webwench
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I live in Portland, and have only just started reading about making soap. I would love to make a natural soap with the scent of roses. I don't want to use synthetic fragrance oil though.
My questions are:
Is using rosewater in place of the water in the water/lye phase a bad idea? Would the lye destroy the smell?
How do natural scents do in soap - would it be a waste of time and money to use absolutes or concretes in soap?
Would hand milling the soap after it's done and then adding the absolute be a better way to go than adding them at trace?
Ditto the rosewater - use in handmilling process rather than in the water/lye mix?
Thanks in advance for any help!
My questions are:
Is using rosewater in place of the water in the water/lye phase a bad idea? Would the lye destroy the smell?
How do natural scents do in soap - would it be a waste of time and money to use absolutes or concretes in soap?
Would hand milling the soap after it's done and then adding the absolute be a better way to go than adding them at trace?
Ditto the rosewater - use in handmilling process rather than in the water/lye mix?
Thanks in advance for any help!