What are your top 3 EO to use in soap?!

[Talc]

What are your top 3 Essential Oils to use in soap?! List them below. Thank you!

 

[paradisi]

What are your top 3 Essential Oils to use in soap?! List them below. Thank you!

You can find all kinds of eo ideas here by using the search feature.

 

[Talc]

You can find all kinds of eo ideas here by using the search feature.

Yes I realize that. Just trying to gain knowledge and perhaps condense the search. Thanks!

 

[Zing]

Just 3?
Lemongrass
fir needle
rosemary

 

[Talc]

Just 3?
Lemongrass
fir needle
rosemary

Awesome! Thank you. Fir needle is on my list to try. Do you blend other eo with Fir Needle?

 

[KiwiMoose]

Litsea Cubeba
Patchouli
Palmarosa

 

[Nona'sFarm]

These are the ones I seem to use most often:
Litsea Cubeba
Orange
Fir Needle

Also:
Lavender
Cedar wood
Rosemary
Eucalyptus, in small amounts in blends

 

[not_ally]

Orange, lavender and cedarwood. But I like to add blenders like anise for citrus, ho wood for cedarwood and other woody scents, its sweetness tempers the camphor note in a lot of woody EOs.

 

[Talc]

Litsea Cubeba
Patchouli
Palmarosa

Litsea is on my list to try. I put the number in eocalc. Seems like a little goes a long way?

These are the ones I seem to use most often:
Litsea Cubeba
Orange
Fir Needle

Also:
Lavender
Cedar wood
Rosemary
Eucalyptus, in small amounts in blends

Have you blended litsea and fir needle together?

Orange, lavender and cedarwood. But I like to add blenders like anise for citrus, ho wood for cedarwood and other woody scents, its sweetness tempers the camphor note in a lot of woody EOs.

Thank you! How would you describe ho wood? Which orange do you use? 5, 10 fold or sweet?

 

[not_ally]

Ho wood - at least the one I usually buy, I think there is more than one type - is a little woody, a little floral and a little sweet and a little (but less) camphorous, none of them overpowering. But enough of each that IMO it is a good blender with a lot of things.

I don't use EOs for soap because I like strongly scented soaps and EOs are too expensive for me to use enough of them. So I usually just buy regular orange EO for lotions/cream/other bath and body stuff. I don't need/bother with the folded variety, since it's not being used with lye I don't need it to be super strong.

ETA: duh, just realized you asked for recommendations for EOs *in soap* Just disregard everything I've said above

 

[Talc]

Ho wood - at least the one I usually buy, I think there is more than one type - is a little woody, a little floral and a little sweet and a little (but less) camphorous, none of them overpowering. But enough of each that IMO it is a good blender with a lot of things.

I don't use EOs for soap because I like strongly scented soaps and EOs are too expensive for me to use enough of them. So I usually just buy regular orange EO for lotions/cream/other bath and body stuff. I don't need/bother with the folded variety, since it's not being used with lye I don't need it to be super strong.

ETA: duh, just realized you asked for recommendations for EOs *in soap* Just disregard everything I've said above

Thank you!

 

[dibbles]

Patchouli
Patchouli
Patchouli


Seriously, I do love patchouli, but I like it blended with orange.

My other top three are
litsea, lavender and peppermint

 

[Sarah B]

Litsea
Lavender (french, not english)
Oak moss (for real. changed my world)

 

[Talc]

Patchouli
Patchouli
Patchouli


Seriously, I do love patchouli, but I like it blended with orange.

My other top three are
litsea, lavender and peppermint

Patchouli is on my list to try. Thanks!

 

[Talc]

Litsea
Lavender (french, not english)
Oak moss (for real. changed my world)

I'll have to research oak moss. Going to try Litsea for sure.

 

[Sarah B]

I'll have to research oak moss. Going to try Litsea for sure.

Zany is a wealth of information on many things, including oakmoss:
Oakmoss to Offset the Odor of Lard/Tallow

 

[Zing]

Ooh, I forgot patchouli!!

A fir needle blend I like is equal parts eucalyptus, fir needle, peppermint, cedarwood, rosemary essential oils.

 

[BodyWasher]

Tea Tree and Eucalyptus for natural anti-microbial, anti-fungal properties.

Peppermint is my runner up.

 

[Marie_with_an_e]

Patchouli
Lavender
Cedarwood
*Peppermint

I know you only asked for three, but those are my top four.

Also, Zing’s blend above is ah-mazing!! As in, ‘can’t stop huffing this bar of soap’ amazing!

 

[Talc]

Patchouli
Lavender
Cedarwood
*Peppermint

I know you only asked for three, but those are my top four.

Also, Zing’s blend above is ah-mazing!! As in, ‘can’t stop huffing this bar of soap’ amazing!

Thank you! I am going to try his blend for sure! I want an uplifting woodsy scent and that seems perfect. Perhaps I'll add Spearmint as well.

Do you blend anything with patchouli?