hello ladies!
i am starting to move into production. slowly, surely, and cautiously.
i hate to waste materials especially if i don't know if they will sell or not.
waste not, want not. an old german proverb?
anyways, in mid May I made my daughter's teachers some lovely gift baskets. i used peach mango salsa, coconut lime verbena, and peppermint essential oil. i am lavish with the fragrance oils and the eo's. who wants products that barely smell, right?
anyways, i left some leftover glycerin soaps out on my kitchen counter...i am embarrassed to say....about 6 weeks.
let's just call it an experiment. right! anyways, after 6 weeks the peach mango salsa still had fragrance, but that is an unusually strong fragrance anyways. the coconut lime verbena had NO fragrance left on the outside of the product. and the peppermint had barely any, although it was detectable.
my question is this...if color can migrate in m&P, fragrance obviously can also, right? And, is this slowed down by covering the product loosely, or should it be covered air tight?
As all of us move into production mode, should we not stockpile product for this very reason; will they all diminish with time or is that just surface area dissipation of scent throw? Or is the answer found in shrink wrap
with the coconut lime verbena, i just melted it again and added more fragrance, so nothing lost but fragrance and time.
is there a scientific answer for this? none of the book I have address this subject at all.