The Talk Soap Forum

Hi
Cant help with the Gardenia fragrance oil


BUT

good combinations for masculine soaps  with EO are

Bergamot , Geranium , Vetivert

Cedarwood,Bergamot, Vetivert, Lime

Thyme, Lime, Eucalyptus citriodora

Cant think of more if you need....

I use Gardenia from sweetcakes.  No issues at all, they also have several gardenia blends - Aquaflore is my favorite.  My best selling men's fragrance HANDS DOWN is.....drumroll.....Irish Spring FO.  Can't keep in stock and a lot of women buy it too. 

My favorite gardenia FO comes from Frontier.  It's pricey, discolors, accelerates trace like crazy, but the scent is to die for.  I went through a lot of gardenia FOs before I got to this one.  I used to grow gardenias, and I know what they smell like.  I don't make it for anybody but me.   

Br Nicholas, where did you get your magnolia?  And is it real, southern magnolia, the magnolia grandiflora?  I've gotten some magnolias from assorted suppliers, and they don't smell like the southern magnolia.  I suspect they are probably the Saucer Magnolia.  Smells nice, but not what I'm looking for.

I was born and raised in Arkansas, and there was a huge magnolia grandiflora in my parents' front yard.  Intoxicating in bloom.

Anita