Best of fragrance spread sheet

[TeresaT]

Where are you buying your EOs? Depending on the EO, that's very expensive! Are you buying at a health food store?

For EOs, I like Camden Grey. Liberty Naturals is also very popular.

I've been getting them at Whole Foods. I stick to the cheap ones. The oils I picked up were about $5 each for 1/2 oz bottles.

 

[doriettefarm]

Where are you buying your EOs? Depending on the EO, that's very expensive! Are you buying at a health food store?

For EOs, I like Camden Grey. Liberty Naturals is also very popular.

I order most of my EOs from Camden Grey or New Directions Aromatics. I was actually comparing prices for rosemary, eucalyptus & spearmint EOs earlier today. Have heard good things about Liberty Naturals so checked their prices but Camden Grey won hands down. I think NDA has a $100 minimum order or they hit you with a surcharge . . .

 

[grumpy_owl]

I've had good luck with Mountain Rose Herbs. I adore their Juniper EO, much nicer than BB's, which has a scent redolent of...the rectal region of a boar.

 

[not_ally]

Hm, might have to pass on that one, GO! Great description, it gets right to the heart (or other part, as the case may be) of the matter

 

[dixiedragon]

OMGosh that would be such a GREAT idea! But can we have a Fruits category too? Or maybe, all kinds of categories? Or add categories as we go? Like, I am on a quest for the best ever peach. I've been through two---Nature's Garden peach and a Peach from BB.. Names are escaping me right now, and I'm not at home, sorry. but I can come back and post them.

Anyway, the NG peach was a horrible, terrible, stinky fail. The BB Peach is okay--it's curing up now. I check on it every few days and smells good. It's peach, but has a sort of 'off' note to it-- not a true knock-your-socks-off 'Fresh, Sweet' peach smell. It's plenty usable, but not the dead on smell I have in my mind. It's almost like a dark, overripe, 'hey you might want to throw this peach away soon' peach.

Anyway, that's the 'why' of why I would want other categories, and if anyone else might want any, they might post, but also, I wouldn't want it to become too complicated or out of hand.

If I got the okay for this, I definitely wanted to do a fruit/vegetable one as well. I am wondering if I could include coffee, vanilla,coconut and chocolate on that one? Botanically they are fruits - they contain seeds.

I also want to do one on dupes with a category by original supplier - Yankee Candle, Bath & Body Works, etc.

 

[dixiedragon]

I've been getting them at Whole Foods. I stick to the cheap ones. The oils I picked up were about $5 each for 1/2 oz bottles.

OMG nooo....

Camden Grey has lavender at 2 ounces for 6.50. Just as an example. IMO, most soap making places have peppermint at a comparable price, but I know that BB charges almost twice as much for lavender EO.

 

[TeresaT]

I've had good luck with Mountain Rose Herbs. I adore their Juniper EO, much nicer than BB's, which has a scent redolent of...the rectal region of a boar.

So. You sniff boar's butts often? I'm not judging!! Whatever floats your boat. It's just that sometimes I think I share too much. Apparently not...

 

[TeresaT]

OMG nooo....

Camden Grey has lavender at 2 ounces for 6.50. Just as an example. IMO, most soap making places have peppermint at a comparable price, but I know that BB charges almost twice as much for lavender EO.

I'll have to look into that. I usually buy stuff spur of the moment because I'm making a batch of soap RIGHT NOW. However, I am now slowly developing a stock of supplies. I've just ordered bulk oils from Soapers Choice and am waiting for color samples from Soap Making Resource (2 oz samples of a lot of colors and some clays). I ordered several 4 oz FOs from WSP when they had their sale. I need to hook up my computer at home and download the Soapmaker 3 to keep track of my (ridiculous) spending.

 

[grumpy_owl]

Good point! I have not personally sniffed a pig's azz. I withdraw the description of BB's Juniper while upholding the judgment.

 

[jules92207]

There's a spreadsheet somewhere on here comparing eo prices between distributors. It has helped me numerous times. Last time I ordered some essential oils I opened up a couple browsers and just compared prices from a few places, made me feel pretty good about my purchase knowing I would have overspent without looking.