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I'm so sad that I never got around to ordering Tahitian Village. It's one of my favorite scents for personal use. It smells familiar but I have no idea what it could be similar to.

Every time I go to order something that I need, it's out of stock. Luckily, I've found replacements for many since they can't be depended on. It's sad because the scents were the best and a few have been irreplaceable.

Green pumpkin doesn't smell at all like pumpkin. All I smell is limey green vines and it isn't pleasant, in my opinion. Definite "no" for me, too. I was really hoping for something more fresh and pumpkiny (but not spicy).

No, I was referring to Category 4 which is for leave on products like Lotions and Perfumes. At .25% usage in a bottle of lotion, I would think this would be almost non-existent.

^^^One in particular that caught my eye was Goddess at .25%. I believe the original was safe in skin care applications, but that was before IFRA recommendations were listed by suppliers. Many of the Lush dupes also have very low usage.

I've noticed that many of the "soap" scents have very low usage rates. I can't see how they would be strong enough in a leave-on application like lotion or body wash. Has anyone tried them?

I was all set to order sample packs to try the new ones but $18 shipping is too much for me. I believe I'll wait to see what some of the suppliers who offer USPS or Fed Ex get in.

My favorites are Fragrance Buddy, Aroma Haven/Rustic Escentuals, and Lonestar. I also like Just Scent and Nature's Garden for speed and customer service, but recommend sampling. I have far more misses than hits with them. Peak and Backwoods have some good scents, as well. Daystar was always tops but I can't recommend them anymore. Every time I go to reorder, my favorites are gone and they never respond to emails regarding inquiries or suggestions. I see these as signs to start moving on to more reliable, stable suppliers, though I miss some fragrances dearly.

Oh, great, thanks for the info on Golden Sands. I guess I'll stick with JS but that $14 shipping stings and I don't really need anything else that I can think of. I guess it's time to revisit the sample bin to see if anything new pops out for Fall!

I have Pink Sands and it's definitely fruity, but Golden Sands, at least from JS, is warmer with tonka bean and sandalwood very present. Of course, now I'm wondering if I received the right scent from JS. The FB Golden Sands dupe is one of the worst scents that I have ever encountered. It's extremely light OOB so I mixed some into a carrier oil and applied it. It smells like a faint citrusy powder at first, then the generic fruit notes appear after a while. Even straight out of the bottle, I have to really snort to smell anything at all. I love some things from FB but they really missed the mark on this one.

Has anyone tried their Golden Sands dupe yet? The one from Just Scent smells so good, but their shipping starts over $14 for a pound so I decided to blind buy from Fragrance Buddy since I couldn't imagine that big a difference and it smells nothing like JS's version. JS has rich sandalwood and tonka bean notes while FB smells like some generic fruity perfume. JS has no fruit notes, at least to my nose. Lesson learned, but I'm so disappointed.

So sad to hear this. And really frustrated. Their VBN was the best of all that I've tried and we're almost out. Daystar is similar but not as good in my opinion and they are too expensive. Everything that we used from there is already sold out.

