stinky coconut oil

[Milla]

I'm sitting here drinking my delicious homemade generic red wine. Yummy! Anyway...

I was out of coconut oil and was at the Indian store getting a few things and found coconut oil there. I bought about 4lbs of it and was excited to buy local.

I got home and it smelled like french fries!!!! :x

What a waste of money! I made a basic soap batch because I want to try soap ribbons, but now I'll have french fry soap.

Has anybody had this experience before? Needless to say I will be ordering stuff tomorrow.

 

[ChrissyB]

Does it smell like coconut?
What does the label say?
I have found that extra virgin coconut oil/butter has a very very coconuty smell (unfortunately none of the smell makes it through to the finished soap).
I can't say I've ever smelt coconut oil that smells like french fries.
Did it have a "best before" date?

 

[Milla]

I wish it smelled like coconuts! It's 100% Pure Coconut Oil. No best before date.

It is not extra virgin coconut oil.

It's not the fancy stuff from the health food store that's for sure!

 

[ChrissyB]

Soap it and see how it turns out.
Quite possibly the smell will dissipate once it's soaped.
Generally coconut oil is pretty stable, meaning it doesn't go off quickly.

 

[Milla]

Thanks. I hope it goes away. I will check my soap tomorrow afternoon to see what it smells like, but I'm not hopeful.

 

[Milla]

The soap smell seems fine today. I have to try really hard to smell anything. I put some of the coconut oil on my skin and it smells like buttery coconuts. Maybe not french fries afterall. Just different.

 

[Jeremy]

Mmmmmmm, french fryyyyyy, if you can figure out pizza soap I'll be your best customer.