BenderSF

Luckily the photo is a pretty high resolution so I can zoom in and see that it's NOT lit. What looks like a flame is just the reflection of the light on the glass; the wick has actually collapsed against the glass. But I absolutely share your concern...just because this person wisely didn't light it, it doesn't mean someone else won't. Especially with the warmers that warm from the bottom of the candle rather than the top (and those already make me a little nervous, at least for glass containers.) (Which doesn't answer your question whether it's safe. I can't answer that part, but I know it scares me enough that I wouldn't do it personally. And luckily I'm just a hobbyist so I don't have to worry about what my customers might do...)

Ugh, that's really frustrating. Sounds like several people in this old thread have had bad experiences there. I've been lucky...I've only had good experiences with them. I hope you get it straightened out and manage to get your items.

Aztec sent an email with a list of about 40 fragrances they're discontinuing. There are several that I really like on this list, but I'm really surprised about Sunset Citrus. I think it came out in summer 2022 and it's been once of my favorites. A beautiful soft citrus with a bit of an amber and sandalwood base. Highly recommended. Here's the full list: Arctic Forest Argan Magic Type Berry Creme Brulé Butter Rum Cinnamon Cashmere Coconut Butter Cost Revised Duck Farts Cypress & Cedarwood Relax Dragonfruit Poptail Duck Farts Endless Love VS Type Flying Fox Lush Type Frozen Falls Green Tea Energy Honeydew Monkey Bread Moonlight Path Northwest Passage Oak Moss Orange Chiffon Cake Orange Zest - Energy Peaceful Patchouli Peppermint & Rosemary Energy Pineapple Paradise Pink Type (1 lb. Pink Type) Pumpkin Pecan Waffles (BBW) Rose Amber Energy Sandalwood & Chamomile Relax Sapphire Nights Spearmint & Eucalyptus Relax Spicy Christmas Stone Shore Sugar Plum Summer Sunrise Sunset Citrus Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin Sweet Winterberry Tea & Cucumber Twilight Winter Hideaway And the full email is here: https://email.candlemaking.com/cr/AQiV2w0QmNE_GNfm1kLHIDmCkUCszih8aTTzEVd97-MpvlaIjDaBDDbePYH3Bw

Love those! They look great!

Interesting. I see their site is back up. I just checked out their Facebook page. As of October 12 they said they're still looking for someone to buy the business. Looks like they've been selling via email for the last couple months but they recently put the shopping cart back online. Someone asked in a comment 5 days ago whether it's permanent or just until the stock is sold off and they replied "Permanent until new owners are chosen." That's great news! For us customers, at least....I just hope the owners aren't miserable keeping the business alive while trying to sell it.

And just got an email from Midwest. https://midwestfragranceco.com/blogs/news/black-friday-2023-faqs

Aztec's sale went live a couple days ago. https://www.candlemaking.com/blackfriday2023 10% off almost everything Additional 10% off fragrance oils Plus one more 10 for $10 coupon code

Sherlock's Study, https://midwestfragranceco.com/products/sherlock-s-study-fragrance-oil

Ah! Thanks for the background and perspective! With the staggering amount of talent from the members here, I know whatever name you land on will be perfect. As always, I'm grateful to be in the company of such inspiring folks!

So many great suggestions!! I'm absolutely terrible with names, so I can't contribute any suggestions myself, but I'm curious, why the heavy focus on "scent"? We have the "Fragrance Discussion" forum, of course (which is actually my favorite), but the other sections of craftserver never really struck me as "scent-centric." I love a lot of the suggestions, but they only seem to capture a small part of what craftserver has to offer.

Funny enough, I was one of those people when I started! Could not fathom why people would want a candle that smelled like food. But it wasn't long before I stumbled across some that I liked, and then it clicked for me. Now the vast majority of my favorites are food/bakery scents. 😆

No, it's more of a straight pumpkin without any spice or added notes. Maybe smells like pumpkin pie filling before you add the spices. The site describes it as "The robust, creamy spice of pumpkin conjures images of hay rides through a pumpkin patch." I'm still testing it, still undecided how much I like it.

Probably my favorite scent of the last two autumns has been Pumpkin Peanut Brittle. I've tried FB, Community and Aztec. They're all really similar and all excellent. A really nice, warm scent, not sweet, a little salty. Very cozy. (edit: oops, I see from your post in 2020 that you're already a fan of this one.) I'm burning Northwoods' Pumpkin & Suede right now for the first time. It's really nice. Very similar to JS Pumpkin Firewood, but a little richer. Have you tried their "Pumpkin"? I recently got some, and I think I like it, but I'm still testing it. Not sure it really smells like pumpkin, but it's one of the few I've found that doesn't have a ton of spice.

.....and then WSP will buy them. 😆

Thanks for the heads-up! I knew the day was coming when they finally consolidated all their separate sites into one, but I didn't know it finally happened. I too am worried about what the future brings, but that's a constant worry with any supplier. For now, I like that I can combine Just Scent, Rustic and WSP products into a single order and get free shipping for $25 orders. (I definitely would have preferred that JC and Rustic were still independent -- they stopped putting out new scents when WSP bought them, and I really miss that -- but since they're not, I like that the sites are now consolidated.) A lot of people love them. I haven't been overly impressed with them myself, but I've only tried about 30. For a hobbyist like me, and someone who primarily makes candles, it's hard to spend $8-$24 on a 2 oz sample, especially when my hit-to-miss ratio is only about 1 hit to every 10 misses. Hopefully they won't raise JS and Rustic prices to CC levels. Luckily for me, I'm stocked up on all the JS and Rustic scents I need. (Except for one JS scent that I was just about to stock up on...they just discontinued it in the last couple weeks. 🙄)