Cream & Honey

It is a honey smell that I like, my son loves to smell the soaps I made with this aroma.

I'd only used this FO in a test batch before with a sample size, but when the 4oz size was sold out a few weeks ago, I didn't think twice about grabbing an 8oz bottle instead! Every last drop WILL get used! This is identical in scent to American Cream & is exactly as its name: Sweet (but not overly so) vanilla cream & honey! Not a complicated aroma, just a perfectly sweetened warm embrace! Used in a batch with aloe, tussah silk, kaolin clay, colloidal oats, buttermilk & honey, it preformed beautifully! I think this is going to be my new OMH! I've noticed that when very first cut, it is a mild aroma, but same as my test batch, as the soaps cure, the more fragrant, true & potent they become. This is not a "loud" scent, but by cure's end, it's SO COZY and the aroma is lasting! Comes out even more in the shower & is a scent both men and women enjoy! I saved a little end piece of the very first test batch I made with this FO, and the scent is still deliciously present! If you find that your soaps initially lose some potency when first cut, don't worry... That lovely aroma will return, gorgeous & true, by the end of a 4 to 6 week cure! The full batch I made with this FO a couple weeks ago has already returned to its full aromatic bouquet. I beat the golden brown discoloration of this FO to the punch by coloring the main portion of the batch brown, then leaving lighter accents & frosted top unscented, but even the natural discoloration of this FO goes with the "theme" of the scent perfectly!

Okay okay. I feel like that's a pretty confident thing to say, but I mean it. I've tried a LOT of honey scents. And boy do I mean a LOT. I've never really liked them. They always lean too floral, too sharp or too artificial.

There is something so enticing, ethereal, light and pretty about this scent. I think the creaminess from the cream note is what elevates it. I've never tried the Lush dupe so I can't speak to a comparison. I don't get any of the lavender, sage, citrus or strawberry. To me it's just a straight honey mixed into some warm cream. It's a little earthy, in the sense that it kind of smells like the natural sweetness you'd get if you smelled someones skin after a warm bath (Is that creepy? Is that weird? I don't know?). It's... almost kind of sensual? I don't know. I probably sound like a lunatic. But it's so so so good. I used this in a body butter and now I'm obsessed.

No acceleration in my cold process soap and really loved this amazingly light scent. I will be ordering again.

I LOVE the smell of this fragrance oil and it does soap beautifully. Everyone who has smelled the soaps I have made with this fragrance oil has loved it, too! Wonderful!