Darbla
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Is perfumer's alcohol radically different than a body spray base? Do our FOs act differently in one than the other? Couldn't you just use the same concentration of FO in the body spray base that you would in the perfumers' alcohol and have the same result? Maybe not but that's what I need to know. I'm trying to figure out if I want to order perfumers' alcohol that I have no experience with, or if I would get the same results just concentrating the FO a bit more in body spray.
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WSP's is on sale right now, but I don't know for how much longer. I haven't tried it but have it in an order I'm waiting to place, hoping another FO that is currently out of stock comes back in before the sale is over.
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I remember that Goddess scent well. For some reason, mine smelled like 1970's naughahyde couch after it had been put out when it had been on fire. I don't know why that scent was so bad for me, when everybody else thought it was wonderful. A forum member even mailed a sample to me, and I'm sure she was being absolutely truthful about how lovely it was, but for some reason it was all kinds of bad in my olfactory system. I even went ahead and used it hoping it would mellow in wax, and it was a bit better but it still offended my sinuses.
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...I realized it might be about the same cost and get bigger bottles if you buy just the ones that appealed to you out of the set, since individual bottles are currently on sale. So I added 2 oz bottles of all of them except the four that didn't appeal to me, and yes, it turned out a little less expensive and for twice as much of each scent kept. The four that weren't appealing to me were described as smelling like beer or had some other unappealing (to me) note.
So there's your dirty rotten enabling for the weekend. Now I have a WSP order to finish placing.
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When I was digging around for any green scents I already had, I found a couple of old bottles from Pure Fragrance Oils .
I had completely forgotten about them, and there's never been much chatter on here about them anyway. Is there anything good from them these days? Some sound good, but you know how that goes.
Aphrodisiac - "fresh beach fragrance with slight citrus and floral notes of rose, jasmine, lily of the valley, and gardenias creates a perfect union with woody and musky notes"
Bella - a Moonworks dupe; "stunning! While fig, sage & tobacco rose give it a feminine touch; the base notes of saffron, amber and a touch of frankincense gives it an exotic twist! ... extremely unique, mysterious, yet sensual "
Morning Sunrise - another MW dupe; "invigorating herbal lemon, almost spa type, of fragrance. Top notes of lemon, grapefruit and orange, with a middle note accord of tarragon, geranium, lavender and a touch of mint on a musky dry down."
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Awesome! I'll definitely try it now. :)
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I have another one not pictured here that is different but still roughly the same size. I'm trying to figure out if there's something crafty I can do with them, or some other way of putting them to good use. WWCSD? (What would Craft Server do?)
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I found something else kind of cool. This isn't a room divider, but it could be rigged in some kind of frame if someone wanted to use it as that.
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Well, I went rogue and ordered something completely different: Sweet & Sexy FO
" Out of the shower fresh with a citrus-sweet touch, gently sprinkled with powdery rose and geranium then whispered by sultry jasmine and sexy musk. " I'll let you all know how it is.
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They don't give any details about where to get those bamboo canes at. The only thing I know of is fishing poles and these look a lot bigger than that? They don't give any hint about where to find them.
And speaking of DIY room dividers, you gotta see this one:
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Bumping for any new favorites to add here? That Patchouli Honey has me curious, as well as Sensuous Black Rose. Might check out that Balsam & Citrus since it's getting raved about above.
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The simplest roll-on recipe I've seen yet is clear, deodorized jojoba + scent. The key here is "clear, deodorized"; I've seen jojoba mentioned in numerous places but the jojoba I currently have alters scents just a bit. Since I see sales from Elements from time to time, I was considering ordering the jojoba from there. Is this really a decent recipe, or is it TOO simplistic and needs improving? I'm not selling so this is for me only. I want to make some roll-ons of all those rose scents I've been going on about.
https://www.elementsbathandbody.com/perfume-roll-on-recipe/
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I'm obviously a big rose fan too, as I seem to be the main one who keeps bringing it up on here. I used to grow a lot of hybrid tea roses from Jackson & Perkins and just love 'em. I could probably have bought enough of these EOs and absolutes to keep me happy for what I spent on the plants, soil, fertilizers, and chemicals! So I'm all ears about any of your favorite rose items.
I avoided rose FOs for the past 12 years because I just didn't think they'd come close to my precious hybrid teas, but I branched out recently and got a few FOs from Wholesale Supplies Plus and am really enjoying them. My initial reviews are in this post about rose scents over in the fragrance forum:
I ended up finding a rose otto diluted in jojoba at Whole Foods, and that will do me for now. I'm mixing it in with some rose hip oil that doesn't have much scent, and using that as a facial serum. I'll drop some in a facial mist next, and in the meantime I'm checking out everything you all mentioned above!
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With Peak gone now, do any of you know of a dupe of their Rose Bouquet? I never tried it so I won't be able to declare if something is a dupe or not, but I'd be willing to check out your suggestions. I think I'm going to head to the scent twins post now and see if any are mentioned there......
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This is a new B&BW scent, and I'm asking because it almost intrigues me and yet it kinda doesn't really sound all that congruent with each other. What do you think? And we could always mix some of our FOs if that sounds interesting to you. I might do a q-tip test for this. I need to stay away from B&BW anyway because the last lotion I bought caused a rash on my arms.
