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THANK YOU!

So helpful! Thanks so much for your input and honesty. It's really surprising how grody a lot of these smell. I guess candy smells are what people like? I dunno.

Thank you for the recs! Definitely going to try Crafters Choice after all of these glowing reviews.

Hi! I'm pretty new to candle making, so please excuse redundancy if this has been posted 100 times. I'm trying to make my own blends vs. pre-made blends, but I'm having a lot of difficulty finding fragrance oils that smell like the ACTUAL thing they're supposed to smell like. Instead, they all smell like the cloyingly sweet candy version of their names. I've so far purchased from CandleScience, Natures Garden, Lone Star Candle Supply, Rustic Escentuals, Brambleberry, and Maple Street Candle Co.. and they all have the same issue -chemical candy smells! Here are a few examples of what I'm talking about: Fragrance oils such as Fresh Cut Grass smells like apple-grass candy, Black Currant smells like unbearably sweet cleaning product, Vetiver smells NOTHING like actual Vetiver -same with Sandalwood, Orange Blossom, Lemon (smells like dish detergent)etc. etc. etc. So here's my question. Is there ANY fragrance oil supplier (for regular consumers ) that sells high-quality, "real" smelling fragrance oils for candlemaking? Basically I guess I'm asking for the fragrance oils to smell like their respective pure essential oils. I've purchased very high quality, natural-smelling blends that I love from WoodenWick and the like, but they're pre-mixed. Basically I just want the "real" smelling bases like Bitter Orange, Fig, Cedar, Ozone, Sandalwood, Vetiver, Cardamom, etc.etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated!