I made a test batch of soap with the fragrance Strawberries and Champagne. I had ordered it ages ago as a sample looking for a nice sweet strawberry. This wasnt it, at all. This scent has just a hint of strawberry and has a significant ‘perfume’ smell. I didnt like it at all but one of my customers was crazy for it so I did a test batch. That batch showed slight acceleration, but nothing that would cause any problems even with swirling. It didnt discolor and the fragrance stayed true and very strong through cure. So I made a full batch of it about a month ago. My plan was for a light yellowish body with a light pink swirl. I also had a thought about working some ‘champagne’ bubbles into the soap. Usually air bubbles in soap is totally undesirable but with the fragrance of this soap I decided to give it a shot. I have never purposely tried to work bubbles into soap before so I didnt know how it would turn out. I hesitated and then said to heck with it and began with my stick blender working it up and down making sure to bring air into the soap. It was getting pretty thick so I worked as much in as I could and swirled in the pink soap and poured it into my mould. A month later now it looks great. When I cut it I decided I would have liked a few more bubbles in there but the affect is there. The scent is fabulous, this oil was not the expensive type I usually buy so my expectations weren’t very high at all. I was pleasantly surprised!
