Custom Blending Fragrance Oils | How to Blend Fragrances for Soap and Candles

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2 жыл бұрын

Hey Guys!! Today I am sharing with you my first time custom blending fragrances. This is my first attempt at doing custom blending and I have to say I feel I learned a lot...about what goes well together, the process of deciding and how to incorporate these into my products. Although a lot of my testing wax melts were not successes I feel so much more comfortable with trying this again.
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@kelzcollectionz 2 ай бұрын

Rose petals and sandalwood

@micolt123 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your journey!! You have encouraged us to try being more creative with our fragrances by making it look so fun!!

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Micol!! I wasn't sure this would be interesting to anyone, I'm glad you liked it!💖

@CL-we8tn 2 жыл бұрын

Ah I'm stoked, I like library and lavender already!!

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

It's so good!💖

@kelzcollectionz 2 ай бұрын

Black coral , musk and sandalwood

@CL-we8tn 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a wonderful video

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Colleen!! 💖💖💖

@maryroseshearer9715 2 жыл бұрын

Hey great video. Really helpful and I didn’t know CScience had good info on fragrances. Will check them out. Thank you! -Momo

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

yes Momo! they have great info on the fo info, what they blend well with, recommendations of color schemes and even alternate names! so helpful

@akastardust Жыл бұрын

This i so helpful to me because you don't like the same ones I don't like! Although to be exact I don't have whiskey but I do have "Kentucky Bourbon" from 16/17 and it's awful. I was also not impressed with "Library." And I DO like sandalwood. thanks for this.

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! - and I started liking library! I know - CRAZY! - but as long as I blend it I'm good. I just blended it with Sherlock's Study from Midwest Fragrance and am in love with it! Sandalwood - well I'm still working on liking that one LOL - thanks for watching!!🤗

@lisagarrett1330 2 жыл бұрын

They usually have coffee beans at a perfume counter because if In between fragrances, smell the coffee beans it is suppose to refresh your ole factories, so you can smell the true fragrance blends.

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lisa!! Thanks for that tip - I used to have coffee beans for my craft show table but no one used them so I gave it up...CS did say on the live I watched that smelling your own skin works great. So I will smell the back of my hand or arm to reset my nose - but even with that I will get a headache if I smell too many too fast🙄

@loricolwell1470 2 жыл бұрын

Your so funny 😊 I have wanted to try this myself but I'm a huge chicken. I have several that I've bought juat sitting there. I don't care for them on their own so now you have inspired me to give it a whirl. Tha k you for this.

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lori! Good Luck with you blending!! 😊

@MommaJ 2 жыл бұрын

I blended cactus flower and jade with citron mandarin both from candlescience tonight I will let you know how well it does. Smells amazing bright and springy.

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

Please do Maureen! That sounds really interesting!

@MommaJ 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalnutCreekBathBoutique accelerated a little but worked wonderful and omg I had windows open my neighbor next door said I know momma j is making something wonderful lol. just cut it and wow I love it Definitely a keeper

@happybrushchely7170 Ай бұрын

Sandalwood and rose

@aordinarygirl7403 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you do it the right way. I should do that lol. I just open different ones and wave the bottles together under my nose 😂. In perfume shops though, sometimes they have coffee beans to smell in between fragrances to somehow “reset” your sniffer. I haven’t tried that at home though. I love the smell of coffee so much that I would prolly get stuck on the beans lol. Awesome video, thank you!♥️

@maryspringer1442 2 жыл бұрын

when making wax melts candles etc..I have to open starbucks in between to get the scents out to bgegin again

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 oh my gosh you make me laugh!! So something I learned while watching the CS live was to smell your own skin to reset you nose - it works better than coffee beans. I've tried it and it really works! So I just smell my arm or back of my hand and go on. But, I do get a headache if I smell too many too fast.

@aordinarygirl7403 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalnutCreekBathBoutique good to know! Maybe I will rub coffee on my skin. Double reset! 😂 I’m with ya, I get headaches too after a while when I’m smelling a lot of different ones. When I first started making soap I worried if I was gonna be able to tolerate it, but I’m not bothered at all unless I’m smelling right out of the bottles. Thank goodness!

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

@@aordinarygirl7403 we are fragrance sniffing sisters because I'm exactly the same! 😆

@aordinarygirl7403 2 жыл бұрын

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@kelzcollectionz 2 ай бұрын

English garden and fresh cut grass

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 ай бұрын

I've tried this one and I did like it in a wax melt - I need to revisit that one! Thanks 🤗

@maryspringer1442 2 жыл бұрын

I love the beginning when you chuckle over how many bottles there is there..its not all of them..lol.I have over 300 of those little bottles lol! Addicted to new scents and new molds! Like I need anymore..I just ordered from Candlescience again as they had a half off sale just last few days(not sure but think ended the 4th), ordered another 58 bottles how could not at 1.32 a bottle?? Can you blame me? .

