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As for Red Hots, I've only used from BCN and Candle Science with these but I loved them both.

I know it !

For me, it depends on the wax and type of warmer. I personally use metal ones from the Dollar Tree, I pop them in the freezer for about 30 minutes or until I remember to take them out , which could be days later lol , and they just pop right now. Now I do have some that want to be stubborn sometimes, so I just take a sharp knife and pry the edge and out the lil disk of wax comes HTH

I just looked back.. I promise you guys I DO know how to use a space bar, I dunno why it formatted like that !!!

Jeanie, remind me on the Apple Strudel, I got a sample I'll try to put it in wax tomorrow. I really did like it cause it was more oob like the real deal. I like bakery stuff but I get a lil nauseated by some of them because they are just SOOOOO sweet !

already. I will be trying it in waxcause ya can't go off of oob Oreo Cookie : It smells like an Oreo ! Smoke Eliminator : Had a fuel note toit that hit me before anything else did, so I can't give it a realdescription. Squirrely Nut : Candybee asked if thiswas anything like vanilla hazelnut. Absolutely not! Mix togetherblueberries, blackberries, pecans, acorns and you have Squirrely Nut! Sugar Cookie : By the time I got to theS's you can imagine I was sniffed out. All my notes say on this is “Good/Cinn” , so if I wrote down cinnamon, its got a strong cinnamonscent to it along with the sugar cookie smell. To me? It smelled morelike a Snickerdoodle cause it had so much cinnamon in it. Sugared Spruce : This was at thecheckout counter and I sniffed it there while waiting. It had asugary coating on top of a very nice pine. I was actually surprised Iliked it a lot but it was really nice ! Winter Candy Apple BBW type : Haven'tsmelled the BBW so can't compare to that but this was nice , butlight. Picked up the melted sugar and slight Mac Apple on it. Note : If it has cranberry orpomegranate in the title, I loved it. I have some extra specialscents of these already but I was truly impressed with anything Aztechad with those two scents whether straight on in a combo.

Duck Farts : Well, now I know what aduck fart supposedly smells like LOL. Had a very strong Grape smellwith various berries thrown in for good measure. Was extremely“sweet” smelling. Egyptian Musk : This was an odd duck soto speak but I myself really love it. It doesn't have a patchoullismell but its very mysterious, I did pick up notes of amber in it. Fireside : It was nice, but more sweetthan I'd expected. Cloves, apple, hickory, and vanilla I think. Fresh Cut Grass : I've been meaning topick this up from one of my normal suppliers but haven't. Wow, thisstuff really does smell just like fresh cut grass! I kept going backto it to see if I'd pick up some odd note, but nope, was dead on ! Fresh Squeezed Oranges : It did smelllike orange juice, but the q tip they had in the bottle was dried outso Im hoping that's what made the scent “light”. Honey Crisp Apple : ( discontinued) Idebated on telling yall about this because I loved it SO much Ipicked up 2 lbs ! I love my Oatmeal Milk and Honey I get from BC, andI love a good Mac Apple. This is a perfect blend of honey and apples. Japanese Cherry Blossom : I had HIGHhopes for this, but OOB it smells absolutely nothing like BBW JCBbecause all I wear is that and one by DK. Im still going to get someand put it in wax, but OOB I was disappointed and it seemed extremely“light” to even go in lotion or soap. I'll get some after thefirst of the year and test it and let yall know. Kentucky Bourbon : I did not smell ANYbourbon in it whatsoever, it was extremely sweet smelling. I have anApple and Maple Bourbon from Candle Science and definitely get thebourbon in it. Not this. Again, this is OOB and I will eventuallytest this one. Lavender : Had to pick some of this uptoday for an order and I was extremely pleased that this is a TRUElavender scent that has had a tiny touch of sweet put it in it, butyou definitely get that “green bite” note underneath it. Lemon Eucalyptus : Loved this one! Bestof both world, you pick up each note individually but the Eucalyptuskeeps the lemon from being too sweet or too tart, and the lemon tonesdown the bad medicine smell of Eucalyptus. This will be a fantasticBnB or aromatherapy scent. Mistletoe Kisses : This could very wellbe a new addition to my next years Christmas line. It's a combinationof so many things I can't explain it but get a sample, I dont thinkyou'd be disappointed. Monkey Farts : Smells identical to theMonkey Farts I get from Candle Science and BCN. Very nice, veryfruity. I liked the fact that even with all that in it I still canpick up each individual fruit. Good blend. Oak Moss : This made me a VERY VERYhappy lady. I have just recently fallen totally in love with Oak Mossfrom BCN and this is a dead on ringer for it! I could give you thedescription that BCN has but to me? It smells like a high end, verysexy man's cologne with just a tad of a powdery bottom note to giveit more of a unisex scent. Love love LOVE this stuff. Oatmeal and Honey: I did like this,smells like it should. To me its a tad bit lighter than what I use

