Lana

I've bought from them and liked the vessels I received. I just went on a hiatus and haven't used them yet though but getting back into it. 
 

I will say that I am involved in packaging for the food industry in my day job and it is a complete nightmare right now. Packaging materials from overseas are getting stuck at the border longer than ever and even our domestic suppliers can't keep up with demand at all. This goes for glass, PET and paperboard/cardboard. It is especially hard for smaller scale companies like my  day job and also dream vessels. Hopefully people understand and don't come down too harshly on DV. 

The very first one looks awesome. I love it!

I also really like the label you posted for the 2nd store. The script font works with that design, but I don't care for the script font in the Painted Pony labels. 

Best of luck! 

The owner of Maple Street said they are PET about a year ago. Not sure if they've changed since then, but I have NOT noticed a difference in the clamshells over the years. 

I've never noticed any kind of skunky or off smell with Maple Street's clamshells. I love their quality. Even though I really like them, I think after this box, I may try to go a more sustainable route. 

4 hours ago, Trappeur said:

What does morph mean?

 

Trappeur

Like it changes - either not as strong, or maybe the prominent notes change, or goes noticably rancid. 

Thanks for the feedback! I'm not going to sell sub-par products when my FO goes bad but definitely want to keep my scents going strong for as long as possible. I'd say I'm a low volume seller by design because my day job is long hours and high stress - I just like a creative outlet. At the same time, I don't want to pour money down the drain, so to speak. I will check the scents that I'm noticing a difference in....that would make sense if they're HDPE.  Maybe at the very least, I will swap out my FOs that come in clear plastic even if PET. 

Just curious if anyone transfers their larger FO's into glass jars to prolong their shelf life.  I primarily sell wax melts and it's generally low volume, so some of my FO's can sit for a while. I'm noticing some scents morphing even though they're stored in a cool, dry place and out of sunlight. I'm thinking of buying a bunch of amber glass bottles to transfer FOs into but just wanted to see if it's worth it. 

I sell primarily wax melts online and my best sellers are White Tea (CS), Volcano (RE) and Tobacco Caramel (FC). I also sell a lot of blends using Black Tea (FC). 

These are all really cute and great sounding blends too!

I also use Candle Cocoon but I use a low percentage (I think the recommended about on the label). If I go higher, it smells cloying and fake in my melts. Using the recommended amount is key for me and smells perfect. 

I like them all but the first one really catches my eye more. 

PS I LOVE MAINE. When are you planning to move and what general area? It's really an under-rated place. I visit every year and every single year, I dream of moving there. 

On 10/25/2018 at 8:13 PM, iansmommaya said:

Oh haha! That last one is a salve.

How was the House of Intuiion candle? I've seen them on Instagram since they launched their candle line and the videos I've seen show a lot of sooting. I wonder if that's just been user issues (drafts and such). I was also turned off by their marketing on the magic candles. (What's on their website if different than your candle pictured - the images on the website say to leave the candle burning for 5-7 days - yikes). 

Melt the candles down in a double boiler or on a cookie sheet in the oven on a low setting and use as firestarters as mentioned already, or maybe wax melts. 

On 1/9/2019 at 6:30 PM, mzphee said:

Thanks other than EO have you heard of a FO for white pepper.? I haven’t in the 8 yrs I’ve been doing this but doesn’t mean it’s nothing 

I've never used this but it looks interesting. True white pepper could have kind of a funky musty note, so maybe look for Black Pepper or other Peppercorn scents. 

Ginger & Peach. You could go really easy on the peach to sweeten up a sharp ginger. 

This person is probably going to notice increased traffic coming from here and while it may be a good learning experience for her to find this site, some of what is said here comes off mean-spirited. Maybe the direct links and identifying images should be removed? 

If you're looking for perfume purposes, I like fragrancenet.com. They usually run a good sale and have a great selection. I don't know of any dupes for these but wanted to chime in with that just in case. 

