Private Label Essential Oil Blend Ideas?

[MoonShadow]

I landed a private label soap account today for a small boutique. They want a few (3-4) strong essential oil blends (No FO's) that conveys an "island" feel. I will probably do a lime and litsea blend, (doubt it will be very strong.) Besides citrus, anyone else have any ideas?

TIA!

[ProudMarineMom]

I haven't tried these yet, but found some blend ideas from different websites I wrote down in my notebook.

Lime and peppermint for a Mojito. Rosemary, Lemongrass, Lavender and a touch of Peppermint for an Ocean Breeze.

[TexasBrat]

Jasmine is all I can think of.

[lsg]

Here are a couple that work well for me:

Ocean

3 parts cucumber f.o.

2 parts bergamot e.o.

1 part lavender e.o.

touch of peppermint e.o. (if desired)

Ocean Breeze

2 parts lavender e.o.

1 part rosemary e.o.

1part bergamot e.o.

touch of mint or eucalyptus e.o.

Mojito

2 parts lime

1 part spearmint

[moonshine]

Orange, lemon and lime

Ylang Ylang, jasmine and orange with a touch of vanilla

Lemongrass, grapefruit, lime and cypress

Orange, Ylang Ylang, bergamot, lavender and sandalwood

Lavender, Ylang Ylang, geranium, lemongrass and neroli

Edited February 7, 2013 by moonshine

[MoonShadow]

Thanks everyone for some really good ideas!

[Candybee]

Lime and lemongrass smell amazing!

I also used to use lemon just straight for a fresh lemon soap.

Lavender mixes with lots of oils.

I'd definitely do blends for a citrus; a floral with maybe Lavender and Bergamot; a wood; and a mint.

Also, spice blends are awesome in soap. Bay rum, clove, coriander, vanilla, cardaman, etc.

Edited February 7, 2013 by Candybee

[MoonShadow]

Thanks Candybee! Does the straight lemon, and lime and lemongrass hold against the lye monster up by themselves, or do you anchor them with something like benzoin, patch...or maybe some clay?

[Candybee]

Lime and lemongrass hold just fine and make a wonderful clean citrusy scent. The lemon I must confess I used in M&P so not sure about it in CP. I also sometimes used lemon extract which should also work in CP.

[Scented]

I haven't tried these yet, but found some blend ideas from different websites I wrote down in my notebook.

Lime and peppermint for a Mojito. Rosemary, Lemongrass, Lavender and a touch of Peppermint for an Ocean Breeze.

I'd go Lime and spearmint for a Mojito. A mojito has spearmint in it, not peppermint, at lease what I've had ... however, I bet a lime and peppermint combo would be interesting.

[cmzaha]

I like ylang ylang, champa & grapefruit. (champa is a bit pricey but is very strong). It is a good lotion fragrance

[MoonShadow]

So I played with 4 themes; citrus, floral, woodsy and ocean, took 10 sniffies to them and from those, they settled on these three;

Jasmine Patchouli (floral)

Ylang Ylang, Patchouli, Cedarwood, Rosewood (Woodsy)

And Lime, Litsea, Peppermint and Bergamot (Citrus?)

[Candybee]

Sounds like a good line of scents to use. The jasmine patch sounds interesting.