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Hi, I make a M&P patchouli soap. I use 4lbs of soap base and 3tsp of patchouli ess oil. It is strong but a lady that buys a patchouli cold pressed soap says her soap is stronger then mine. Is it safe to add another tsp of ess oil to my soap to make it stronger? I know the rule for ess oils is usually 1tsp per pound of soap base but since patchouli is so strong I wasn't sure and wanted to be safe.

I have heard that patchouli oil is better as it ages. Is this true and where is a good place to buy the oil? I get mine from online at wholesale plus at a decent price but im not sure what quality the oils are there. I heard if you take an ess oil and drop a drop on a peace of paper and wait till it dries there should be no spot if its pure but if it leaves a spot then its been diluted. I did this and it left a spot. Just wondering how much truth is in that.

You would be better off weighing the Patchouli. Teaspoons are not accurate. For a 4 lb. batch I would add about 2.5 to 3 ozs. So I don't think 3 teaspoons are enough.

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Irena
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I think the essential oil on paper thing is a myth. Any oil is going to leave a mark on paper.

Essential oils do not have a classification or grading system established by any industry standard, so you can't really go by businesses that have "certified" essential oils. That certification usually just means that their supplier is complying with that businesses requests of what they want in an essential oil.

A very useful place to find out information about different eo's and fo's is www.scentforum.com You do have to sign up with a non free email address, but I've found it quite helpful many times.

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I thought with M&P you went by tsp per lbs soap base. What is the rule with this then? How do you know? Is there a list of ess oils and how much to lbs of soap base that I can look at?

Thanks ladies. I will check out that forum.

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Doesn't Brambleberry have a frgrance calculator for this very thing? Also you may want to try rainbow meadows ....everything one wants to know about EO'S.

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