So I'm thinking about putting an order in today to get my candle-making supplies. I'm only going to buy a few things, just to test it out, but I need some help...I'm going to run a little contest.
I'm having trouble deciding which scents I want to try out. I'm going to list a few categories with some scents associated with each and I want everyone to vote on which scents they think I should try. Everyone who comments with their suggestions will be put into a pool and I will randomly select one winner to receive a free sample of each scent with free shipping! Yay!! I will also take the scent most voted for in each category as the scents I will order. One entry per person, and spam does not count. So, here we go:
Autumn ScentsApple Cinnamon: hot baked apples sprinkled with cinnamon
Autumn Harvest: nice fall blend of orange, grapefruit, and clove
Butternut Pumpkin: a blend of butternut squash, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, clove, and vanilla
Hazelnut Coffee: a rich, full bodied aroma accompanied by the buttery appeal of freshly roasted European hazelnuts and a touch of indulgent cream
Caramel Toffee: sweet creamy blend with light hints of butter and vanilla
Winter/Holiday ScentsSweet Holiday Blend Coffee: spice blend of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and ginger wrapped around a buttery almond accord with a sweet vanilla and maple dry down.
Spruce Orchard: blend of citrus, pine, and rosemary on a light woody background
Sweet Snow: a soft mint with a vanilla background
Victorian Christmas: top notes include fruity aspects with fir needle, mid-notes of warm baked apple and cinnamon with base notes of warm, sweet woodsy scents and patchouli
Hansel & Gretal's House: a rich base of cocoa and vanilla bean supports mid notes of nutmeg, honey, ginger, and clove with top notes of lemon and orange
Christmas Cookie: French vanilla with butter, spices, and milk
Fruity ScentsCoconut Hibiscus: light floral notes of hibiscus, violet, and peony are blended on a base of creamy vanilla and sweet coconut
Tropic Wind: an exotic fruity salad with tropical oranges, ripe melons, fresh peaches, shredded coconut, and apples
Monkey Farts: vanilla base notes support mid notes of kiwi, strawberries and bubble gum, with top notes of juicy grapefruit and fresh bananas
White Nectarine & Pink Coral: the luscious fruitiness of sweet peach, pineapple chunks, and orange slices blended with enchanting floral notes of honeysuckle, rose and jasmine on a dry down of soft, soothing musk
Coconut Lime Verbana: juicy citrus fruits such as lemon and lime on a delicate heart of creamy coconut and fresh florals. Vanilla notes and sandlewood round out the blend
Fresh ScentsCotton Bouquet: a sweet floral with jasmine, violets, and lavender with a smooth woody background
Country Breeze: a complex blend of sharp green notes with a hint of ozone on a strong rose background
Rainforest Blossoms: green ozonic top notes with a clean linen and wild rose floral heart ending with damp earth, moss, and woodland musk
Rain: a blend of rose and lily of the valley on a strong musk background
Spring Rain: clean refreshing blend with light fruity tones enhanced with hints of florals and spices
**Please note that these scent names are provided by the website I'll be getting my scents from. I'm still going to research more places to get fragrances, provided this test run goes well. I may or may not change the names to my own choosing once I make the candles and see what they smell like once burned.
***I will end this contest at 10am my time tomorrow morning, which is central time.
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Okay folks, voting is closed!! Watching a movie while I do administrative work (heh, sounds official, doesn't it? :P), meaning tallying votes and finding a random generator to pick a winner! I will post results later today, and thank you everyone for your participation!!
Comments (44)
Autumn Harvest, Victorian Christmas, Cocanut Hibiscus, & Cotten Bouquet.
OH GOD YESSSSSSSSSSS.
Sweet Snow, Coconut Hibiscus, White Nectarine and Pink Coral, Coconut Lime Verbana... and any of the Fresh ones. I like floral-y scents :)
(Christmas/Autumn scents give me headaches so I chose not to vote in those categories)
LOL Monkey farts! I love autumn scents, they are my favorites.
Hazlenut Coffe, Hanzel and Gretal's House, Coconut Lime Verbana, Spring Rain.
I want to eat these scents
Victorian Christmas, Hansel and Gretal's House, Hazelnut Coffee, White Nectarine and Pink Coral and Country Breeze
:)
Cotton bouquet or butternut pumpkin. :)
I am excited to hear how your candles turn out.
I personally love coconut and the fresh scents are wonderful as well.
Had to lol at the "monkey farts" one. Who named that one?
@BoulderChristina - Is that one your vote?
@Nushirox2 - Haha, don't they sound delicious?
@olwd - Did you want to make a vote so you can be entered in the contest? And I'm not sure who named it, lol, it was the name given to the scent on the website :P
Butternut pumpkin, sweet snow, tropic wind, spring rain!
They all sound like they would smell so good. I hope it works out well!
I liked Spruce Orchard & Cotton Bouquet the best, or at least they sound the best! I remember in the 70"s we used to make sand candles. A large container was filled with damp sand & you scooped out a bowl shape and poked 3 holes in to form tripod legs. Suspend 1-3 wicks & fill with melted wax. When hard the candle lifts out of the sand & the sand forms a crust like container that supports the candle. I had a friend that took it one step further & sculpted holders out of wax & sand mixed, blending in chunks of colored glass. He'd make towers & castles & waterfall the wax down the sides. When the candles burned the colored glass would glow. Anyways, your post took me right back to the hotplates in his parent's basement! Those were the days! Ü
apple cinnamon, spruce orchard, Monkey farts, country breeze
I'm so in on the butternut/pumpkin and hansel & gretel scents!!!
Spruce Orchard. ^_^
Perhaps we can do a trade sometime? :)
: a soft mint with a vanilla background."~That sounds lovely. :)
For the holidays - Sugar Cookie if you can find it
@meatloafpriest - There is a scent called Christmas Cookie: french vanilla with butter, spices, and milk. I'll add that one and that can be your vote =]
@crazy2love - Excellent!
@LKJSlain - I'm sure we can :D
all of them! but if i have to pick on Sweet Snow!
@TheSchizoidMan - I have two main suppliers I've been looking at..that one and candlescience.com.
Considering I have one whole closet dedicated to candle storage, I vote: Apple Cinnamon, Christmas Cookie, Tropical Wind and Spring Rain.
I'm going to have to go with Sweet Snow! It sounds lovely! :D
apple cinnamon, christmas cookie, butternut pumpkin, and hazelnut coffee :3