A whole lotta latte | Xela Aromasticks, Comforting Vanilla Latte, 8-Ounce Box

Fill a room with the rich aroma of vanilla latte. | Xela Aromasticks, Comforting Vanilla Latte, 8-Ounce Box

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	• Xela Aromasticks, Comforting Vanilla Latte, 8-Ounce Box Xela Xela, 2007 average customer review:based on 68 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good aroma but a bit over priced

The aroma generated by this product is great. The smell is long-lasting and the container has a sort of East Asia look to it which I liked.

However, the downside of this product is the price. While, I got mine for free (thank you Vine), the regular price seems a bit steep even if it is a nice aroma with a nice container.

If you can overlook the price, then I'd recommend that you get it.

A whole lotta latte

If you've ever been incensed by incense, burned by burners, concerned by candles or diffident about diffusers, maybe this is the product for you. The pleasing scent fills a room quickly without being overpowering, giving the impression of being in a cozy little café.

Pros:

1. Very nicely packaged. This would make a wonderful housewarming gift.
2. Easy to set up - no degree in engineering required. Remove cap from bottle, replace it with spherical cap, stuff the sticks through the hole in the cap - that's it.
3. Pleasant smell that doesn't make me sneeze (I suffer from allergies.) You can remove some of the sticks if the smell is too strong.
4. No open flames or burning embers to monitor, no ash or dripping wax to clean up.
5. Works hard for you, right round the clock.

Cons:
1. Costs a lot in the first instance, but if it lasts for six months as advertised, that's only about $6.50 per month.
2. Although it's nice enough to look at when assembled, it's just a regular looking transparent glass bottle with some yellowish liquid inside, a bunch of sticks and a spherical wooden cap. Unless your décor matches this description, it's going to stand out among your other stuff, so you'd better just call it a conversation piece.
3. I'm already getting nightmares about it falling over unbeknownst to anybody, and all that oil trickling...trickling...EVERYWHERE. To add to this, the oil can damage some surfaces - and of course, it's flammable.
4. I'm also thinking that flipping the sticks around regularly will be a messy exercise, better performed over the sink.
5. If you have pets or kids, you'll need to be extra careful where you place it.

Even with its faults, this is a unique way to make any living or work area a tad warmer and friendlier, and before you know it, your friends may start dropping by your own little "Central Perk" for some good times.

Rated: 3.75 stars

Amanda Richards, February 6, 2008

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Fill a room with the rich aroma of vanilla latte.

The Xela Aromasticks (vanilla Latte) is an awesome product. The scent of vanilla coffee filled the room and the
effects of the aroma are very soothing. I've tried a few of these type of products in the past but I was never really satisifed. But these aromasticks are a value, a worthwhile purchase and I will definitely buy some for my family and friends. It's very relaxing to have the smell of a vanilla coffee drifting around. The scent reminds me of a vanilla flavored creme. I enjoy it very much. The instructions on how to use it are printed on the back of the box and it only takes a minute before you can benefit from that rich aroma. I Enjoyed this product very much and I will buy a replacement in six months.

Highly recommended.

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WONDERFUL aroma, but not child-friendly

Like most guys, I love the smell of vanilla. It's like "oh boy! Mom's making brownies!" Add to that the coffee smell -- mmmmm -- this stuff smell GOOD!!!

The trouble with this product is the aroma-delivery system. The picture shows the bottle of scented oil, and a ball with long sticks coming out of it. How it works is that you take the cap off the bottle and set the ball on in its place. The ball has a cylinder drilled in the bottom to fit over the bottle top, and a through-hole for the sticks. The ball just sets on the bottle -- no real attachment -- and the sticks go through the ball, down into the bottle (and thus, into the oil), and stick out the top. The sticks are a very porous bamboo, which unfortunately were not sanded -- making me think they were the chopsticks rejected by quality control. C'mon, laugh -- you know that was funny!

The combination is fairly attractive, really, in an artsy kind of way (not that I'm an artsy guy, but I can appreciate that it looks kind of cool). The trouble is that it is tall with a small base, and thus it is VERY TIPPY. Then, since the ball is not attached (in fact, I think the ball's only purpose is to make the bottle-top look better), when the bottle tips, the ball pops off, the oil runs down the sticks, and you've got a huge vanilla-latte mess on your hands (or table, wherever). Okay, so it's a great smelling mess, but wouldn't you rather have some control over the aroma?

Obviously, it needs to be placed somewhere that it won't be disturbed -- which doesn't exist in my house, unless I was to put it somewhere so obscure that it wouldn't get any airflow, and then there wouldn't be any point to it, because the vanilla-latte aroma wouldn't circulate.

All in all -- if you have a safe place to put this thing, I recommend it. It looks cool and smells heavenly. For that matter, if you have another scented-oil delivery system, I still recommend it, because it smells that good. But I can't recommend the whole sticks thing without that "safe place where it will not get tipped" caveat.

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Pleasantly surprised

Xela Aromasticks in Comforting Vanilla Latte has a light and pleasant smell. It fills small to medium sized rooms with just enough fragrance and does not overwhelm the senses. I would surely try another of their scents!

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