Nightlilly
Well-Known Member
Okay, so here's the deal....One of my first batches of soap was a hanger swirl with WSP's Mango Twist FO. It smells amazing and everyone that I know is waiting for the bars to cure.
My sister came over one day and took a bar from each of my batches and I told her to let them air out and I would let her know when they could be used. She has asked me every few days if the Mango Twist was ready yet and I finally told her last night to go ahead and use it. She called me back after her shower and said that she noticed right away that the scent was completely gone and when she used it in the shower it started to stink really bad. She described it as a really bad stale smell and said she washed her arms and stomach before throwing it away because she couldn't stand the smell anymore.
I immediately went and checked the rest of the batch. I use 20% Canola, so I'm paranoid about DOS. Anyway, the bars I have here still smell lovely, so I used one in my shower last night and had no issues. I even caught the scent a few times on my skin while I was at work last night.
She said she had been storing it on her bakers rack but that it wasn't in direct sunlight, so I was stumped. It really bothered me that my soap stank so bad that she had to throw it away. Tonight she let me know that she found the reason for the stink....she had been storing a bag of potatoes on the shelf above the bars. The potatoes had gone bad and were leaking onto the soap!!
I'm sure everyone will understand when I tell you that I was so upset about my soap being ruined that I'm just now realizing the yuck factor in her washing with rotten potato. My initial "ewww" was for my soap and I didn't get the "ewww" of her using it until just now...lol
I told her I would give her another bar but she had informed me that because her birthday is in 2 days, she wants 2 bars and she wants them wrapped prettily.
My sister came over one day and took a bar from each of my batches and I told her to let them air out and I would let her know when they could be used. She has asked me every few days if the Mango Twist was ready yet and I finally told her last night to go ahead and use it. She called me back after her shower and said that she noticed right away that the scent was completely gone and when she used it in the shower it started to stink really bad. She described it as a really bad stale smell and said she washed her arms and stomach before throwing it away because she couldn't stand the smell anymore.
I immediately went and checked the rest of the batch. I use 20% Canola, so I'm paranoid about DOS. Anyway, the bars I have here still smell lovely, so I used one in my shower last night and had no issues. I even caught the scent a few times on my skin while I was at work last night.
She said she had been storing it on her bakers rack but that it wasn't in direct sunlight, so I was stumped. It really bothered me that my soap stank so bad that she had to throw it away. Tonight she let me know that she found the reason for the stink....she had been storing a bag of potatoes on the shelf above the bars. The potatoes had gone bad and were leaking onto the soap!!
I'm sure everyone will understand when I tell you that I was so upset about my soap being ruined that I'm just now realizing the yuck factor in her washing with rotten potato. My initial "ewww" was for my soap and I didn't get the "ewww" of her using it until just now...lol
I told her I would give her another bar but she had informed me that because her birthday is in 2 days, she wants 2 bars and she wants them wrapped prettily.