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

bahaha - you are making me feel so much better about myself that I only bought 30! Thanks so much for that Mary!😃😂

@AndiNewtonian 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video! I've been wanting to try blending fragrance oils myself, but wasn't sure where to start. Next time you need to show us the actual mixing of the fragrances and making of the wax melts! Newbies like me need all the help we can get! LOL! Do you find fragrances smell different in wax melts compared to soap? And if you're mixing for soap, how do you make sure not to exceed the IFRA usage rate?

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Andi! I will def tape the blending and making from start to finish for my wax melts! I actually have a video that I have taped that shows that but I want to redo it...it is already out of date (meaning I changed my wax melt packaging, taped the video about it, and then changed it again before I could get it on here LOL) I do find fragrances smell different in soaps/wax melts than the bottle. I also find that they smell different in each product. I have a wax melt and soap with the same fragrance but they don't smell exactly the same. When I blend I just make sure that my usage % is below the IFRA standards. One time I made a black raspberry vanilla, one fo had a 3.5% usage rating so I used that one at 3.5% and then topped it off (to my usual 5%) with another BRV that had a higher rating. - hope that made some sense lol 💖💖💖

@AndiNewtonian 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalnutCreekBathBoutique That made perfect sense! Thank you! ❤

@shaydelady1508 2 жыл бұрын

Just call me Brittany because Oops I did it again! Just last night I bought more FO! I must be tuning into your brainwaves because I was think of blending them. The latest soap I made I had a few FO's left and so I thought, "meh I'll just throw these together and see what I get." I made sure I didn't go over the usage rates and it smells sooo freaking fantastic but, do ya think I wrote down what and how much I used? Of course I didn't. It did turn my soap a god awful green gray swirl. I mean this is one ugly soap! I'm thinking of calling it Putin's Brain. Thoughts? 😂😂 One thing is certain, I now understand where the term "mad scientist" comes from. A little of this, a little of that, and a dash of this, a sprinkle of that and *POOF* ! It's ALIVE!! 🤓 Thanks for making my day so much fun! xoxoxox

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm sitting here alone so my husband doesn't think I've gone crazy laughing at the computer!😂😂😂 I love your story! I did that once years ago with sea type FO's - that was before I even knew that IFRA was a thing...but it turned out great and I want to do it again. I wrote down what I used but it didn't matter, I knew I would never buy some of those fragrances again. I wish I could see this Putin's Brain of yours! Or smell it! Thanks for such a great chuckle Brittany!! 💖💖💖

@MommaJ 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching the videos on candle science site but I am like you it scares me I won't get it right. wow the first two you tried is the same ones I have. Guess I am going to have to try that one

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

I just started watching those lives that CS has and I get so many ideas I started taking notes when I watch - this probably isn't going to be good for my bottom line 😂. Good Luck with your blends!!

@MommaJ 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalnutCreekBathBoutique me either I have a spending problem when it comes to fragrances lol 😂

@user-pt1ld2er4h 11 ай бұрын

Hi, what do you think of Pachuli and Frankincense together? Ratio?

@IrishQ76 2 жыл бұрын

You may want to try very vanilla and Whiskey together. The very vanilla from Candle Science helps balance out the strong Whiskey and the guys love it. 🙂

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

oohhhkkkaayyy - I have both, I hate both 😂😂😂 - but I will do it! I actually only kept them for possible blending haha. Thanks for that tip and I will try to let you know. I actually thought about doing a live with my sorta unboxing some fragrance oils and sorta first impressions. I've had requests for a live and thought that might be an easy one to do for my first time... The bigger question is how did the body butters arrive?!?! I'm dying here lol

@IrishQ76 2 жыл бұрын

@Walnut Creek Bath Boutique Everything arrived on a perfectly snowy Pennsylvania day just like planned and so far loving them.For once, the weather man was right. Lol. I do have a question about one of the creams I'll have to send you in an email. Missy

@CL-we8tn 2 жыл бұрын

Smiling along with you until (4:55) you don't like library? 😢 One of my husband's favorite fragrances is anything and whiskey. Makes it easy to buy for him 😁

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

Yay for easy haha - I have decided that I like Library and even ordered a bigger bottle. I think it is a great one for my blending aspirations 😃

@CL-we8tn 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalnutCreekBathBoutique I'm so happy again 😊😊😊😊 you like library ❤️❤️❤️

@mrscchow-hi7uh Жыл бұрын

Sandalwood is good blender but it will tone down any other oils you mix it with. It doesn't lend any scent on it's own

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique Жыл бұрын

that is good to know about Sandalwood! Thank you for sharing !🤗

@lauriewilson4741 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe wax is the problem. What about adding paraffin?

@WalnutCreekBathBoutique 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Laurie! The wax was the same brand and I do add a bit of paraffin to it - AND I did some testers after this that actually worked wonderful. So I think my wax is good but a lot of the blends were not. I was so disappointed!😯 - but I do feel better that my almost 50 pounds of wax is good 😂 I'm getting ready to start a candle line and I was really rethinking that after this haha - but I'm still going to go for it and will probably share that experience with you all (because I can't help myself hahaha)

@lauriewilson4741 2 жыл бұрын

@@WalnutCreekBathBoutique we are lucky that you share 😁