How do I make my soaps overpoweringly fragrant?

[steve4soap]

Just switch to melt and pour. Seems reasonable to me for more consistent greater smellage. Uhoh, that's not a word is it. It should be. 8)

Blasphemy!!

 

[Mellifera]

I use EOs only, so this may be different, but when I want a strong citrus or other scent that is often lost in CP, I rebatch. Works great.

 

[Dennis]

Just switch to melt and pour. Seems reasonable to me for more consistent greater smellage. Uhoh, that's not a word is it. It should be. 8)

Blasphemy!!

It will do you no good. You are still on my holiday gift list.

 

[FOhoarder]

Have you considered doing HP? You normally don't have to use as much FO so if you use the normal amount it will probably smell stronger. No?

 

[panzerakc]

Surprisingly, that 5% max limit doesn't work out to be very much FO.
And, although I thought it was obvious, but, 1% is obviously quite a lot less than what I calculated above, and even more restrictive.

PS. I'm not casting any aspersions on anyone's soaps, or fragrances. I'm just interested in how to get the strongest result possible.

Well, an ounce per pound of oils works out to 6%, which isn't much higher than 5% (to be obvious).

Another obvious answer is to not buy cheap fragrance oils that won't last in CP soap, or aren't formulated to be used in CP soap in the first place.

And are you looking for FOs with a strong fragrance, or FO with a lasting fragrance? They are not necessarily the same thing.

Anita

 

[Traceyann]

I use natrasorb for hard to hold scents, or if I want a really strong scent

 

[Stinkydancer]

Have you considered doing HP? You normally don't have to use as much FO so if you use the normal amount it will probably smell stronger. No?

It will most definitely smell stronger. I use .5oz a pound and my soap is strong. Granted some FO's are stronger than others but most FO's or Eo's stick fabulously in HP soap- way stronger than CP. If you used 1oz pp for HP soap- you would probably gag yourself since that would be way to strong and cloying for most FO's.

Also- all FO's are not equal. Quality makes a difference and they are better FO suppliers than others out there. You just have to test a lot.

 

[Tabitha]

You can buy 20 different vanillas from 20 different suppliers and try them in 20 different recipes & you will get 8000 different results. Probably 20 of those 800 results will be room filling & it will not be the same scent, or the same suppliers, or the same recipe, there are too many factors. It is trial and error, there is no silver bullet, no trade secret, other than test, test, test.

 

[timley]

I must say I am having the same issue with getting the scent to stick. This is very hard for me because I make candles as well and the very strong scents in my candles that fill a room tend to disapear in the soap. I can suggest a few very strong scents I use and maybe they will stick in soap I havn't tried them yet but I do intend to. Cottage Breeze, Island Fresh Gain, Clean Cotton, orange cream cup cake, gingerbread, and banana nut bread. I don't know if you would want to smell like any of these or not, read the reviews on nature's garden that's what I do. Now candle wick is running a speacial right now on fragrance oils, 1 oz samples for $1.25 each good way to test some scents, that's 50% off. Good luck, to all of us. I watch videos of people making soap and they always say how wonderful it smells, I am like you I am not smelling it!