.
I’d love to try the cinnamon vanilla scent!
THE BAKED APPLIE PIE IS WHAT i WOULD LOVE TO TRY THANKS
Ooooh, any of the fall/holiday scents would be awesome. I love anything cinnamon or apple.
I love scentsy! I would like white out!
I think I would like to try the cinnamon vanilla, two scents I love together!
I would love to try the Cinnamon Vanilla scent!
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November 4, 2011 at 2:44 pm
I would love to try the havana cabana scent.
Coconut lemongrass sounds nice.
I would love to try Cinnamon Vanilla!!! I love those two, so why not combine them?? Thanks!! I would LOVE to try Scentsy!
It isn’t very holiday-ish but I want to try the sunkissed citrus!
Black Ruby sounds intriguing to me
I would love to try the Midnight Fig scent…thanks for the giveaway!!
White Out sounds like the perfect Christmas scent!
the newborn nursery sounds great for year round but honey pear cider sounds like a nice snuggly fall scent
I would love to try the Cinnamon Vanilla Scentsy. It would remind me of the smells of baking in my home as I grew up
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I’d like to try the Black Raspberry Vanilla Scentsy Bar
i like the hero collection!
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November 5, 2011 at 8:01 am
I’d love to try the clove and cinnamon scent.
Thanks!
Oh goodness, I am having the hardest time deciding. I wish I could smell each scent right through my laptop. LOL. I think the one scent I am interested in trying is the Eskimo Kiss Scentsy
i love scentsy and i’ve been thinking of buying these little guys for my girls. they would love them. thanks for the review. it really was helpful! I wonder if the smell lasts weeks/months?
Hazelnut Latte
I would love the vanilla cream scent
bluebelle0367(at)hotmail(dot)com
I would like the festival of trees scent
carolejm at gmail dot com
I would love to try the Happy Birthday. Sounds so yummy!
I would luv luv luv these. Everyone in my town is selling this product but I cant afford it. Very interesting!! Thanks five minutes for mom
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I love holiday candles being so far away from mom it reminds me of her house during the holidays.
I think the Cozy Fireside sounds perfect for winter. Thanks!
Definitely Baked Apple Pie!
I love scentsy! The White Tea and Cactus is such a great scent… so clean and crisp. I really want to try the snow scent to see what that is like.
Home Sweet Home sounds like a pleasant scent.
baked apple pie sounds delightful!
i would like to try the Christmas Cottage scent
I’d love to try the WhiteOut !! Thank you for the chance!
Would like to try this too…
I would like to try the Cinnamon Vanilla
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
I’d love to try the cozy fireside
nieceyd(at)gmail(dot)com
Autumn Sunset sounds perfect!
I Love the Cinnamon Vanilla.
How do you pick just one scent? I’d try the Christmas cottage
Ooh Christmas Cottage or Black Ruby I’m sure would be divine!
the hazelnut latte sounds great to me
Twitter: longwait4bella
November 6, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Gingerbread would be a nice scent for the holidays.
Clove and Cinnamon sounds really good for the holidays.
I’d like to try the christmas cottage scent
I would love to try the Midnight Fig!
The Honey Pear Cider scent sounds amazing and unique!
I would love to try Vanilla Cream
I would love to try Satin Sheets and Home Sweet Home. Thanks for the chance to win! : )
Cinnamon vanilla!
I would love to try Cinnamon Bear
So near Christmas…I’m loving Silent night warmer, w/ Christmas cottage scent … and may some of the plugins too.
I would love to try the Sentimental Cider.
I would love to try flutter. This is a very cool Giveaways
I would love to try silver bells or cinnamon vanilla!
The Cinnamon Vanilla sounds great!
I would love to try the Honey Pear Cider! It sounds amazing!
Any of the christmas holiday scents would be amazing. Christmas is my favorite holiday, spending time with my family while my house actually smells like a holiday. I am a smell-good freak so bring on the scentsy. Thanks so much.
I absolutely love my Scentsy buddies, I am familiar with Scentsy and would love to try the Perfectly pomegranate scent!! I am expecting my first grandchild the end of November and I would give the buddy to him as a christmas gift!!
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November 10, 2011 at 3:25 pm
How in the world are we supposed to make such a touch choice?! Eesh!
I’ve seen the “Scentsy” stickers on cars, but never seen their products. I think I’m gonna go with “Central Park Pralines”
Thanks!
I would love to try the black raspberry vanilla! We used to have black raspberries growing in our backyard and they were delicious!
I’d like to try the snowberry, sounds yummy
I want to try Autumn Stroll!
I would so love to win! I really want to try the Christmas Cottage!
plum garland!!
Sunkissed Citrus sounds perfect!
