jackbenimble

I'm testing Tobacco from RE/AH ATM and am a but disappointed. 2week cure and little to no HT. :-(

Maybe I need to try Aztec'

I love your display, Jackbenimble! Especially the chalkboard fragrance placards. Very nice!

Thank you! I added the chalkboard fragrance signs this year. Best thing ever!

Just got back from my Friday market. I left a couple hours early due to the rain. Sigh..... again.. more rain! I as so sick and tired of my stuff getting wet and having to relabel. So rather than take a chance I left early. I have another market tomorrow. Guess what the forecast is calling for? You guessed, more rain! Hopefully they may just be evening showers. So if its sunny in the morning I'll go.

I hope your market goes better today. I don't like the rain either for outdoor shows. I'm praying the two I have this fall have good weather.

Thank you Candybee! It was a lot of fun! Glad you did well at yours today. Good luck at this next one. Hope you sell a lot!

 

Hi There! Yes I did a 2 day show this past weekend here in Atlanta called Summer ICE. It was lots of fun! 2 other candle makers were there as well with really great products too! It was hels in the Georgia Freight Depot. One of the oldest standing building still in Atlanta. This was my first show I was able to ever do in the summer months and so I was able to show my spring and summer line of candles. My husband helped me out as he always does. We did very well not like the holiday shows but still a great show for this time of year. I hope to go back again next year. Preparing for my next show in September now as well the rest of the season. This is my display below. I purchased a new banner and have decided to not show soaps anymore. I love doing them but they are  ot a big seller for me. I feel my passion lies with my candles. Our spaces were very small only 6X5 and I purchased and extra half a space above that. Next year I will just stick with the 6X5 though. I found I had too many choices for most people. LOL! Hope you enjoy the pic. ;-)

 

 

 

I guess my pic did not take so heres the link to it on my pinterest page.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/28217935142375074/

Hi There! Yes I did a 2 day show this past weekend here in Atlanta called Summer ICE. It was lots of fun! 2 other candle makers were there as well with really great products too! It was hels in the Georgia Freight Depot. One of the oldest standing building still in Atlanta. This was my first show I was able to ever do in the summer months and so I was able to show my spring and summer line of candles. My husband helped me out as he always does. We did very well not like the holiday shows but still a great show for this time of year. I hope to go back again next year. Preparing for my next show in September now as well the rest of the season. This is my display below. I purchased a new banner and have decided to not show soaps anymore. I love doing them but they are  ot a big seller for me. I feel my passion lies with my candles. Our spaces were very small only 6X5 and I purchased and extra half a space above that. Next year I will just stick with the 6X5 though. I found I had too many choices for most people. LOL! Hope you enjoy the pic. ;-)

I'm currently testing CS Sweet Orange & Chili Pepper. (Majorly strong FYI) So in my notes I put down I'm using 2- CD7 but the sticker on the bottom that I also right info on says CD6. Is there a way to tell which wick it is after it's been burned? Or will I need to start over? Any help is appreciated :-)

Sea Salt and Rice Flower (RE/ AH)- has a salty undertone with floral notes.

I renamed mine Pink Sugar Sprinkles but it didnt sell that well for me. It selld better online for me from customers outside of GA.

Wanted to add another twin to the list. Its the bottom one listed in BOLD type. 

