Jump to content

Any CS rants or raves as we are ordering the Sample Sale?


Recommended Posts

I KNOW WHAT MAY NOT WORK FOR ONE, MIGHT BE PERFECT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

Here are my flops of CS in para blend

Asian Amber - very strong, this is my PERSONAL opinion, I know others do well with this. A very deep, dark, herbal type scent if that is your thing, knock your socks off.

Buttercream - I think DayStar's is much better

Buttered Rum - all I can say is it doesn't smell like Buttered Rum to me.

Pecan Pie - I found it to be very light in throw. I like the AH version better.

Raspberry Truffle - it smells good but I find it to be light.

Very Vanilla - not good, chemical notes or plastic. Just not a good vanilla. Many I like better. The CS French Vanilla is good, though.

These are among those I think are great from CS

Banana Nut Bread - love this one and Peak's

Blueberry Cheesecake - not too heavy on graham or cream cheese but luscious blueberry pie filling notes

Clean Cotton Yankee Dupe - I think this is the best version of this dupe

Cranberry Marmalade - sells great all year, not too tart

Day at the Spa - nice, fresh, scent. Does have lemon notes.

Honeysuckle Jasmine - beautiful, very strong throw.

Lavender - this is an herbal type lavender, very true

Plumeria - my favorite of all I tried

Pumpkin Pie - my favorite of all the PPs I have tested

P.S. the Apple Maple Bourban is strong on the apple notes and weak on the maple and bourban. I really like this scent but if you're looking for heavy maple, this is not it. I renamed it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

i mostly soap, but also do some parasoy containers and soy votives.

I love their Lime Cooler. Fresh and strong. It discolors slightly in CP.

AJP is nice. Not very complex, but strong in soy

Coconut lime - light on the coconut and faded in CP for me

Coconut lime verbena - light on the coconut. strong on the lime

Hansel & Gretel's House - Nice in soy around the holidays

Honeysuckle Jasmine - strong floral A's & heats in CP

Lovespell - strong in soy and CP

Pumpkin Souffle - excellent in soy during fall & winter months

sage & Pom - great in CP. pretty nice in soy

Pear Glace - didn't like it enough OOB to soap or make candles out of it

Violet Lime - very strong in CP. Strong on the violet, much less lime.

Lavender - very strong on the herbal. Nice though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Love

Med. Fig - super strong in parasoy and cp soap

Day at the Spa - strong, clean and fresh with lemon notes

Baby Powder - best bp I have ever used. Strong

Smoke and Odor Eliminator - spicy strong

Didn't Care for

Buttercream - extremely weak in parasoy and J223

Frankincense and Myrhh

Pear Glace - nice oob, but weak in candles and soap

Sex on the Beach - just my preference but it was pineapple overload..eek

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Love

Day at the spa- strong in my 464 can't wait to try in CP def lemony

Oakmoss and amber- LOVE in my 464, very masculine I mostly get the oakmoss, but I still love it

Violet Lime- wonderful in 464, medium scent but very clean and soapy smelling

Blueberry cheesecake

Wildberry Mousse

Med Fig

Moon Lake Musk-love love love

Sage & Pomegranate- almost didn't even test this one....glad I finally did. I love it so clean and crisp.

Did not like

Pear glace

Buttercream

Fig Tree

Hawiian Breeze-thought it would be more tropical, nice scent, but I smelled more floral

Bird of Paradise-maybe just me but all i could smell was coconut

Link to comment
Share on other sites

LIKES

Day at the spa (in my warmer now, ahhh relaxing)

oakmoss and amber (smells soo good to me)

baby powder (super strong)

nag champa (reminds me of incense but in a good way because I don't like incense Lol..)

DISLIKES

cinnamon buns (light to me, like Lonestars better)

kiwi (way too light for my taste and doesn't smell too much like kiwi to me)

Chardonnay (I don't know who gave this 3 leaves but this scent is WEEEEEAK in 464)

Overall I LOVE CS and looking forward to my 99 cent samples!!