Im going to condense these : Bubble Gum, Pink Sugar, Cotton Candy,Candy Corn, Candy Apple, Green Apple, Cinnamon, Cinnamon Apple, LoveSpell all smell EXACTLY like I've smelled from both BCN and CandleScience. GOOD STUFF going on OOB. Very strong oob and hopefully itwill work out. I was actually surprised at how close cotton candywas. Chocolate Brownie : I liked it, and itwas good OOB , but I smelled more chocolate, than I did brownie, ifthat makes sense.... Cinnamon Vanilla : Going to test thisone. When I saw it I was like uh that doesn't go together. WRONG!Depending on how it does, I might add a touch more vanilla to it.Will have to see, but you could definitely pick up both notes.Cinnamon was stronger. Christmas Cookies : Wasn't what I wasexpecting but I couldn't figure out what it smelled like. It was avery light scent. Clean Cotton : This was nice, it was alittle sweet like the Clean Cotton body wash Suave used to have thatI adored. Clothesline: I will definitely buy thisover April Fresh Downy. I just like WOW scents and this one kickslike a mule! Clove : dead on clove smell. Will makea fantastic mixer but straight? Shew it was mega powerful industrialstrong oob so be careful ! Lol Cocktails on the Beach ( discontinued )I smelled this and came THIS close to picking up a couple of bottles.Fruity, a little bit of fizzy undertone, and has a middle note Ican't place but it makes it round out to an actual cocktail drink.Not alcohol smell but you can definitely tell the difference in thisand some that are so mega sweet it gives you a toothache! Cool Citrus Basil and Coconut LimeVerbena : They were nice but not as powerful as some I've smelled butremember, this is OOB and that all changes when the heat hits it! Ifyou want to do BnB with these scents that would be great. Ipersonally love CLV but its too strong for me normally, I'd like itthis medium strength. Cool Water: Smells like the cologne.Was well rounded. Im not the best at descriptions if yall couldn'ttell by now but its light and airy with a punch. It's not quite asstrong as I've smelled but it would be worth getting a sample andtesting. Cozy Cabin : Cedar, Pine, Smoke. I havea Log Cabin from another supplier I love dearly, this is totallydifferent but just as nice. The smoke isn't heavy in it, and its avery light hickory smell. I am very finicky about anything with Pinein it, and I would burn this all day long. Very nice. Cucumber Mint ( discontinued) This isa light scent, but worth a try even if they are discontinuing it. Iwill be putting it in BnB ( lotion and mp ) . Will be wonderful forthis summer in an aloe vera cool body mist.

Almond : Not like I expected, was good,but sweet. Not almond / amaretto sweet. Amazon : Please do not ask me todescribe this because it worried me to pieces and I can't come upwith anything as far as what's in it but, its a sexy, slightlymasculine, earthy scent. If you like unusual, this is it. I love itpersonally but then again, I do like odd ball scents LOL Amish Harvest : Nice, well rounded.Rustic yet airy (I wont say light cause it had a powerful smell)could place pumpkin, cloves, hay,berries and some cinnamon Apple Jack and Peel : Nice, stoutscent. Should do well in wax. It's as nice a AJP as I've smelled Apple Strudel: Very impressed. Defsmelled baked apples and the flaky crust with a tad cinnamon, notoverpowering cinn like some. I have to carry a ton of bakery scents,and I think Im going to really like this one because its more of aTRUE bakery scent. You aren't choked down with a sugar smell. April Fresh Downy Type: This was nice,smells just like Downy EXCEPT its not as strong as Clothesline. If Ihad to choose, I'd use Clothesline and back off of it if I had to. Autumn Leaves : Very nice , woodsy,dark, wet, touch of moss and oak with wet fallen leaves. Baked Apple Pie : Really good, not toomuch cinnamon, loved that, could smell crust . Bamboo : I'm going to test this andpray it works in wax, I adore this stuff. I love air/earth/ozonescents and manly scents and this one takes it all and has some greennotes in it to round it out. Very clean. Barn Wood: I'll be adding thishopefully. I have tons of wood type scents and this one is totallydifferent from anything I have. Cedar, Pine, Oak is what I picked upon top , couldn't place bottom notes but I love it. Bayberry : STRONG! Very nice but if itacts in wax like it did OOB, ½ to 2/3 oz is all you'd need Best Friends : This is one they arediscontinuing but if you want to run limited runs of something thiswould be good for spring and summer. Light, airy, would really dowell in BnB if its skin safe. Bird of Paradise : So much fruit, solittle time! It was good, oob was stout. Black Cherry : Smells just like blackcherry. It was nice but it was exactly what I expected it to smelllike, which is GOOD ! No surprises. Just strong Blackberry : Ok I need someone else toget some of this and try it or review it cause I swear it smelledlike grapes to me. Wasn't expecting that. Blackberry Sage: I was getting thisfrom Alabaster/Community Candle in Alabama but I will be getting itfrom Aztec if it works out. Smells like what I've been using and ifit is, wow its a hot seller for me ! One note though, OOB it didsmell just a smidgeon sweeter than what I've used but thats oob andwe all know how that goes too. Brown Sugar Figs BBW : I've neversmelled it from BBW so I can't compare it as a dupe, but it wassweeter than I myself imagined, but it was very nice. Would do goodin BnB and Candles both

