Has anyone done this blend and is it popular?

[Maythorn]

Lavender 5 parts, to 4 and 4 of Rosemary & Patchouly.

 

[agriffin]

I haven't done the rosemary but I've done lavender, patch and peppermint in 5 4 2.

 

[Maythorn]

If I could get peppermint to stick I'd use it more. But it fades so much for me and as only part of a blend seems like it would be nonexistent in older bars.

 

[Lindy]

I love Peppermint and I find it sticks really, really well in low %ages (need it low otherwise bits get more tingly than most like :? )

 

[agriffin]

I agree. I use peppermint all of the time. :?

 

[Maythorn]

That's odd, I found the same thing to be true of spearmint ess oil. It was absolutely heavenly in the bottle very candyish, but only a whisper of itself in cold process soap. Both faded for me more and more as time went by too.

 

[Lindy]

Very strange - I don't have that problem with Spearmint either.... mind you it is lighter than Peppermint and I love blending them together with Peppermint at a lower %age than Spearmint. Smells like a candy cane.... yummy

 

[rileylite]

Sounds good to me! Personally I would probably take it down to 2 parts patch.

 

[green soap]

I do something like that, but the proportions I use are

5:1:1 lavender:rosemaryatchouli

I would also do it 5:2:1 or 5:3:1

patchouli is very strong and the other two much less so.

 

[judymoody]

What effect are you aiming for with respect to your blend. Is there a particular note that you want to stand out?

For example, I love lavender and patch but am less keen on rosemary so I'd probably do 5 lavender: 2 patch: 1-2 rosemary.

I also have no problem whatsoever in getting peppermint and spearmint to stick. They take over a blend if I'm not careful.