Tri-State Clean Cotton and MC High Cotton

JS Mimosa Mandarin and MC Magenta Nectar
KY--roasted coffee and ICS coffee bean
KY--Wildberry Scone and ICS Wildberry----(forgot what they call theirs)
KY--Southern Vanilla and SS Country Vanilla (super close, maybe identical)
Missy's(JS)-- Christmas Cookie and KH (Keystone) Christmas Cookie
JS's-- Victorian Vanilla Lace and SS sweet snow
JS-- pomegranate and BCN Pomegranate--pretty close
KY--Creme brulee and JBN Creme brulee
Keystone(KH)--Pumpkin Fudge and SS Vanilla Pumpkin
Nature's Garden's Twigs and Berries and Tayberry and Teak Wood.
Day Star's OohLaLa and WSP's Beneath the Stars
WYW Perfect Pumpkin and WSP's Perfect Pumpkin
C&S Jade (Pier one type) and MC Dreamcatcher
Just Scent's Sea Mist smells just like Oceans (Pier 1)...
Daystar's Decadent Orange Fluff Cake smells just like NG's Hot orange danish
TW Emerald Sea and OM Calypso
Peak Jamaican Me Crazy and JS Paradise Island
Heartfelt's Enchanted, and ICS Japanese Plum!
Orange Chiffon Cake-JS, Hot Orange Danish-NG
Banana Split-DS, Monkey Farts-AH
Serendipity-JS, Cupid-BCN/BNL
Framboise Citron Cheesecake-AH, Iced Lemon Danish-Peak
Ultimate Vanilla-DS, French Vanilla-AH, Vanilla Voodoo-CC
Candy Corn-JS, CC, BCN 
Eggnog-BCN, Custard-AWE
Silky V Vanilla-JS, Very Vanilla-BCN, Vanilla Extract-BCS, 
Simply Vanilla-DS, Glazed Donut-TC, Angel Food Cake-WSP
Coconut Cream Pie-BCN, JS
Twinkies-JS, Nanny's Country Pound Cake-DS
Aroma Haven Hey Hey Cute Cabana boy and DS Coconut Pear
Magnolia Melba from Tony's, Summer Fling from BB and Mardi Gras from OT 
Bayrum: OT & SW
Candy Corn: TCS, KS, CC, JS
China Rain: TCS, JS
Raisinbread, blahblahblah: WNW, JS, FOH
CC & Daystar: Vanilla Voodoo/Ultimate Vanilla
Twigs & Berries: NG, Steves
WNW creme brulee & NG's butter brickle - very similar. even yellows my soy wax the same way
Kitchen Spice - JS & Daystar
NG's Mrs. Claus Cookies and Day Star's Vanilla Bean Noel
SC Watermelon = Day Star's Watermelon Martini
Butt Naked from At Wix End is a slightly stronger version of Tranquil Tropics of BubblesnLights (BCN)
Clean Cotton = JS, TRI-ST
Green Leaf's Starla, The Scent Work's Mayan Gold
Peaks Amish Harvest and Aroma Haven's Celtic Moon Spice- Very very Similiar
Santa Spruce (Brambleberry) and Sugared Spruce (the candle source)
Strudel from Candle Science and Graham Cracker from Green Leaf smell exactly alike out of the bottle.
Wilberry Mousse from Candle Science and Berry Creme Brulee from Milcreek
NG"s Watercress and Aloe and Peak's Green Clover in Aloe
AGE's Salty Mariner and Peaks Ocean
NG's Passionate Kisses and TCS Caribbean Holiday
Peak's Casaba Mist & AH's Badedas
JS Grammas Berry Griddlecakes is the same as CS wildberry mousse & These are also the same as ICS Wildberry Mousse
Sweetcakes Fig / BNL Fig Melon
Green Leafs -Indonesean Teak is the same as Flickers - Tuscan Lace
DS Tropical Fruit Slices = ICS Summer Medley
KY Apple Clove Butter=Flicker's Cider Snap
CS Spiced Wassail=Flicker's Autumn Spice
KY's Homemade Apple Pie ST (now ICS) Baked Apples
AH Fudge Brownie = JS Fabulous Fudge
CS Wildberry Mousse and BCN and TCS Country Berry Hotcakes
Brambleberry's Welcome Home and Tennessee Candle's This Old House
Peaks Spruce Xmas Tree and AH's Ozark Forest
GL Himalayan Blue Willow Taylored Concepts Bamboo
TCS Pomegranate GL Pomegranate
CS Very Vanilla is the same as DS Ultimate Vanilla (and CC Vanilla Voodoo
GL/TC Pumpkin Pie Spice
GL/TC Pumpkin Frappuchino
TCS/TC Peach Raspberry Magnolia
TC/AH Coco Mango
Candle Cocoon's Vanilla Voodoo ~ Millcreeks Extreme Vanilla
Candlemaker's Store (Steve's) - Harvest -Tennessee Candle - Amish Harvest

Candlemaker's Store (Steve's) - Silver Bells - Tennessee Candle - This Old House

Update: I needed This Old House and Tennessee Candles was out of stock so I ordered Candlemakers Store Silver Bells grade A and to my nose they are nothing alike - sorry. I smell pine in it I think but it is not This Old House