I hope posting this is ok! First off , a quick run down on how it went today. I walked in, and the lady up front was on the phone. She "nodded" at me and smiled. I looked around, for about an hour, and no one said a word to me. Now, please note, everyone that walked through there, smiled and nodded, and were "available" if I needed them, but no one stood over me or hounded me and I LOVED THAT! I went through almost every scent they had, took notes, looked around at everything they had displayed for sell, and just generally took another hour looking, sniffing again, writing notes and making plans. When I did go up for my order, the lady at the front was extremely helpful, got me the info I needed concerning a wax issue and was just so pleasant to deal with. No joke, by the time she hit "send" on the printer for my order to go back, I did not have time to walk outside, light a cigarette and take a drag off of it before a young man walked my stuff out the front door to me!!! Talk about FAST SERVICE! The order wasn't "hard" but it would have had him running from one end of the warehouse to the other and he was so lightening fast I was laughing! EDITED : Yall, Im so sorry for the way the folling posts formatted. It looks like I have no clue what a spacebar is! Sorry because some of it is annoying to read Blame it on Open Office ! I'll put my opinions of the FOs I sniffed in the following comments. Hope this helps someone. I know it def has given me something to think about. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my suppliers dearly , but if I can get a ton of FOs from 36 miles from my front door, instead of having shipping from across the country .... wellllllllllllllll ....

Thank you for the update CraftCandles!

OOOOOOOO boy my head is reeling !!! I made it back, I smelled literally 125 FOs.......... and I think Im in love ! Im going to take a minute and type some stuff up and start another thread in this foreum called : Aztec Candles company and fo review. Hopefully it will be of help to some.

Welp, here we go !!!! Candybee, I have your list in hand... off to Aztec I go !!! Why do I have the feeling Im going to have one MASSIVE headache and blown out nose before this morning is through ???? LOL (Not from you Candy, but from me. I looked again at their FOs and there are SO many I wanna sniff ! Im always on the lookout for new scents and if I can get some a LOT closer to me and not have shipping.... ) Yall wish me luck! If Im not back with a report by 3pm EST........ Ive gotten too dizzy to drive home ! ROFLMAO ! Talk to yall soon !

Thats kinda what's going on here. These just aren't quite right for what I want. I have three versions of red, one has too much blue, too much orange or just .. weird !

I use BCN's bacon, straight, and I've played around with : Bacon and Vermont Maple Syrup = Maple Bacon Bacon and Peppercorn =Peppered Bacon Bacon , Mac Apple and Campfire smoke = Apple Smoked Bacon I've not done the 2 one in wax yet, but the q tip test smells killer ! 1 and 3 ? I love this stuff. I wish I made candles LOL I'd try to make a layed candle with the bacon and blueberry pancakes with maple syrup LOL It's funny, I got to looking at all my FOs I have , and it hit me, I could make one HECK of a breakfast buffet with this stuff LOL

Im so jealous of those of you who do candles and things like this! It's very beautiful, you should be proud of yourself

