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Average Rating
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76% of reviewers
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$3.00
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7.3
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debra99
Registered: Oct 2006
Location: oregon
Posts: 17
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Review Date: Sun Oct 29, 2006
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Would you recommend the brand? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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different scents than usual
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Cons:
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a bit spendy
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I received Amber Bergamot Rose as a gift, (with the glass container). I took it home and immediately dropped it!!!! It looked fine, but after lighting it, I noticed a crack. I set it in a bowl and lit it again, and a piece of glass could be lifted off after the next burning. The hot wax ran into the bowl and I had a revelation - how about turning the melted wax into tarts? Wow! What a great idea this turned out to be. The throw was very strong, and I was able to enjoy the scent of the candle after all. (I now use that last 1/2 inch of my candles as tarts as well - if I really like the fragrance.)
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lealea
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Valdosta, GA
Posts: 26
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Review Date: Thu Nov 9, 2006
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Would you recommend the brand? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Unique scents, beautiful upscale packaging
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Expensive
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After reading all the hoopla about Pacifica, I finally caved in and bought a Nile Lily candle, after finally discovering them in a store and not online. I wanted to at least get a cold sniff before I spent that much money on a candle! The pillar I bought was absolutely gorgeous, a deep mottled red. This candle was worth every penny! I normally don't go for florals, but this was such a unique fragrance I couldn't resist. I've since purchased more scents online and so far, I haven't hit paydirt like I did with the Nile Lily. I ordered the Beloved Spice gift set, Carribbean Sugar Pumpkin, Madagascar Spice, Mexican Cocoa and Bourbon Island Vanilla. I have burned the following so far - CSP: 3 oz. jar, Medium scent strength, not a bad scent, just not "wow". Roman Frankincense: Yuck! 3 oz. jar also, and a good thing. I don't care for this scent at all. Somewhat of a wood smell, but not in a good way. Cannot describe it exactly but not a reorder for me! Mex. Cocoa: Fairly strong, more of a common clove, cinnamon scent to me, not the unique fragrance I was led to believe. It's just okay to me. I haven't burned the Bourbon Island Vanilla but the cold scent leads me to think this may just be my favorite. Very unique! Customer service was great, they kept me informed every step of the way about the order & it arrived in a timely fashion. My advice is to find a local store that carries them and then buy the smaller candles to test the scents. Some of them are hidden treasures! By the way, they all burned beautifully, no soot, very clean. High quality candle all the way...
UPDATE on Carribbean Sugar Pumpkin: Okay, this candle has finally "found itself"! What a rich, mellow, full-bodied fragrance, now I love it! I guess it had to burn awhile to get going, but whatever the reason for the delay, it was well worth it...
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mstigerlily
Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Fri Dec 1, 2006
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Would you recommend the brand? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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All soy, clean burn, smooth, intoxicating scents
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Cons:
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LIGHT throw on all three I tried, expensive
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I heard about Pacifica from Candlefind and have been intrigued by the reviews. They are pricey, but luckily a store just a mile away sell them, so I went by to see what I could find. They had a fairly large selection The candles smell very nice cold, they are nicely colored, smooth appearance and have a very clean burn. They seem to burn very slowly and there is no smoke whatsoever. The 3 oz size is basically a large votice in a glass, not very big at all. Still I thought it would be large enough to judge. Sadly I was wrong!
Here is my review:
Bali Lime Papaya, 3 oz soy in glass: I wish I could tell you it was nice but I can barely smell it. Even when I stand right over it while it's burned for an hour, I can only pick up a faint pleasant limey scent. So, basically no throw at all - I cannot recommend.
Hawaiian Ruby Guava, 3 oz soy in glass: This is my favorite of the three small candles I burned. Very nice colored candle, a deep orange-y pinkish red, a very sweet light fragrant smell. This smell was awesome, it did smell very light, fragrant. fruity and tropical I recommend. BUT although this was the only 3 oz size I could actually smell from a few feet away - very light throw!
