patka Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Someone told me that some essential oils (for example citrus) would not make it through the CP soaping process and would get destroyed by the lye. She recommended lavender, peppermint, litsea and some others, but not lemon orange, etc. I wanted to ask what are your experiences with essential oils in CP and if you could share which essential oils are suitable for making a CP soap or where I could find a list of those that are suitable and those that are not. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 The citrus EO's tend to fade so most people use an anchor scent. Another EO, for some reason, helps the EO scent to remain. Many people add lemongrass, litsea or even patchouli as anchor scents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovelyLathers Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I use 5 fold orange eo and it holds nice. I got it at Rj's. I also use lavender to hold the orange eo when not using the 5 fold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patka Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 Thank you for the replies. I am glad to hear that the citrus scents can be used with other EOs. Plus, I love lemongrass, so I might as well use that since it sounds like lemongrass holds well in the soap.:smiley2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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