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Ditto...I sniffed it last week too and all I can say is OMG! The 'icing' smells like buttercream to me so maybe a pumpkin and buttercream blend?!

Ditto sudnwicks...what's to stop someone from just order one at your wholesale price?! Maybe tell them this is an intro min. amount (10, 25, 50...whatever you think might be low) but next time it'll be higher.

You're welcome. I don't want to discourage you from making them...just maybe selling them this time until you know you've got it right . If she's not going to burn them then I wouldn't even worry about wicking it...tell her it's an air freshener!

My vote is Peaks!!

I would not even think about selling pies yet as a lot of testing needs to go into these for the issues you described (tunneling and spilling over). I make pies as well and been working at it for a while now using 50/50 pillar/votive wax. I will say the flatter the tops of the pie (for me) the better the burn. I'm able to get a full mp, minus the crust, initially. The more it works it's way down the tin (google 5" tins and you should find plenty suppliers available) the crust will start to melt gradually. I've been successful with 3, eco 2s in mine as long as my pie is realitively flat on top. If you do sell them they need to be on a plate/hot pad too. Tin gets very hot and could burn the counter top they're on.

All oils I ordered from JS had a fuel/funk smell to them. I put one in wax just to see and they still didn't smell good. I've had great luck with Peaks oils.

I agree with the candle kit too. What gets expensive is all the testing you'll have to do to acheive the 'perfect' candle. Read like crazy on here especially before you start buying your supplies.

A dusting sprinkle goes a long ways...I do this when making actual wax apple pies. If you do too much it looks burnt IMO.

I like to use a little bit of scented/colored gel for the top of my pecan pies...I haven't tried it for anything else though and burned great.

My fav things to make are pillars and pies...both pillar type waxes (one is 50/50 and the other paraffin).

Their candles have a lot of appearance issues but with that said only about 10 degree difference could alter the appearance of any container candle. Who knows what it originally looked like.

TC had a special on their Cinnamon Cider last month (candle safe only) and loved it...very strong throw and equally strong in each scent. And this is coming from a Peak's lover, haha.

DFW area

What scents do you guys use for these bears...clean cotton is a given but what other...mainly clean/fresh scents?

I 2nd peaks especially for FO. But love the wax at GL and a lot of their FO are very unique and complex. Those are the 2 main suppliers I use other than occationally TC (only because hubby works 5 min. from there and can pick up my supplies when I need them that day). I'm lucky enough to have a lot of local suppliers that I could use without shipping but damn Peaks has awesome FO plus they give a discount on quanity which usually covers my shipping cost.

Very cute bear!!! Great scent too

Is Daystar's buttercream pretty comparable to Yankee's?

That's a great idea Robin!

I've wicked both these scents from Peak with either eco or lx wicks. No problems at all. I don't use your wax or jar size so take that into consideration.

I love Peak's sugar cookie as well...smells like sweet warm sugar, mmmm! I had to use a sample of it while testing my bakery pies and it threw great but I was using 3 wicks in my pie with a big mp.

I use their 70/30 wax and my favs are: Pecan Pie Lemongrass Sage Rain Indoniesan Teak (light scent) Coconut Vanilla (light scent) Mountain Sage Roasted Chestnuts (haven't poured but wonderful OOB) Vanilla & Togolese Shea (light scent) Wild Pear & Jasmine

It's funny you ask as I've just started testing (again) with the lx in GL's 70/30. I was using eco before. For my container the issue I've had with the eco is it leaves hang-up on one side and seems to soot a little more than the lx. But I will agree the eco does seem to give a better hot throw. I keep going back and forth between the two and both pretty comparable.

I have no helpful advice as I'm in the same boat as you but will be following this thread to see what feedback you get back on it. I'm working on finding a hosting site that offers easy ecommerce as well for a reasonable price.

Thx Grama...I was thinking the same thing on why you'd let someone choose your scents instead of you selling your best sellers. I was shooting for a 60/40 split but sounds like norm is 50/50. Hmm, I'll have to work on non-seasonal list of scents then, thx!!

Thx for the feedback...lots of different opinions but it seems a lot of you agree on limiting the selection. For those of you that offer non-seasonal scents do you sell just as much as those as the seasonal ones this time of year for fundrasiers & shows?