Thread: I'm number one!

Good Morning Gentlemen,

Starting over......

for the first round of samples......

the base and scent of #1 is preferred
the other scent of choice is the #3

For the second round.....
the base and the scent of #4 is preferred
the other preferred scent, is the Rose.......but is not eligible for the AS for SRP

These are my findings for 5 out of 7 testers, and in practical terms it translates as follows, I have to count your comments based against what I know I can adjust.

I should also include that the base of #5 was a close second, so I'll list as follows.

Favorite base or carrier in order of preference, #4, #1 and #5. The base of number #5 would have taken 2nd place but lacked the proper cooling.

Taking each report individually.......and trust me, everyone is VERY different in what seemed to work or not work ( shew....), and it was intriguing that each of you could be so different. This has been a good "practical" lesson for me from the "mad soap scientist" point of view.

I took all positive comments and put them in row with their corresponding numbers, and then the negative or "not so favorable"...lol...comments in another row, looking for consistencies. The following comments are for the bases only, not the scent.

most of you liked #1.......because you liked the coolness, no one was jumping up and down with excitement, but the overall comments felt like the base had a good steady feel to it, a functional product. A workhorse....


most of you also liked #4......you liked the coolness (after shaking ) with good soothing properties and astringent quality. #4 moved ahead of #1 because of positive comments regarding how your skin felt thru out the day.

annndddd most of you liked #5. This is getting hard to explain...lol. You liked the feel of the base....but it lacked cooling and an astringent quality.


Going back over the notes I can see than I am wrong about the scent choice of #4.......a few of you liked it, but #6 finishes just ahead. I will agree with our wine taster comments and say that I think with some small adjustments to #6 I can develop the notes to "sing" together instead of separately....more harmony in the crowd....lol.

Scent choice....round one.......#1 and #3

Scent choice...round two.......#5 & #6

#5 is excluded and we'll go to TGQ, which leaves #1, #3 and #6

We will do one more test round with tweaks to the carrier and we will make our decision; these will go out ASAP (Monday) There will be two bottles, one workhorse, one thoroughbred.

We can choose two scents of the 3 available scent choices or we can try two new scents. I'll leave this up to you.....

I hope this isn't to confusing, Joe is a much better technical writer.....I'm a better story teller

XXWarm Regards, Colleen

Colleen,

Joe writes well but you were crystal clear to me.

If it were my decision of what two scents I would vote for 1&3. With 3 being my favorite... as I said Hawiian Surf.. I would avoid new scents unless the voting was too close. It is funny I have limited scent memory I really do not remember #1 or #4. I know I didn't like #2 (choc mint) and I still have a little of #6 I am still using and #5 (rose was very distictive so I remember that but for the life of me I can't remember the other's scents.
Oh well aging I guess.

These are the essential oils used for each one, no blends have a name.

Round one

#1.....Peppermint, sandalwood, lavender and rosemary (and menthol crystals)

#2 ... Bay (pimenta rosa) cedar, lemon and peppermint.

#3....Bay (pimenta rosa) lavender, lemon, lime, sweet orange, petitgrain.

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Round two

#4....Lime, peppermint (and menthol crystals)

#5...Black Pepper, Coriander, Geranium, Vetiver, **Rose fragrance oil.

#6...Cedar, Frankincense, Lime.


All blends are essential oils only with the exception of #5. The Pimenta rosa is noted for the Bay.....as this is BAY Rum....the real mo-jo.

I'll check back this evening, everybody have a good work day.
XXWarm Regards, Colleen

That is wild I swear that #2 smelled like chocolate mint.I would never have guessed the combination. Do the menthol crystals give it that cooling feel?

Originally Posted by RichZ

That is wild I swear that #2 smelled like chocolate mint.I would never have guessed the combination. Do the menthol crystals give it that cooling feel?

Chocolate Mint....sounds yummy! I make a soap that is called Orange Mocha....if you're a woman, its to die for...but you're obviously not a woman Which I'm sure makes your wife happy It smells just like those dark chocolate oranges they come out with at Christmas time.

What's really cool is that I use REAL melted chocolate swirled into the soap....its definately one of those "spoil me" soaps. LMAO

I know the Menthol crystals have something to do with the cooling feeling, but I don't how much. What I'm going to figure out next is how they work separately from the peppermint essential oil. It is my hope that a few pinches of crystals will give a cooling feeling without interfering with the scent of the other oils. I should take a picture of the crystals and post it, they're interesting.

Web meeting delayed.......sigh.........now either Friday or Saturday. BIG MOVE tomorrow, finally....finally....we get to have our house back. I didn't realize I had collected so much stuff in my 4 years as a soapmaker.

Soapmistress

See there is the difference between men and women I didn't like the smell of chocolate mint..
As for my wife not sure she is happier, she says my son and I are real pigs so who knows...

Originally Posted by RichZ

See there is the difference between men and women I didn't like the smell of chocolate mint..
As for my wife not sure she is happier, she says my son and I are real pigs so who knows...

I for one am happy that men are different.

And if your wife says that you and your son are pigs.......well then, good heavens man! use some TGQ bath soap and clean up your act.....

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