AlwaysWondering

I ordered these as my samples with my last order. Both smell great OOB but I'm not quite sure what to do with them. If you have them, do you use them straight or more for blending or sweetening other scents. By themselves, they are simply sweet but not really a "scent" if that makes sense. I only make scented wax, no B&B.

Maple, rum, or more vanilla.

Learn something new every day. I only make tarts so I'm not up to date on this type of thing but I found this to be a great thread. Good luck to you all with this fun freshener. Don't you just wonder how the very first person even thought of this? Wake up one morning and decide to crush up an old corn cob and fragrance the bits and pieces and sell it. Brilliant. Who knew!

Again, thank you everyone. I think I'm just going to not sell those with the lousy cold throw. I have plenty to choose from that have great cold throw and I have been over thinking this! @SliverofWax, would you mind sharing where you bought those double wall jars? I was going to pour into tins with pull of tops. I wonder if the jars would be prettier.

Great story and bless your step-Mom!

Is this for a soap? Maybe add some lavender or lemon and turn it into a "gardeners" soap?

No, it does not. I just want a true representation of the scent in my samples. My tarts are superb and the customers will be even HAPPIER when they melt the real thing. Do you think my goal is to have unhappy customers?????? How hard can this possibly be to understand? Thank you for worrying but I think I can handle this on my own.

Ok, I thought I was done. I am planning to offer about 80 of my 300 scents at the retail level. I only make tarts and at this point I only sell via internet so cold sniff or cold throw has never been an issue, only hot throw. I am now going into a retail environment and now cold throw is important. The vast majority of my tarts have great cold throw and smell pretty much exactly as they do in hot throw. I am creating testers, in little 2 oz metal tins with pull of lids, because the tarts themselves will be sealed. The vast majority of the tins will be filled with the EXACT wax and oil I am using in my tarts. I am worried, though, that a few of my tarts just don't have good cold throw. I was hoping to find a wax, for those few with lousy cold throw, that might be more representative of the true scent. Yes, like a scratch and sniff. I know nothing of candle waxes and I know that for those who sell at craft fairs or home parties, cold throw is as important as hot throw. Since I've never had to worry about cold throw, I was just looking for some input on waxes with good gold throw so I could have testers, for those few lousy cold throw scents, that might have a better, and therefore MORE accurate, example of the scent. I was not trying to create one thing in a tester and then give the customer a lesser quality product or different product. I only want accurate sampler of the scents. Let's face it, in retail the cold sniff is critical, again, something I never had to worry about. If I can't find a decent way to provide scent samples of some of my better scents, I simply won't sell them. With 300 scents, I'm sure I can find 80 but a few of my faves just happen to have lousy cold throw in the tart wax I use. I am NOT looking for new tart wax, love, love, love my current tart wax for hot throw.

Thank you everyone. I'm done with this subject and appreciate your input. Feel free to continue talking amongst yourselves. I don't think I'm conveying my thoughts. I KNOW testers are not sealed and I am NOT making tarts out of the same wax I am using for certain testers.

How do you know they cut their oils? Is this an assumption or have you had them tested ... or what?

Scentsy warmers use either a 20 watt bulb or a 25 watt bulb. The plug in styles use 15 watt bulbs.

Interesting. Most customers care about hot throw, no? The tart is just sitting sealed in a clamshell pack or souffle cup. They aren't used as air fresheners. For instance, my Panna Cotta smells unbelievably yummy when melted but, in my opinion, has an awful cold throw. The same goes for my Toasted Marshmallow. The point of a tart is to melt it, not sniff it cold. Am I wrong? On the internet, they can take the time to read detailed descriptions of my scents and when they melt them, that is exactly what they will smell. In a retail environment, they can only sniff to decide. Maybe I should rethink this and just not sell those with awful cold throw.

