HERB - Herbal Soap Scents

[Mary Temple]

>From what we (my new husband and I) read during our soap research, one 
shouldn't use the Fragrance Oils in soap. We just made soap Friday night 
(our first time) and we used cinnamon and lavender Essential Oils. (not 
together - different molds.) We accidentally got more lavender oil in than 
we had planned on, and it has REALLY made a difference - the cinnamon soap 
is pretty much solid, the lavender is still liquid! We also goofed and 
measured the canola oil by volume, not by weight. :)

As for patchouli plants, I'm on my fourth one. :) Does anyone know what ph 
patchouli likes for it's water? I just found out yesterday that my spath is 
probably suffering from salt burn, and now I'm curious...

Lady Katerine Rowley
Bryn Gwlad, Ansteorra
mka
Mary K. Temple
Austin, Texas


>I used essential oil.  I grow the plant.  I have seen that there is a
>synthetic version.  The essential oil gets darker, thicker, and richer as
>it ages.  The plant is very tender to frost - I lost my first one in the
>window sill during a cold night.
>
>I grew up a part of the hippie generation.  I am not real fond of patchouli
>in excess, but it never fails to bring back memories of wilder and more
>innocent times.  ;-)
>
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