Deluxe Wine Essences Collection - 40 Piece Set Reviews

11/06/2014

Bought this as an alternative to the $400 kit. Was happy that there were 40 scents, which included faults. I would say 25 of the 40 were good, 10 were very artificial and difficult to decipher, and 5 were just awful (the black truffle, grapefruit, honey, hay, and green bell pepper). Also disappointing was then when mine arrived, though packaged well, at least 15 if the vials had leaked and had lost half their contents. And of course boxwood had to be one that leaked and the whole kits smells like that now, you can't handle a vial without having the boxwood (which smells more like sandlewood to me) scent all over your hands. I needed it 3 days later to teach a class so unfortunately I couldn't send it back and wait for a new one. If you just want something to help learn, it's a fine kit. If you're super serious, you will most likely be disappointed.