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I asked in another post about saving wax you wanted to preserve and reuse as tarts, but what about wax you don't care about because it's just going to be used as firestarters or something like that, where it doesn't matter if you're trying to preserve any scent? Obviously it would have to be something that doesn't melt when hot liquid wax is poured over it, but it'd also have to be easy to get the wax out of later. I also thought about spreading it out thinly and when it's cooled then break it up? So what do you do?
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I think I want to try to save some that is currently in my one solitary crockpot tart melter (yes, I only have one; I have never found another I like as much as this one). I'll let it melt in the tart crock and pour it into something else so it can then cool off. Do any of you save and reuse tart wax like that? If so, what do you store it in? How do you go about it? I may try to pour it into a box lined with parchment paper, let that cool and harden, and then wrap it in wax paper and a polypro bag to store. Any other ideas?
A lot of us use old wax in firestarters, and for that I really wouldn't care much about it. But to try to reuse as tarts, I want to make sure I'm preserving it the best I can.
I really wish I could find another crockpot type of wax warmer like this. I don't really like all the two-piece and light bulb ones these days. They just don't seem to work as well. If any of you know where I might find more of the tiny crockpots, please let me know. Thanks, guys!
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I'm going to spend some time this evening getting all my green scents out and it's got me wondering what you all are doing. I also plan to fire up a heather scent. So what are you up to for March and St. Patrick's Day?
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Too late: I found it for $48 for 3.4 oz on fragrancenet.com and caved. I know I'll enjoy it so that was an OK investment for me.
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I'm not much of a foodie person (I do like some, it just seems not ever as much as most of you do), so for what it's worth these would be my picks:
Balsam Fir
Autumn Flannel
Basil - Sage - Mint
Lemon Verbena
Daffodil and Fresh cut Grass (this is a beautiful blend I make)
Lux Linen
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OOB impressions of some I got from WSP, ranked in order of how much I'm liking them:
Black Rose & Spice - see notes above
Sandalwood Rose - one of the best sandalwood scents I've ever tried. Both notes are prominent. 'Sensuous' is a word I would apply to this.
Evelyn Rose - soft rose and greenery
English Tea Rose - that "tea" note is there, but there's something just the teeniest bit sharper about this than Evelyn Rose. It's still great, but I think some noses are going to prefer Evelyn Rose.
Victorian Rose - has a sweet, soft, baby powderish note
Fresh Cut Roses - roses and greenery; more like what the roses from a florist smell like instead of yard-grown hybrid teas
Rose Garden - definitely lighter on the rose and other florals come through. Not lighter in scent strength, but just that note.
Rose Cognac Sugar - brown sugary! I'm not sure what cognac smells like, but I think it's why I'm getting brown sugar from this instead of just straight syrupy sugar. I didn't know what to expect but I do like it. There will be a time when I'm tired of straight rose and want to veer off on something like this.
Wild Rose - has a mint quality to it; not unattractive but veers farther from straight rose than the others do. This may end up being my favorite for house scent.
I'll use these mostly in lotions, perfumes, and oil warmers, not candles. To me wax and flame alter FOs more than using in those other items, so I don't expect these to change much from my OOB thoughts except that they will be more mellowed since they'll be diluted a lot. Not a dud in the bunch; no strange or "off" notes or anything jarring. A little sharpness here and there (probably greenery and a strong hybrid tea note) but that's to be expected when you're getting a big snootful right out of the bottle.
I can't wait to get to using these! The only problem is I'm still so enamored of that first one (Black Rose & Spice) I can't let go of it yet to try another! Oh, the problems of being a FOHO......
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Thank you for taking one for the team! ❤️
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If you use this, have you found any FO that is close to it? I'm trying to keep myself from spending $$$$ on that if I can sufficiently distract myself with an FO for much less, and have it to use in many different applications than just perfume.
Notes as listed on Ulta:
Versace Bright Crystal features top notes of yuzu, iced accord, and pomegranate. Mid notes of rose, peony, magnolia, acajou, and lotus flower rest atop sensual base notes of vegetal amber and musk.
I actually might have a bit of a contender, and it is super cheap, but I wanted to pick your brains too because we have some real scent geniuses here. I have got to get a sample of Bright Crystal to take home and do a close compare to this, instead of trying to go off memory. But from what I remember, Nature's Garden Fountain of Youth might be really similar to it. Here are notes for that one:
Top Notes: Japanese grapefruit, apple, fresh air
Mid Notes: lily of the valley, jasmine, cantaloupe, rose, lotus blossoms
Base Notes: patchouli, musk, ebony woods, bamboohttps://www.naturesgardencandles.com/fountain-of-youth-fragrance-oil
You can see they're not the same, but you know how different note blends can create something really similar. Maybe I really just need to get a nice perfumer's alcohol, and that might nudge some of my FOs closer to these designer scents? I keep using body spray bases but maybe they don't buoy these FOs like perfumer's alcohol would? Any thoughts on that?
Here is Bright Crystal's page on Fragrantica, if you wanted to read some reviews there to get some ideas about it:
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Versace/Bright-Crystal-632.html
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15 hours ago, Sarah S said:
Maybe it's an intervention topic?
"My friend is using FOs, and it's starting to take over his life..."
Not sure we'd be much help with that. 😂
I do see the word "Addict" under your name! 😀
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Anyone interested in discussing perfume ingredients?
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I think I'll run by the liquor store and get some 190 proof Everclear. I always forget about that because I'm not in the habit of making perfumes (yet), but I bet with the shipping costs of our supplies these days that's going to be about as cheap if not even cheaper.