Thursday, April 2, 2015

The results are in!!!! Contest!!!!




Boy was this fun! I loved being a tester for these mystery fragrances that may become part of the amazing fragrance collection from Bramble Berry. After so many years of soap making, I know what I look for in a fragrance oil, so I will report about my personal experiences and impressions of each oil:


  1. Discolored to medium brown. Easy to work with. No noticeable acceleration. Scent is chocolaty with a hint of mint.
    Name Choice: After Dinner Mint
  2. Discolored to a medium brown. Easy to work with. No noticeable acceleration. Bakery-type scent. Hints of spice, perhaps nutmeg or cinnamon. Super yummy.
    Name Choice: Biscotti
  3. No discoloration or acceleration. This scent was the most intriguing to me. It smells of jasmine rice and a soft floral. To me, it's an Asian inspired scent.
    Name Choice: Japanese Garden
  4. Discolors to light tan. No acceleration. Smelled chocolaty OOB, but smells more like a light chocolate and hazelnut mixture after it is used in cp soap.
    Name Choice: White Chocolate Delight. 
  5. Discolors to medium tan. No acceleration. This is another bakery scent. Smells like
    Pecan pie.
    Name Choice: Pralines and Cream
  6. No discoloration or acceleration. Very fresh and clean...like a clean shaven man. Could market this as a spa scent as well.
    Name Choice: Barber Shop or Clean Shaven
  7. No discoloration or acceleration. This scent was the most intriguing to me. It smells of jasmine rice and a soft floral. To me, it's an Asian inspired scent.
    Name Choice: Chinese Garden
  8. No acceleration or discoloration. Smells fruity, like grape candy. I am guessing this would be a big hit with little girls.
    Name Choice: Grapes and Giggles
  9. Very slight discoloration to cream. No acceleration. Very masculine, in a fresh and green kind of way. This smells like a fresh, crisp mountain air kind of day.
    Name Choice: Mountain Fresh Air or Mountain Mist


The real winners for me are #5,  #6, and #7. I am really intrigued by #6. This one baffled me the most and although I like it, it may not be a good seller for me. I feel that #3, #5, and #7 would be big sellers. I would market #3 toward men. It smells fresh and clean, like shave gel. #5 is a delightful bakery scent. I personally don't use these fragrance oils because I don't like brownish soap and but I do understand their appeal. #7 would be a big seller with the younger girls. It smells so fun and fruity.I had an amazing time on the 2015 Spring S.O.A.P.  Panel. What an honor it was to help take place in this testing process!

Please leave a comment below to be entered to win all 8 of the soaps I tested, and then you can judge for yourself!The contest ends Sunday, April 5th at midnight PST.

11 comments:

  1. Yay, I'm so glad you had fun! These all actually sound pretty amazing. I'm chomping at the bit to be able to smell them! :)

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  2. I love your soaps and can't wait to visit your booth at the Beaverton Farmers Market soon.

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    1. Yeah! Thanks! I look forward to seeing you at the market!

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  3. Looks like you had a lot of fun testing them. Well done.

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    1. It was fun! Such an interesting experience to make soap with fragrances that you don't have descriptions for. Just relying on my nose left me second guessing,

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  4. #6 sounds really interesting. How fun to get to try out all of those new scents!

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  5. Mountain Fresh Air sounds like it would smell good. Your description of White Chocolate Delight reminds me of a German hazelnut cream chocolate candy that is amazing, Happy Hippo's. They are for children but my husband hides them all away for him.

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  6. After Dinner Mint gets my vote here,but I would love to win a chance to try each of them and give a full review! ;)

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