Guest guest Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Hello, I have been told that Litsea will help make the scent of citrus eo's last longer. Can anyone tell me what % of Litsea should be added to a cp soap based on the total eo added? If I use this with lime or sweet orange eo will it change the scent? I have made some soap with the orange, lime, and lemon eo and it doesn't seem to smell for very long. I need to find something to make the scent stay around. If anyone has any other suggestions I'd be interested in those too. Thanks very much, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 I use powdered orange peel in my Ginger Orange (EO blend of mine) soap--the color comes out in the soap and the scent sticks like glue. HTH, Serra On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:03:26 -0500, Chris McFadden <soapgirl wrote: > > > Hello, > > I have been told that Litsea will help make the scent of citrus eo's last longer. Can anyone tell me what % of Litsea should be added to a cp soap based on the total eo added? If I use this with lime or sweet orange eo will it change the scent? I have made some soap with the orange, lime, and lemon eo and it doesn't seem to smell for very long. I need to find something to make the scent stay around. If anyone has any other suggestions I'd be interested in those too. > > Thanks very much, > > Chris > -- For more of the cranky me: http://scentedstuff.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Hi Serra, Do you think it is the orange peel that makes it stick? Have you tried to use your custom scent without the peel? If it is the peel, I could easily add some of the fruit's peel to each of my citrus soaps. I have a coffee grinder I could grind the dried peels in. I think that would work great. Thanks very much, Chris - " Serra " <serrathescented Monday, March 14, 2005 1:33 PM Re: Litsea > I use powdered orange peel in my Ginger Orange (EO blend of mine) > soap--the color comes out in the soap and the scent sticks like glue. > HTH, > Serra > > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:03:26 -0500, Chris McFadden > <soapgirl wrote: >> >> >> Hello, >> >> I have been told that Litsea will help make the scent of citrus eo's last >> longer. C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Hi Chris, Usually if I use Litsea I do a 70/30 blend - citrus oils to Litsea. It'll change the scent of the citrus oil a little bit, but not enough to make your soap smell yucky or anything <grinz>. Other things you can do is use some base oils in your blend - for example Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin), or Atlas Cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica), etc ... *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://www.alittleolfactory.com Chris McFadden [soapgirl] Hello, I have been told that Litsea will help make the scent of citrus eo's last longer. Can anyone tell me what % of Litsea should be added to a cp soap based on the total eo added? If I use this with lime or sweet orange eo will it change the scent? I have made some soap with the orange, lime, and lemon eo and it doesn't seem to smell for very long. I need to find something to make the scent stay around. If anyone has any other suggestions I'd be interested in those too. Thanks very much, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 I haven't tried it without--I like the orange color and I don't really have time to deal with a batch that didn't hold up, so I haven't tested the blend alone. The Ginger might make the Sweet Orange stick better on its own. Wish I had time to test it out. Serra On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:14:51 -0600, Christine Ziegler <chrisziggy wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > Usually if I use Litsea I do a 70/30 blend - citrus oils to Litsea. > It'll change the scent of the citrus oil a little bit, but not enough to > make your soap smell yucky or anything <grinz>. > > Other things you can do is use some base oils in your blend - for > example Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin), or Atlas Cedarwood (Cedrus > atlantica), etc ... > > *Smile* > Chris (list mom) > http://www.alittleolfactory.com > > > > Chris McFadden [soapgirl] > > Hello, > > I have been told that Litsea will help make the scent of citrus eo's > last longer. Can anyone tell me what % of Litsea should be added to a > cp soap based on the total eo added? If I use this with lime or sweet > orange eo will it change the scent? I have made some soap with the > orange, lime, and lemon eo and it doesn't seem to smell for very long. > I need to find something to make the scent stay around. If anyone has > any other suggestions I'd be interested in those too. > > Thanks very much, > > Chris > -- For more of the cranky me: http://scentedstuff.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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