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I made a batch of melt & pour with a lovely shea butter base, adding what I thought would turn out to be a great fragrance. It was awful...I mean AWFUL. The finished soap smelled like a dentist's office. Kind of a combination of novocane and cavity filler compound. I though I was going to gag.
I decided NEVER AGAIN. You all know how much materials cost, and trial-and-error experiments drive up the costs that much more. So now, instead of dumping FO untested into my soap (or candle wax for that matter), I try the fragrance first in my diffuser. I know as soon as it warms up whether I like it or not, and if I hate it, I will not have ruined a whole batch. This is also a good method for testing blends.
I hope this helps some of you and saves you money and frustration.
The shea butter base is fantastic. It's creamy and lathers into hundreds of bubbles. But don't take my word for it. My testers, 3 darling nieces, loved it too. Since I'm working on perfecting a children's line, I'm concerned with safety. I purchased the base from Peak.
None of their soap bases contain mineral oil, propylene glycol or sodium laureth sulfate.
I used a cotton candy scent. I thought it was sticky sweet, and that it smelled more like strawberry. The little girls loved it, but I was disappointed. But the marshmallow scent I used for the little boy's soap is WOW.
Your popsicle soap sound like lots of fun. You are no longer making them?
no--i only make soap for our family and a few friends now--and i give away a lot -don't sell it anymore--but the popsicle soaps were big sellers at one time
