I have added some botanicals to one of my slurries and I do think they help anchor scents. I used a chai tea and ground it up in the coffee grinder. It helped the orange EO stick but it contains some really hard spices, eg clove, and the soap is a bit scrubby.
Like you, I haven’t come up with other botanicals to use. Lavender is easy, someone here recommended using a coffee grinder to pulverize the lavender. I need to try that in some soap for a friend who loves lavender. Used whole, lavender buds look like mouse poo so grinding is definitely a good idea.
Has anyone used calendula? It is what I have in hand and am considering trying. Any other recommendations?
