I'm a beginner. After making some uncented soaps as well as some EO soaps I decided to jump into the FO world. I made my first FO scented bar. The scent is called something like soapy clean. I loved the initial whif... Well I THOUGHT I was in love. I had no idea that I would soon become suffocated by its relentless interjections into my life.
I made the batch, scented at the soap calc recommended level, molded, cleaned up, gelled, unmolded, and cut it into bars. I noticed the the smell was pretty strong, almost too much of a good thing. During cutting it almost became sickening. But since it was cold process I figured it would die out in curing. I happily closed the door of my craft room with the soap inside, relived that I would not have to smell it again until it became more mild.
Fast forward to the next day at breakfast, I suddenly smelled the soapy clean FO. But there's nothing but eggs on the table. I sniffed my plate. Nothing. Took another bite, smelled the soap again. Sniffed the eggs. Nothing but egg. Annoyed, I sniffed the table. Nothing. Then I smelled my hands. Soapy clean. Ah ha! Problem solved. I figured there was FO on a doorknob or something. I wiped everything down and went about my business.
The events of the week that followed had me questioning my sanity. I smelled FO about every third time that I opened the frig. I smelled it at work when I unpacked my lunch... Not every time, but maybe on days 2, 5 and 6. Not inside the dish of food. Just a general whiff. Sometimes I would randomly smell it while walking down the hallway of my home. While standing in the middle of my kitchen, I would get a random whif.... Very randomly. Some days I would go on a sniffing hunt, determined to find the source. Of course my hunts lead me nowhere. Not even close to finding it when looking for it. Then, When I least expected it, the smell would POP UP out of nowhere, BAM, leaving me ... Well...perhaps standing in my kitchen screaming something like this.
" Aaaaaaaaah! Why do you torment me you sick FO! Release me from your grip! It's over. I don't want you anymore! I thought I loved you, but I don't anymore! Maybe I never did!". :crazy::Kitten Love:Total agony.
Well I finally did get rid of it. But at this point I loath this smell. The last thing I want to do is lather my entire body with this stuff.
Please tell me that this has happened to some other people out there....I can't be this special.
I made the batch, scented at the soap calc recommended level, molded, cleaned up, gelled, unmolded, and cut it into bars. I noticed the the smell was pretty strong, almost too much of a good thing. During cutting it almost became sickening. But since it was cold process I figured it would die out in curing. I happily closed the door of my craft room with the soap inside, relived that I would not have to smell it again until it became more mild.
Fast forward to the next day at breakfast, I suddenly smelled the soapy clean FO. But there's nothing but eggs on the table. I sniffed my plate. Nothing. Took another bite, smelled the soap again. Sniffed the eggs. Nothing but egg. Annoyed, I sniffed the table. Nothing. Then I smelled my hands. Soapy clean. Ah ha! Problem solved. I figured there was FO on a doorknob or something. I wiped everything down and went about my business.
The events of the week that followed had me questioning my sanity. I smelled FO about every third time that I opened the frig. I smelled it at work when I unpacked my lunch... Not every time, but maybe on days 2, 5 and 6. Not inside the dish of food. Just a general whiff. Sometimes I would randomly smell it while walking down the hallway of my home. While standing in the middle of my kitchen, I would get a random whif.... Very randomly. Some days I would go on a sniffing hunt, determined to find the source. Of course my hunts lead me nowhere. Not even close to finding it when looking for it. Then, When I least expected it, the smell would POP UP out of nowhere, BAM, leaving me ... Well...perhaps standing in my kitchen screaming something like this.
" Aaaaaaaaah! Why do you torment me you sick FO! Release me from your grip! It's over. I don't want you anymore! I thought I loved you, but I don't anymore! Maybe I never did!". :crazy::Kitten Love:Total agony.
Well I finally did get rid of it. But at this point I loath this smell. The last thing I want to do is lather my entire body with this stuff.
Please tell me that this has happened to some other people out there....I can't be this special.