Monkey Farts...NG and Wixnwax

Alabaster Caribbean Fruit and Kumquat are the same..or at least used to be
Muscadine--NG, WNW, Keystone, and Alabaster
Blueberry Cobbler--NG, Keystone, and ICS blueberry cheesecake
Amaretto Nog--WNW, Keystone, JS
Mulberry-NG, WNW, ICS
Kudzu--Alabaster, WNW, ICS
Peaks Fresh Linen and BCN Angel Wings
NG Tayberry & Teakwood - BCN Twigs n Berries
Sweet Tooth (AH) = Sweet Treat (JS) Aroma Haven's Sweet Seduction
JS Winter Spice
BCN's Mulled Cider....
Just Scent winterberry wreath and Candlescience med fig - Millcreeks Mediterranean Fig
CS Hazelnut and GL Hazelnut
JS Caramelized Pralines and DS White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
To me CC tigerlily and cantalope smell like CW white tea.
Blackberry Sage from TN, TW, & KY same
MC pears n Berries LS pearberry
Jinglebells from TN smells like any mulberry
BCN-Pomegranate and Just Scents-Cupid
Twigs & Berries by the following are all interchangable for each other - AWE, BC & NG
Bert's Aspen Forest & Flickers Balsam & Citrus
AH and Js passionate kisses
KY's Fresh Glazed Donuts smells like Warm Vanilla Sugar 
Spiced Crans at BCN & ICS
KY Grandmother's Toddy and CS Hansel and Gretels House
BCN's Dreamweaver and NG's Satin Sheets
BCS Pumpkin Cheesecake and JS Pumpkin Fudge Torte
Mimosa and Mandarin CS and BC's Citrus Splash
Millcreek Soy Candle Cozy Home smells similar to me like CS's Cranberry Marmalade
Millcreek's Cinnamon Vanilla and CS Strudel and Spice are very very alike
Lonestar Sun 'N Sea and Sea Petals are identical
BCS Sissy Sugar Cookies and Southern Scentsations Snickerdoodle 
BW Sandalwood Cardamom is the same as Peakes Sage & Citrus
BW Gingerbread Latte is the same as JBN Pumpkin Frapp
Bert's Lemon Biscotti Pie is the same as NG Lemon Pound Cake
BW Black Irish is the same as Flickers Green Irish Tweed
"beach daisies" from Nature's Garden smells exactly like "Sun & Sand"-Yankme dupe from Wholesale Supplies 
AH/RE-French Vanilla Oak=Southern Garden Scents-Baton Rogue
Cierra's -grandmas kitchen, At wix end-grandmas kitchen, Makes scents-apple cinnamon~ all have a very similar cider scent. 
Elements Patchouli Honey and Moonwork's Native Princess
Sugared Spruce from Candle Soylutions is the same as Aztec's, WSP and BB Santa's Spruce
DayStar's Paridise = Oregon Trails Fruit Loops
Tennessee's Spiced Apples & Peaches = Sweet Cakes Cinnamon Apple Peach
Bert's Aspen Forest = Moonworks Winter Festival
Candlewic's Spa = WSP's Aqua Spa (WSP's is stronger, but same scent)
NG's Mermaid Kisses and ICS Cactus and Sea Salt.
JS Vanilla Bean Noel and NG Vanilla Valentine 
Candlewic's sugared vanilla shortbread and Moonworks (Venus Candles) sugar cookie royale
Candle Science - Sage and Pomegranate is the same as Millcreek Northern Red Currant
JS Aspen Winter and The Candle Source Sleigh Ride
Peaks Clean Cotton and The Candle Source Clean Cotton
BCN Spiced Cranberry and Tenn Spiced Cranberry
JS Vanilla Bean Noel (type) and Tenn Vanilla Bean Noel (type)
KY Zucchini Bread and The Candle Source Grammy's Zucchini Bread
CS Black Rasp Vanilla and Peaks Black Rasp Vanilla
JS Cinnamon Buns w/vanilla & The Candle Source Cinn Buns w/vanilla are very similar
BCS Harvest and JS Harvest smell the same OOB but IMO the BCS throws a bit better
Peaks Amish Harvest & Tenn Amish Harvest are very similar 

AHRE's Butternut Pumpkin smells very, very similar to JS's Frosted Pumpkin and MC's Frosted Carrot Cake

Elements had a scent called Olive Blossom and I swear it smells like MoonWorks Floral Muse FO

I have never smelled MoonWorks Floral Muse, but Elements Olive Blossom smells the same to me as CS Rain Water

Bert's Aspen Forest and Fillmore Citrus Spruce smell identical to me - or close enough to make me happy

Moonworks Pinion pine smells exact to me as CS mistletoe

AH/RE Sugar Corn Pudding smells the same as BCN Amish Friendship Bread

Aztec's Sweet Winterberry & Rustic Escentuals Frosted Winterberry

Also Peaks country berry hotcakes and ICS Wildberry Mousse. Also, Peaks country berry hotcakes smells just like JS cbh

