Scents

Some candles have scents that last only a little while after lit, and others are scented until the candle is literally burned out.

It depends. Usually you get what you pay for, if it’s from the Dollar Store it’s prob not going to smell as good or last as long. Suprisingly I got a 5 dollar candle from walmart that made the house smell great quickly and lasted forever but it burned quicker then a more expensive candle might have. I really like Yankee Candle, a little pricer but the payoff scentwise and lasting power are worth it.

Hi, I am a new candle maker and I have paraffin based pie crust pre ordered and I have gel cubes that I want to use to make a cherry pie candle but I have soy scents and soy wax but I like the embeds to be easily seen so that I can use gel instead of the soy wax. Is this all safe?

Should be ok…give it a go….

i have a speech due in the next few days about aromatherapy, and i dont know what attention getter i can use. help?

You could bring in a few oils and pass them around during your speech. Don’t pass the bottles, but you can make little scent strips out of watercolor paper, and add a drop or two to the strip before passing it around. You could either label the strips ahead of time, or maybe ask people to guess. Pick oils that contrast, but still work well together, like juniper and lemon, or citrus and clove. The aromas will definitely make it memorable, and the audience interaction will make it more interesting.

I have to find out the major chemical components of the essential oil of a sweet orange, which I think is aura cacia although others are saying it’s Citrus sinensis.
Does anyone have ANY idea whatsoever about which sites I might find helpful in my research? All my results have been advertisements of different essential oils and that’s not what I’m looking for. This is an organic chemistry lab…

Aura cacia is the name of a company, not a botanical name.
Citrus sineses is the botanical name. There are more than one kind of Orange, just go to a nursery or a grocery store. Citrus reticulata, Citrus nobilis….

But… back to your question. Essential oils of citrus peels are primarily monoterpenes, generally greater than 89%. The remaining is alcohols, aldehydes and ketones.

You should be able to track down a gas spectrometry report from your supplier.

I’m interested in making my own household cleaning products that is environmental friendly and health friendly. But I would like to add a nice scent to it to make my home smell nice. I was thinking of adding essential oils to my homemade creations. Is it a safe choice? If not, is there an alternative?
Thanks in advance for the help and advice.

I know people who make natural cleaning products add essential oils for smell but I never do. A big one is lavender essential oil – but if you read the bottle, it says it stains so I don’t want to go spraying all over everything especially with room freshener. Plus a lot of people find essential oil irritating to their skin. There are always cautions regarding using essential oils while being pregnant.

What I do is clean without adding the essential oil. If you like the smell, then put dab on a cotton ball and set it in a dish to add a little fragrance to the room.

I’m going to Singapore can anyone pls tell me where i can found ceap shopping for perfumes and cosmetics?

It best to have a short trip to the Johor Bharu..which is just across the border..you will get them more cheaper compare to anywhere in Singapore..even Singaporean do they daily shopping in Johor!

have you ever tried this, and would your clothes smell from that perfume?

Don’t do this. The oils in the perfume could stain your clothing, oil and water don’t mix. And it’s not cost effective. Use a scented fabric softner, works much better and leaves your clothes smelling great as well as soft.

Downy has a great simple pleasures line, it even has matches the new tide fragrances so you get an overall great fragrance experience and the scents don’t compete against eachother.

http://www.downy.com/en_US/downysimplepleasures/index.jsp

I have a 1 month old…instead of buying the baby detergents…what options are out there for fragrance free detergents? So I can wash all our clothes together instead of separating them.
I also live on a military base, and do all my shopping at the commissary…not the largest selection of brands.

All free and clear, and also the bounce fabric softener sheets you can get that is dye and fragrance free.

Wondering if it’s okay to put in a blend of the two, do they mix well together? For example, if I had lavender eo and blended it with vanilla fragrance oil.

I currently make lotion candles. I personally would not mix the 2 together because one is natural and the other is not.

Essential oils are less strong then fragrance oil. The fragrance oil might take over the lavender essential oil scent. Either mix two essential oils or mix two fragrance oils.

Good luck
Z

I would very much like to duplicate this fragrance, as it is soooo yummy! It is hard to find a vanilla fragrance oil (skin-safe) that smells that way. It is rich and deep and almost ’smokey.’ Plus it lasts so long!

Any leads would be so very much appreciated. Thanks!

The Body Shop has a Vanilla perfume oil, body spray and eau de toilette.