I've been having a lot of luck with piping rock's fragrance oils so far. I make solid perfumes, though, and I have no experience making personal fragrance items of any other type. I don't really care about phthalates, either, but I know that some people do. I don't even know if piping rock claims to be pthalate free or not, but the company overall seems shady as hell so wouldn't matter to me what they claimed. I wouldn't buy EO's from them, too many red flags, but with fragrance oils I honestly just want something that smells good and lasts a decent bit. All of that said and in spite of their sketchy vibes..
Their fragrance oils have lasted a lot longer (wearing them in solid perfume) than fragrance oils from any other company I have tried. I have tried Rustic Escentuals, Nature's Garden, Bramble Berry and Bulk Apothecary. They all have at least a couple fragrance oils that I really like, but they fade pretty fast on me, like usually completely gone within 2 hours, and that's even though I go way over the % guidelines when making stuff for my own use. I really love how they smell so I still use them. Also have an order on the way from Wholesale Supplies Plus, will be trying them for the first time soon.
Tried some from piping rock and so far all of the ones I tried have lasted waaaaaay longer than what I am used to getting. I used their musk fragrance oil all by itself in a solid perfume and the scent was still lingering on me over 6 hours later, which again since I'm used to only 1-2 hours, getting over 6 hours had me pretty stoked. Like the scent of it is soft in nature, but it LASTED a long time, which just made my day. So I've started using it in all manner of blend combos with my other oils hoping to get more longevity overall. Granted their prices and shipping definitely works out to more than the usual $3/oz for fragrance oil that I am used to, but it's still fairly low pricing and (to me) is worth the extra staying power.
Only other things I can think to add if you have never tried them before, is that their stuff is displayed as being on super sale basically all the time, just a heads up, so there is no need to buy a bunch of stuff at once trying to not miss what seems like a great sale, it's just a marketing thing they do. Also if you ever craft stuff to sell it or otherwise need to make big batches, piping rock only sells little bottles at a time as far as I know, like half oz to 2oz size and then you have to rip the dropper inserts out of all the bottles if you're looking to dump larger quantities into a big batch of whatever. Also their choices are pretty limited, but again everything I have tried from them so far has smelled really good, been really strong and lasted several hours on my skin type even when diluted in a bunch of wax and butter.
So in a nutshell I am basically hooked as all hell on a few fragrance oils from them, but it doesn't bother me too much since I already order fragrance oils from a handful of different companies, they all pretty much have 2-3 that I'm in love with while everything else I sampled was a dud for my tastes. Shipping fees basically murder my bank account every time I get in the mood to sample new stuff and grow my collection.
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I've been having a lot of luck with piping rock's fragrance oils so far. I make solid perfumes, though, and I have no experience making personal fragrance items of any other type. I don't really care about phthalates, either, but I know that some people do. I don't even know if piping rock claims to be pthalate free or not, but the company overall seems shady as hell so wouldn't matter to me what they claimed. I wouldn't buy EO's from them, too many red flags, but with fragrance oils I honestly just want something that smells good and lasts a decent bit. All of that said and in spite of their sketchy vibes..
Their fragrance oils have lasted a lot longer (wearing them in solid perfume) than fragrance oils from any other company I have tried. I have tried Rustic Escentuals, Nature's Garden, Bramble Berry and Bulk Apothecary. They all have at least a couple fragrance oils that I really like, but they fade pretty fast on me, like usually completely gone within 2 hours, and that's even though I go way over the % guidelines when making stuff for my own use. I really love how they smell so I still use them. Also have an order on the way from Wholesale Supplies Plus, will be trying them for the first time soon.
Tried some from piping rock and so far all of the ones I tried have lasted waaaaaay longer than what I am used to getting. I used their musk fragrance oil all by itself in a solid perfume and the scent was still lingering on me over 6 hours later, which again since I'm used to only 1-2 hours, getting over 6 hours had me pretty stoked. Like the scent of it is soft in nature, but it LASTED a long time, which just made my day. So I've started using it in all manner of blend combos with my other oils hoping to get more longevity overall. Granted their prices and shipping definitely works out to more than the usual $3/oz for fragrance oil that I am used to, but it's still fairly low pricing and (to me) is worth the extra staying power.
Only other things I can think to add if you have never tried them before, is that their stuff is displayed as being on super sale basically all the time, just a heads up, so there is no need to buy a bunch of stuff at once trying to not miss what seems like a great sale, it's just a marketing thing they do. Also if you ever craft stuff to sell it or otherwise need to make big batches, piping rock only sells little bottles at a time as far as I know, like half oz to 2oz size and then you have to rip the dropper inserts out of all the bottles if you're looking to dump larger quantities into a big batch of whatever. Also their choices are pretty limited, but again everything I have tried from them so far has smelled really good, been really strong and lasted several hours on my skin type even when diluted in a bunch of wax and butter.
So in a nutshell I am basically hooked as all hell on a few fragrance oils from them, but it doesn't bother me too much since I already order fragrance oils from a handful of different companies, they all pretty much have 2-3 that I'm in love with while everything else I sampled was a dud for my tastes. Shipping fees basically murder my bank account every time I get in the mood to sample new stuff and grow my collection.