Benzoin added to hold fragrance

[vec]

Has anyone used Benzoin (either the powder or the EO) to help hold fragrance in cold process soap? I make several citrus EO bars and as we all now those citrus scents just don't stick. I'm also interested in using the Benzoin in conjunction with Sandalwood powder to help beef up my Sandalwood fragrance oil bars. Any suggestions?

 

[cmzaha]

I am sorry I have never found anything that helps with citrus. I do use a wonderful Lemongrass fo from California Candle Company, but smells delicious and sticks like glue
http://calcandlesupply.com/lemon-grass-fragrance/ he does not post IFRA results but I use this one at 1.1% PPO in soap calc or Soapee.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

From my files:
SOURCE: http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/e...Benzoin-Essential-Oil-in-Soap-amp-Candles.htm
The info below is no longer available at that link but it takes you to
The Spruce where you can find info on creating EO Blends.

Benzoin has been used for thousands of years in many different ways. It's not technically an EO. It's a gum resin that is extracted from deep incisions made in the trunk of the benzoin tree. The thick, gray-yellow sap hardens into a brittle brownish-red resin. The crude resin is then prepared into an absolute or pourable resinoid using solvents like alcohol (which are then removed.) It is widely used in perfumes and pot pourris and also as both a preservative and flavoring in the food industry.

Benzoin Usage in Soap or Candles:
I love benzoin EO in blends. Not only does it help ground blends with its deep, round, rich, vanilla-like scent, but it tends to act as a fixative for more fleeting top notes like citrus oils. If you have an EO blend that just isn't "sticking" or is prone to fading, add a bit (perhaps 10%) of benzoin to the blend. A few blends using benzoin EO:

50% orange
10% litsea cubea
40% benzoin

10% litsea cubea EO
19% orange EO
33% benzoin EO
38% lavender EO

25% orange EO
25% benzoin EO
50% lavender EO

40% lavender
25% orange
10% lime
10% rose geranium
15% benzoin

An old-fashioned French beauty treatment calls for benzoin tincture and rose water to produce a facial wash known as Virgin’s Milk. Reputedly, this formula gives light-skinned women a porcelain-like appearance due to the mixture’s milky coloring. If you’re feeling experimental, the ratio for Virgin’s Milk is a tablespoon benzoin tincture to one ounce of rose water.

NOTE: A tincture is made using the powder plus either Everclear (190 proof grain alcohol) or Perfumer's alcohol.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Benzoin 50% in dispersant 50ml [Styrax benzoin]
This vanilla-like scent has powerful skin & respiratory healing qualities. Use to heal dry/itchy/cracked/chapped skin/wounds/sores. Protects elasticity of the skin. Clears mucous, increases circulation, soothes arthritic & rheumatic inflammation. Helps dispel anxiety, nervous tension and general stress. Unknown source.

For more info on Benzoin Essential Oil

https://www.herbco.com/p-779-benzoin-essential-oil.aspx

https://www.edenbotanicals.com/benzoin.html

To find other SMF threads on benzoin, just Google:
benzoin, site:soapmakingforum.com

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/benzoin-goo.29718/

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/benzoin.23712/

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/does-benzoin-need-to-be-diluted-with-a-carrier-oil.63029/

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/what-eos-to-mix-with-benzoin.55927/

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/benzoin-as-fixative-for-fragrance.19159/

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Has anyone used Benzoin (either the powder or the EO) to help hold fragrance in cold process soap? I make several citrus EO bars and as we all now those citrus scents just don't stick. I'm also interested in using the Benzoin in conjunction with Sandalwood powder to help beef up my Sandalwood fragrance oil bars. Any suggestions?

I didn't have a lot of luck using benzoin powder or sandalwood powder in soap but there is a member who was using resins to make soap and his process was quite interesting but not something I'm familiar with. I did make a soap using red sandalwood powder for color but it has to be used with a light touch or it's too scratchy. BTW, the fragrance did not come through for me.

Anchors for citrus blends are lemongrass, litsea cubeba, or you can use orange X10 or and FO. To find other threads on SMF just Google:
your words here then site:soapmakingforum.com

HTH (Hope This Helps!)

 

[vec]

Thanks Zany, I will check out those threads!

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Thanks Zany, I will check out those threads!

You're very welcome.