Edited by sbs
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ones I have had success with:

Blackberry Marmalade

Cranberry Marmalade

Rain Water

Sunwashed Linen

Strudel & Spice

Spiced Wassail

Gardenia

Hazelnut Coffee

Meadow

Hansel & Gretel

Peanut Butter Cookie (even though others don't like)

Hydrangea

Cinnamon Bun

Banana Nut Bread

I did not have luck with:

Wildberry Mousse

Plumeria

Pear Glace

Love Spell

Edited by NaturallyTru
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Asian Amber - very strong, this is my PERSONAL opinion, I know others do well with this. A very deep, dark, herbal type scent if that is your thing, knock your socks off.

----------------

too much green for me but it does have a kicka$$ throw in 4630. Ain't it the pits when an FO you aren't crazy about has such a great throw??!!!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest Expressive

From a guy's perspective:

Like

-----

Moonlake Musk

Sea Mist

Himalayan Bamboo

Very Vanilla

White Tea & Berries

Dislike

--------

Vanilla Hazlenut

Strawberry

Fresh Bread

All others are good with a few minor exceptions.

Ordered one of each of their new scents to try. That's not to say I stopped there. :laugh2:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wow! Very interesting thread...

We have to be CS biggest cheerleaders :yay:- but - we prefer their FO over anyone elses -

Very Vanilla is our all time best seller - we can't find another supplier that's even close - we use 464 in containers.

Love Spell, Frank & Myrrh, Cran Marmalade all do well for us year round.

Mistletoe & Christmas Hearth we're sell outs at every show we did last year around Christmas. Actually had reorders of Christmas Hearth just last week.

Kiwi, Honeysuckle & Jasmine, Green Tea & Lemongrass, & Apple Harvest also do well for us.

That's our 2 cents worth...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

i cp soap Driftwood...it is a lovely lovely scent, the only problem it turns very very dark..almost black..it will accually turn your bath water carmel color...lol and i just can't get past the dark bubbles..

in my 415 soy wax..it has a light to med Ht..you have to be in the near vacinity of it burning to smell it...but it smells wonderful ...i just wish it was stronger..

Edited by 8-GRAN-ONES
Link to comment
Share on other sites

My favorites and bestsellers in 6006 and palm wax.

Cranberry Marmalade(bestseller) love the scent....great throw in 6006

Love Spell(bestseller) great throw in both of my waxes

Vanilla Hazelnut(bestseller and love this scent) great throw in both waxes

Black Cherry..great throw in 6006

Sugar cookie....I love this scent but wish it were stronger in wax

Peanut Butter Cookie.....love the scent but needs a bit more pb

Pumpkin Souffle....super strong throw....best seller in fall

Gardenia....great throw in both of my waxes

Dislikes

Violet Lime...blech

Mistletoe but sold tons of it around Christmas so it's a keeper....great throw in both waxes

Twigs and Berries....just a scent I don't care for and gave me a terrible headache when pouring it in wax.

CS has way more scents that I love over dislikes and I have more favorites but what listed was what I could come up with at the moment :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Love in candles (paraffin pillars)

Cranberry Marmalade

Blackberry Marmalade

Mistletoe

Hansel & Gretel's House

Cinnamon Bun

I just received Lavender and Sweet Pea that I plan to soap. Also got a sample of mulberry, which is very nice oob.

I love their scents, but right now these are the main ones that I recall.

Very Vanilla

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Love

Cranberry Marmalade

Day Spa

Lavender

Mac Apple

Carmel Praline

Mistletoe

Holly Berry

Basil

all perform great at 1 oz per lb

Dislikes

Lovespell ( personally smelled like crayons to me?)

Strawberry Shortcake weak cold throw

Chardonay non existent throw

Pumpkin Souffle - I liked it but could not wick it.

Apple Harvest weak cold, nice burning

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Does anyone know how the Watermelon compares to Millcreeks Juicy Watermelon? Or if the Day at the Spa is similar to Millcreeks Seaside? I need these 2 oils from MC but am placing an order with CS, so don't know which samples to order that may smell similar.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Does anyone know how the Watermelon compares to Millcreeks Juicy Watermelon? Or if the Day at the Spa is similar to Millcreeks Seaside? I need these 2 oils from MC but am placing an order with CS, so don't know which samples to order that may smell similar.

