Scentzilla!

Wickle is a small business out of the UK selling a range of adorable items, from greeting cards to toiletries. Their designs touch upon old-fashioned patterns, but with modern sensibilities that, and I have to repeat myself here, are completely adorable, such as those in the collage at left. (I wish they offered some of those card designs on baby doll tees!) Wickle also carries a line of eau de parfums, two of which bored me, and two of which delighted me.

Let’s get the two I didn’t personally care for out of the way first: Muskmallow and Periwinkle. Muskmallow, aside from bearing a really great name for a scent, is not something I’d choose normally for myself. It’s a perfectly pleasant and unremarkable tea rose scent that is not particularly musky at all. Very tastefully done, but I don’t find it anything special. Periwinkle has an equally fun name, and is a bright hyancinth based scent. While I think this one might hold appeal for folks who want to find a long lasting hyancinth scent, I’m not sure this is a scent that I couldn’t just stumble across in any old drugstore’s toiletry section amongst the soaps and powders.

Scented Tea Leaf smells on me like the way a glass of sun tea with lemon slices tastes - refreshing! I am dying to try it out later this summer when the temperature climbs too high for anything complex. The scent has no off-notes, it’s only a simple truthful tea fragrance in there. Those who like complexities in their tea themed perfumes won’t be too impressed, but I know there’s a ton of you guys who are looking for a unfussy straight ahead tea perfume and this nicely fits the bill on that count.

The scent I was most looking forward to, and the one I did indeed enjoy the most was their Chestnut & Vetiver. It smells of toasty roasty nuts, with the vetiver adding a touch of dark shadows to the base. Ahhhh. It’s delicious. I will definitely be repurchasing this one once my minature bottle is depleted. It sounds really simple, and it is, which to me is neither here nor there since the scent works for me. I don’t own anything else like it in my collection, so it was a happy discovery for me. I’m disappointed to see no candle version of it available on the website right now, but I’m glad to at least have found the eau de parfum.

All the scents are slightly strong, and all have excellent staying power, though the Periwinkle does most notably (it’s an apply once and it lasts all day scent.) If you wish to try all the scents at once, navigate to the “Gifts” section, where you will find a small set of all four Wickle offerings in roll-on bottles. Or extremely reasonably priced minis of the scents can be purchased as well, without having to worry about committing to a full size bottle without having tried it first. I found their customer service to be excellent, and the charge for shipping from the UK to the US seemed perfectly reasonable to me. Their payment system is via Paypal, so if you don’t already have a Paypal account you will need to start one (don’t worry, it takes only a few minutes and they are reliable.)

Image is a collage of a few of Wickle’s excellent designs! My thanks to Annie at Blogdorf Goodman who brought this company to my attention, which she in turn found via the wonderful Oh Joy!. You can find Wickle by either clicking the hyperlink at the top of the post, or by typing http://ticklemywickle.com/ into your browser window.

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