Ohhh! I would love to try the Christmas Cottage scent.
Thanks for this opportunity!
i would love to try the eskimo kiss sent
The Eskimo Kiss sounds lovely!
I would love to try warm vanilla
I would love to try the Autumn Sunset. Sounds yum!
I like to try the scent of the month Midnight Fig.
Rasberry vanilla sounds yum !
I think all of the fall scents sound amazing.
The Cinnamon Bear Scent sounds yummy!
I’d like to try ‘Cozy Fireside!’
blueberry cheesecake looks amazing!
I would love to try sweet pea and vanilla
I would love to try the Happy Birthday Scentsy Bar! My kids would love it!
i’d like baked apple pie
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i love anything that makes my house smell good and i dont have to worry about my kids getting into it.
Cinnamon Bear would bring back such happy memories of my house as a kid!
i love all the scents but id love to try the new white out!
heather.loftus@aol.com
I will admit that I am still a Scentsy virgin. I have persued a couple of catalogs but have never gotten around to making a purchase. I would love to try the Snowberry Scentsy. It sounds wondeful.
The cinnamon vanilla is my fave!
The Buddies are soooo cute!
As for scents, wow, so many lovely choices – Autumn Sunset and White Tea & Cactus sound good. creedamy [at] yahoo[dot] com
I would love to try the Eskimo Kiss Scent
I would like to try Midnight Fig scent.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
Christmas Cottage
Always wanted to try scentsy, have heard great things!
Either French Lavender or Baked Apple Pie would be my choice.
I’d love to try Silver Bells!
I’d love to try Cinnamon Bear!
Baked Apple Pie sound fabulous!
I always buy alot of candles. I love candles! I have never tried the scentsy, but would love to !
i would love to have a buddy. With having 5 kids under ten. I never knew how many different sense it can be. This buddy is perfect.
Would love to try cozy fireside scent. Thanks!
I would love to try the Mochadoodle Scent.
sleepyheadedmom at gmail dot com
I think maybe the black ruby? Or cozy fireside? I can’t decide!
I think I would like snowberry or pumpkin roll.
I would love to try Camu . I have 3 children at home
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November 17, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Cocoa Clementine sounds the best!!!
I’d love to try the Silver Bells scent! I’ve never tried Scentsy but always wanted to!
Thanks! =)
Welcome Home sounds perfect.
I would love to try the Ocean Scentsy Brick. With the winter coming it would be nice to remember the beach!
BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE SOUNDS LIKE A WINNER!!! THANKS FOR THE CHANCE!
I would love to try the White Out scent! Yum
I get invited to scentsy parties all the time, but never get a chance to go. I would love to see what they are all about!
I’d like to try havana cabana. spottedjagiwar at yahoo dot com
I would love to try the baked apple pie!!
I have heard of these, but have never had one. Would be great to try, I’d like any one of them.
I would love to try the Christmas Cottage Scentsy Bar.
amybrown16 at insightbb dot com
I would love to try Cinnamon Vanilla!
I would love to try the Christmas Cottage
Yummy! Plum Garden!
I’d love to try Festival of Trees.
AndreaH
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I would like to try Autumn Sunset.
I would love to try Baked Apple Pie!
Such a hard decision to make with so many lovely scents to choose from!!! Hmmm, I think I’d love to try Festival of Trees:-) Thank you so much for the opportunity to enter this giveaway!! xo
I have never tried Scentsy but I have only heard good things about it as well. I would love to try the scent Luna
Sounds yummy.
snowberry sounds good!
I would love to try either the SnowBerry or the Cinnamon Vanilla
I would like to try Ocean or Festival of trees, sounds amazing!
I would love to try Black Ruby. It looks fabulous!
Would love to try the French Lavender scent!
I’d like to try home sweet home
ryanac32 at yahoo dot com
Although there are many scents i at this time of year like the pumpkin.awsome..And my little girl likes the pig buddy..so cute
havana cubana!
I would love to try the Luna scent.
jerseygirl137(at)yahoo(dot)com
Black Ruby scent.
Christmas Cottage
I love Scentsy! I think I would like to try the Autumn Sunset bricks, they sound lovely.
I would love to try the Autumn Sunset Scentsy Bar.
I would definately have to say the Spiced Apple Pie bars…YUMM-O
i would like mochadoodle or pumkin marshmallow
I would love to try the home sweet home
I would love to try the sweet pea & vanilla…or the snowberry…or just breathe…or cucumber lime…ok, I better stop now, you are right, they all look fantastic!!
I’d love to try christmas cottage
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I’d like to try the cinnamon vanilla. Perfect for this time of year!
I would love to try Honey Pear Cider. I love Pears and I love Cider!! I bet this smells awesome!!!
