Usually red wines don't have more scent than white wines, but they will probably take about the same amount of curing time. (The only real difference between a red wine and a white wine is the color of the grape skins and whether or not the juice is macerated with those skins to get their red...
I have a 5% SF calculated in with the recipe. Thank you for letting me know. I was worried that I was just not getting it right or that something had gone terribly wrong...
I've been making soap for a while and decided to try my had at incorporating wine into a cold-process soap in April, 2019. My recipe used was:
12 oz. Distilled H20
11.96 oz. Sodium Hydroxide
12 oz. Pinot Noir with Alcohol Boiled off and chilled to just above freezing
28 oz. Olive Oil
24 oz...