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I get the same thing from a lot of BCS and BCN oils! I always say they have a

"nutty" or Hazelnut under tone to them.

I could not agree more! That nutty smell is in SO many BC oils. Their best selling Vanilla Velvet is a complete mystery to me. It smells okay, but nothing like vanilla. I just smell a nutty baked good of some sort.

Any dishwashing soap with HOT water will wash out a glass bottle thoroughly. I have never reused a plastic bottle though.

I had a show in January, and my best-sellers were those that reminded people

of either the tropics (coconut! mango papaya!) or Spring (florals!). Weird.

Wintertime is usually spiced apple and cinnamon for me!

Typical for me all year long. Tropical scents are #1 along with ANY floral. Bakery scents have always been my slowest sellers.

My favorite fos from the Chemistry Store include:

Lemon Burst (one of my favorite scents ever.)

Eucalyptus

Red Apple

Candy Cane

Amber

Years ago, I remember standing in a meadow staring at a tall tree covered in wisteria. Not only was the tree absolutely beautiful, but the magnificent scent was like nothing that I have ever smelled in my life.

I have never had any luck using fondant mats with MP. No matter what I do, the base finds its way under the mat and the pattern is not clear at all. Sometimes the mat has even disappeared into the base and I have to pry it out after it hardened. I tried fondant mats with MP at least 10 times with no luck, so I gave up. However, fondant mats work beautifully for me in CP. I have done individual molds, but mostly I line loaf molds with the mat and it works great.

GORGEOUS! I love the look of soaps made with fondant mats more than any other soap. Yours looks wonderful!

I made the mistake of taking a sniff of it right out of the bottle, and let's

just say it was an experience I'll never forget and never want to repeat!

I so relate and completely sympathize... I hope this thread enlightens people to use VS with caution. Do not sniff it! It is a great product, but seriously needs warning labels on the bottle.

If I try another VS - I think I'll give NG a try as well.

I use the one from NG and I like it a lot. BCN VS almost blew off my nose a couple of years ago from its painfully strong smell. I think that it is stronger smelling than the one from NG.

VS smells awful to say the least! Smells like ammonia to me

Yes, it does smell awful and I think it is far stronger than ammonia. It really should have a warning label on it because the smell is painfully strong. I replace the caps with red caps on the bottles to remind me not to sniff it- thinking it is an FO or something. I did this once a couple of years ago, and I swear that I thought I lost my sense of smell for good. It was a frightening experience to say the least and I have never forgotten it...

On another note, I have never had VS horrible smell interfere with the finished product's scent. It is only OOB that VS smells strong and terrible. I have also never had it separate.

I feel your pain. I always refund if the customer sends back every single thing. No freebies for jerk customers- ever. I do not care about feedback from one PITA customer. I can live with it. My positive feedback speaks for itself. I hope that your other sales have turned out much better.

A work of art! It has to smell incredible.

Lovely! Another beauty!

Great job! I like them all too. Your pink and purple soaps are my favorite. Very eye catching!

Full disclosure is impossible until our suppliers disclose the ingredients in

my wax blend and FOs. Wouldn't you like to know for example what and how much

additives are in your container wax? Do you think IGI even discloses that to

their suppliers?

Let's just ask every supplier that we use to disclose THEIR suppliers.

There is a huge difference between disclosure of ingredients and who your suppliers are. If I have a soy wax candle I am selling I simply tell my customer that its a soy wax candle. I list my ingredients on the label but not where I get them from.

I could not agree more.

When you dine at a restaurant, do you think that this same customer would get a response when asking the chef where he buys his ingredients? Do you think that this customer would even have the gall to ask?

It is nice to hear that this worked out for you. HAVE FUN!

I think it looks great and not at all small.

Having kids in the house IS a huge factor for many people and this does scare them when it comes to lye. I know a woman with the most awful lye burn and this was completely the reason why it took me years to actually soap even after I had the interest in it. Even now I am the most covered and protected soaper that you have ever seen. That said, I still think that your husband is being very unreasonable by not even educating himself on the subject. I am also not sure what you mean that there is no way in this world he would stand for you telling him NO. ???

Well, your husband is being unreasonable. His opinion should be respected if he is willing to see the entire picture. He obviously is not and I agree there is something deeper there.

I wish you all the best with your new venture. I hope that you make a ton of sales!!!!

I respectfully disagree. I do not know anything about clueless and her husband. However, you had better believe that my husband is not going to do anything that he feels like if I am against it for good reason and neither am I if it pisses him off. This is called marriage. We care for one other- particularly if safety is involved. A caring husband should be concerned about lye. I think a lot of people on this board pooh-pooh the dangers of lye because this is a SOAP MAKING board. Lye IS dangerous. Many seasoned soapers do not remember lye being dangerous because we know how to use it and exactly how to handle it. I agree about having clueless take her husband right along side of her through the entire process. He needs to be educated and his opinion respected.

I like the creamy look of ungelled soap so do not let many of my soap gel.

Most go in the freezer for a couple of hours.

It is exactly the same with me.

At the top of my list is ROSE!!!! Omg!!! I just can't take it! It gives me

a raging headache and my whole house smells like a funeral parlor!

I am guessing that you never smelled a good rose fragrance oil, perhaps? Sweet Cakes True Rose is pricey, but it smells amazing. Do you like the scent of real roses and just hate rose scented fragrance oils?

I have only had one black cherry smell like cat pee. My favorite Back Cherry is from BCN. Not a single pee note and lots of green.