When fragrance oils are added to the high pH environment of cold process soap batter, interesting things can happen. Fragrance oils have the potential to cause ricing, acceleration and even separation. That’s why it’s important to only use fragrance oils that have been tested in cold process soap. Bramble Berry has an extremely thorough testing process to make sure all our fragrance oils behave well. We only bring in the best of the best!
Acceleration is perhaps the most common issue caused by fragrance oils in soap. Acceleration is when the soap batter thickens more quickly than usual. Sometimes acceleration can be quite extreme, or it can be a slight. Depending on the design of your soap, acceleration can be a good or bad thing. If your soap requires a thick trace, an accelerating fragrance oil can be helpful. If the design requires lots of time to work in order to create swirls, an accelerating fragrance oil can be a huge problem.
Non-accelerating fragrance oils are important for creating swirl techniques, like in the Red Hanger Swirl Cold Process Soap Tutorial.Â
If you’re looking for a non-accelerating fragrance oil, check out the list below! According to our tests, these fragrance oils will not cause your soap to accelerate. That being said, keep in mind other things can lead to acceleration, including the oils in your recipe, temperatures and additives. Learn more about how to manipulate the trace of your soap and avoid acceleration in this post.
Non-Accelerating Bramble Berry Fragrance Oils
- Almond Biscotti
- Almond Cybilla
- Amber
- Ancient Sedona
- Apple Sage
- Apple Macintosh Candle & Soap
- Apricot Freesia
- Autumn Fig Harvest
- Baby Powder
- Bay Rum
- Beach Breezes
- Beau Brummel Cybilla
- Berrywine
- Black Amber & Lavender
- Black Raspberry Vanilla
- Black Tea
- Blackberry Cybilla
- Blackberry Sage Cybilla
- Blue Man
- Blueberry
- Blueberry Jam
- Burnt Sugar
- Butter Mints
- Butter Cream and Snickerdoodle
- Chai Tea Cybilla
- Chamomile Bergamot
- Chamomile Cybilla
- Champagne
- Chocolate and Amber
- Christmas Tree Cybilla
- Christmas Forest
- Cinnamon Sugar
- Clementine Cupcake
- Clover and Aloe
- Coconut Citrus Sorbet
- Coconut Cream
- Coconut Cybilla
- Coconut Mango
- Cranberry Chutney
- Cranberry Fig
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Creamsicle Cybilla
- Crisp Anjou Pear
- Crisp Apple Rose
- Crisp Cotton
- Cucumber Kiwi Fragrance Oil
- Cucumber Melon Candle and Soap
- Cucumber Melon Cybilla
- Cucumber Melon
- Dogwood and Ginger Blossom
- Drakkar Type
- Electric Lemonade Cocktail
- Energy
- Espresso
- Frankincense and Myrrh Cybilla
- French Vanilla Candle and Soap
- Fresh Mango
- Fresh Snow
- Fresh Zucchini Flower
- Ginger Ale
- Gingersnap
- Grapefruit Bellini
- Grass Stain
- Green Fig
- Green Tea
- Green Tea & Cucumber
- Hazelnut Toffee
- Hello Sweet Thang
- Holiday Candy
- Honey Ale
- Honey Beeswax
- Hot Cocoa
- Indian Sandalwood Cybilla
- Island Coconut
- Juniper Sage
- Key Lime Tart
- Kumquat
- Lavender and Herb
- Lavender Bouquet Cybilla
- Lavender Candle and Soap
- Lavender Chamomile Huggies Type
- Lavender Forest
- Lavender
- Lavender Green Tea
- Leather
- Lemon Cake
- Lemongrass Sage Candle and Soap
- Lily of the Valley Cybilla
- Lime
- Lovespell Type
- Lychee Red Tea
- Mahogany
- Mango Mango
- Mayan Gold
- Milk & Honey Candle and Soap
- Mint Chocolate Chip
- Moroccan Mint
- Nag Champa
- Neroli & Shea Blossom
- Neroli
- Oatmeal Milk and Honey
- Oatmeal Stout
- Orange Grove
- Orange Peel Cybilla
- Patchouli
- Pepperberry
- Pikake Flower
- Pineapple Cilantro
- Pink Grapefuit
- Pomegranate and Black Currant
- Pumpkin and Brown Sugar
- Pumpkin Pie Candle and Soap
- Pumpkin Souffle
- Pure Honey
- Red Berry Rhubarb
- Rejuvenating Eucalyptus
- Relaxing
- Rise & Shine
- Rosehip Jasmine
- Rustic Woods and Rum
- Sage and Lemongrass
- Santa’s Spruce
- Sensuous Sandalwood
- Shave and a Haircut
- Sleigh Ride
- Smoky Patchouli
- Spearmint Eucalyptus
- Spellbound Woods Cybilla
- Spiced Amber Ale
- Strawberry
- Sugar Plum Fairy
- Summer Melon Spritzer
- Sunny Herb Garden
- Sweet Pea
- Tobacco & Bay Leaf
- Tomato Leaf
- Tropical Punch
- Tropical Vacation
- Turkish Mocha
- Vanilla Bean Candle & Soap
- Vanilla Rosewood
- Vanilla Select
- Vanilla Vanilla Cybilla
- Vanilla Tahitian
- Vetyver Type
- Warm Flannel
- Warm Vanilla Sugar Candle & Soap
- Warm Vanilla Sugar Cybilla
- Wasabi
- Watermelon
- White Ginger & Amber Cybilla Fragrance Oil
- White Tea & Ginger Candle & Soap
- White, Tea & Ginger
- Wildflower Honey
- Woodland Elves
- Yacht Club
- Yuzu Cybilla
Do you have a favorite well-behaving fragrance oil? When I’m making a complicated swirled recipe, some of my go-tos are Energy, Blackberry Sage Cybilla, Tobacco & Bay Leaf and Yuzu.
