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Tahitian Vanilla from AromaSoy by Grazia
 Ok, one more thing and I’ll stop talking about AromaSoy by Grazia. :-) While discussing vanilla scents, Grazia told me her Tahitian Vanilla was one of her very best vanillas. I wanted to try it, but told her it wouldn’t be “eligible” for this review since it wasn’t a plain vanilla...there’s a touch of coconut and rum in it. So why did I include it? Well, I tried a Tahitian Vanilla tart and fell in love. This is such a unique vanilla scent. I’ve never smelled anything like it and feel it’s my “candle duty” to spread the word. :-)
Let’s have a look at the description of this scent:
“Truly a wonderful, decadent, rich scent of island vanilla beans mingled with exotic spiced rum and sweet tropical coconut to create a ‘scent’sory delight. All vanilla lovers will delight in this tropical version and all non-vanilla lovers will embrace it as well. I’ve searched and searched for good vanillas and I feel that I’ve found the most aromatic and unique ones out there with this one, as well as Vanilla Mystique and French Vanilla Supreme.”
I thought there was just one “flavor” of vanilla...you know, the one that we’re all used to. Wrong! After doing a little digging online, I learned that vanilla is grown in several places around the world and depending on the location, it can have it’s own unique flavor and aroma. Tahitian Vanilla is supposedly sweeter and fruitier than other vanillas. On just about every site out there that mentions Tahitian Vanilla, it’s described as having a fruity, floral aroma with hints of cherry, licorice, plum, raisin, prunes and aniseed.
After burning so many bakery vanillas, it was so nice to smell such a different vanilla. This scent is so unique. When this tart is in my burner it draws me right in...I find myself breathing it in over and over. Tahitian Vanilla has a great tropical feel to it that I really love. I don’t smell anything floral, but I do smell an underlying fruitiness, which is probably the reason I like it so much. I definitely detect a cherry-vibe in this scent as well as a fig-vibe. I notice the coconut, but it’s not very strong, it just works so well to support this unique smell of vanilla. My nose barely noticed the rum.
The throw on this tart amazed me. You know how some tarts don’t really have an impressive smell to them when they’re cold? Well as soon as I took this tart out of the little baggy it came in, the scent almost filled my entire living room. I placed it in my tart burner and a minute later before it had the chance to melt, my hubby could smell it. That’s always a good sign because he’s usually “hard of smelling.” :-) He said it smelled like butterscotch. At first I laughed but then realized that kind of made sense. I was smelling an overall butterscotch smell as well...I can’t figure that one out.
If you love vanilla scents but are looking to experience something a bit different, I highly recommend you give Grazia’s Tahitian Vanilla a try...I think you’ll see why I fell in love. I know I’ll definitely be going back for “seconds.”
Ok, onward and upward to more straight vanillas...
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I’m not happy with this one at all. Sorry Yankee. (again) Even though I haven’t had luck with Yankee in the past, I decided to wipe the slate clean and give them another chance with their French Vanilla tart. I melted it and after a while did notice a nice, but light vanilla scent starting to fill my living room, but then the strangest thing happened. It seemed to go away super-quick...I’m talking within about 10 minutes of when the smell was first dispersed into the room. So far with my experience with tarts, the scent lasts for a couple hours at least but not with this one. It came and went so fast. 
e areas I didn’t...strange. Normally with all the good tarts I melt, their strong scent fills my whole living room. 
