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    Best Christmas Splendor and Pumpkin Spice Latte

    in Fragrance Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Sarah S said:

     

    I didn't try many of their oils, when I decided not to use their tart wax, I got sidetracked by other suppliers.

    The ones I did try were:

    christmas splendor - spicy, Apple-y, a little balsam, their version is super strong and fruity

    christmas rumball - heavy on the rum, I loved it

    South Pacific - watery floral, soft with hints of the tropics, it reminded me of NG's Paradise Reef

    clove - name says it all, strong

    joyeux Noel - my notes say it was a basic cinnamon and vanilla, I remember it was nice but not wow

    chocolate cake - my notes say it was like a chocolate mint, I wasn't very impressed with that one

     

    Their oils performed very well in my paraffin, I just can't get over their cumbersome website and the weird way they do their shipping.

     

    HTH!!

     

     

    Thank you Sarah , super helpful !

    Brambleberry FOs---for candles only...

    in Fragrance Discussion

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    On 5/18/2018 at 2:21 PM, ellajoan said:

    I have been super impressed with Brambleberrry's FO I've tried, but I notice that most of the reviews are from soap or lotion makers.  I'd love to hear from Candle-making folks about which BB scents you've tried and your opinions.  My favs from there are Grass Stain and Hello Sweet Thang, but I've not tried too many others.  These are the ones I'm looking at:

     

    Autumn Fig Harvest

    Blueberry Thyme

    Cactus Flower

    Champagne

    Cocoa Butter Cashmere

    Electric Lemonade

    Ginger Ale

    Jade

    Lemon Cake

    Orange Peel Cybilla

    Vanilla Oak

    Warm Flannel

     

    Let me know which ones of these you've tried, or which others have been successful for you in wax (I use 464).  Thanks!

    The champagne smells like ginger ale to me and it's strong 

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    Best Christmas Splendor and Pumpkin Spice Latte

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    2 hours ago, Sarah S said:

    So far I've smelled Christmas Splendor from The Candle Source, C&S, NG, and Aztec. It's my favorite Christmas scent! The ones from TCS, C&S, and NG smell more fruity than the one from Aztec. So far the TCS one is my favorite, it's very strong and smells amazing, and the one from NG is almost exactly like it. I have not smelled CS Christmas Hearth, so I couldn't compare, sorry!

    I just ordered the Pumpkin Chai from Candlewic, which I hear is amazing. I can give feedback after I pick it up if you'd like! Pumpkin Latte is not a fave of mine, so I haven't tried it from anywhere else. But I feel obligated to at least try to offer it this fall. 😆

    I've never ordered from the Candle source. Any recommendations?

    Is it time yet to co-op any of my dupes?

    in Fragrance Discussion

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    2 hours ago, Sarah S said:

    @Moonstar, at that time I was using Mad Oils Pink Sugar. Since they sold all their fragrances to Arizona, I haven't bought any more of that one. I tried the cost revised PS from Aztec and it did not compare at all, seemed very weak.

    Right now I'm using RE's PS and it's very close to MO's version, so I might stick with that one if TT's dupes don't kick off.

    RE has a few different versions, if you're interested I will check and see which one I have.

     

    That would be great ! I've only used the one from Indiana Candle supply so I can't compare it to anything. I wish I had a sample of TT PS , everyone raves about it !

    Is it time yet to co-op any of my dupes?

    in Fragrance Discussion

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    On 10/29/2017 at 4:57 PM, Sarah S said:

     

    Trapp, I don't know about TT's Pink Sugar, but the dupe that I have is insanely strong in my paraffin blend. I know that doesn't automatically mean it will do well in your 464, but it's like "crack a window" strong for me. It's very sweet and sugary, as you'd expect, but the florals and the musk at the bottom are enough to make it more than a food-type fragrance. I have several foodies that love it, and several customers that love it because it's sweet but it doesn't make them think of cookies, lol. It is also a fantastic blender.

     

    @TallTayl, thank you for the links! I really want that Inlet Lakegrass now! 😅

    I would definitely be in for a lb of that, the Amber, the pink sugar, and the Egyptian Dragon!

    Sarah who's Pink Sugar are you using right now?

    I'm taking a poll on everyone who makes candles what wax they use.

    in General Candle Making Discussions

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    On 5/2/2018 at 12:31 AM, moonshine said:

    I am at a crossroad still....

