(no subject)

[alexseanchai]

How does one figure out what scents go with each other? I have an assortment of essential oils, except I used all the rosemary and half the lavender and eucalyptus, and I'm thinking about combining a couple of them in my next batch of soap, only I don't know which and I don't want to waste what I've got.

ETA: mods, tags plz?

Comments

[raynedanser]

Whoops! Sorry about the tags! All sorted now. For now, the tags will probably be pretty empty as we see what we need to have and get rolling.

As for the oils, hopefully someone else can answer that. ;-) I have The Natural Soap Book: Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps and I'm fairly sure there's a section in there covering EO.

[biting_moopie]

I was looking into fragrances a little while back and the advice I got was to combine fragrances/oils from the same group, i.e. When selecting which essential oils to use, it is a good idea to stick to a `scent family`, that is, combining scents that are similar, such as having a citrus, floral or spicy theme. (That link is for perfume more than for soaps but I was told the same principle applies.)

So maybe try the orange and lemongrass? Or do a search and see what existing soap combinations you can find for each oil.

[alexseanchai]

That makes sense. Thanks!

[raynedanser]

Oooh, I wouldn't have thought of lemongrass with the orange! (Apparently orange is also really good with Patchouli, which I am anxious to try!)