Frankincense and Sandalwood

[CLMP]

Well my white sandalwood powder just came in so I'm going to start planning out how I will make my soap. I'm not sure if it will scent my soap it doesn't smell that strong to me and I'm not sure I like the scent I find it smells fuzzy. But I'm going to try it.

 

[akseattle]

@CLMP I’m on the edge of my seat

 

[Gaisy59]

@CLMP I’m on the edge of my seat

Me too. Was thinking about buying the white sandalwood powder. Fingers crossed that it works for you @CLMP!

 

[akseattle]

@CLMP , I bought a Sandalwood & Sage FO by MYOB through WSP in July. It's no longer available. I finally had a chance to try it out (I made a batch of 10 different FO samples on 12/31.) I really love this scent. Very unisex (to me), not at all sweet, but also no "after shave" quality to it. It has no vanilla so I was puzzled when I came out a beautiful golden mahagony color. I knew nothing of Sandalwood except that it is a popular incense. From this thread, I deduce that Sandalwood will discolor.

I don't know why I bothered buying brown micas. There are so many FO's that discolor to really nice shades of tan through brown.

 

[CLMP]

Me too. Was thinking about buying the white sandalwood powder. Fingers crossed that it works for you @CLMP!

Im going to try a batch with just white sandalwood to see if any scent comes through I'm a little busy the next few days but as soon as I get a chance I'll make the soap I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[CLMP]

@CLMP , I bought a Sandalwood & Sage FO by MYOB through WSP in July. It's no longer available. I finally had a chance to try it out (I made a batch of 10 different FO samples on 12/31.) I really love this scent. Very unisex (to me), not at all sweet, but also no "after shave" quality to it. It has no vanilla so I was puzzled when I came out a beautiful golden mahagony color. I knew nothing of Sandalwood except that it is a popular incense. From this thread, I deduce that Sandalwood will discolor.

I don't know why I bothered buying brown micas. There are so many FO's that discolor to really nice shades of tan through brown.

The sandalwood FO I bought all so smells unisex. At first I wasn't sure about the scent but now I love it it mixes and blends well with everything I've been making perfumes with it I can't wait to make soap with it.

 

[CLMP]

Hi everyone today I'm going to pour my oil and ingredients out for a couple batches of soap including the sandalwood soap today. I'm wondering if anybody would like to suggest a amount of white sandalwood powder to add to my soap I'd like to get as much as I can in there with out it ruining my soap. I thought I'd try 2 tbs per pound and see how that goes. I was thinking of blending it in to my warm oils before adding my lye but it says online to make a paste and add it at trace. So I'm just wondering everyones thoughts on this.

 

[bookworm42]

I'd try treating it like a clay. So about 2 tbs would work.
I'd follow what they say and premix and add at trace. Maybe the powder reacts funny to the lye if added too soon .
You could always try 2 batches and see if there is a difference between when it's added before the lye vs premixed at trace.

 

[KiwiMoose]

@CLMP - I recently made a fragrance to mimic the old Pears soap (the oval, amber coloured soap) Here's the blend:
35% each of cedar wood and rosemary
20% pine
5% each of white thyme and cinnamon leaf.

These are all EOs and the fragrance has stuck well, and smells divine.

Give it a go!

Edited to change to percentages.