just to make sure we're on the same page, this is dairy butter, not palm...IMHO at 10% or less, the odor can be disguised by a sharp scent like tea tree oil or lavender/lavandin or citrus...i believe a fruity scent would just emphasize it...i'm on the road, so i can't check my recipe, but i use olive, tallow or lard, castor & coconut oils in all my recipes...no fancy oils.
can you get, not palm oil, but palm KERNEL oil? excellent substitute for coconut oil...maybe check with your little grocery?
btw, the plain canned coconut milk is wonderful in soap! i generally sub 2 oz per pound of oils, added at thin trace.
last year I made a bunch of test batches using both Purity ghee & clarified butter (doing it myself) my 80+ year old neighbor adores this, but it does give off a noticeable odor...on another forum I sent samples to a couple friends there and they agreed that a noticeable sour odor persists no matter how long it cures...you can smell it if you rub your finger on a dry bar, but not noticeable in the shower. I used 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% and all were noticeable...which to me is a soaping "tragedy" because it made a hard and bubbly bar...at 10% it is a pale yellow and at 20% nice sunflower yellow...btw, the ghee had a much stronger odor and darker color than when I used clarified unsalted butter...hth!
