melstan775
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So woth the sweet orange concentrate, does that mean you use less of it?
Three or Fewer fragrances
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That's just sad about the sandalwood. My favorite candle is Egyptian Sandalwood by Village Candles. I assume it's a FO. I ordered a sandalwood FO when I first started soaping, hoping for that candle smell but no - it smells like baby powder to me. Not just baby powder, that might be okay, but like baby powder that's been steeped in some nauseating flowery sweet stuff. Ick.
I'm liking lime a whole lot - really fresh and clean but not like fake clean. I also love peppermint and I don't think I had ever smelled Bergamot until a few weeks ago but I'm liking it too.
I'm liking lime a whole lot - really fresh and clean but not like fake clean. I also love peppermint and I don't think I had ever smelled Bergamot until a few weeks ago but I'm liking it too.
judymoody
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Patchouli, Cardamom, 5x lemon, all EO.
Genny
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Yep and it sticks a lot better.
Genny
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If it smells like baby powder, then it's an fo. A lot of Sandalwood fo's have that sweet baby powder smell.
Miz Jenny
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I love :razz: just the regular sweet orange. It's bright & smells juicy & pairs with other eo's or fo's beautifully.
Gryfonmoon
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Scratch the 5x sweet orange. It turned a batch of my lavender soap...green.... 
Genny
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Scratch the 5x sweet orange. It turned a batch of my lavender soap...green....
That's weird. Did you combine it with lavender eo? I could see it turning colors then.
Gryfonmoon
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lizflowers42
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Scratch the 5x sweet orange. It turned a batch of my lavender soap...green....
What kind of oil did you use for the soap?
green soap
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Scratch the 5x sweet orange. It turned a batch of my lavender soap...green....
When I use no color other than 5X sweet orange EO, my soap is a nice pastel yellow. So a soap with some types of blue colorants would turn green when adding orange EO.
The leaves of the lavender plant are green.....
Gryfonmoon
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It's a 100% Castile soap. Also, it's now turned blue, which is okay I guess.
Genny
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Is your olive oil green? If so then that's probably the problem.
As it cures, it will probably continue to change color.
Gryfonmoon
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No, the oil was clear/slightly yellow.
paillo
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The Orange 5x is pretty dark - if you use a lot of it count on a resulting tannish colored soap.
dyclement05
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Peppermint, Rosemary and Eucalyptus EOs.
Any mint or mint mix like rosemary and mint or herb and mint. Sandelwood or patcholie mix of some type. M 3rd would be spice type like apple spice or pine xmas type.
The reason for the mixes is that you get more for less. More variety in the smell not quantity.
The reason for the mixes is that you get more for less. More variety in the smell not quantity.
Good point one of my reasons for asking was to determine the best/most useful oils for blending. While I'm not a lavender fan, in looking at labels and soap descriptions, it seems to be very popular for blending with other fragrances. For my $$, tea tree seems to be great. It works all by itself plus blends well with lots of other oils. It cuts the syrupy sweet in florals, adds clean/therapeutic notes to herbs. It even provides a layer of complexity to citrus. But I know everyone smells differently. Er...you know what I mean.
CaliChan
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laveder peppermint and eucalyptus
