Nurture Soap and Micas and more are great for micas. All stable in CP and beautiful. I get quite a few FOs from NG. Micas and more have some as well as Nurture. Other places to check are Fragrance Buddy, Fragrance Lab, Aztec etc.
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scard
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I love their bamboo lotus and it's up to $40 a pound, anybody know of a decent replacement? I've stopped trying out their FOs due to their pricing. (I also wrote a polite but negative review on a FO they did not publish) 
I will be needing to possibly find replacements for WSP Tobacco & Amber, Nag Champa, Frank & Myrrh and Maybe the Driftwood & Sea Salt, which I have not soaped yet. At $7 per bar it is getting hard to make a profit. 
Lin19687
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Wsp will end up being a past thing I'd the prices don't come down.
NG and BCN are the 2 I use the most. Mainly due to price and so far NG has very good behaving FO's and the reviews make them the most reliable. WSP takes off bad reviews so I won't buy from them. I mainly get their boxes because they own Crafters choice now.
For most, a $8.00 bar of soap is a splurge. I want people to use mine all the time so I need a company that understands this concept
NG and BCN are the 2 I use the most. Mainly due to price and so far NG has very good behaving FO's and the reviews make them the most reliable. WSP takes off bad reviews so I won't buy from them. I mainly get their boxes because they own Crafters choice now.
For most, a $8.00 bar of soap is a splurge. I want people to use mine all the time so I need a company that understands this concept
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I will also be looking for a new Nag Champa, so I'll keep you posted on what I find.
Frank & Myrrh - so far I am really liking BCN, it soaped well, but it doesn't have the powdery vanilla of WSP EO/FO blend, it's very medicinal herby like true EO's, although a week into the cure and some of the medicinal edge is fading.
Sea Salt & Driftwood BCN has a new FO of the same name, but it has not been rated or tested for CP yet. I'm keeping my eye on it as it is a household favorite.
If anyone hears of a men's Ed Hardy dupe please let me know! It's my husband's favorite that I only make for him, but WSP has outpriced my love for him (haha) and the Sea Salt Driftwood is his other go-to, so I should be able to keep him happy for awhile.
Cellador
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Not trying to defend WSP or anything, but the new FO's ($90/lb) are all "Natural" FOs & are not even recommended for CP soap.
I still have not tried NG. I guess I should check them out. But, I find with prices as low as theirs, the scents all kinda smell the same and aren't as complex. Anyone else find this to be true? Or am I becoming an FO snob? Lol
I still have not tried NG. I guess I should check them out. But, I find with prices as low as theirs, the scents all kinda smell the same and aren't as complex. Anyone else find this to be true? Or am I becoming an FO snob? Lol
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amd
I think NG has a lot of similar scents (some of their tropical themed scents all sound the same to me) but everything I have ordered so far has been distinctly different from anything else I have in the same scent family.
I'm not sure how much more complex you need (above is one of my personal favorites), but they do seem to have a nice balance of complex fragrances as well as straight up fragrances that are more blendable to customize your own scents.
I'm not sure how much more complex you need (above is one of my personal favorites), but they do seem to have a nice balance of complex fragrances as well as straight up fragrances that are more blendable to customize your own scents.
I like Frank & Myrrh from Pure Fragrance oil (but I did not see it on their new website) and I love the one from Soapmaking with Lisa (https://soapmakingfragrance.com/)
I'm blank, who is BCN? There used to be a sticky with abbreviations, I can't find that either.
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amd
Bitter Creek Candle Supply
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/the-acronym-and-abbreviation-definition-thread.51841/
It's in the Beginner's Forum.
Lin19687
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Look at the link in Ktaggard's post. I am considering that one. If you read about it, it says "you won't be disappointed." I know another very good one in Canada is from K & W Specialties. But has phthalates. And they are going out of business end of 2019.@amd I got a sniffie from BNC on the F&M and I am not that thrilled with it. Not what I was thinking it would smell like. I can't even make out the Frankincense in it.
Lin19687
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Thanks, but I was looking for something a bit different. I had talked with AMD before about it.
Oh, so you already know what Soapmaking with Lisa's smells like? If so could you please give a description?Thanks, but I was looking for something a bit different. I had talked with AMD before about it.
Lin19687
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No I do not, I was looking for something close but different then F & M in general
Could you please give a description of the one from Soapmaking with Lisa?
I was looking at WSPs prices for essential oils recently--last week, I believe. Yeeowzza....cant touch that.
smoothOlive2019
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That’s very disappointing to hear that they are not publishing ALL posts.I love their bamboo lotus and it's up to $40 a pound, anybody know of a decent replacement? I've stopped trying out their FOs due to their pricing. (I also wrote a polite but negative review on a FO they did not publish)
Very disappointing. I had always held them in high regard but that's dishonest.
