Personal Preferences??

[Marilyn Norgart]

what are your personal preference for when the scent gets left out when you do a pretty swirl?

Leave the scent out and have a pretty unscented soap?

Get that scent in the soap by messing up the swirl and winding up with a soap colored like dog puke?

in the last month I have done both

 

[deb8907]

Even though it is so tempting to get that scent into the soap, I have learned through experience that it is better to have the pretty soap. IMO

 

[shunt2011]

I just have pretty unscented soap. I've shredded it before as well and added to a scented batch. Fortunately, I've not forgotten my EO/FO in quite some time.

 

[jcandleattic]

I'll rebatch. I personally HATE the smell of unscented CP soap. And I can get a decent looking soap by rebatching as long as the original colors were bright enough, or there wasn't a lot of mismatched colors to begin with.

Fortunately, I've not forgotten my EO/FO in quite some time.

It's been years for me as well - and - I hope I didn't just jinx myself. LOL

 

[earlene]

I'd rather have pretty unscented soap. I actually like the scent of most soap, unless it has lard in it, but with all vegetables oils, I like the smell of unscented soap. But it also depends on the recipe; not all smell the same.

Leaving out the fragrance used to be a problem before I took advice here to add it to the oils before the lye. Now it rarely happens that I forget the fragrance.

 

[KiwiMoose]

I'll rebatch. I personally HATE the smell of unscented CP soap. And I can get a decent looking soap by rebatching as long as the original colors were bright enough, or there wasn't a lot of mismatched colors to begin with.

It's been years for me as well - and - I hope I didn't just jinx myself. LOL

I'm saying nothing - i DO NOT want to jinx anything.

 

[Alfa_Lazcares]

Uncented unless it has lard cause then I just cant.

 

[Lin19687]

I have 2 batches. One no color because I wasn't going to color that batch anyway.
The other Colored plain color nothing special.

So Now I say I have 2 unscented, one plain plain and one plain with color

As Earlene said, I too add my scent to oils before Lye. Way easier if you have a recipe that is fast to begin with

 

[jenneelk]

My customers are all about the scent and ingredients so I would rebatch or likely keep for my family cause I hate rebatching. Lol
Clean work space.. get all ingredients out and ready to use, move to separate spot as you go. Then you don’t miss anything.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

I don't make pretty swirls so I don't have that particular problem. If I did, I would write "Don't forget the Fragrance!" on a sticky and stick it on my forehead before soaping.

 

[Marilyn Norgart]

it seems to happen when I am doing 5-6 colors and I am wondering if its cuz my workspace is small and when I have all the colors ready to go the scent kinda gets lost. sounds good anyway I have this mental block about adding the scent in the oils--I keep thinking its gonna kill the scent even though I realize its gonna go thru gel and get hot anyway. I have shown it to a few people that want it without the scent so hopefully I can sell some of it and then gift the rest--I guess I don't need to worry about the scent fading. the one before that I forgot I mixed it all up when I put the scent in there and it smells good but looks like something that came out of a baby's diaper. I guess my preference is pretty and unscented ---if I have to choose

 

[Nanette]

There are always folks who like unscented soap and Ive noticed that the older the soap gets, the nicer the soapy smell is...so never a failure..imo..

 

[Lin19687]

FYI, I don't MAKE no scent soaps for selling. But since I made a mistake by not adding in the FO I will still sell it.
It isn't like there was a goof on making the soap itself,

I swore I would never make no scent to sell. And I won't on purpose.

 

[jcandleattic]

I don't MAKE no scent soaps for selling.

I don't anymore either. I does not sell for me. The last batch I made, (a 12 bar batch) I had soap for 3 years before it all sold (or was eventually given away) That's just not worth the effort...

 

[Nanette]

I have read....maybe here, dont remember, that unscented soap is good for babies and people with health issues--cancer patients, who cant tolerate much. I dont know if colored soap would also be a problem tho.

 

[cmzaha]

I do sell no scent without color soaps at my market. As a note, I sell at a Kaiser Hospital Farmer Market so there is a lot, unfortunately, of cancer patients. For the first time in years, several months ago, I left out my fragrance in a pretty swirled soap. So I ended up with a pretty swirled no scent soap that is out for sale. Unfragranced soaps sell slow but I sell them so the customer that wants no fragrance can buy a soap.