maryta Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Hi - I am getting more into custom blends and need a sweetener for some things. Any suggestions? I haven't seen a plain sugar fragrance oil, only brown sugars and Burnt Sugar (BB). Does anyone use a plain-ish vanilla sugar, even for citrus fragrances? Its mostly citrus that I like to play around with. Honey won't work for some things. Or am I missing a basic "sugar" oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Here's a page from the fragranceoilfinder.com you can use for a reference. You can use a variety of different FO's to give you the type of sweetness you're looking for like: brown sugar, maple syrup or just vanilla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryta Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Thank you, Chris! I started there ... I decided I am trying to avoid brown sugar/caramel and maple for my "sugar". Maybe vanilla is really the trick. I just want to avoid a bakery scent sometimes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Have you tried vanilla sugar, vanilla lace, pink sugar? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Texas Candle Supply has one called Sugar. I have a bottle of it but haven't put it in wax yet. I think it's Backwoods that carries one called Vanilla Sugar. Indiana has Sugar Milk. The FO Serendipity is very sweet in my opinion if sweetness is what you're looking for. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I am not a big fan of most bakery scents, so I look outside the box when blending. You can try a MacIntosh Apple type, a juicy peach, a berry type, etc. It really just depends on the other elements of the fragrance you are creating. Sometimes a cucumber type brings in a fresh or crisp element. When I am creating a new blend I use the qtip method: I have a new hdpe small bottle, and I cut a bunch of qtips in half. Gather up all the FOs you want to try, some masking tape and a marker. Dip one qtip in an FO and drop it in the bottle, then build your fragrance one half qtip at a time. Maybe you want 5 qtips of one FO, 2 of another FO, and one of another. Be sure to mark the bottle with what's in it. Give it a few days for the scents to mingle. If you need to add something, just remember to write it down. You'll know when you have a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma52 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) 13 hours ago, maryta said: Hi - I am getting more into custom blends and need a sweetener for some things. Any suggestions? I haven't seen a plain sugar fragrance oil, only brown sugars and Burnt Sugar (BB). Does anyone use a plain-ish vanilla sugar, even for citrus fragrances? Its mostly citrus that I like to play around with. Honey won't work for some things. Or am I missing a basic "sugar" oil? I have found the perfect one and just love it. I also was searching for such a fragrance just like this at one time! It is from Backwoods Fragrance Company. The description says it has those other scents in there but I do not smell them. It is just a wonderful sugared vanilla scent. I do a blend of .50 Vanilla Sugar / .50 Sugar Maple (also from Backwoods) and call it Sugar Sugar.....I love it! I hope you try it. But, please do check out their other fragrances...they are divine! Oh and you have such an awesome idea for blending.....fruits!! Peach comes to mind and blueberries...oh there are some great blends you can do w/this scent!! Vanilla Sugar A delectable blend of creamy vanilla, brown sugar and toasted coconut with a hint of sandalwood, musk and amber. One tester found it "So warm and homey", in her CP soap. Very strong vanilla sugar cookie scent. Does discolor a bit when first poured Edited February 28, 2016 by puma52 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryta Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) Thank you everyone, for such thoughtful replies! candybee, I do love me some Pink sugar...I try to blend it almost everything! . I will get some vanilla sugar and look for vanilla lace, too. I've got a lovely Vanilla Milk from Mad Oils...it is light...definitely more milk than cream for me. So, has a dairy note which is good for some things, for sure. OldGlory, thanks for sharing your technique. It sounds more practical than the way I've been doing things so I will have to try it! Adding sweet fruits instead of a vanilla or sugar is a great idea for a lot of my ideas (especially since I tend to blend non-bakery for soap, in particular). puma52, thanks for the recommendation! I will try the BW Vanilla Sugar. And the Sugar Maple. I'm glad you said you don't smell the other scents in the description of Vanilla Sugar because I would never have ordered it based on the description. I do have some BW oils but not that one and I actually poured my first set of them as melts yesterday and they did smell great (mostly bakery). I will have to wait to test 'cuz I'm going out of town tonight - I'm excited to try them, though! Hopefully, some of these will make it on the order with the Vanilla Sugar and the Maple Sugar. Edited February 28, 2016 by maryta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy511 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Hi maryta, some other "sweet" FO's you may want to try are: Homespun Sugar Whipped cream Sweet Tooth all of these are from Aroma Haven/ Rustic Essentials. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara AL Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Yes to Homespun Sugar definitely sweet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_35550 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) Does AH/RE still carry the condensed milk fragrance from KY? Sugar Cookie Royale.....mmmmmmm. Sweet. Edited March 3, 2016 by chuck_35550 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryta Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 (edited) Thanks, sandy511 and Barbara AL .... gonna have to try those, too! Actually, I already have Whipped Cream and poured it 2 1/2 weeks ago. Will test-melt this week Edited March 14, 2016 by maryta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becky Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I was going to suggest the whipped cream, too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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