Oh boy, I had one like that recently. I soaped SweetCakes Cedar &Spice in a plain tried and true recipe with OO,CO,PO and I gelled it although the gell did not quite get to the corners. I used my Kelsie mold and this gelling problem often happens with this mold. Well, the FO smelled amazing OOB. Once soaped, not only was it knock your socks off strong (I used 1 oz ppo) but it smelled awful. Sort of like a gerbil cage that had not been cleaned for awhile. It stank up my cure area. Finally, after several weeks, I moved it to a small area where I could shut the door and forget about it. After 5 weeks, I took a bar to the shower and it was a great soap, but the scent was too strong and it still smelt odd. I ditched that bar. It has now passed the three month mark on the cure rack and I have recently taken a bar into the kitchen soap dish. The scent has tamed and lessened so much that it is now not only usable but is quite pleasant. I can't smell it unless I put my nose to it. So, I say: don't throw that soap out. If you can manage to hold on to it on a cure rack for several months or longer, I think it will have mellowed out and also gotten to be a much creamier soap at the same time. I am sorry now I threw out that shower bar. But, ugg, at the time...my bathroom smelt terrible from it. Just goes to show 'ya.