Cocoa butter aroma

[bassgirl]

Good afternoon, everyone!

Does anyone know if non-deodorized cocoa butter retains its chocolatey smell in CP soap?

TIA

 

[Deda]

Yep! As long as you use enough, like at least 15%, some of the scent remains.

If you want the scent to come through be sure that your other oils are not strong, like olive oil. My favorite Cocoa butter soap has Coconut, RBO and Cocoa Butter with a little Castor.

 

[bassgirl]

OK, thanks!

 

[carebear]

when I soaped 48% I had a very faint residual smell.
At 25% and below I noticed no cocoa butte/chocolate scent even in my unscented soaps.

 

[Deda]

when I soaped 48% I had a very faint residual smell.
At 25% and below I noticed no cocoa butte/chocolate scent even in my unscented soaps.

I never scent my Cocoa butter soap. I use about 25% and it smells lovely, the scent really blooms when I use the bar.

 

[carebear]

yea I got that from your post. my experience is different.

 

[Tabitha]

Some peoples noses work better/different than others too. We are all bound to have different experiences and opinions for a variety of reasons :wink: .

 

[bassgirl]

My usual recipe uses about 15% cocoa butter. I was just wondering if I'd need to scent it with something compatible with chocolate, or if it would even matter.

 

[Tabitha]

I have made loition bars w/ 15% cocoa butter & lavender EO. The lavender & cocoa butter scents fought w/ each other. I have never made a cocoa butter soap though, so I am no help to you there.

 

[bassgirl]

Yeah, I would think those wouldn't go together very well!

Maybe I'll just stick with something safe like mint.

 

[heartsong]

cocobutter

just an fyi: www.sweetcakes.com has a cocobutter f/o. haven't used it yet, but they do have quality f/o's.

i'd like to know if anyone has tried it yet?

 

[topcat]

My usual recipe uses about 15% cocoa butter. I was just wondering if I'd need to scent it with something compatible with chocolate, or if it would even matter.

I agree with Tabitha - though in the other direction! I haven't soaped with enough quantity of cocoa butter in CP to notice scent, but I did make bath melts including coconut oil, cocoa butter, honey and may chang EO - they smell exactly like butterscotch - delish :wink:

Tanya

 

[SoaperMom]

Orange, coffee, vanilla and coconut go with chocolate.
Kelly Dawn

 

[Tabitha]

Any cookie or cake scent is delish w/ cocoa butter as are most fruits like berries or peaches.

 

[topcat]

when I soaped 48% I had a very faint residual smell.
At 25% and below I noticed no cocoa butte/chocolate scent even in my unscented soaps.

Hey carebear, did you use non-deodorised cocoa butter in your soaping? I have heard that the deodorised one has much less scent....and question 2 :wink: - when you soaped 48% how did the recipe turn out? I love cocoa butter and want to soap higher with it, but the lye calc I am looking at shows no cleansing ability...? :?

Thanks!

BTW - I am quite new to CP soaping having only made 4 test batches so far!

Tanya

 

[carebear]

yes I use the non-deodorized one. do it quite often actually. smells richly of chocolate.

the 48% recipe is a dream... but don't attempt that till you've more experience IMO, and soap with low temps!

 

[Deda]

I would suppose that my cocoa butter soap retains more scent because I soap with cold lye and room temp oils. I also don't let cocoa butter soap gel.

 

[bassgirl]

Any particular reason you don't let it gel? Just to retain the aroma?

 

[Deda]

Any particular reason you don't let it gel? Just to retain the aroma?

That's really just a side benefit, when I was testing recipes I was looking to retain the creamy, milkiness of non-gelled soap. When I'm testing a recipe I generally don't color or scent. Kinda serendipity that it turns out how it does, it might be one of my favorite recipes.

 

[SoapPoopette]

I just made a soap with 20 % cocoa butter (experimenting) and added vanilla fragrance to it. The two smells combined is absolutely wonderful. :wink:

SoapPoopette