good blend for a honey & oat CP soap?

[Zing]

Peeps, I want to make a soap using honey and colloidal oats. Any recommendations for an essential oil and/or blend? I'm thinking floral and/or fruity?

 

[maryloucb]

Hmmm, I go to spicy when I think of that combo. My oatmeal honey soap is unscented, so I'm not much help.

Cinnamon? Lemon?

 

[dmcgee5034]

I always vote fruity. Your post made me think of these tea bags I have that are Blueberry Citrus Basil that is delish with a touch of honey…..

 

[dibbles]

Orange patchouli. Fruity but warm and comforting too.

 

[KiwiMoose]

Apple and cinnamon

 

[soapmaker]

For that soap I use WSP's original Oatmeal Milk & Honey. And yes, it has colloidal oatmeal, goat milk and honey in it. It's very popular.

 

[lsg]

For that soap I use WSP's original Oatmeal Milk & Honey.

That is a favorite of mine, also. The only trouble is that the soap turns light tan after the cure. If you don't mind discoloration, then this is my favorite.

 

[soapmaker]

That is a favorite of mine, also. The only trouble is that the soap turns light tan after the cure. If you don't mind discoloration, then this is my favorite.

I thought light tan was a perfect colour for OMH soap so I leave it that way. I also use bubble wrap to make it look like honeycomb.

 

[Zing]

Orange patchouli. Fruity but warm and comforting too.

This sounds great. I'm lovin' my recent lime patchouli. Question, do you use essential oils or fragrance oils? I use essential oils. The orange 10x is dark orange and the patchouli is dark brown. I may have to add a lot of titanium dioxide.

 

[JackieB]

the patchouli is dark brown. I may have to add a lot of titanium dioxide.

The patchouli I get from Camden Grey is dark brown but does not seem to discolor my soap. I mix it with lavender. The soap is an off white. I think I read in another post where you use EOs from Camden Grey.

 

[dibbles]

This sounds great. I'm lovin' my recent lime patchouli. Question, do you use essential oils or fragrance oils? I use essential oils. The orange 10x is dark orange and the patchouli is dark brown. I may have to add a lot of titanium dioxide.

I use essential oils for this blend, 2:1 orange 10x : patchouli. I haven't found the discoloration to be much, but the soap isn't white. Maybe split it in three and leave some uncolored, some with TD and some with cocoa powder?

 

[soapmaker]

Orange patchouli. Fruity but warm and comforting too.

Orange Patchouli is wonderful. I put colloidal oatmeal in all my soaps so I didn't think of that blend especially for oats and honey. Dark Patchouli EO helps a lot of soaps!

 

[Obsidian]

Every bar of oat and honey I've seen for sale is clove scented. Not sure why but it seems popular. Maybe adding a touch to the patch and orange would be nice.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Not an EO/blend but may "stick" the scent if you come up with a compatible EO... in your spare time, of course.

https://www.thesage.com/products/oatmeal-milk-honey-fragrance-oil

 

[Mobjack Bay]

What about an orange patchouli blend with some cardamom? Or the Dusk blend in EO calc smells interesting in my mind.

 

[AliOop]

@Zing do you still have any benzoin that you've used for a vanilla scent? You could mix that with a smallish bit of patch and some cardamom and/or cinnamon for a bakery-type smell that would match what I think of with OMH, which is oatmeal cookies.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

What about an orange patchouli blend with some cardamom? Or the Dusk blend in EO calc smells interesting in my mind.

https://www.eocalc.com/blends/dusk/
FWIW: I keep a dropper bottle of Cinnamon Clove on hand to spice up blends. A little goes a long way.

Mix 1 part Clove Bud EO + 3 parts Cinnamon Bark EO then add 1 part of this to your blend.

3 oz. Cinnamon Bark 85g
1 oz. Clove Bud 28g
4 oz. TOTAL 113g

28g 1 oz. Cinnamon
9g 0.3 oz. Clove
37g 1.3 oz. TOTAL

 

[Mobjack Bay]

@Zing do you still have any benzoin that you've used for a vanilla scent? You could mix that with a smallish bit of patch and some cardamom and/or cinnamon for a bakery-type smell that would match what I think of with OMH, which is oatmeal cookies.

Yum, I like this idea! I have benzoin and haven’t used it much.

 

[Zing]

Yum, I like this idea! I have benzoin and haven’t used it much.

@AliOop , I am fresh out of benzoin! @Mobjack Bay , what the heck??!! Use it! Today!

 

[KiwiMoose]

I totally love cardamom! I used it once in my early days of soaping when I may have added all of three drops of EO, and of course I couldn't smell it. That was before I realised how much fragrance you need to actually scent a batch of soap.