Question about safety of EO's and scent sources

[Iseleigh]

Hello! I grew up within a few miles of the beginning of the Appalachian Trail in north Georgia.
Other members have given you some great suggestions, so I'll just add my 2 cents on scent suggestions that haven't been addressed.
I used to make a soap called 'Hillbilly Homebrew' with this scent:
https://www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/products/witches-brew-type-fragrance-oil.aspx
Family and friends back home loved it, but not a great seller for me outside of the mountains so feel free to steal my soap name if you'd like
**The WSP website shows a very small usage rate for this FO, but I've made several batches at 0.5oz/ppo with no sensitivity issues whatsoever.**
This Whiskey FO is super strong - almost nauseatingly so OOB and in candles since it truly smells like whiskey! But it's a good seller (in candles/tarts), and while I've never soaped with it, the notes say that it soaps well in CP and retains a strong scent after cure.
https://www.candlescience.com/fragrance/whiskey-fragrance-oil
I've not found a Molasses FO, but I do like this Brown Sugar FO. It smells exactly like opening a bag of Dixie Crystals dark brown sugar!
http://www.daystarsupplies.com/fo-regular-3.htm#BrownSugar
Something to note about Daystar FOs - many of them seem to disappear early in the cure. But don't freak out; they come back strong after about 4 weeks!! This is one of my very favorite FO vendors because she has such lovely complex scents, but you do have to be patient with some of them!

Awesome! Thank you so much! I will check out the links.
The soap supply up from me has a Sweet Potato and Brown Sugar scent that I think I like but their Molasses smells like Christmas instead of sorghum.
I feel like I've seen an actual Hillbilly Homebrew scent somewhere...

 

[cerelife]

Is Rustic Escentuals the company you mentioned as being close to you? I've soaped with their Sweet Potato and Brown Sugar FO and I really liked it! Very rich and warm with spice notes that remind me of pumpkin spice, but better. Strong scent retention and it turns a dark brown as it cures.
https://rusticescentuals.com/Sweet-Potato-and-Brown-Sugar.html
Honestly, I would order much more from RE since they DO have some lovely FOs, but their shipping prices are a little outrageous to me.

 

[Iseleigh]

Is Rustic Escentuals the company you mentioned as being close to you? I've soaped with their Sweet Potato and Brown Sugar FO and I really liked it! Very rich and warm with spice notes that remind me of pumpkin spice, but better. Strong scent retention and it turns a dark brown as it cures.
https://rusticescentuals.com/Sweet-Potato-and-Brown-Sugar.html
Honestly, I would order much more from RE since they DO have some lovely FOs, but their shipping prices are a little outrageous to me.

Virginia Candle Supply is the one close to me, though I'm in Bristol, Tn. I asked if they mix their own fragrances in-house and the guy said they do some of them, but others they order in bulk and private label. Maybe they get their scents from the same place Rustic does? I was wanting to do a Cushaw Pie soap for Christmas, which is like pumpkin pie but soooooo much better IMO (maybe because I use homegrown cushaws).