The Scent Works..Sweet Lodge Smoke..and DayStar's..Hunters Moon smell very very much alike

MW gypsy rose and Elements sensuous black rose are very much alike but I can get MW to throw stronger in a candle

Peaks & Candlewic Black Raspberry Vanilla

Peaks Blueberry Cobbler and Candlewic Blueberry Pie

Community Candle Dickens Christmas and The Candlesource Christmas Splendor

NG Strawberry Passion & BCN Strawberry Jam

Candlescience & The Candlesource Mulberry 

according to my notes but I can not remember for sure: Community Candle Mulled Cider & Tennessee Apple Cider

Peaks & AH/RE Orange Chiffon Cake

ICS & AH/RE Salty Sea Air

BRV-Peaks & Candlewic

Wild Mountain Honey-Peak, Flaming Candle Company & Elements-Honey  L'Occitane Type

Peaks (Winter Orange Spice) & Lonestar (Autumn Harvest)- same

That's wierd! Because I have this scent and love it! So strong in soy! Hope they're formula hasn't changed.

Anyone try Bergamot Tobacco? I tried it out when it was at MW and was not good in soy. Any reviews for it in soy?

I'm loving anything that sounds upscale. CS has several that I'm testing and have amazing HT!

When you say it's going horrible, what does that mean? No scent or horrible scent? I've used that a lot and don't see any difference.

Trappeur

I'm not getting a very good HT. I would say its light in a medium sized bedroom. Burn is fine.

Who's Blue Spruce? CS? I've only tried it in palm and thought meh... it just didn't have that wow factor for me. Smells great OOB thou.

Blue Spruce FO from Candle Science. I was just specifing what supplier.

I'm so bummed out! I have used this FO in a blend before and it was so strong. Now testing in 464 and it's going horribly. I wonder if the formula changed? I wouldn't think so. How is everyone else's experiwnce with Blue Spruce in soy?

I'm going to test Peaks spruce scent next.

What about Tobacco & Bourbon from candlesoylutions. Has anyone smelled this one or tested it out in soy?

I gave several 1ozers to PFO To dupe. Including Harvest Moon and several others from scents that they didnot receive. I emailed them and they did receive them so hopefully they will be duped sometime.

Has anyone duped Suede yet? I have a whole pound. I'd give an ounce to dupe.

Anyway- who has the best tobacco FO? I saw a few above I'm gonna check out.

Has anyone tried the acorns and black oak in soy yet?

What a great combo Amanda! Thank you as well OldGlory.

I wish that someone still sold the Suede FO from MW. I still have a most of a whole bottle and would love to do a scent outta that. I may still but it couldnt carry it long term.

What about coriander and tonka from CS. I have a sample. Gonna try it out too.

Has anyone tested Tobacco & Caramel from TFC in soy? I'm looking for a good masculine fragrance that is on the upscale side and having a difficult time finding one that works in 464. Thank for any advice on this or your favorites.

So what exactly is causing the split shipping? I only use them for FO. Is the wax and containers causing the split shipping costs?

That link didn't work for me.

I went to the site and looked up their patch FO. The description is a woody cedarwood patch. I don't think that's the one you are thinking of is it? You want the straight patch Lebermuth and MW carries right? This isn't it.

Although The Chemistry Store does carry Lebermuth FOs I don't think this is the same patch you want.

Sorry about that. No I did not want the Cedar Patch. I tried it and it was fine for me. It was a mobile version. I'm on my phone responding. It was the Leburmuth Patch because at the bottom of the page there was the Lebermuth logo. Maybe they just recieved a bad batch.

I would definitely use this for soap even from the Leburmuth site. I have read that their patch is difficult to wick so I was hoping to make a lavender patch blend to cut down on the heaviness of the oil.

Chris- thank you for the CC recommendation. I'll look into that one.

So I went to the chemistry store and checked out their patchouli FO. Great price! I looked at the reviews and the only one they showed was not great. Maybe they received a bad batch. Here's the link.

http://m.chemistrystore.com/prodrank.cgi?sku=41617&action=view

The Chemistry Store has a pound for under $30.00 It is Lebermuth. I was on the phone with Lebermuth the other day and they told me that if you need smaller sizes of their oils they are carried at The Chemistry Store and Bulk Apothecary. On a side note I agree that the Patch at Fillmore is great and have to say I have not found an oil that I did not like from Fillmore.

Karen in MA

I didn't realize that the Chemisty Store sold Lebermuths Patchouli at a lower price. I'd definitely get it then.