Zany_in_CO
Saponifier
Good to know! Thanks!other than 7 Veils discoloring, I've had good luck with all of them in CP
Good to know! Thanks!other than 7 Veils discoloring, I've had good luck with all of them in CP
I will be at HQ tomorrow. This drop was incredible
I don’t have santal 33. I had it once but my nose didn’t get much out of it but I love geranium and it has sold out twice for me. Smells fabulous in soap - I used French green clay in it as well which makes it quite luxurious. Terra smells so much more earthy to me while geranium is more floral. Tomato leaf is exactly like crushing a tomato leaf. Just amazing.I bought 11 FOs
Wrapped in Vetiver
Bacarat Rouge 540
Bibliotheque
Helloooo Sailor
Neroli Portofino
Geranium & Incense
Terra
Santal 33
Suede Blanc
Noir 29
Cafe Vetiver
So far I have soaped with 8. Rouge, Biblio, Neroli, Geranium, Helloooo & Suede Blanc have all been great. Biblio discolored but it made my soap with a little dead sea clay look more like aged paper, so great. Rouge also darkened my rose clay but made it look more, well, rouge-y.
I was so excited about Wrapped in Vetiver. OOB it was my favorite. In soap I do not like it at all. It changed to a kind of astringent or just not great smell. Same with Santal 33. So good in the bottle but in soap it smells very similar to the soaped version of Wrapped and kind of similar to Geranium. I was going to try Vetiver Cafe and Noir 29 today. They smell VERY similar to each other OOB. They also resemble Wrapped and Santal 33 so I am not too hopeful but wonder if there is anything I can do on my end to keep the scents from changing so much in soap. I do CP Goat's milk if that matters.
Also, fwiw, Geranium & Incense smells VERY similar to my nose OOB to Terra and I don't know if the average person would be able to tell the difference between Terra, Geranium & Santal 33 in my soaps
Since you know this company so well, I'm hoping you can answer a few questions so I don't have to ask them instead.I don’t have santal 33. I had it once but my nose didn’t get much out of it but I love geranium and it has sold out twice for me. Smells fabulous in soap - I used French green clay in it as well which makes it quite luxurious. Terra smells so much more earthy to me while geranium is more floral. Tomato leaf is exactly like crushing a tomato leaf. Just amazing.
I have soaped hot process with hello sailor and it’s fantastic. I also soaped with Palo santo woods. It is the best I have ever sniffed. I made incense with it as well. The aventus and exotic orchid (skin safe version coming soon) is just heaven.
I believe a volcano fo is coming as well.
Kristen does have sales. Often the entire site sometimes slow moving oils, she always restocks - she just wants people to know what is on the shelves.Since you know this company so well, I'm hoping you can answer a few questions so I don't have to ask them instead.
1. Does she ever have a sale?
2. Does she restock, or is it a "Once it's gone, it's gone"? There are a lot of things where she says something like "Only 2 left" or the smaller sizes are sold out and she only has large sizes or special orders available.
3. Some fragrances are sized at 30ml sample then it jumps to 2 oz. Those seem to be the newer fragrances. Is that where the company is going?
Thanks! BTW, I am obsessed with Bohemian Spa......
Kristen does have sales. Often the entire site sometimes slow moving oils, she always restocks - she just wants people to know what is on the shelves.
I have been to HQ and she will be moving to a larger place but for now is limited as to how much she can have on the shelves or in stock. Kristen is in need of help as many companies are now. I do go there and help out when I can. I can also get a sneak peek at what’s ahead and all I can say is - amazing high end fragrances are on the way. I am trying to talk her into Tom Fords lavender extreme dupe which is incredible.
She is moving to the small samples, 2 oz, 8 oz and 16 oz. If I recall correctly. The 1 oz did not work out as she hoped.
Boho spa is amazing. I love anise so yea. I know.
Kristen is very approachable and if your Mineapolis you should stop by.
Maybe this will help. I buy 6 sample sizes to test before commiting to something I "can't do without". LOL Here's how I test them:30ml isn't much to try something, especially how fragrances behave in CP soap.
Maybe this will help. I buy 6 sample sizes to test before commiting to something I "can't do without". LOL Here's how I test them:
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/testing-fos-eos-colorants-in-cp.84154/
Actually, @lsg gets the credit for supplying the link.thanks to @Zany_in_CO for sharing this find!
Kudos to @lsg for finding what looks to be an excellent source for specialty FOs.
Kristen has great customer service.I discovered tonight that their customer service is great.
I made a wish list a while ago. I was so taken with the complexity and intensity of
most of the fragrances, I decided I wanted to try others. As I mentioned earlier, I really
like getting the 1 oz bottles of new scents--it's enough to make a project or even a
couple small things to see how it behaves or smells after cure.
Anyway, I was holding off ordering but then when @contrinokathy said she was going to
phase out 1 oz bottles, I thought I'd better order them sooner rather than later. So I got my wish list and started putting things in my shopping cart, and I noticed that they were out of 1 oz bottles of two of the things I wanted to try. Ah, well.....
Anyway, I didn't notice they were out of 1 oz bottles of THREE things I wanted to try, and I
inadvertently put a 4 oz bottle in my cart (the 1 oz was grayed out).. I didn't notice until I got
home tonight and was looking at my confirmation email. I did NOT want 4 oz of that fragrance.
So I emailed them and apologized for being careless, but would they please take the 4 oz out of my cart, and instead add a 1 oz bottle of one thing and change a 1 oz bottle of another to a 2 oz bottle. Within two hours on a Saturday night, they sent me a revised order and an email confirming they made the change.
I'm impressed......
Good idea. EnjoyI’ve decided that I’m going to use the samples to make solid color individual bars in cavity molds. Making test bars is leaving me with even less of a little bit of these special FOs. The bars will look attractive as sets of two or three soaps in pretty colors and I will stop stressing out about how to use what I have without wasting a drop.
On a winter day having the house smell like freshly baked bread (I bake bread, but this saves calories)
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