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Maple

Maple

Base note Gourmand Fragrance oil

Syrupy, woody-sweet and slightly smoky, like pancakes with warm syrup. Some blends lean heavily on a curry-like fenugreek edge that not everyone likes.

Made from
A blended fragrance oil, often vanillin and ethyl maltol with a fenugreek-like note for the syrupy depth; no natural maple oil is sold for home fragrance.
Strength
●●●●○
Cost
Moderate
Moods
CozyNostalgic
Seasons
Autumn, Winter
Rooms
Kitchen, Living room
Cautions
No special cautions at normal use.

How it behaves

CandlesGreat

A strong autumn thrower; pairs well with bourbon-style woods, coffee and cinnamon. Discolors white wax over time.

Wax meltsGreat
Reed diffuserWorkable
Room & linen sprayGood
Electric (water) diffuserAvoid
Cold-process soapGood

Turns soap tan to dark brown. Plan a brown or golden design.

Melt-and-pour soapGood

Browns in melt-and-pour over weeks; a vanilla color stabilizer slows it, or choose a brown design.

Laundry & cleaningWorkable

Pairs well with

Pumpkin Spice
Pumpkin Spice
Middle · Gourmand
Fragrance oil
Coffee
Coffee
Middle · Gourmand
Fragrance oil
Cinnamon Leaf
Cinnamon Leaf
Middle · Spicy
Essential oil
Vanilla
Vanilla
Base · Gourmand
Fragrance oil
Tobacco Leaf
Tobacco Leaf
Base · Smoky & leather
Fragrance oil
Virginian Cedarwood
Virginian Cedarwood
Base · Woody
Essential oil
Apple
Apple
Top · Fruity
Fragrance oil
Caramel
Caramel
Base · Gourmand
Fragrance oil
Brown Sugar
Brown Sugar
Base · Gourmand
Fragrance oil
Campfire
Campfire
Base · Smoky & leather
Fragrance oil

Don't have it? Try Brown Sugar, Caramel.

In these blends

Pumpkin Patch
Hay bales, crisp apples and a pie cooling on the porch rail.
Pumpkin Spice · Apple · Vanilla · Maple · Clove Bud
Top 26% Middle 47% Base 26%
CozyNostalgicAutumn
Maple Sugar Morning
Pancakes, maple syrup and toasted nuts on a slow weekend morning.
Almond · Mandarin · Maple · Cinnamon Leaf · Brown Sugar
Top 23% Middle 46% Base 31%
CozyNostalgicAutumnWinter

A little lore

It takes roughly 40 gallons of sugar maple sap boiled down to make one gallon of syrup, and Québec produces most of the world's supply.

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