Add me to the list: 1. Freezin - 2/22/11 (BCN, NG, Fillmore, SOS, Peaks, JS, paypal, amazon- Visa 2. NaturallyTru 2/24/11 (CS, Fillmore, HF, BCN, NG, SS) Visa 3. Island Girl - 3/3/11 - Visa (CS, Fillmore, NG, BCN, C&S, JS, Amazon, USPS, UPS) 4. Annie123 - 2/11 (Discover not used in over 2 months - not in Paypal). MC used at JS - CS - SKS 5. jgcurtis - 3/3/11 (Fillmore, bittercreek (S or N?), Peaks, Fillmore, Brambleberry, paypal, amazon) 6. blt212 - 3/3/11 - Visa 7. deb426 - 3/1/11 - Visa (CS, Candles and Supplies, Peaks, Fillmore, Alabaster, Flexible Molds, Coastal Scents, ITunes, AOL) 8. Wessex - 2/11 - CS, Peaks - Discover 9. jaxxcandles - 3/2/11 - (amazon & various candle suppliers) 10. Dana - MC 11. KarenOH - Visa 12. blue - 3/3/11 - (CS, Peak, Candles & Supplies) MC 13. LuminousBoutique - husbands card but used for a few suppliers only - Peaks, CS, SKS 14. Ravens 15. Northwoods - 3/4/11 (soapers choice, Hoba care, past orders Peaks, CS) 16. AlwaysWondering - 3/7/11 - Visa NG, CS, C&S, ICS, KY, Aztec, TCS, DS, WSP, MW, AH, Elements, BCN, CMS, BS, Berts, SS, Tenn, SweetCakes, MMS, Peaks 17. Jewls819 - 2/11 - fraudlent activity w/cc # on amazon 18. candlelady - Discover (Apple Online Store) 19. Billie - Discover 20. Kigers24- 3/5/11 Visa- fraudulent activity w/cc on Apple Online Store 21. Brenda (OH) - 2/11/11 Discover - fraudulent activity w/cc on Apple Online, Net Flix, Airline Tickets, & Hootsuite. (NG, USPS) 22. debscent - Discover (2 business cards) that have not been used for supplies for well over a year. (C&S, Peaks, CS, SKS, WSP) 23. 1820house - visa debit - fraudulent charges 3/4/11 to 3/8/11 last known charges to candle suppliers with this card were to CS & Fillmore. All charges were made in UK 24. lovemylabs - 3/8 $1080.00 ... mine is a Visa Debit . Purchases use w/my card were from Nordstrom/Cedar Rapids, an AutoParts store/CA and Lobstergram (REALLY!?). I've used it recently for Peaks, Paypal, WSP, NG and CS 25. mzpickles - MC debit, attempted purchase Street-Feet.com (in the UK!!) last Tuesday or Wednesday. Bank caught it though. I haven't ordered any candle supplies in at least a month or 6 weeks, but it might be easier for me to list who I haven't ordered from in the last year. 26 - Beans . Last used at CS on 2-28. fraudulent activity on 3-1 ,3-5 , 3-6 all were in UK. I really feel strongly that mine was stolen at that CS transaction. 27. mindy5140-Visa person purchased Blizzard 3/8 $159.60. I've used the card at NG, Moonworks, and itunes. 28. coffeebean- visa credit card & visa debit card, have not used the debit card since 2009 at the following places CS, Bittercreek, Fillmore, C&S, & NG. Both cards were hacked 3-4 11 29. Nursenancy - MC debit - my biz card. - charges to netflix, xbox live and a couple others. I've used multiple candle suppliers, paypal, and amazon. 30. R.S. - BCN, NG and Candle Science 31. Skyblotter - usez peak, cs, fillmore, natures garden. rarely wholesale supplies 32.mparadise -Peaks - Jar Store - Bittercreek- Container & Packaging Supply, CandleScience used via Paypal:July, May, April 33. barbaranj - MC debit - charges to itunes February (edited to list suppliers: C&S, Peaks, Bittercreek 34. beesweet-testing charge to Visa at iTunes, in the last 2 months, used multiple times at WSP and Soaper's Choice, one time at Amazon, SGS

Maybe because they are trying to convince everyone that it is FREE shipping? They really think we're stupid...just like saying that the higher prices with that FREE shipping would save us money. It wasn't the case with a single order that I compared. And implying that we couldn't manage to calculate our costs correctly if they charged separate shipping. Then, there's the price increases at the first of the year, followed by a notice a few weeks later that prices were going up, but they were generously going to absorb a portion for us, and they raised prices. Now here we are a few more weeks later, and some items have increased still more. When I first started checking pricing yesterday, I thought "great, price changes were in my favor!" Then I checked the rest of the items I still buy there and nope...for every item that decreased in price, another had an increase. I'm starting to think of them as the Walmart of suppliers...and that's NOT a good thing!

From the opposite side, everything that I've needed this year has increased in price since December. Luckily, I've found some things elsewhere (to the tune of $300 loss for them this month), but guess they haven't lost enough other business to make a difference.