Daystar's Island Goddess Cupcake

[Aileene]

I love this scent, adore it, but Daystar is very much at the high end of my budget. (I have it in a lot of my bath products) I wish to try it in wax. (KY Parasoy)

I was wondering if Island Goddess Cupcake had a twin...or maybe just a close relation our there somewhere a bit cheaper to test in wax?

Thanks again,

--Aileene

[melissaroth]

try this again..sheesh. A very, very close one to this is Nature's Garden Caribbean.

[lsbennis]

I love and also use Island Goddess Cupcake and I wish I could find a less expensive alternative. I also have NG's Caribbean but I don't find them close enough, maybe if you could add some cake notes to Caribbean it might make good match. Hmmm...I may have to try that see if I can make a match.

Island Goddess Cupcake...delicious cupcake with hints of coconut, pineapple and a splash of rum, mixed in a vanilla-buttery cupcake batter.

Caribbean... A tropical paradise blend of coconut, fresh sliced pineapple, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

[Aileene]

I think I am going to try mixing Caribbean...we'll see how well I do lol. Now off to find a vanilla/yellow cake type note.

I keep sniffing IGC trying to figure out what exactly the cake note is.

--Aileene

[lsbennis]

good luck...let us know how you make out. I wonder if a birthday cake fo would work or maybe a butter cream, but I would still not be sure of how to add the rum notes to it.

[kitchenfairy]

I've never smelled the original but when I saw you say cake and rum it made me think... NG has an almond rum cake. I know the almond is not in the original but maybe it's a start?

[Aileene]

I've got the birthday cupcake and the almond rum cake, as well as a few other vanilla cakey types coming. I also went with the hot buttered rum as well. I am wondering if a bit of that with the cupcake and caribbean....

Well I won't know until they get here and I get them together lol. Wish me luck

--Aileene

[aviator girl]

I hope it goes well for you. You'll have to keep us posted!

All this talk made me pour my sample a couple of days ago. It smells great. Can't wait to burn it.

Edited May 14, 2010 by aviator girl

[Candlebuddy]

Just a thought but, maybe mixing Egg Nog (for rum/vanilla note) with Caribbean would be good. Then you could always use a bit of Patty Cake (KY) if you need more of a bakery note.

[Aileene]

Okay I just (5 minutes ago) poured a batch of tarts with Caribbean(NG) & Rice Crisp Treat (NG) as oob the rice crisp smelled a little more like that cake vanilla base than the birthday cupcake...

I am so not impressed with the birthday vanilla cupcake so far (I poured a batch of tarts a couple days ago, hoping it would smell better in wax and I'm just not caring for it at all..nothing like cake or vanilla really)

So will keep looking for a vanilla cake scent, but I have high hopes for the Rice Crisp/Caribbean mix, its already pretty close in my opinion. I am going to see if it changes in the next 48 hours.

Will let you guys know.

--Aileene

ETA: I used a 50/50 mix of the two scents

Edited May 18, 2010 by Aileene
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