Fragrance from soap will not linger long on your skin after rinsing. After all, the fragrance is washing down the drain with the suds. If you want some fragrance left on your skin, think about making a lotion, body butter, or other leave-on product.
^^This is very true! However, the the belief that you absolutely need for the temperatures to be within 10 degrees of one another is not true. You do, however, need your oils to be warm enough to stay liquid and not get false trace.
Not that I'm trying to be disagreeable, but I just wanted to point out that there are times when temps do matter. For example, when it comes to my formulas that contain a higher proportion of hydrogenated PKO, hard fats and butters, I always check the temps. Basically, if the temp of my batter with those formulas goes much below 110F, I end up with pseudo-trace, and then stearic spots in my finished bars..... which I'm never happy with. So, with those formulas, I manipulate the heat of my oils and my lye solution so that my batter never goes below that sweet spot of 110F.
IrishLass
^^This is very true! However, the the belief that you absolutely need for the temperatures to be within 10 degrees of one another is not true. You do, however, need your oils to be warm enough to stay liquid and not get false trace.
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