Scenting Soaps

Cold Process Soapmaking

Cold Process Soaps are traditionally scented with Pure Essential Oils and they can be used and blended to create wonderful scents! We recommend using anywhere from 15ml to 30ml of Essential Oils for a 4lb. Batch of soap, adding them once the soap has reached trace. The amount of Essential Oils to use is only a loose guideline, as some people love a lot of scent whereas some only love a little. As well, some Essential Oils such as those derived from Citrus’ will tend to loose their scent faster than others. We have also found out, during our many years of soapmaking, that the Essential oils of Clove and Bay will cause the soap to come to trace very quick and can seize the soap, so we recommend that you add these two essential oils early, before your soap has come to trace.

Many people, such as us, have also used Bodycare Fragrance Oils for scenting Cold Process soaps. This gives you a wider range of scents to choose from, including many different fruit scents, as well as fragrances like Coffee, Coconut, Green Tea and Rain just to name a few. The only draw back that can occur from using Bodycare Fragrance Oils is that some can cause the soap to come to trace too quick and cause the soap to seize. We recommend adding your Fragrance Oils early, before trace, to allow you enough time to get your soap into the mold if this should occur. We recommend using anywhere from 15ml to 30ml of Bodycare Fragrances per 4lb. Batch of soap.

Below we have listed some of our Fragrance Oils that we know work great in CP Soaps as well as a list of the ones that have caused the soap to seize.

Great Fragrance Oils for CP Soaps


Fragrances That Cause the Soap to Seize


We are continuing to test the other Bodycare Fragrances that we carry and will add our findings to either list as we have them available.

Hot Process, Remilling and Melt & Pour Soaps

With these types of soapmaking, you can use either Pure Essential Oils or Bodycare Fragrances for scent. Add approximately the same amount as with CP soapmaking