HIBISCUS

• Acceleration: Yes
• Deceleration: No
• Ricing: No
• Separation: No
• Discoloration: No
• Behavior Notes: Tested at 3%. Fragrance moved very quickly, and was solid within 10 minutes. Stirring in at light trace, I was able to get my batter poured smoothly into my mold. Discolored to a cream color and has a very strong scent retention. I would go down to a 2% use rate next time.

Tested by Creamy Obsession Soap. The testing recipe consisted of olive oil, coconut oil, lard, sunflower oil, castor oil, shea butter, mango butter, and cocoa butter. A 1.8:1 water to lye ratio was used, as well as a 5% superfat. All tests were conducted at room temperature, with a range of 85°F to 95°F Every small batch was brought to an emulsion, and then the fragrances were stirred in by hand and watched over a period of time while comparing to an unscented control poured from the same batch. After setting up, the bars were then CPOP’ed in their individual silicone molds in the oven at 170°F for 5 minutes to ensure a full gel. Separate popsicle sticks and pipettes were used for each individual fragrance to avoid any cross contamination.

• Acceleration: None at 2.0%. Moderate at 3.5%.
• Separation: None
• Discoloration: None
• Behavior Notes: Perfect Behavior!
• Scent strength: Strong at 2.0%

Testing done by @elysianacres at temperatures between 75-85 °F, brought batter to emulsification before hand-stirring in fragrance, using 10% Castor Oil, 20% Coconut Oil, 35% Olive OIl Pomace, 35% Lard, Distilled water Lye solution at 33%, 5% Superfat