I hope if she see's this thread, she takes this as a huge compliment. http://www.etsy.com/listing/68749205/lick-me-all-over-wax-tart http://www.etsy.com/listing/67221177/pink-pomegranate-wax-tart http://www.etsy.com/listing/68428631/oatmeal-milk-and-honey-wax-tart http://www.etsy.com/listing/66652424/bubblegum-ice-cream-cone

I disagree. I want a cold throw that is as close to possible in scent to the actual hot throw. I have about 20 scents that are very different in cold throw compared to their hot throw and would like to try them in a different wax that can throw cold. Thank you, but I have no intention of misrepresenting my product. I want to accurately represent the my tarts. I only make tarts and only use one wax so I know nothing of other waxes which is why I asked for help in this. I sell on the internet only and cold throw doesn't matter but now that I'm going retail, I do need accurate testers.

Thank everyone. I don't care if it is soy, paraffin, palm or a blend, just the very strongest COLD throw. If you could help me with the supplier, that would help greatly. I need to make scent testers so the cold throw is queen and they will never be burned so I don't care at all about the hot throw.

Thanks!

I've checked Specialty Bottle, SK, Kosmetech, Midwest Bottle, Container and Packaging and can't quite find what I'm looking for. If necessary, I will settle but do you know of any other suppliers jor cosmetic jars? I would actually prefer jars with pull of lids rather than screw tops. Not using for cosmetics but will be using as "scent" testers for my wax tarts in a retail display.

@Candbee, yep all the way to the tippy top top top, could not fit one more drop. Finished weight, including clam shell, is 2.9 to 3.0 ounces. Made three of them. This one said it held 3.5 ounces. In my dreams! @Dee, I saw those but the one's I bought were exactly those dimensions and they do not hold 3.5 oz.

I thought that is what I bought but it is not holding 3.5 oz of wax, it is holding less.

Do you know the name of the candle companies of Day Star and TCS? Thanks

I agree as a consumer and small business owner that scary times are ahead. If gasoline prices stay high for 3 months or more, here we go again. This last recession is blamed on the housing market but I always remind them that it started with the gas prices that took away discretion income so no McDonalds for dinner wiht meant less potatoes bought, less bread bakes, less Coke sold and less delivery drivers which caused mfg to go down then job losses and THEN the mortgages could no longer be afforded. Maybe they shouldn't have had them in first place but they still paid them until the job losses started with the snowball effect of gas prices. The only thing that has saved us is our at home gold buying party business. As they say, even in bag markets, someone is making money. Finally we are on the bubble side and riding it knowing it full well will burst.

You might want to take a look at Intuit. Their CS is outstanding and will walk you through anything. Has plenty of templates, everything is in plain English and normal icons you would find in Word or PowerPoint. Relatively easy to add inventory or products by product or with multiple options. Integrates easily with PayPal or you can apply for a Merchant Account to accept credit/debit card directly. I have also heard Vistaprint is the easiest of all. Not sure how inventory or product categories work as I have no first hand knowledge. All I know is that I heard it is really easy to build a website and lots of templates.

I recently found out that Miami Erie owns Front Porch Candle. Nice deal, supplier is also a direct competitor of its own clients. I always wondered how Front Porch could afford to always have free shipping. Well, that's easy when you are also the supplier and everything is at cost. I did purchase from them before I knew this but I didn't order the Sugar Cookie so no review. I will not order from them again. Don't need to provide sales to a supplier who competes with their customers.

I also did not like it. I did not pick up a strange smell but just weak and as you said, very little apple scent.

Candles and Supplies has shapes. http://newcart.candlesandsupplies.com/Store/Products/Candles/Air+Freshener+Products/Air+Freshener+Paper/Default.aspx Also, https://www.oakcourtcreations.com/ProductCart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=47 My understanding is that you pour your fragrance oil in a dixie cup or shot glass, use a regular craft type paint brush and brush on the oil, do not dilute, right onto paper. Let dry, flip over and do the other side. I've never done it so no actual advice to offer!