Gee You Smell... Odd FO Hunt

[Grumpy Girl]

I'm only making (testing) candles for myself right now, and wickless candles and tarts for my friends and family. My sister called me tonight and wanted to know if I could make her a couple of wickless candles that smelled like... get this... Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific. You know, the shampoo from the late 70's and early 80's.

Has anyone seen a FO dupe of this stuff?

Okay, I've finished laughing now.

[Alohagirl]

I've never seen a dupe for that, but there should be!

Why don't we have fun product names anymore like "No More Tangles"? Dang I miss the 70's.

[Purple Lilac]

Hey, I remember that shampoo now, used to use it all the time.

[shafferbuns]

I looked on Ebay and found a roll on perfume oil

expensive tho , 5.99 for 1/3 oz.

No idea if it'd throw in a candle

Oh, hold up, I just found the fragrance oil at

oregontrailsoaps.com, says it's ok to use in candle

(meaning safe, I'm thinking) about 12$ for 8 ounces,

scenterstage.com has it also.

I've never tried anything from these two

dang,

I might have to try some!

[Grumpy Girl]

Thanks Shaffer!

I've never heard of either of these companies either, but I think I'll get a 2oz bottle (I'm scared to order a larger size in case it sucks). I think I can swing $8 next week to try it out. I'm so turning into a FO ho.

[shafferbuns]

yeah, me too.

I've already found a dozen on the

oregontrailsoaps.com site that I want to try!

It's addictive!!!!!

[Sarah]

i've used stuff from oregon trail before and it was good. try their chai tea FO, it's the best i've found by far

[KMommy]

I loved that shampoo! I remember a friend of mine sat infront of me in 6th grade and every time she tossed her hair you would get a whiff of Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific. That scent sure did last!!! I purchased a dupe FO and I believe it was from the company mentioned above. It wasn't a dead on dupe. I would rate it as just ok and a little like the real thing. It may be ok for bath and body products(I used it to scent a shampoo base). I never tried it in a candle.

Side note - Several years ago when I learned that they quit selling it here in the US I did a search and found a whole group of people that were also looking for the shampoo - thought I was the only one left that loved it enough to still be searching for it after all these years. When I was searching for the shampoo it was before ebay and I thought I would never get my hands on Gee again. There was an actual letter writting campaign going on to try and get Jergins to bring it back. A couple of years ago I learned that it was being sold on ebay. Seems the shampoo is still available in one place outside the US. I located a seller that assured me what she was selling was the real thing. I bought several bottles and it is definitely the real Gee because I still had a little left from an old bottle. If your sister or anyone else is ever interested in buying any on-line beware that some sellers show a picture of the orginal bottle from the 70's but the shampoo is different. I was told that there is a newer version of Gee and it doesn't smell the same. Also beware of shipping charges. Some sellers were charging anywhere from $10.00 -20.00 shipping per bottle in addition to the cost of the shampoo. When it was first being offered on ebay I remember a bid going as high as $70.00! I am crazy for this shampoo but no bottle of shampoo is worth 70 bucks. Unless I could shampoo my entire body with it and it would make me look like Eva Longoria!

Let us know what your sister thinks of the candles!