Lavender EO Fading REALLY Quickly

PuddinAndPeanuts · Oct 7, 2014

Hey! I just started using 30/32 lavender EO (from WSP) in one of my body butters. The scent is fading really, REALLY quickly. What's going on? How can I hold the scent? When I put it in, it's overpowering, 3 weeks later- almost gone. I'm open to switching to an FO if there's one that smells like real 30/32 lavender, but I'm a bit leary, as every single one of the lavender FO's I've smelled have been nasty smelling. Note- I am getting ready to add vitamin E to all of my body butters. Will that help keep the scent from fading? (I have no idea if this is partially an oxidation problem...)

Thanks so much for your feedback!

Consuela · Oct 7, 2014

Do you mean 40/42?

I had that problem also. I found 40/42 not a "true" lavender and, I found that it quickly faded in my CP Soaps...

So, I switched to a Spanish Lavender, which at the time was more expensive, but it holds excellent, and it's closer to the "lavender" smell that I was looking for.

PuddinAndPeanuts · Oct 7, 2014

Consuela said:
Do you mean 40/42?

I had that problem also. I found 40/42 not a "true" lavender and, I found that it quickly faded in my CP Soaps...

So, I switched to a Spanish Lavender, which at the time was more expensive, but it holds excellent, and it's closer to the "lavender" smell that I was looking for.

Hey! I just double checked. It is definitely 30/32. Here's the quote from WSP that explains the difference between 30/32 and 40/42:

The simple answer would be that 30/32 lavender smells sweeter to most people and can provide a good scent by it self when compared to 40/42, which smells more medicinal and is usually mixed with other scents. Getting more technical: 40/42 and 30/32 show the percentage of standardization of the linalyl acetate and linalool content. The 30/32 contains less linalool and linalyl acetate, making the aromatic notes cleaner and less medicinal smelling.

Consuela · Oct 7, 2014

Ah! my supplier just doesn't carry 30/32 (So I thought it was a typo! lol, sorry).

I was looking for a more medicinal....stronger lavender.....I found 40/42 sweet - but that could just be the batch I got, because from a different supplier, it was not as sweet, but also faded lots

dixiedragon · Oct 7, 2014

I use 40/42 from Camden Grey in my CP soap and it sticks quite well.

Have you gotten somebody else to smell your body butter? Possibly you've gone nose-blind to lavender?

shunt2011 · Oct 7, 2014

I've not used WSP's but I've used other and have never had a problem with them fading in my body butters, scrubs etc. However, I have started using a blend of EO/FO (lavender flowers from NG) and my customers love it. I hate lavender and hate making it but it sells really really well so on I go making it.