Hello and welcome Carole - thanks for joining in the discussion and I wonder if you and Linnea would be prepared to share some of your tried and tested blends? I know personally, and I'm sure most essential oil enthusiasts are always keen to discover a blend that 'works' on the fragrance level, and there are so many variable factors that influence how aromatics work together and whether the base is soap or lotion or cream or gel or alcohol base or whatever. These sorts of shared experiences are priceless - we should think up one of those ad slogans for this - maybe something like 100 mls of sweet orange essence = $15 15 mls of Bulgarian White rose = $288 A touch of personal experience to share = priceless! Please encourage your friends and colleagues to share the message boards too. In the meantime here's a wonderful phrase that one of my past graduates sent me - I love it and would like to share "The fragrance, my friend, that floats to you this moment, streams from the tent of the secrets of God." ~ Rumi Best Carolyn