I 100% agree with birdcharm. I can't stress enough how important a SAFE Candle is and it takes a lot of testing, trial and error. I also wouldn't sell a candle until I was properly licensed (depending on your states laws) and insured. And even then, I'd need to be confident I used to right recipe/formulation that was safe and effective. Someone can burn their house down with an improperly made candle. Sure, it may be rare, but it does happen. 

That all being said, you can learn how much your jar holds and then measure out candle wax, FO, etc., by weight with a kitchen-type scale. You want a consistent candle, so I take a lot of notes during testing so that as I make adjustments and settle on a final formula, I can keep it consistent moving forward. 

I think this wax is pretty similar to the pillar of bliss that I use (granules?) and I've had this same issue from batch to batch. I had the most amazing and smooth tops with a single pour and now I have to leave the top empty, let them harden and then do a 2nd pour. I don't think anyone cares about the smooth tops aside from me, but I still do the extra work of a 2nd pour. 😐

23 hours ago, ScentedPleasurez said:

Soy is genetically modified as well as corn and several other big crops. We all know the current stand on g m o foods and how corporations ran to boast their items are g m o free.  

So, my day job is in the food industry. Here is something interesting I just encountered. We are a co-manufacturer for many Fortune 500 companies. One such company wanted to know the GMO status of a particular product. We received statements from all the ingredients' suppliers and told the customer that 4 ingredients are genetically modified. 2 major ingredients (as in, in the beginning of the ingredient statement, which is in order of predominance) and 2 minor ingredients. They then asked us to send it in to be tested. It tested negative because the proteins break down and get destroyed during the refining process of the ingredients and even further break down during our manufacturing process. I'll go ahead and let you guess how the customer markets this product. And while I find it to be unethical, what they're doing is not illegal, because it is technically free of Genetically Modified Materials. (Much like soy wax). 

Glassnow.com has a few different square jars. Not that exact size but might be a good place to start. 

I love that scent and it sells pretty well for me. I do get a lot of people saying they didn't know what to expect because of the name. I just don't know what else I could name it to bc it's a pretty unique scent (to me, anyways). 

8 hours ago, lightmyfire said:

I just stumbled across this distributor today and have never seen  them mentioned on this forum.  Does anyone order from them?  They have a lovely selection of very expensive FO's--is there something magical about these scents?  

I found them years ago when I was searching for a Tabu dupe, because it's the only perfume my grandma will wear and I wanted to make some candles or melts with that scent (yuck...but she loves it somehow). Anyways, there was zero way I could justify spending what they were charging for that scent, especially considering there's no reviews on most of their scents. They do have some interesting dupes though. I'd love to see feedback to see what people's experiences have been though. Christmas is coming and my gram's bday is in January lol. 

4 hours ago, Forrest said:

Thank you everyone for all these great recommendations!  I anticipated that some would come in late so I only ordered 8oz of the FO I wanted.  The big order will come when I have tested the samples I ordered and I'll get the rest of the samples then. Really ordering samples just implies that your going to place another order, and as longs as you are placing an order you should try some more samples, which just implies that your going to place another order.

It's really a horrible cycle us FO-HOs find ourselves in. I am up to my ears in 1oz samples from all my suppliers, but I can't seem to stop collecting them. NG is pretty good, and at a good price and fair shipping (to me, anyways...but I'm only a couple states away).  I'll have to go through my list and make some more recommendations. Although some of this is a repeat, off the top of my head I really like (using parasoy pillar wax, mostly for melts, also have used most of these in room sprays or reed diffusers as well):

• Green Clover & Aloe
• Nectarine & Mint (though I add more CS Garden Mint to it)
• Brown Sugar & Fig
• Peppermint Patty
• Freesia
• Blue Hydrangea
• Apple Orchard
• Bamboo & White Grapefruit
• Mrs Claus Cookies
• Christmas Cabin
• Spiced Cranberry
• Gingered Peach

I do not like:

• ANY of their coffees. (I tend to gravitate to RE for coffee based scents)
• ANY of their tobacco / cigar scents. (To my nose, they are pretty perfumey and almost citrusy, which is not what I prefer. People seem to like them, so maybe it's just me!)