PLANT-BASED SUPERBLOOM (FORMERLY ÉGLANTINE)

• Acceleration: Yes
• Deceleration: No
• Ricing: No
• Separation: No
• Discoloration: No
• Behavior Notes: Tested at 3%. Accelerated batter moderately, and brought my batter to a thick trace within 8 minutes. Still allowed for ample time to pour it smoothly and easily into my mold. No discoloration has been noted but the scent is on the lighter side. I’d go up to 4-5% for a stronger scented soap.

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: Fast
• Separation: None
• Discoloration: None
• Behavior Notes: Very quick mover, I had to move FAST to get it in the mold
• Scent strength: Strong at 2.0%

Cold process 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