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Many of you read my post from 2 months ago looking for advice on recreating Sir Andrew Pears very famous 1807 "transparent" soap. Pears is a bit of an obsession, having used it during the 1970's and on as my dad introduced me to it years ago. There have been many posts concerning Pears soap in...

May I ask you how your "Almost Pears" batch turned out?

You could try pine essential oil. At least it would be close. I'm actually using pine rosin that I ordered from Amazon. You melt it with the stearic acid (it melts at about 160F). Of course it's really only ideal for hot-process soap since rosin will cause almost IMMEDIATE trace, and it goes...

You are correct! And, reading about that "Pears Fragrance Essence" in a cosmetic industry article published in England in 1935, it said this "essence" was Andrew Pears' proprietary formulation of various essential oils including rosemary, thyme, and cedar wood. However there was no indication...

Excellent advice and yes, I searched under "Pears" prior to posting and I did find that post you listed. Unfortunately the fragrance that user tried is not quite right. For example, that user added "Pear essence" but the original soap had nothing to do with Pear smell, other than the name...

Has anybody successfully made (or even come close to formulating) a bar similar to the famous Pears soap? Specifically, the fragrance? I am well on my way to the transparent soap itself using Catherine Failor's excellent "Transparent Soap making" book and her hot process, but I am at a...