Candlebuddy

Love the name!

I've started mixing Pumpkin Souffle & Caramelized Praline (I've also mixed it with Pecan Pie) and customers are loving the combo. It's my best selling pumpkin right now. Thanks jennyjo and Candybee.

So far, Blue Spruce has a light cold throw ... I'll wait my usual 3-4 days and then I'll sniff again.

www.mecandlesupply.com sells a nice peppermint sugar cookie mix ... I believe they list it as Mrs. Claus' Cookies. I tested it in 6006 at 6% ... a very good seller.

This time of year, I love pouring apples and pumpkins; I'm also lovin' CS's Caramelized Praline; what a great mixer!!!

I just poured Blue Spruce tonight ... 6% in 6006. I'll give it a couple of days and post my results.

Bert's carries a really nice Pineapple Ginger. Maybe just mixing it with Vanilla Bean Noel, would make it holiday-ish enough.

Kiwi and Buttercream is an interesting combo.

Love the Pumpkin Praline and Pumpking Egg Nog suggestions.

I use the Mulled Cider from Alabaster, and sorry to say, I've never found another one like it ... to describe it, I would say that it's a macintosh with light, mellow spices and a bit of sweetness ... no harshness or sharp notes to it. I need to re-order, so I hope they're getting it back in stock soon.

As for Creme Brulee, I love the one from KY. Great alone or as a mixer. I've tried a few others but once I found the from KY, I quit looking. Never tried MC or LS.

Definately Mistletoe from CS is a winner ... it smells just as you described. To me it smells like a discontinued Yank@@ scent called Spring Meadow (or something like that). Super strong, I have to cut back on this one. Nothing nasty about this Mistletoe, customers love it! A perfect winter/holiday scent.

Wendy sold out to www.tncandlesupplies.com. They carry it now. I love it too, just poured some tonight.

Sorry, but I've never sniffed Thymes "Frasier Fur" or the "Frasier Fur" from Candlewic. However, I do use Scotch Pine from Candlescience ... here is the description ...

A warm earthy scent with mossy green accents. Hints of apple and peach add lift to the woody fir balsam, spruce and cedar heart. Altogether the scent is reminiscent of a fresh pine forest.

Hope this helps some.

From the CS oils that I use, and from what my nose tells me, I would recommend the following ...

Cranberry Marmalade (tart)

Macintosh Apple (tart)

Lemon Verbena (rename Lemon Drops)

Clean Cotton (rename Flannel Pajamas)

Baby Powder (rename Santa Baby)

Cedarwood Vanilla (strong cedarwood)

Mistletoe

Holly Berry

Scotch Pine

Bayberry

My daughter would love this for her room!

I smell a pumpkin scent, and there's something else in it, but to my nose, it doesn't smell like pumpkin pie. It's not a bland pumpkin, but it's not a bakery one either. Hard to describe, but it does smell really nice oob ... guess I'll just have to put it in wax to find out.

I also just received their Country Spice ... really nice; clove is the strongest note oob. A good rename might be Spice Cupboard. Maybe adding a little orange would make a good Orange Clove. Has anyone else used Country Spice?

I bought a couple of samples of CS's Pumpkin Pie, and after sniffing the bottle, I wasn't sure about it either (I know we're not suppose to judge oob, but sometimes I do, my bad).

I mixed the Pumpkin Pie (.25) with CS's Pumpkin Souffle (.75), it eliminated the burnt note that I always seem to detect with Pumpkin Souffle. I also mixed it 50/50 and it makes the Pumpkin Pie stronger and more substantial (hard to explain). Any way, it's selling!

I'm mixing CS's Gingerbread with CS's Cake fo (50/50) ... renamed it Gingerbread House ... it's selling great. I also mixed it with CS's Fresh Coffee and a bit of Creme Brulee from KY ... renamed it Cuppa Christmas Joe. To one pound of wax, I used .5 Gingerbread, .4 Fresh Coffee, and .1 Creme Brulee.

I use zincs in 6006, but I've heard good things about CD's too. In an 8oz jelly jar, a 51z usually works well for me. In an 8oz sq. mason jar or 16 oz mason jar, a 60z is what usually works for me. I say "usually" because, sometimes I may have to change wick size, but that's only rarely. Hope this helps.

I should add that I only use 1oz of fragrance oil per pound of 6006, and I also keep my wicks trimmed to 1/8" ... keeps my candles from smoking. I do get mushrooms, but trimming the wick to 1/8" helps with that.

I've been using Mrs. Claus' Cookies from www.mecandlesupply.com ... they are the people who used to be Snowtop, before selling to ICS. It is a mix of peppermint and sugar cookie. It's a delicious, strong, smooth, peppermint & vanilla. Awesome in 6006 at 6%.

I use the one from KY ... I use it mainly for mixing ... customers love it.

Welcome. Congratulations!

I like it because just about everything throws in it.

I use both, and both are strong (cold and hot throw). I like both. In my opinion, Holly Berry has more spice to it, it's a richer scent, a deeper scent (if that makes sense). Mistletoe reminds me of an old Yank@@ scent ... Spring Meadow, or at least I think that was the name; a crisp, fresher scent. Hope this helps some. Both are great Christmas/winter scents.

I wasn't impressed with it in 6006 at 6% ... maybe it's just me.

I have not, but I have heard very good things about them. I'm sure others will jump in with their opinions.

To all of you who buy from Nature's Garden ... I'm looking for some reviews on their Gingered Bergamot. I use 6006. TIA