I know you’ve all been dying to know the winners for our latest S.O.A.P. fragrance testing round – especially the panel themselves! This was our fifth group of testers and we love hearing and seeing the experimentation and the opinions. It’s so great getting your feedback, we only wish we could have more of you! Fragrances go through a rigorous testing process at Bramble Berry before they even make it to the S.O.A.P. panel. For every fragrance the soap panel tests, we’ve personally tested a minimum of 50+ to get that one winner that heads to the final rounds. If you’re interested in that process, here’s a previous post about our testing process and our go-to testing recipe. If you missed the S.O.A.P. mash up blog post, it’s here. And, enough stalling… new fragrance announcement below!
This was a difficult round. The group really didn’t unanimously agree on any particular fragrance, but we think the 3 that ended up winning will really appeal to many of you. And, one of the Panel fragrances will be introduced in a special project kit designed by SoapyLove in the near future. A 4 out of 10 fragrance hit rate isn’t bad!
First up: Lavender Green Tea (fragrance #4)- It’s fresh and clean smelling with a delicately sweet green tea note.
“Makes me think of Spring and the grass you put in Easter baskets.”
“Like herbs and flowers, but more of a woodsy herbal scent, like the scents Aveda uses.”
“This one I LOVED, thought of floral, pine, cedar, juniper, like a florally Christmas tree…spring rain on pine trees.”
Next we have Honey Beeswax (fragrance #10): It’s rich with honey, dripping with sweet beeswax and finishes with notes of orange blossoms and almonds.
“This scent immediately struck me as FUN. It’s super spicy with a wild streak of sweetness running through it.”
“This fragrance is weird. Like there is white flowers like jasmine in it and then almonds.”
“Reminds me a bit of Bramble Berry’s Karma Essential Oil Blend. Description: Alluring, rich, dark, heavy and sultry.”
And finally we have Pikake Flower (fragrance #7): Based on the bloom used to create Leis, this deep jasmine-based fragrance is like a scent of tropical paradise.
“This is a very nice floral scent. I don’t care for most florals, but this was jasmine-like to me.”
“Reminds me of Hawaii. Description: A sweet floral with a hint of green.”
“More of a ‘deep’ floral than a ‘high-pitched’ floral like roses.”
“This smells just like a carnation which is one of the few flowers I actually like the smell of. I do think I needed to take a lighter hand with the FO as it seems overpowering.”
All of these fragrances performed like champs in cold process soap and pretty much everything our S.O.A.P. panelists tried them in. Curious to see how they work for yourself? We’ve got them all in an easy “Buy It Now” button kit for you below.
Get a little of each by clicking here.
The lavender green tea and honey beeswax fo’s sound like they’re right up my ally! Might have to gather up an order in the near future. I love that y’all have the S.O.A.P. panel…it was super fun participating in it when I did and I love reading everyone’s results. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for being on our S.O.A.P panel. We really loved reading everyone’s results too! 🙂
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Thank you~so much fun!
Oh my! Those are certainly nice scents. I definitely need more training too!
Would we be able to know which numbers they were. I think I do know which one is Honey Beeswax 🙂
We’ll email all the S.O.A.P. panelists with all the “real” names and the numbers so look for that this week! =)
That is AWESOME! lol You have no idea how excited I am to get that email now that I know this!
I would love to see #10 used in one of your soap tutorials A-M. It definitely was the “oddball” in the lineup 🙂
I am bummed that #5 or #6 were not picked BUT I can definitely try to make my own blend and test 😀
Lavender green is a nice fresh scent though!
I’m sure there is a tutorial with Honey Beeswax in the future. 🙂
-Becky with Bramble Berry
We just updated the blog with the numbers and you should have received an email with all of the secret fragrance oil numbers on Monday =)
Lavender Green Tea (fragrance #4)
Honey Beeswax (fragrance #10)
Pikake Flower (fragrance #7)
Out of the three, which one is your favorite?
-Courtney from Bramble Berry
Maybe I’ll be able to participate in this some day 🙂 Right now I am working frantically to get my business off the ground and and to get my web site up and running. I’ve been crazy busy and overwhelmed right now, and for the last 8 months! Love reading up on your posts when I have a chance though.
PS – Still hoping for that bubble bar recipe 🙂
Been testing bubble bars for a few months and we have a really great one that does well without major amounts of extra ingredients and now we’re mastering the one that uses extra ingredients.
PS – Crazy and busy and overwhelmed? Join the club! I’m pretty sure it stays that way even when you’re bigger because then there’s just bigger, better and more collaborative efforts to work on. =)
Being on the SOAP panel was so much fun and yes, I too was surprised by what some of the scents were actually. Going back and smelling them though, I can smell it now. Great selections!
These sound wonderful!
SudsieQ – Maybe that will be the one in the SoapyLove kit! It would be a good fit for the line. 🙂
So great to see the selections! I’m sad to see the one that reminded me of Lemon Pound Cake didn’t get picked. I also think my nose needs more training, as these really surprised me as to what they are! 🙂 <3
Sounds heavenly!