Pam, yeah I figured it was an addative but since I've not had to use Vybar before ( just Stearic for my bleeding tapers ).. I didnt know what Vybar would make one do. Thanks for the tip ! RJ, I know that I emailed and talked to Candle Science and they said it was happening to everyone, and everything they were getting from NY was the same,( my favorite part of that email read: "This is interesting, and it seems to be a problem that is only happening in tarts. IGI has not changed their formula, we check the spec sheet on every order we get and even our most recent falls right in the middle of the requirements. (You can view this on the product page, it's the 'technical info' PDF). We had this come up last year right about this time. It seems that cooler temperatures are having a pretty big impact on this wax. What you are seeing is the result of wax that has cooled too quickly. The wax we get is manufactured in upstate NY and even the raw slabs are coming out with the rippled look. What we recommend is making sure your working environment is no cooler than 70-72 degrees and lowering your pour temperature, it should be around 150-160. This will help slow the cooling process and give the smoother finish. I had one person who switched the 4625 which is the pillar wax, it is a little harder but holds the same amount of FO as the 4794 and they are happier with the results. It may be a temporary solution to get your order filled but I think if you try the other things first that will help." Note : The room was 72 cause I was burning slap up ( menopause hot flashes lol ) and I ALWAYS pour at 155 low and no more than 160 high depending on how other FOs have acted in the past per my notes. and when the other lady talked to IGI themselves ( she got hers from Aztec ) they didn't blow her off so to speak, but acted like it was no big deal. All she and I could think of was " It's a damn good thing we aren't making actual candles with this stuff ". ( I can't even imagine what that would do to trying to keep a wick centered, u might could do it as it set up the first time, but subsequent burns would monkey it up big time.

Lots of time, patience, in my case, tons and tons of Goodey Powders for my headaches LOL !

But that's half the fun of it !!!! I guess I have a lot of aggression to take out and I actually get a kick out of beatin the hell-o out of a slab LOL

hehehe thats how I test mine too, wax paper. And TY for the suggestion.

LOL I might could deal with yellow PS bw but I dunno about army green anything ! I can't PM in here yet. Email me at blacktieaffair66@yahoo.com if you would

Yeah it's a preblend. I only know that whatever huge batch this came out of, it shipped everywhere! grrr lol I need more wax and honestly Im scared to try to order some from anyone , in case they got some of this same stuff.

A little over a month ago, I got a new case of IGI 4794A Paraflex that I use for just about everything I do. Opening the case, I noticed ( barely ) that it was a little bumpy on each slab. Didn't pay it any attention. I started making up melts, I'd do about 30 scents a day. I noticed it seemed to be shrinking a little more ( dips in the center of the clams ) and I didnt like that, but the weirdest thing is.. My melts, when used in a warmer for no matter how long, then left to solidify back up ... gets waves. Large waves. Lumpy , bumpy WEIRD looking waves. I have never had this happen before. I have probably in the past two years, made up 5 cases of melts with this and never once had this happen nor anything remotely close to it. It always solidifies back to a very nice, completely smooth and flat surface. Ok, I made sure the room was the same temp as always, I have detailed notes on each scent I use, I went by the instructions for each one because with as many scents as I carry, theres no way you can remember them all. I've talked to another lady, who actually lives in this same town, uses this wax, but she got hers from Aztec, and I got mine from Candle Science, and hers is doing the same. We both thought we were nuts until I posted this on another foreum. I've had Candle Science saying this happens, because its manufactured in NY and its just coming out like this right now. Funny, its never done this before that Im aware of in five years. Anyone else had this happen or have a suggestion? Its NOT effecting/affecting the throw, hot or cold, its not messing with the melt/burn, it just looks ugly as homemade sin to me when Im used to flat smooth surfaces Any idea ? ( o, and there isn't any evidence from either IGI nor our suppliers that theyve changed the formula ) In the picture... the two on the top, are made from my previous case of the same wax, bought at the same place, Candle Science.. the others are from last month.

BCS is not selling 94 anymore ?? WTH! Guess you could go with Lonestar ? Sorry for going OT yall adillenal, I am fixing to start a thread in a sec, over on Candles, about the last case of it I got, and ask yall some stuff.. Again, sorry for going OT ! Poof !:tiptoe:

Wow !!!!!!!!!!! REALLY ?? Honestly, I've never been so happy to NOT have a website out there, in my life, as I am right now! I'd LOVE to have gotten that letter though... Considering I've never once poured a container or pillar candle in my LIFE !