We'd appreciate your help with a new body oil scent. Please share your suggestions - the current family is Vetiver+Mint, Lavender+Ginger, and Chocolate+Saffron.
  • Liz Rice-Sosne, Hernando Courtright and 2 others like this.
    • Ellen Mehling Fig & lavender
      September 1, 2010 at 8:56am · 1
    • Farah Jahan Siddiqui Bullara Mandy, I want to take this opportunity quickly to tell you that I LOVE your Vetiver+Mint product--it's other-worldly!
      September 1, 2010 at 8:57am
    • Cheryl-Lynn May Rose + Sandalwood
      September 1, 2010 at 9:03am · 5
    • Farah Jahan Siddiqui Bullara Fir & Clary
      September 1, 2010 at 9:07am
    • Cheryl-Lynn May Or jasmine + cedar! :)
      September 1, 2010 at 9:17am · 2
    • Ellen Mehling Lemon and cedar
      September 1, 2010 at 9:18am
    • Ellen Mehling Lime and lavender
      September 1, 2010 at 9:30am · 1
    • Eugenia Valentino Edwards Rose, citrus and Black pepper
      September 1, 2010 at 9:43am · 2
    • Paula Frazer cardamom
      September 1, 2010 at 9:44am
    • Daria Termini Vanilla+Mimosa is great...belive me! ♥
      September 1, 2010 at 10:28am · 1
    • Petra Durst Rose & Chocolate
      September 1, 2010 at 11:04am · 2
    • Jeff Hamby I'm digging the chocolate and saffron suggestion.
      September 1, 2010 at 11:05am · 1
    • David Lincoln Brooks
      Rose + Cinnamon

      Tangerine + Opoponax

      Peach + Galbanum
      ... ......
      Bergamot + Spearmint

      Plum + Cumin

      Vanilla + Tolu

      Patchouly + Kaffir Lime

      Pear + Bay Leaf

      Gardenia + Birch Tar

      Lily + Black Pepper      See More
      September 1, 2010 at 11:25am
    • Ellen Mehling DLB I like your suggestions
      September 1, 2010 at 11:36am · 1
    • Aftelier Perfumes Wow, these suggestions are great, thanks so much! They are trending towards the delicious (the Chocolate+Saffron actually exists).
      September 1, 2010 at 11:40am
    • Petra Durst for snugly evenings: Honey & Lavender
      September 1, 2010 at 12:22pm
    • Nathan Branch
      I agree with the above suggestions of rose. The first thing I thought of when I read that you were looking to do a new body oil scent was, "She *has* to do something with rose!" If you make it a simple enough rose, like the Rose + Sandalw...ood that Chryl-Lynn suggested, it can function as a beautiful, non-interfering base over which users can then layer their favorite rose perfumes.

      My only other suggestion might be something with vanilla, since vanilla is a very popular scent. Maybe a honeysuckle + vanilla? Your honeysuckle essence is quite nice.      See More
      September 1, 2010 at 1:02pm · 1
    • Jeanie Won a myrrh combination.
      September 1, 2010 at 2:07pm
    • Rachel McKenzie sandalwood and myrrh
      September 1, 2010 at 2:34pm
    • Tali Naim really fresh and exotic- ylang -key lime - eucllyptus radiata
      September 1, 2010 at 2:43pm · 1
    • David Lincoln Brooks
      I especially like experiments in which "food" notes are not treated as foodies or gourmands. How would you treat the chocolate scent, for example, if you didn't know it was a food? ie., using that chocolate note just like an...y other scenting note in perfumery, regardless of its food associations.
      This is why I like Patou COLONY (1938): pineapple used (unexpectedly) in an elegant French chypre, not a gourmand or "beachy" or "tropical" mixture.
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      September 1, 2010 at 4:37pm
    • Scent Hive Put me on board for the rose+sandalwood vote! I have really gotten into attars lately and my fave is the rose one.
      September 1, 2010 at 10:02pm · 2
    • Nathan Branch Hooray, Trish climbed aboard the Rose+Sandalwood train! We are legion! ;)
      September 1, 2010 at 10:08pm · 1
    • Scent Hive Woot Woot!!
      September 1, 2010 at 10:28pm
    • Louise Loebel Harb Yuzu+Narcissus. Weird but wildly wonderful
      September 1, 2010 at 10:59pm · 1
    • Zee Boudreaux It must be something in the cosmos right now because I can't get enough rose either...
      September 1, 2010 at 11:22pm · 1
    • Cheryl-Lynn May Rose and sandalwood is heady and magical without being overwhelming. It's such a comforting, beautiful, warm combination and in an oil - simply exquisite! Mandy's oil would be divine!
      September 2, 2010 at 9:45am · 2
    • Aftelier Perfumes I wrote down everyone's suggestions in my formula book. Thank you all for taking the time to be so creative and think about this. It does look like rose is the winner. I will have to think about what to do --- rose is very expensive and i like to keep my body oils very reasonably priced! I really appreciate each of you so much. Thank you!
      September 2, 2010 at 3:03pm · 1
    • Niamh Jan Owen Tobacco/Tahitian vanilla or Myrrh / Heather. Heather seems to be a forgotten scent these days. Have fun :). Blessings to you and yours Mandy.
      September 5, 2010 at 12:04pm
    • Dominic Sio VetiverMint rock my world! Choco-Saffron sounds intriguing, not so crazy about Lavender/Ginger..rose sandalwood combo sounds DIVINE!
      September 15, 2010 at 5:37am
    • Anita Kalnay Marigold (tagetes) and Orange flower blossom.. hm...
      April 15, 2011 at 9:42pm
    • Victoria Stuard I know this is a little late, but what about Cloves/Ylang Ylang/Black Pepper/ Geranium to approximate the Carnation fragrance since Carnation EO is extremely expensive as well... ? I think this would make an exotic body oil...
      June 27, 2011 at 12:04pm
    • Cheri Howard This is a late one, too, but what about green tea and lime? Or citron and grapefruit?
      July 25, 2011 at 9:12am
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