Sharon in PA

Anyone try each of these and can give me a comparison? I poured the Peony White Tea from CC and it is delicious! Best scent I've poured in quite awhile! But, I'd like to see how it compares to CS's scent, even though I know I'll end up ordering a sample!! (It gets 2 leaves on CS's site, how's it throwing for folks? I use a 50/50 blend...)

Thanks!!!!!

OMG, this is such an issue for me! After even a SHORT time pouring, my back aches so darn bad! I am after my husband to raise mine....and it took me so long to figure this out, duh...:rolleyes2 lol!

Oh man....where can you find THOSE???? :rolleyes2 Very cute......

I have qualities that take priority in my jars, over others. I think we all do. For instance, safety and throw are my FIRST priorities. As in, I do not like to see a deep melt pool with marathon burns. Or huge dancing flames. Now a dancing flame deeper down in the jar is more common, but again, I don't like a very deep MP. Of course, I have to have a strong hot throw, nothing less.

I am LESS picky about the general APPEARANCE of my burning jar. I can't stand mushrooms, and will do what I can to minimize them, but I cannot eliminate them in most cases if I do a very long burn. Same with soot. Hate it. I am lucky to have found a cleaner burning wax that soots the jar MUCH less. These are all things that I feel a LOT of jars will do under marathon burn conditions. Maybe not ALL jars, but I do see it then with my jars.

I try to remember what I found to be important when I was a candle consumer, not the candle maker. I couldn't care LESS about any of these things EXCEPT whether or not the jar smelled up the room!

I try and keep that in mind. Chandlers LOOK for these things more than most folks will. And we are very very picky.

JMO.

Well, I'm still working with the premiere wicks in C-3 and have noticed something today, I hadn't noticed before. When you put a wicked jar in the oven on lowest temp, 170, and then turn it off and put jar in there, if you remove the jar after a few minutes to pour soon after, the wick had a drip of wax going down it from the coating. I didn't twist this wick. It was clear of cracking and looked evenly coated. Is this good or bad?

I emailed wickit to ask them what wax is used with them, and the melt point as well. I'm just curious if it would negatively affect my burn somehow. Do we want a wick that has a low melt point, so it's primed? Or is the wick supposed to be higher melt point, so that it burns hotter or something, but doesn't go down as much too fast to melt the harder to burn soy?

Also, has anyone ever figured out just what makes a wick bend to self trim? Like is there a way to test a wick before, I wonder, to tell where it will bend to trim? I also emailed them to ask this question, but wondering if anyone here ever figured it out. It would be nice if there was a method to determine it, so the wick could be off centered to compensate for that.

Hi, about this last part...I read a post once where the person had seemed to figure out that the direction (up or down) of the little triangle on the wick determined to what side the wick would bend...I know these triangles are there on CD's.... not familiar with your wicks though....just a thought....

AAAAND....doesn't ANYONE (but me!) use her Iced Cherry Chip Cake???? To die for!!!!

Did anyone get her Tutti Fruitti in the Pre-buy?

It has performed very well for me (4625). Very strong vanilla throw, no mixing issues, no wicking issues, however, it is not THE vanilla for me. The quest goes on...

Can I ask what you didn't like about it? Does it have an artificial cold throw? That's my biggest problem w/ vanillas, I always detect an artificial note that turns me off...

Thank you so much for this review! I am always looking for a great vanilla, as are lots of folks!

Hope they have a sale soon!

Did you try a search? I would only type in the word source because you'll get too many hits using the word candle w/ it, but there's been lots of posts about them, lots of folks use their oils... HTH!

(there's probaly a better way to do a search like that, but that's the only way I know how, LOL!)

Thanks so much for the great reviews, and I am glad to hear that you are having good results with your early testing. The wicking is the biggest pain in the behind, and there can be such a difference in the earlier part of a container's burn than at the end of the jar. What was working out well, can suddenly seem to be wicked too big....a chimney effect, I've read folks here have called it...

I have also been very pleased with Bert's oils...I am using them straight as well as mixing them with others to create great blends...for Spring, I highly recommend her Fig Melon...I tested it very early on after finding her oils, and have put it away for winter, but my, it was a yummy one!

Another one that I don't hear folks mention much which I've had great success with is the Cinnamon Nutmeg Clove. I do mix it 50/50 with a Cinna Crunch that I use from Scents and Supplies (which I believe has been discontinued, unfortunately, and I'm not sure if Stacy from DS can ressurect it...) Anyway, that mix is AWESOME! It has been very popular for me, and a nice change for a spicy scent....throw is great!

I too LOVE her Christmas Tree....it is just so darn nice, for a pine....I truly love it and am so glad I found it...

Thanks again for the reviews!

They are portion cups and a few different suppliers sell them...the one that comes to mind at the moment for me is Just Scent, I am not sure but ICS MAY...but you shouldn't have a hard time finding them! HTH!

http://www.craftserver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66455&highlight=portion+cups

These may be available right now in our classifieds!

I poured the Raspberry in my 50/50...I remember Bert saying it wasn't one of HER favs., but I loved it, threw great too!

Thanks for the reviews!

Hi Annie, I have the Caramel Corn in a sampler, and I remember that it smelled like a sweet, true caramel popcorn scent, I will re-sniff it and report back to you, it is not a straight caramel scent....

I believe Stacy from DS is going to carry it w/ the aquisition of another supplier's oils that she's going to have soon... you could check her site for details...

What % did you use of Bert's? A lot of folk's are finding that you have to cut WAY back on her oils...

I haven't a clue, but thought I'd bump this up for ya!

I use their Cinna-Crunch to mix w/ Bert's (oops, I said THAT name, didn't I?? ) Apple Cinnamon for my Warm Cinnamon Cider...very nice oil, I am hoping Stacy will keep it around!

(LOL, couldn't resist... )

Thank you!

I use KY's parasoy and zinc wicks work great.

May I ask if you pour 8oz sq. masons, and if so, whether you use a 51z or a 44?

MC's is good and strong in 50/50!

Hi, I tried wicking this wax w/ the CD's I used w/ the FH 50/50, and found them to be too hot. At the advise of another board member, I tried zincs, and believe it or not, they work very well. Very clean burn, 'shrooms w/ LONG power burns, but other than that I am happy, nice throw w/ out a long cure, too!

HTH!

That does totally suck. I feel for you, those charges are ridiculous!!! I hope you find a supplier that'll work with you....