New Soaps and Upcoming Workings

 Hello, my lovely Rose Garden!! How are you doing? I have been coming up with new soaping ideas and blends. Right now, I am in an essential oil phase. Petitgrain and Pennyroyal have ensnared my imagination. Also, I have been working with Eucalyptus and Sea Salt and Ocean Mist.

Below are two essential oil soaps that will be sold exclusively at Belladonna's Gifts in West Columbia, SC. Both are essential oil only soaps made with sweet orange, lemongrass, and abre camino. If you know then you know. 

  There is so much that can be done with it. Later in the year I will tell you more about it. 

Also, I have been working with Eucalyptus and Sea Salt and Ocean Mist.

Eucalyptus and Sea Salt smells like aloe and citrus. More aloe than citrus and not at all like Eucalyptus. I expected to there to be a slight pungent medicinal scent to it. The more I sniff it out of bottle the more it reminds me of a peppery pink grapefruit. This one should be a fun one to make a base batch and then see what I can blend it with to expand the fragrance.

Ocean Mist from The Chemistry Store smells like evening after being out at sea. There are green notes in here as well. For a little bit I contemplated just using this one as its own scent in my Pirate's Cove line but the more I sniff it the more I am undecided. I mean, it could be a really nice shower gel on its own. I haven't soaped it by itself yet. I should, though, in order to figure out what it will smell like in the end.

That is all I have for now. I posted on my Facebook that I will be archiving my group and leaving Facebook and Instagram. A lot of their recent choices have left me realizing that I don't want to participate with them.  You can always find me on Vero or YouTube. Take care, Rosebuds.

Wow! Where Has the Time Gone?

 Hello, Rose Garden!!

How are you? How have you been? I have been wrapping soaps and making updated YouTube videos of my older fragrance reviews. They didn't age well on YouTube with older video versions. So far I have updated my reviews on Aztec, Bramble Berry, Crafter's Choice, and Rustic Escentuals. Later on this month I will be adding updated reviews of The Chemistry Store, Nature's Garden, and Lone Star.

Fragrance Review

I will continue to add review videos for those who may not want to watch the older lower quality YouTube videos. After I am done with that series I will make videos on how to make simple choices when it comes to choosing scents from websites. I look forward to chatting with you all about them.

Be sure to stop by my YouTube channel, subscribe, leave a comment, and like. You can also try out my creations from www.thefragrancenook.com. 

Upcoming Creations

 Hello, Rose Garden!

How are you? I have been working on creating new fragrances and trying out new base fragrance oils from The Chemistry Store. This month's oil is Autumn Harvest. It smells like generic cinnamon potpourri, but I am hoping to turn it into a versatile new oil. The thought for this one is a nice cinnamon tart or a gentle floral with a hint of warm cinnamon. There is no getting past the cinnamon so I might as well play to its strengths. So far, I have only come up with one winner, but I remain hopeful that I will come out of this test phase with at least another 6 or 7 blends.

I already told you all about the new fragrance for the Romance line, Kiss Me Not. This one, too, has a Cinnamon base note. OOB it smells divine. When first soaped I was a bit disappointed but now that it has cured for 7 weeks I have fallen back in love with the fragrance. Oh, my!! I will be adding to the website this week. Mrs. Claus's Arsenic and Apple Pie has me swooning. I keep forgetting how delightful that fragrance is to sniff. It keeps me happy.

Lastly, in the upcoming months I will soap my entire Coffee Shoppe line, seven scents, and finally soaping the Monster Mash line. I have wondered how I will design the soaps. Because they are monster themed, I suspect some customers will want the usual black, neon lime green, orange, and purple. These fragrances are based off of my interpretation of the old Universal monster movies so I think that I will stick with the old world look and design. So, black and white, shades of khaki, tan, and some rose and soft yellows. For the mummy inspired soap, maybe a white, off-white, and brown. We shall see.

Thank you for sticking with me this long. Be sure to leave a comment below.

30 Soap Challenge Continued

Hello, Rose Garden.

I allowed February to get away from me. I am behind on posting more soaps. I do apologize. I have more to post.

I used Bora Bora from Rustic Escentuals. OOB it smells like a very strong exotic floral. In the soap it smells like Fruit Punch Bubbalicious. I love it better in soap than OOB. I doesn't Accelerate too much. Definitely doesn't discolor.

Normally I would blend another oil with it but to be perfectly honest with you it smells beautiful on its own. It doesn't need anything else to go with it. 

This would be perfect as a soap, shower gel, lotion and perfume. The staying power of it is amazing. Smelling this one actually makes me think of Hawai'i landscapes even though the scent reminds me of fruit punch. This is definitely one that I would add to the line up if I still had my business up and running.