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On 7/9/2018 at 3:05 AM, Moonstar said:

How'd you like the Vanilla Birch ?

can you describe it ?😊

Hmmm I can try! I really like it. It's sweet, but not cloying. The sandalwood/birchwood grounds it nicely, I think.

I kind of use a journal. I use it to quickly jot down notes and such, how much dye I used and the like. But a month or so ago I discovered Microsoft's OneNote and I love it. I use it to organize everything candle related. It has phone app versions as well so I can have my notes up anywhere. You can upload pictures to it. It's great. I still use my regular journal/notebook, but I then transcribe everything to OneNote.

35% off sounds great. Is there a particular time of year this tends to happen or is it a surprise?

35 minutes ago, Daisymay66 said:

Oh my gosh that jelly donut one sounds so awesome!

It's soooo goood.

34 minutes ago, bfroberts said:

What I should have done was gone shopping in my FO cabinet instead of ordering from WSP.  One thing I ordered was Clove because I needed it for a blend.  What did I find in my FO cabinet today? A bottle of Tanzanian Clove from The Scent Works.  Heaven only knows how old it is, but it still smells mighty good.  
 

I did just about the same thing. 🤣 Picked up the honeysuckle hollow... Came home to my  Bramble Berry order waiting on the porch with a bottle of Honeysuckle in it... They smell fairly different at least!

I wish I was as strong willed as some of you. Went in store and ended up with:

Gingham apple

Vanilla Birch

Honeysuckle Hollow

Honeyed Pineapple Pumpkin,

Graham Cracker Latte

Jelly Doughnut

Lilac in Bloom

Forever Red

Elderflower Blossoms & Quince 

Tuscan Cedarwood

Iced Tea Twist

I really wanted to pick up rice milk & cardamom but it was $11 for 2oz. Normally $14. Yikes. Smelled great though.

12 hours ago, GailC said:

 

They are already having a sale, 10% off through the 4th of July.  The prices reflect the 10% savings.  They started the sale the day they launched the new website on June 19.  I received an email from them about it.

Oh? I didn't get an email about that. I didn't even notice the price differences!

*IF you already used it before they moved to their new website. They're letting you use it again as the coupons aren't linked between the old site and the new site.

Oh dear. I just told myself that I didn’t need to buy anymore FOs for a few weeks probably. Ha.

I recommend: cinnamon & sage, fisherman (anise), desert lime & cucumber, baked bread, hello sugar, and incense & oud.

I think I’m going to pick up jelly donut, chocolate lavender, caramel woods, graham cracker latte...

6 hours ago, Belinda said:

Not to be an enabler or anything but you might want to add Cajun's, Rustic Escentuals, Aztec, Candle Wic, Fragrance Buddy and Daystar, just to name a few, to your list LOL! 

Haha! I have some FOs from FB and Aztec. I also have a 'wishlist' of oh, 21 different companies 🤣 Cajun's is one I haven't checked out yet though.

Testing this out via candle right now! I think I may have to play around with the wick size to get a bit of a better throw out of it.  But, the orange is definitely more prominent. It's still fairly light and simple. It's fairly pleasant. I like it!

Hoo boy. I'm still testing and working things out, but it's exceptionally hard not to just buy everything from every recommended supplier on here. Ideally my main suppliers would be Nature's Garden, Wholesale Supplies Plus and Bulk Apothecary due to my proximity to them, but actually going to the places is difficult due to them not being open on weekends 😭 Nonetheless I'm currently very pleased with Brambleberry, Flaming Candle, Texas Candle Supply and Candle Cocoon. I'm rather fond of NG, WSP  and Candle Science as well, but I only have a handful of fragrance oils from them. Need more to form a solid opinion of course, lol. I just splurged on a bunch of samples from Lone Star from their sale. After I test out the candles I made I'll see how I feel about them. It is waaay too fun collecting different scents.

I'm signed up for their newsletters and I got zip. The only way I found out about the sale was seeing someone mention it on here.

I think it ended on the 12th :[ 

I feel like this a bit of a silly question, but I haven’t been able to find an answer by searching around.  I know that trimming wicks to 1/4” is generally optimal. But I’ve been wondering about wicks that curl after an initial burn. Do you treat them as if the wick was straight when trimming or do you account for the bit of curl and give them a bit of leeway? 

I picked this up during the 50% off  1oz sale because I  was also curious of the bad reviews. Oob it's really not that bad. Cedar-y. A hint of orange. Nothing amazing but I certainly don't find it bad. I think it would work well as a mixer or if someone is just looking for a simple, non-complex scent. I'll probably make a few small candles of it and see how I like it.

1 hour ago, Sarah S said:

 

Apparently fishermen and hunters use anise to cover their human smell. I believe the fishermen will even wash their lures with anise soap to get rid of the people smell on them. Although you could also be on to something with the lozenges too!

That’s so interesting! I was doing a bit more reading and apparently some fish really like the flavor of of licorice/anise and the scent is used to lure them. I never would’ve put two and two together.

1 minute ago, Jamie shonk said:

How does fisherman smell ? 

Pretty much like anise or black licorice. It's not too overbearing of a scent but it's definitely not light.

2 hours ago, bfroberts said:

Jealous!  Around here we got nothin'.

 

Fisherman has me intrigued.

It's very nice and interesting. I thought at first that it was a misleading name with the description (herbs + anise) but then I realized that it's probably based off of Fisherman's Friends throat lozenges.

Thanks everyone! I smelled a lot more things I wouldn’t have otherwise based on people’s recommendations!   I picked up:

baked bread

sage & cinnamon

hello sugar

fisherman

desert lime & cucumber

incense & oud

I would’ve gotten a lot more too if I could’ve, lol. Definitely going to pick up jelly donut and a couple other recommended ones next time. I also discovered that they apparently  do have Saturday hours now 😱 very dangerous.

So I apparently live in a hot bed of fragrance suppliers — Nature’s Garden is an hour away, Bulk Apothecary and Wholesale Supplies Plus are a half hour away. Sadly due to their hours and lack of being open on weekends I haven’t had a chance to check anywhere out. Until today! WSP’s Handmade Studio has extended hours today. While I’ve found recommendations by browsing around, I was wondering if anyone had any further recommendations or favorite FO’s from WSP I should seek out? I’ve seen good things about their baked bread and I’m excited to test sniff that one for sure!

I’ve tried out blueberry thyme and cocoa butter cashmere in IGI 4360 and they both have thrown pretty well for me at 6%. I really enjoy cocoa butter cashmere — I’ve noticed a lot of people in the reviews commenting that it smells ‘sexy’ but I get a more warm, sweet and comforting read from it. Some others I’ve tried that aren’t on your list are raspberry jam, rustic woods and rum and Mayan gold. All smell great and throw great. I looove rustic woods and rum. It smells amazing.

The only brambleberry scent I haven’t been able to get much of a hot throw from so far has been oatmeal, milk and honey.