ISO great wine fragrance!

[paillo]

So I LOVE wine soap, and have sold a ton of CP using Nature's Garden Cabernet Sauvignon FO. It discolors to a very dark chocolate color, and to my nose smells like a mix of Grape Kool-Aid and cheap wine.

So tonight I tried NG's Merlot, which is said not to discolor. Well, it did, to a light slightly orange beige. I was prepared, and swirled with a merlot mica. We'll see how it looks when I unmold it tomorrow.

Next batch tonight I wanted to add a bit of boiled merlot wine to my buttermilk. Added a little Brazilian purple clay to the mix. Hmmm, same discoloration. I again swirled with merlot mica, and a little purple mica.

I was after something like this, Shawnee's, whose soaps are always amazing. I guess I'll have to try just EOs, but I still cannot for life of me figure out how she got the wine color to stick. https://www.etsy.com/listing/125728...ess?ref=shop_home_active&ga_search_query=wine

Anyone have any favorite wine fragrances that behave well in cp? I' tempted to try NG's White Zin but don't want a bubblegum sweet fragrance that doesn't really smell like wine. I really want to master red, white, and champagne. But not at at the rate of continued ugliness! Will post pics when they're unmolded and cut....

 

[judymoody]

I have not used it, but I have read good reviews of BB's champagne FO on the SSRB. I'm pretty sure it doesn't discolor.

I clicked on the link and it looks like she uses a combination of red wine and madder root and non-discoloring EOs.

 

[Jaccart789]

I am definitely not a wine connoisseur as I know nothing about wine, but I received a sample of Brambleberry Pinot Grigio and it was lovely. It was very grapey in a wine kind of way.

 

[kazmi]

I received the BB Pinot sample too and looking forward to trying it out. Agree it smells 'grapey' and not so much like wine but that's my preference, for soap anyways

 

[Moody Glenn]

I have not used it, but I have read good reviews of BB's champagne FO on the SSRB. I'm pretty sure it doesn't discolor.

I clicked on the link and it looks like she uses a combination of red wine and madder root and non-discoloring EOs.

Hello! I absolutely love BB Champagne FO. It does have that 'bubbly' or fizzy characteristic. I add it to a few other EO's and FO's to give the overall fragrance I want a more "uplifting" quality. Adding it to a wine FO should give you a more lively fragrance like wine should be. Also, the Champagne FO does not discolor and is easy to work. Good and fun stuff to scent soap!