I like the Christmas cottage scent
I adore scents of all kinds, candles, scentsy,reed difusers. Heaven to the nose
Eskimo Kiss sounds fun for the winter.
I would like to try Clean Breeze I always love crisp clean scents.
I would love to get the scent Blueberry Cheesecake!! I have wanted a buddy since the first time I discovered Scentsy and I really hope I win this!! Thank you for the opportunity!! :0)
I’d love to see what Christmas Cottage smells like!
Midnight fig sounds wonderful, would love to try it!
I would love to try the Christmas Cottage scent
ksceviour at hotmail dot com
I would like to try the Cinnamon Vanilla scent
I would love to try snowberry. It sounds delightful! Yum!
would love to try the blueberry cheesecake
MochaDoodle is Fabulous….now I want Central Park Praline
I would love to try the clove & cinnamon scent and my choice of animals would be MOLLIE MONKEY – thanks for the chance to win/
I would like to try sugar cookie
rjs682 at yahoo dot com
I’d like to try the Christmas Cottage scent.
I would love to try the Plum Garland Full-Size Scentsy Warmer!
Thanks!
Jenn from How to Make Hair Bows
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Such a cute idea! I’d love to get my hands on one of these!
Would love to try Christmas cottage , belensmama at gmail dot com
Cinnamon Vanilla sounds very yummy!
I would love to try Festival of Trees. I sounds like it would make my house smell wonderful!
Black raspberry vanilla sounds fantastic!
apple pie!
I’d like to try eskimo kiss
tmc480 at yahoo dot com
I’d like to try the Inner Peace scent.
I would love to try the Merry Berry.
Hazlenut Latte- yum.
I love the OCEAN (my house is very nautical) and I love the Birthday Cake (I am NOT a scentsy virgin and I love my warmers!!!! ) I had not seen the buddies…I love them!!!!
I like the Christmas cottage scent!
I want to try the honey pear scentsy. It sounds wonderful!
I’d like the Cinnamon Bear scent
I would love to try Newborn Nursery or Country Cottage. Both scents sound wonderful. Thank you for the chance.
cinnamon vanilla
Love to try the Midnight Fig scent
I love scentsy stuff, but I haven’t tried the animals yet! I would love to try the cucumber lime, it sounds good!
I’d love to try Christmas Cottage… and I want the Roarbert the Lion for my son!
I would love to try the white tea and cactus scent
I would love to try out sweet pea and vanilla, or something with Pomegranate in it. (and I’d love to have the Monkey buddy)
I can only imagine how wonderful the Snowberry must smell. I would love to try! And I love the moose warmer, it matches my house! How cool! :]
My wife really like’s the smell of pumpkin in the house, I like pine for the holidays.
I would love to try an Eskimo kiss
Honey Pear!
Mmmmmm Newborn Nursery!!!
I would love to try the Happy Birthday Scentsy Bar
Black raspberry vanilla for the Win!
I would love to try Sugar Cookie!!
Baked Apple Pie!
Oooh Vanilla Suede!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
I love scented products and the teddy bear is adorable. This would make a great stocking stuffer!
I would love to try Silver Bells….
Enchanted Mist sounds AMAZING!
I’d love to try Christmas Cottage, silver bell, or Snowberry – (emscout9 at Hotmail dot com)
Christmas cottage scent sounds very festive.
I’d love to try Silver Bells! I keep hearing rave reviews
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sweet pea and vanilla
spottedjagiwar at yahoo dot com
Central Park Pralines sounds YUMMY
baked apple pie
perferfectly pomegranate sounds great!
I would love to try the Fireside Cozy Scentsy Bar.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
Sugar Cookie Scentsy Brick. Yum!
i would love to try bing cherry
Vanilla anything vanilla.
pumpkin yummmm
christmas cottage! thank you!!
newborn nursery
for my little one
I’d like to try whiteout
I would love to try the Wishing Well scent!
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
My nephew has been asking for a Scentsy buddy since he saw one at a friends house. Im curious about the “Blizzard” scent!
Newborn Nursery
I would love to try Christmas Cottage! I love Scentsy!
The French Lavender scent!
I love Scentsy and have tried just about every scent I want to try! BUT they got a new scent in! I want to try that Spice Bazaar scent! oooo sounds neat!
I would love to try the Hendrix scent!
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My friend has one of these in his home, smells great.
My apartment could use one of these.
I would love to try the perfectly pomegranate.
Christmas cottage I bet smell good.
Wonder if they have any fragrances for the man in the house?
The Central Park Pralines scent sounds wonderful!
You obviously know your stuff. Wish I could think of something clever to write here. Thanks for sharing.