another question, sorry! Honey fragrance..

[turnedlight]

I don't get a strong enough honey scent when I make honey soap (has honey and beeswax in) If I were to add more beeswax the soap would get too hard - so do people use a fragrance to get a nice sweet rich honey smell or just more honey? When I tried to use more it took ages to firm up..

 

[TessC]

I've never achieved a honey scent in soap just by using honey in the formula. The oatmeal milk and honey soap I made with no additional fragrance came out with a very faint and slightly nutty-sweet scent, but it didn't smell honey-ish. If you want it to smell like you've stuck your nose into a jar of honey, your best bet is going to be a fragrance oil. Adding too much honey to your soap in an attempt to get the fragrance to come through is going to cause you problems with the batch.

 

[judymoody]

My last batch of buttermilk, oatmeal, and honey soap has a distinct but light honey scent. I used 1 T PPO and added the honey to the lye water after it had cooled to room temperature. The mixture then heated up again briefly and turned orange but did not caramelize into sticky hard bits. When mixed, it turned a lovely tan. But if you want a stronger scent, go for an FO as TessV suggests.

 

[punkflash54]

yeah i havent had any luck achieving a honey scent except with adding fragrance oil to it

 

[nattynoo]

I love the scent of my honey soap.
It is only light but definitely there. Smells sweet.
I add approx 2tbls of honey at light trace per kg of oil.
It goes a deep caramel colour.
I don't use beeswax in soap. My beeswax doesn't really smell like anything much at all.

 

[SudsyKat]

One thing I would say that DOESN'T work is "Oatmeal and Honey" fragrance from WSP. I was disappointed with that one. It smells very strongly of almonds and not like honey at all. I'm sure there is a good FO out there somewhere.

 

[TessC]

I'm really fond of Kisses of Honey from SGS:

http://southerngardenscents.com/index.p ... cts_id=313

 

[turnedlight]

Thanks guys, you have confirmed what I thought. I will try and get some fragrance (I'm in uk, so I'll try and find something here). My beeswax smells strongly of honey - I bought it locally, and was sure the smell would come through but it didn't much.

 

[cerelife]

Just made a small batch of soap this weekend with Peak's Wild Mountain Honey FO. WOW...it smells exactly like honey!

 

[turnedlight]

Thank you, I just looked them up and asked them if they will ship to uk, but they said no (like quite a few American companies - I just don't get why, I sell my glass to customers all over the place!)
Never mind, I will look closer to home

 

[cwarren]

Just made a small batch of soap this weekend with Peak's Wild Mountain Honey FO. WOW...it smells exactly like honey!

I did noy think this smelled like honey more floral to me

 

[cerelife]

Just made a small batch of soap this weekend with Peak's Wild Mountain Honey FO. WOW...it smells exactly like honey!

I did noy think this smelled like honey more floral to me

I'm a Georgia girl, so it may be that the honey I'm used to has a more floral scent than the honey in other regions. My uncle has an apiary, and this FO smells exactly like his honey! His bees gather pollen from all the native wildflowers, so that might account for the "floral" scent you mentioned. Just smells like fresh honey to me! I will def use this FO again...

 

[rebekahp]

I made alot of honey soap & always add 40g at trace. The smell carries through, although some batches are stronger smelling than others. The trick I have found is to use raw honey & pick one with a strong scent, like leatherwood or manuka