Coconut Cream Fragrance Review

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Tonight's fragrance review is from an oldie but goodie. I have soaped with Coconut Cream since 2012. It is not phthalate free. The description on the site reads "A milky sweet coconut type with top notes of coconut milk, middle notes of peach, and cocoa, with tonka bean, sweet sugary vanilla and caramel base note." To me there isn't an overwhelming Coconut fragrance, more like a creamy Vanilla. It does discolor to a medium tan depending on which types of hard fats and butters you use. Unfortunately, I haven't soaped this fragrance oil on it's own since 2013.

This was my poor attempt at making a brown sugar scrub CP soap with Coconut Cream. Super crumbly as you can see but it smelled really nice. I would recommend this FO if you are looking for a good Vanilla FO but not if you are looking for a good Coconut FO.

Peach Gardenia Fragrance Review

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Tonight's review is for The Chemistry's Store fragrance oil Peach Gardenia (not phthalate free). The description on the site reads "An exquisite blending of fruit and floral. Top notes of bergamot, muguet, jasmine and grape. Floral mid notes of rose, gardenia, lilac, ylang, peach, balsam and nuances of cinnamon. Base notes of woody musk, vanilla, powder and violet."

Out of bottle the Gardenia is a top note that is a bit sharp. There is an underlying sweetness to it. The Peach is a heart note and is really mellow. Think juicy Georgia Peach fruit and not saccharine candy Peach. A lovely fragrance through and through. No acceleration or discoloration. I had plenty of time to play with it but did notice that after 15 minutes in the cupcake mold it was starting to go through gel phase. For this tester soap I used 3 mL to 5 ounces of soap batter. I would recommend this for a year 'round line.

Japanese Honey and Tea Fragrance Review

Good Afternoon, Rose Garden.

December is normally crunch time for businesses: going over inventory, last minute gift requests, markets, shows and the family holiday hoopla. Thankfully for me this time of year is just a quiet time to reflect on the past year's endeavors, look at all of the beautiful holiday soaps and catch year end sales. For the rest of the month I am going to blog about fragrance oils that I have been using for the past few years as well as new ones. Today's entry is Japanese Honey and Tea from The Chemistry Store, now discounted on the site by 40%

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Japanese Tea and Honey

The description reads as follows:

Velvet rose, golden honey, and hearty cinnamon blend perfectly with nutty top notes to bring you this wonderful and exotic scent

OOB I notice a decidedly Play Doh(TM) smell which I can only guess is the honey mentioned in the description. In actual soap the "golden honey" scent is more distinctive. The "rose" and "nutty top notes" are very elusive. It does handle very well in soap with a  50% or higher hard oils and butters soap formulation. No Acceleration or discoloration. At 4 months out the scent is just as strong as the first day it was soaped.

Pairs well with Lemon EO, Litsea Cubea (May Chang) EO, Green Tea FO and White Tea and Ginger FO.

Soap and Fragrance Reviews.

Good Evening,

I have been testing out new fragrance base oils from The Chemistry Store. The tops of all of the cupcakes have the Japanese Tea and Honey fragrance oil.

Passionate Kisses smells just like the Black Cherry Pixie Stix. I personally like that scent. It is a kiddie fragrance that  doesn't Accelerate or Discolor. This is now 3 weeks old. The fragrance is still strong.

Peach Gardenia smells so great!! There is more of a Gardenia top note and Peach the Heart note. It doesn't Accelerate or Discolor but will superheat 5 minutes after stirring the fragrance oil into the soap batter.

White Tea and Ginger is a spicy but smells so awesome! It reminds me of a linen spray that Pier 1 used to sell. Doesn't Accelerate or Discolor.

Peach Cilantro smells great! The Cilantro is the top note with a  very clear and clean green note. It sharp but nicely rounded out with a sweet note.

Pineapple Jasmine smells very mild with a sweet top note. The Jasmine isn't easily detectible but the entire blend smell. No Acceleration or Discoloration.

Mish Mash is not a purposeful blend. It is just a blend of various dibs and dabs of leftover fragrances.

Chivalry: DILF! is a sweet comforting spice that is definitely masculine. It soaped really well. Doesn't discolor at all but it does ACCELERATE. Be careful with your oil temps.

Anti Holiday: Mrs. Claus' Satin Drawers is a very mild sweet fragrance. It does stick to the skin but will not overpower the wearer or whoever is near the wearer.

Business Classy #4 is a feminine blend that has top notes of Peppermint and pepper. It doesn't Accelerate but it does DISCOLOR.

That is all for now. Please feel free to leave comments at the bottom and let me know your thoughts or ask questions.

New Soaps Created

Hello my lovely Rose Garden!!

I soaped two of my anti holiday line blends, DILF! and Mrs. Claus' Satin Drawers.

The Anti Holiday DILF! is a spicy warm masculine gourmand. I soaped at room temperature with 50% hard oils and butters. It moved fast on me and I wasn't expecting that. Smells terrific and other than some Acceleration there is no Discoloration, yet. I used Micas from Rustic Escentuals for the first time and I must say that I am pleased.

Anti Holiday: Mrs. Claus' Satin Drawers is a warm playful floral, vanilla and citrus blend. I soaped at room temperature with 50% hard oils and butters but this time I added the fragrance to each color right before the pour. And I added Coconut Milk which helped to keep the batter fluid long enough to pour and swirl a bit. I even had a chance to pipe soap (for the first time) on top of the loaf.

Fragrance Review:

 The Chemistry Store Be Delicious - beautiful floral green apple fragrance that is a dupe of the DKNY perfume. It doesn't A or D. and I love how strong the scent is at 9 mL per 10 ounce of soap batter. It is a keeper.

First Post for the Year

Oh wow, I cannot believe that it has been almost a year since I have posted!! I am so sorry. I have only tested three batches of soap this calendar year and they didn't turn out all that well. Very quickly let me tell you what I have been up to this year.

First, I totally shut down the business a while back but the lovely state of SC didn't recognize it and I had to fight for about 6 months to prove that I haven't been in operation. That really soured me on even opening back up again. Ugh!!

Second, I have been teaching other businesses how to blend their oils like I do. That has been really fun. I understand that not everyone wants to have their noses stuck over dozens of bottles several times a day to pull fragrance notes in order to get a good fragrance. These women already know what to do they just needed a little tweaking.

Third, I have been looking to YouTube for inspiration and have decided that I am going to practice cup cake swirling. I am also going to attempt to make soap flowers and other embeds. Yellow Cottage Soapery and Red Apple Soaps have ensnared my imagination. I have been on a Wilton shopping spree today purchasing piping tips and embed molds. Yay, me!!

As of tonight I am going to attempt to make one new soap every week and I am going to blog my results with pictures. I am going to make sure that I post here, Instagram and The Chandler's Rose YouTube channel. Please leave me questions or concerns at any time. Have a great night.