     

    -415 user here for years and still trying to make it workable to use up what I have but no plans to continue with it down the road - CD and CDN wicks 

    -palm wax with RRD or CSN wicks make a beautiful candle I’m finding 

    -coconut is my new obsession with mostly eco wicks

    -C3 soy I’m dabbling in again seeing I never gave it half a chance years ago and I’m finding I like it more and more with eco wicks 

    -444 I wanted so bad to love but it’s awful...months down the road it cracks, the burn is ugly and it doesn’t play nice with others at all- tried CD-HTP-ECO and even paper core

    -Midwest soy and millennium are okay, not in love with all the qualities enough to pursue but still burning some Midwest ones and they are strong...I will give it that so maybe cosmetic issues I can get over 🤷‍♀️

    -4630 is the first container paraffin I ever used straight and I blended it with soy, it’s a very nice wax with great throw- paper core work great 

    -4625 is great blended with a parasoy for votives and pillars- eco wicks 

    -beeswax excellent in blends of all the above and blended in soys or coconut for melts 

    -Clarus 3022 excellent wax also and so easy to work with- HTP and paper wicks 

     

    I know you only asked for what people are using but I thought I would list all the ones I have been using the past year...time will tell which ones I decide on permanently and my time is running out- need to start producing again 🤦‍♀️

    Where are you getting your coconut wax   Candlewic ? Do

    you add anything to it ?

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    Oh Lawd, I just opened a new box of 4630 and somethin' ain't right..

    in General Candle Making Discussions

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    On 5/12/2018 at 9:52 AM, TallTayl said:

    @pughaus soaping oils vary by lot, too, for instance. But all fall within tight specs. Lye varies from batch to batch, but again within specs . For each we are able to obtain certificates of analysis (COA) and can adjust formulas very easily. I have never seen that from wax suppliers. All we ever see is the version posted on the manufacturers’ tech specs. It includes what is important to them as far as color, average drop point, range ofmelt point, etc. I would LOVE to be able to obtain the actual analyses for wax batches. The main uses of that wax, paper cups, etc, it really does not matter how this stuff varies. 

     

    As far as the performance being easy using a pan test, ohhhhhh not so. It takes several weeks to figure out something is terribly wrong with soy wax. A “passed” wick test on cases of 444 did not reveal that the wax develops full trough the candle cracks until several weeks later, after hundreds of successfully wick tested candles were already cured on the shelf. That represented loads of $$ of lost wax product, customer returns, lost wholesale accounts....

     

    cavities, sink holes, etc. are all fairly new developments that the pan test did not reveal either. Had to figure out an entirely new way to blend the wax to eliminate them. Remember how disappointed you were at discovering cavities in a couple coconut candles you paid good $ for? Multiply that by thousands. In some cases the cavities are a serious safety issue, much like the sudden random 464 syneresis that resulted in pooled fragrance oil. Fire anyone? The insurance company would blame the user, or chandler, not the manufacturer where the blame truly is. We treat them as too big to fail. 

     

    Theres more to the story, much more than we are being told. 

     

    A similar thing happened with a lye supplier a few years ago. The lye was contaminated and hundreds of people complained. We were lied to in that each complaint was the “only one”.  They deleted complaints on social media. Users got so desperate that they started randomly adding more lye until their soap “looked right”. The problem happened right on live stream to their “expert” and they denied it.  I’m stunned that nobody was sued - that soap burned people. To this day that supplier claims nothing is wrong, but they lost a lot of global business. 

    Wow ! Is it ok to ask who the lye supplier was ? 

    Soap I made yesterday..

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    Posted

    On 4/20/2018 at 7:44 PM, Trappeur said:

    Oh my gosh!  How beautiful!   I'm waiting for someone to make a vanilla or rice flower and shea or some baking scent so I can buy some!   I love soaps!

     

    Trappeur

     

    On 4/21/2018 at 5:15 PM, Trappeur said:

    Candybee, did you ever try Bittercreek's?   I believe at one time actually I think that was where I got my first Rice Flower and Shea from.

     

    Trappeur

    I don't care for food scented soap 

    with the exception of vanilla 

    in soap I love lavender- herbal 

    or uplifting energetic scents 

    Who has the Best Apple Pie FO?

    in Fragrance Discussion

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    2 minutes ago, katmeltswax said:

    Moonstar ,I know this was posted a while back. I just wanted to let you know I did order 1 pound of the lemon biscotti. I absolutely love this scent ,amazing throw in my paraffin wax blend . Thank you bunches :)

    Glad you like it ! I'm obsessed with 

    it and so are my grandkids 😂😂

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