A bit of tfa raspberry works great with these two. Very few flavors are good solo according to my tastebuds.
Creams, vanilla, sweetener, marshmallow, citric acid, other stuff. It is fun and maddening all at once. I have about 150 flavors and use about 15-20. But I needed to go through all those flavors to figure it out. No one can taste it for you. Flavors are cheap compared to mods and rda's. I say go crazy and have fun.
Edit - resist the urge to buy large bottles until you know you like something.
The very basics on diy for me would be:
Creams- Sweet Cream and/or Bavarian Cream, etc (I use sweet cream in almost all recipes)
Vanillas- Vanilla Swirl, French Vanilla, etc (I use Vanilla Swirl in almost all)
Sweetener- I use TFA Sweetener mostly, but also use EM or Cotton Candy
Then you have other secondaries, like marshmallow, sour, menthol, honey, etc
And your primaries, depending on your preferences: Bakery, Fruit, Tobacco, candies, chocolate, etc.
It's usually best to find a few recipes that sound appealing and buy flavorings based on those.
Btw, Raspberry will mellow out the chemical taste of some fruits if added at a low percentage (around 2%)
Thank you.
You all have given me good info and it will help tremendously when I go shopping and I love to shop.