Cocoa Butter

[Trussell76]

I am making a soap with Cocoa Butter(for aroma) and Cocoa powder( for color and aroma).
1. Does the aroma of butter and powder come through, and last?

2. What % does everyone recomend, I have read 5-15%?

Thanks,

 

[JackiK]

Not sure about the butter since I've never used it. You wont get any aroma from the powdered cocoa.

 

[soapbuddy]

I don't think you will get much aroma from either.

 

[adoptapitbull]

Yeah, cocoa powder looks pretty...but smells like nothing. Still good for effect though!

 

[Bukawww]

no aroma from either for sure. LOVE the look of cocoa powder swirls though, especially in a nice white base!

 

[jennikate]

Sadly Lye monster kills the scent but powder makes nice brown colorant. For mom valentines one year made heart shape cocoa poweder swirl cocoa butter and Chocolate FO for scent. Was nice soap .

 

[honor435]

no aroma from either, and cocoa butter I only use 10%, but I know some people go higher, but for me I dont think it adds anything using more.

 

[Trussell76]

So if the cocoa butter & powder don't give any aroma, is there a "Natural" way to get chocolate aroma without using synthetic FO's?

Thanks!

Tait

 

[honor435]

you got me there! I dont know, are you opposed to using fos?

 

[soapbuddy]

So if the cocoa butter & powder don't give any aroma, is there a "Natural" way to get chocolate aroma without using synthetic FO's?

Thanks!

Tait

You could use cocoa absolute, but it's pricey.

 

[musiccitysuds]

I have one recipe that uses a fairly high percentage of cocoa butter, and it does keep a slight cocoa scent over time. But honestly, I don't know if I would notice it if I wasn't looking for it. (My EOs fade and I notice the cocoa smell instead of the EO.)

 

[gaerwen]

Somehow my cocoa mint soap smells like chocolate and mint. Everyone who has bought it can smell both mint and chocolate.
I used unrefined cocoa butter and swirled with cocoa powder.

cocoa butter 10%
coconut oil 40%
plam oil 40%
castor oil 10%

in 6 lbs I used 4 ounces peppermint eo, 2 tbsp cocoa powder and superfatted with 7% coconut milk.
It smells delicious when you wash with it.

 

[busymakinsoap!]

Sight has an amazing effect on what we smell. If something looks like chocolate, our mind can tell us that it smells like chocolate. Especially if you are adding something like mint that we would associate with a chocolate smell.

I nearly always use cocoa butter but I dont think it smells like chocolate before I even put it in the soap! Kinda nutty, but again if it were brown it might be a different story?

 

[NewSoapGuy]

I have number of recipes that use cocoa butter, almost all of them are at more than 15%. The scent of the raw stuff comes through and lingers for a few months if I don't use EO in those batches. It's really the only oil/butter that I use where the original scent does make it through saponification.

 

[falldowngobump]

I recently made a soap with a couple of oz of coco butter, swirled it with coco powder, and scented it with almond and a little vanilla select. Everyone swears they smell the chocolate. The power of the mind is an amazing thing.