Like Pamielynn, I either have a neutral to positive reaction to the smell of unscented soap. Some recipes have more odor than others, to be sure, but I've never understood the particular negative reaction to lard soap. It just smells like ... soap ... to me.
If a person really knows what a living, breathing hog can really smell like, you'd never complain about the scent of lard soap!
But then I also grew up with a grandmother who knew how to render lard from the fat from our family's hogs -- heat it low and slow. Her lard had only a faint, mild odor when she cooked with it or made soap from it.
My latest liquid soap with olive, castor, and coconut comes the closest to having an unappealing (but only mildly so) scent to me ... and not a drop of lard in it. But I can see how this soap's odor will play nicely with warm spicy fragrances, so I'm enjoying the idea of scenting it.
If a person really knows what a living, breathing hog can really smell like, you'd never complain about the scent of lard soap!
But then I also grew up with a grandmother who knew how to render lard from the fat from our family's hogs -- heat it low and slow. Her lard had only a faint, mild odor when she cooked with it or made soap from it. My latest liquid soap with olive, castor, and coconut comes the closest to having an unappealing (but only mildly so) scent to me ... and not a drop of lard in it. But I can see how this soap's odor will play nicely with warm spicy fragrances, so I'm enjoying the idea of scenting it.