I know that CS Day at the Spa is nothing at all like MC Seaside. Not sure how close the watermelons are, have not used either.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

likes:

sea mist-use as mixer

lemon verbena-very strong and great mixed with lavender!

apples and maple bourbon-great in room spray too

moon lake musk

fruit slices-not a personal fav, but a friend loves it & it is great as a mixer

peppermint/eucalyptus - very strong

not really summer/spring scents, but love-love mistletoe, bayberry; cranberry marm, & pumpkin souffle too!!

ok-

driftwood-nice, but i'm stuck on aztec's driftwood & this is nothing like it. more like a sandlewood

sex on the beach & bird of paradise-others like more than me, but still nice summery scents

don't care for:

asian amber - too sharp/pungent

antique sandlewood

sunshower or ocean breeze - like other water scents better

mango/papaya-smells great, but throw did not last for me

just got and am liking OOB these:

strudel & spice - smells delicious!

oakmoss/amber - this will be the first new one i use

carribean teakwood

jamaica me crazy - love this tropical smell!

i am sure there are others in the stash that i have forgotten-but there are lots of good ones from CS!

hope everyone is having fun!

kris

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ok, so I will get the Day at the Spa anyway, lol just because everyone has good reviews of it. I am glad I stalled around getting my order in because I had another big order come in today with scents that I wasn't planning on ordering so I saved on some shipping charges :yay:

I poured a tester of the Strudel and Spice yesterday....DEVINE!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ok, so I will get the Day at the Spa anyway, lol just because everyone has good reviews of it. I am glad I stalled around getting my order in because I had another big order come in today with scents that I wasn't planning on ordering so I saved on some shipping charges :yay:

I poured a tester of the Strudel and Spice yesterday....DEVINE!

Loved the Strudel & Spice, but I had to drop it because I couldn't get a throw from it, wish I could have :sad2:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Got 3 samples of the Honeysuckle yesterday with my order.

OOB the scent is awesome! I'm not a floral lover but this one is an exception.

Tested it out in the C&S houseblend wax which I purchased a few weeks ago to try out(a parasoy blend).

This morning when I did a sniff test of the candles for CT and wow! nice!!

Poured into a 6.5oz Victorian Jar, 6oz tin and 2oz tin and a few tealights. I have a tealight burning in my bathroom now and so far so good with HT.

My next test is the Beach Linen.....oob a nice clean laundry type scent and now kicking myself in the butt for only ordering a 1oz bottle instead of 3....what was I thinking? lol

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Got 3 samples of the Honeysuckle yesterday with my order.

OOB the scent is awesome! I'm not a floral lover but this one is an exception.

Same here. It smells really good and I usually despise florals. I like Plumeria also.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Got my samples today and LOVE Jamaica Me Crazy and Honeysuckle. Not fond of Beach Linen....poured it using 4794 and the more I smell it, the more it reminds me of a shopping trip last week when a much older lady (probably in her 70s) was standing near me and the overwhelming smell of her perfume made me so nauseous, I had to leave the store. :eek: Also got Strawberry Shortcake, Love Spell and Pumpkin Pie to try.

CS Likes:

Cranberry Marmalade

Hansel & Gretel's House

Blueberry Cheesecake

Cinnamon Bun

Strudel & Spice

Grapefruit & Mangosteen

Pearberry

Red Hot Cinnamon

Jamaica Me Crazy

Honeysuckle

Mango Papaya

Rose (I don't care for Rose but my customers love it!)

Lilac (same thing)

CS Dislikes:

Beach Linen

Black Cherry (too much of a fuel smell)

Christmas Hearth

Lavender Vanilla

Twigs & Berries

Link to comment
Share on other sites

My CS sample order arrived today! 33 samples.

OOB, I plan to test all but 4 - those are great odds. The 4 I'm not thrilled with only because of the OOB scent are:

Basil and Herb - strong but not sure I would want my house to smell like this

Meadow - smell some floral but also a bit of compost pile of cut grass, not fresh cut grass. I suppose if you really like earthy.....

Sage and Pomegranate - just not sure, a bit musty or perfumy or both. Maybe just not my personal preference

Golden Rose - I also bought a sample of the regular Rose and like it better. Golden Rose has some other floral notes, too. I get more of tea rose than regular rose in the Golden. Not thrilled with their regular Rose either but will take it to the test phase.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I wasn't too fond of basil and herb either. Out of 36 samples I plan to use all but basil and herb, kettle corn, and I didnt like blackberry marmalade.

I LOVE honeysuckle and caribbean teakwood.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...