I Made a Soap Using Every Fragrance I Own

I'm running out of storage space, so it's time to use up some of my soap fragrances! And by some, I mean all.
As a creator who makes homemade cold-processed soap, I'm normally confined to using one or two fragrances for a single soap recipe, and rarely will I use more than three. Today's the day I break free and make a soap using every single fragrance I own!
There are so many what if's! What if the batter seizes? Or accelerates? Or rices? Or separates? What if it smells terrible? Or absolutely delightful?! What if I discover that this was all just a waste of time and I that I should just stick to one or two fragrances after all????
Well, you'll have to watch to find out. That's why I made a video, you silly goose.
I get most of my soap supplies from Voyageur Soap and Candle, which is a soap and candle supply shop based in Vancouver.
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___________📚Chapters📚___________
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Planning the Design
0:56 - Mixing Up a Fragrance Potion
4:57 - Preparing Soap
8:45 - WHAT DOES IT SMELL LIKE?
10:17 - Product Shots
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___________🌌Soap Recipe🌌___________
Big thanks to Katie Carson from Royalty Soaps for providing her amazing soap recipe, free for everyone to use!
🛢️ Oils (total weight is 411g or 14.5oz each 1/4 batch):
• 40% Olive Oil
• 30% Coconut Oil
• 20% Palm Oil
• 5% Sweet Almond Oil
• 5% Castor Oil
☠️ Other Stuff:
• 2:1 Water to Lye Ratio (I replaced the water with a Starbucks café latté)
• 6% Fragrance (max of total soap weight)
• 5% Superfat
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🎵 Music provided by KZbin, Source Audio, and Pixabay.

[@TheEmanueleCastelli]

You are getting crazier and crazier and I’m here for it 😍

[@SoapUniverse]

🤪

[@thomasbunn00]

Black and white stripes like the prison uniform you’ll get for destroying olfactory functions for the local denizens. Subbed for the fallout. 😂

[@Mothermoonartisansoap]

Now you need to purchase a steamer for your soda ash 😊

[@Mothermoonartisansoap]

You can also use the seamer on your iron.

[@dianehedricks7860]

I’m cracking up at the IKEA comment!!!🤣

[@SamiKelsh]

I'm impressed it turned out smelling all right with all of those notes together! As you were cutting the soap, I thought that the accidentally-yellowy swirl-stripes gives it almost a bumblebee vibe, which is super cute. I love this kind of weird science, can't wait to see what you get up to next!

[@SoapUniverse]

I thought bumblebee too! Now that the vanillin has kicked in, the yellowy stripes now look… well… kinda grotesque. I’ll post a community update next week about it haha

[@werewolf1231000]

If there was an intrusive thoughts soap this would be it 🤣 LOVE your commentary and creativity! ❤

[@SoapUniverse]

Thank you! And I have far too many intrusive thoughts… and they often always best me.

[@KtP370]

Your description of musky is spot on. I know it can be annoying to get unsolicited advice in the comments but I'm gonna do it anyway, I use my stick blender on my main small batch and then a whisk to mix my color and FO into the separated portions.

[@SoapUniverse]

Advice is always solicited here! And that’s a great tip. How small do your batches normally go?

[@LadyGecko]

I remember when Royalty Soaps decided to use every colorant and then was surprised when her soap turned out brown. I have less problems with Florals than I do with Spice.

[@SoapUniverse]

Haha florals and spices are the notoriously naughty ones! I’ve had pretty good luck with my spicy fragrances, though. Where do you normally get your fragrances from?

[@PurpleHam]

THE STICKER BLENDER! 🙇‍♀️ Happy tears 🥹 The soap looks like something I would stay away from 😂 maybe it’s because I have preconscious bias with the idea of all the scents missed in it. What is the normal amount of different fragrances do you have in a soap? I’m not a fan of musty scents either 😅 it just reminds me of dust.

[@SoapUniverse]

Haha I’ll have to post an update for how the soap looks now! Those vanillin fragrances kicked in and it’s now really quite ugly. I usually refrain from blending fragrances because it’s less to worry about, but when I choose to I’ll normally stick with two or three. A blend made from 36 fragrances is definitely a record for me and probably anyone else on the planet 😂

[@kimlynn6041]

Very brave of you! 😊 I might try that with my stash of essential oils. Most of them are on (or past) the ragged edge of their best by date, so what have I got to lose except oil, lye, and distilled water? Love your videos. Keep being you!

[@SoapUniverse]

Thank you! And please let me know how that goes, I’m so curious!

[@hadassahm3016]

I'm no colour theory expert but if the soap base is yellow, could you add a little purple or blue to try to achieve white? 🤔 I'm thinking about those purple toothpastes that don't actually whiten teeth but do some colour theory magic to make them appear white. Feeling very sorry for myself because I've had a migraine for 4 hours so thanks for the video, nice distraction!

[@SoapUniverse]

Aah that’s actually a trick bakers use to make their buttercream appear whiter! That’s definitely a method I’ll want to keep in the back of my mind. Migraines are the worst. I hope you feel better soon! Here’s some ice: 🧊

[@UrbanAllegory]

I'm curious what happens if you attempt to make soap out of JUST fragrance oil.....ifra be damned.

[@SoapUniverse]

We’re on the same wavelength! It’s actually on my to-do list. I planned on making a soap that had 100% (relative to the oils) fragrance oil. I imagine it would make it really soft and clay-like and very, very fragrant 😳

[@leisaparoz3479]

And probably burn off the top layer of skin😄​@@SoapUniverse

[@GemmaleeDee]

Did you get the worst headache ever? I felt a headache coming on just thinking about all those smells D: I am very surprised it behaved so well and didn't go off the rails at some point. Also, use your baby blender! BLEND YOUR TRUTH!!! :D

[@SoapUniverse]

If I were stuck in a room with the soap I would probably get a headache at some point (from dehydration due to being stuck in a room, not from the fragrance 😂) Fragrances actually don’t bother me very much! The Snowberries one I used makes me sneeze, but that’s about it. Also, I need “Blend Your Truth” embroidered, please!