Essential Oils that don't solidify soaps

[DW2088]

@DW2088 it doesn't look like you have any fast movers in your soap recipe. I will say that floral FOs tend to accelerated a little even if it says it plays nice.
Do you use any additives like salt, sugar, or sodium lactate?

Maybe try mixing a batch without fragrance or just hand mixing a batch without a stick blender. It could be you are over blending on accident because you view trace a certain way. Hand mixing provides a great view of trace and it's stages. I know that I found hand mixing a batch, while a pain, did provide great insight into the stages of trace.

If you haven't already seen it here's a video talking about trace.

I don't use any additives. Thanks for your contribution and shared information. I agree with you. Hand mixing could be tiring, but it helps to control your trace.

 

[DW2088]

I use both essential oils and fragrance oils. I buy my essential oils from New Directions Aromatics and find them to be among the very best. I generally anchor the scent with kaolin clay and my results are excellent. I love some fragrance oils as well and they do not seem to pose the same challenges with scent retention as EOs. If I could find a decent Patchouli fragrance oils, I would give it a try but, so far, the samples I have purchased cannot touch the dark Patchouli I get from New Directions Aromatics- it has gotten so expensive!

Thanks for sharing. I will check out that brand.

 

[soadsudz]

essential oils have all been pretty consistent for me making soap. I purchase most of them from jedwards. it might be your method or ingredients