Lavendar & ? scent help

[LynetteO]

Hello Everyone,
I am diluting soap paste for liquid soap & gifting it to a dear friend on her birthday . She LOVES lavender but everything she has is scented with straight lavender. I’d like to scent some liquid soap with a mixture of lavender & something else. Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent lavender EO plus ?EO combination?

 

[dibbles]

I like lavender with peppermint, orange or litsea cubeba (lemongrass if you don't have litsea).

 

[AliOop]

80% Lavender + 20% patchouli

40% Lavender + 40% chamomile + 20% pine (gotta go easy on the pine to avoid a PineSol smell)

The Gentleman's Lavender blend from EOCalc is wonderful, too. Everyone to whom I've gifted it just loves it! As I recall, it has lavender, litsea (or lemongrass?), orange, patchouli, cedarwood, and clary sage. I often don't have clary sage and have left it out or substituted another greenish-herbal type scent.

 

[LynetteO]

@dibbles @AliOop
Thank you! I’m going to dilute this weekend & test some cotton ball combos with your recommendations. Hoping to find the perfect “Smellerant” (looking @ you @Zing ) this weekend!

 

[Zing]

Mrs. Zing likes anything and everything if it includes lavender which is not my cup o' tea but I make it for her anyway because that's just how I roll.
The one lavender blend I do like is 50 50 with anise -- it becomes a different scent altogether.

 

[cmzaha]

I also vote for Lavender with anise or lavender with eucalyptus

 

[AliOop]

@Zing Yup, if the lady who has endless patience for your soapy escapades (and pipes your soaps for you, and had the vision to buy a house without a kitchen) wants lavender, you are a smart man to give her lavender.

 

[Zing]

@Zing Yup, if the lady who has endless patience for your soapy escapades (and pipes your soaps for you, and had the vision to buy a house without a kitchen) wants lavender, you are a smart man to give her lavender.

Oh, @AliOop , dear Friend, if you only knew what all Mrs. Zing has patience for!! I am truly blessed with a wonder of a partner and count my blessings every single day! And I have an inkling ot what @AliHubby recieves.

 

[AliOop]

@Zing No illusions here, I definitely married up. Mr. Oop is the best! I still scratch my head about how I got to the front of the long line of eligible bachelorettes who hoped he'd give them the rose.

But as I like to remind him, it's too late, the deal is sealed; you are stuck with me! He just laughs and says he's blessed.

 

[MrsZ]

I love lavender and sage!

 

[lasuen]

Hello Everyone,
I am diluting soap paste for liquid soap & gifting it to a dear friend on her birthday . She LOVES lavender but everything she has is scented with straight lavender. I’d like to scent some liquid soap with a mixture of lavender & something else. Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent lavender EO plus ?EO combination?

I use cedarwood, a base essential oil that retains the lavender oil firmly

I use cedarwood, a base essential oil that retains the lavender oil firmly

 

[lsg]

Lavender and rosemary is a good blend.

 

[VikingChick]

I agree with adding cedarwood.

 

[kimberlyheinrich]

@dibbles @AliOop
Thank you! I’m going to dilute this weekend & test some cotton ball combos with your recommendations. Hoping to find the perfect “Smellerant” (looking @ you @Zing ) this weekend!

Sweet orange & lavender are a great combo, mixed50-50

 

[Mobjack Bay]

I like EOCalc’s French Kiss for a floral with a touch of citrus.

 

[melinda48]

Sweet orange & lavender are a great combo, mixed50-50

I do a lavender, orange, patchouli - it is heavenlhy!

 

[LynetteO]

Thank you everyone! I ended up going with Revive from EO calc for her gift simply because she asked me where to buy that scent. I had taken in some LS to work scented with that blend for folks to try.

However, I am making more Christmas soap/body butter/lotion bars & I think I may try ALL of the scent combos mentioned above!