Lavender Essential Oil in Soap

I love to use Lavender Essential Oil in soap. You can read some detailed information about Lavender at this site and some detailed information about the essential oil of lavender here.

Lavender soap, my second or third best selling soap, has universal appeal and is very popular with relaxing spa products as well as baby items. I like to buy my essential oils from Camden Grey. They carry several different Lavender Essential Oils, so you may ask yourself which one should I buy?

Because cold process soap has lye that needs to saponify I always wonder what that lye does to the essential oils/fragrance oils. We know that there are many different chemical reactions because soap many times turns out like you least expect it to. So it is important to read fragrance descriptions very carefully, lest your white soap turn brown or some other mishap. But not being a scientist.....it can become a guessing game. So here is my experience.

I purchase the lavender 40/42. The price is right when compared to the other lavenders, and the description states that most soap makers like this EO because it is more consistently uniform in fragrance (which is pretty important when you develop a clientele), so that is what I buy. I still like this EO and it has consistently been a good seller for me. I use about 1 oz. of EO for every two pounds of soap.

Often I will make an oatmeal and lavender soap. I tend to make this kind of soap without any colors so it looks pure and natural which a lot of people really like.

I have also blended lavender EO and Orange EO in a 50/50 blend. I really like this smell, but it didn't hit the charts when it came to sales so I fazed that one out. Has anyone else got a lavender blend that was an outstanding seller? Care to share?

Please post your suggestions!