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  1. I have two fragrances, I brought them because I liked them One is a powdery rose and the other is a rose wood, does any one have suggestions on a fragrance I could add to both of these to change them. I tested them on a few people and they do not like them. The powdery rose one every one said it smelt like a fragrance a grand mother would like and the second the rose wood is too acrid ( I liked this alot like the smell of pruned rose bushes) I have paid a lot for the fragrance and can not return them, any suggestions on what I could put into them to give them more wider appeal My thoughts were to buy another fragrance and add it to my two fragrances something like an antique rose which is deeper in scent, or a Rosehip fragrance, or should I kill most of fragrance with something really strong I am sure we have all brought some fragrance that has not worked for us . I feel really upset I thought I had got it right
  2. Thanks every one, The wet spot, The coconut oil that I added should have taken care of that , from what I have read. I like the thought that it may be a temperature problem, if the glass has a thicker bottom then the temp on the bottom would be colder, that makes sense, this was poured on its own but when they are poured huddled in a grouping would this eliminate the problem, or the other option is to pour at a slightly higher temp to begin with, so that it does not cool down to quickly. As you can see I like to ponder the solution before trying out several things, otherwise I end up with glasses all over the place with my testing, some times 20-30 of them, I have sort of learnt in the past to analyze the problem then try something close to the answer.
  3. thanks scentlady I want to leave the coconut oil in the candle, but I might drop down the BS just looking at the problem in the glass, this is the kind of problem you get using beeswax on it's own, it tends to shrink away from the glass and eventually fall out. I will try the lesser quantity of the BS and see what happens
  4. Thanks for the reply, I am using a cargill soy wax and the glass was only a test glass I think it is about 3ozs, I would really like to use some of the BW because of the picture going on my jar it has a bee on it do you think it is the beeswax and not the coconut oil that is causing the problems Also read that the BW helps with the scent throw
  5. I have just started back making candles after a 10 year break, and there are lots of new things happening in candles like Soy wax, I made my first batch after lots of research I did a mixture of soy wax 2% coconut oil 2% pure beeswax The top of the candle looked very nice, but I am not sure about the bottom of the candle, you can see in the picture the rimming I know from previous experience that beeswax shrinks and pulls away from the glass, so I dropped the percentage down to the 2% as at 4% I got cracking on the top Anyone seen this problem before, I thought the coconut oil would help with the adhesion to the glass appreciate all your thoughts
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