Hello, Rose Garden!!!
How are you? I am doing well despite the water spout off of Hurricane Joaquin hitting South Carolina. I posted on our YouTube channel a slide show of some soaps that were made.
Egyptian Musk - a sweet heady floral that is reminiscent of the 1980's body oil. This is perfect!! I love the oil. I purchased 5 lbs. from The Chemistry Store.com and am very pleased. No color morph, no acceleration and no scent fading at tall.
Summer Breeze - smells ah-may-zhing out of bottle but the scent morphs to a burnt rubber scent. It gives me a headache every time that I walk into the curing room. Also, the scent caused my loaf to crumble after 24 hours. I used the normal test recipe with 7% super fat and, yeesh!!! This is not going to a blender for me or a scent mixer.
Now, I created a sweet masculine blend that I was advised to call Pastry. I will continue to reference that name until I hear back from the Fragrance Club Members to change the name to something else. I love this blend. It is easy to work with. It does cause morphing in the colors. The uncolored batter has turned a nice buttery yellow, the purple mica from Crafter's Choice has turned from deep indigo to pink to pale indigo.
I have also created 4 other blends that I am allowing to mellow while I will be gone for 3 weeks. This portion of the creative side is the most fun!! I love how a blend will smell when I first mix it, then at 3 weeks and then at one year. I have found that allowing my Patchouli and Sandalwood blends to mellow for a year is the most agonizing thing to do because they smell so wonderful but I know that waiting is the best thing for the most heady and smooth scent.
I have 4 more blends to create before I leave. I am aiming for 3 more masculine and 1 more feminine. hopefully this will be done and once I return there will be lovely fragrances for you all to test out.