Brazilian Mango Grapefruit, 3 oz soy in glass: I definitely get mango, no grapefruit, a nice mellow yellow, very faint mango fragrance. Too light though, the 3 oz size at least is a waste of money, I cannot recommend.
I am intrigued by the reviews of Pacifica but I'm just not feeling it with these flavors, especially for the price. I will say, however, that these 3 oz votives seem to burn very slowly, however despite hours of burning, wick trimming and reburning, the only one that you can actually smell is the Hawaiian Red Guava and that is a very light throw. I don't know how reviewers are saying a 3 oz size or votive fills a room? Maybe there is something wrong with my sense of smell?
So I went back to the store today and got:
Tuscan Blood Orange, 2x3 pillar: OK here we go, I actually smell this one when walking in the door to my room. This one has a lovely very sweet pure light orange scent that you can smell in a room. Love the smell, however, just not a strong enough throw. I definitely get the sweet sense of clean, peaceful tranquility described in the reviews of these candles so I will try Pacifica again. However I will only buy the largest pillars from now on as the smaller sizes are useless. I plan on trying Kashmir, Nile Lily, Mexican Cocoa and/or Indochine pillars for my next Pacifica purchase as I think they sound the most interesting.
If anyone knows of a very strong candle that smells just like orange fruit/blossoms, please let me know. My husband wants me to find one and although he loves Tuscan Blood Orange, it's just not strong enough unless I burn several of them at the same time.
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fantazzzz
Registered: Nov 2006
Location: CA
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Wed Dec 27, 2006
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Would you recommend the brand? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Wonderful Candles and the Brazilian Mango is very nice.
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Cons:
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A little pricy and the shipping wasnt super fast.
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Nice candles and packaging
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Essensia
Registered: Jan 2007
Location: The Sunshine State
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Sun Jan 21, 2007
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Would you recommend the brand? No |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 3
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Pros:
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Very clean burn and high-quality wax
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Cons:
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Almost no scent at all from candles purchased at hsn.com
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Imagine my excitement when I saw the "Peace, Love, & Joy" and "Beloved Spice" 3-piece candle gift sets on sale on hsn.com for only $14.95 each instead of $24.95 on the Pacifica site! I'd been wanting to try Pacifica candles based on the reviews here on CandleFind, so I ordered right away.
So far I have burned the three candles from the "Peace, Love, & Joy" set. Each is 4 ounces, poured in glass. The scents are Bourbon Island Vanilla, Seabrook Cranberry, and Caribbean Sugar Pumpkin.
The good: These candles burned beautifully and cleanly. The quality of the wax and wicks was excellent.
However, I could barely detect any fragrance at all from these 3 candles, either cold or burning. I was expecting a light scent and minimal throw from these small candles, but I honestly couldn't smell much of anything at all. When I extinguished the flames and stuck my nose right near the wax pool, the Seabrook Cranberry had a slight berry scent with a pleasant touch of salt spray, and the Caribbean Sugar Pumpkin had a slight fleshy pumpkin scent with, again, a salty tinge. Neither was sweet, which is a big plus in my book. I think I would have really enjoyed these scents if I'd been able to detect them more than an inch or so from the wax pool. I found the Bourbon Island Vanilla to have a strange tallowy scent from the wax pool, but I'll chalk that up to personal preference.
I wonder if maybe these candles were very old, or possibly seconds. On hsn.com, the brand Pacifica is not mentioned at all. They're simply referred to as the "Peace, Love, & Joy" and "Beloved Spice" candle sets, item numbers 197-629 and 197-630 respectively. However, the packaging and the candles are clearly Pacifica.
I have some misgivings about posting this not-so-positive review of Pacifica, but my hope is that I save someone from purchasing these candles from hsn.com. Perhaps you'll do better to purchase directly from Pacifica. In fact, I'm thinking of purchasing one of these votives directly from Pacifica just to see whether there's a difference, but I'm a little nervous about potentially throwing good money after bad.
I'll post an update after I've tried the "Beloved Spice" set. I have higher hopes for those because their scents are quite distinct and detectable even when cold.
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