I bought this pineapple fragrance formulator a while back and wanted to test it before using it in a blend. It smells just like pineapple, or pineapple candy, and has stayed very strong in the soap after 6 weeks.
Pineapple is one of my favorite fruits to eat; however I cannot eat more than a couple of pieces when it is raw. It irritates my throat otherwise, I think it is because pineapple has an enzyme (bromelain) that breaks down protein, in most people this just causes a tingling sensation though.
If it is cooked though, I can eat as much as I want. And this is what gave me the idea to make these soaps look like an upside down pineapple cake.
https://youtu.be/W5OO5PvGRzg
Here is what I used to make it:
Recipe Totals
| Liquid Required | 3.55 oz | 100.67 g |
| NaOH Weight | 2.19 oz | 62.02 g |
| KOH Weight | 0.18 oz | 5.09 g at 90% Purity |
| Lye Weight | 2.37 oz | 67.11 g |
| Oil Weight | 16 oz | 453.59 g |
| Fragrance Oil Weight | 1 oz | 28.35 g |
| Superfat | 3% | |
| Total Batch Weight | 23.16 oz | 656.44 g |
| Lye Concentration | 40% | |
| NaOH / KOH Ratio | 95% / 5% | |
| Liquid : Lye Ratio | 1.5 :1 | |
| Saturated : Unsaturated | 45:55 |
Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes
| Oil | % | Ounces | Grams |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 30 | 4.8 | 136.08 |
| Tallow Beef | 30 | 4.8 | 136.08 |
| Coconut Oil, 76 deg | 25 | 4 | 113.4 |
| Castor Oil | 8 | 1.28 | 36.29 |
| Shea Butter | 7 | 1.12 | 31.75 |
| Total | 100 | 16 | 453.59 |
Custom Additives
| Add with the Fats | |
|---|---|
| Rosemary oleoresin | 0.01 ounce |
| Add at trace | |
| EDTA mixed with water | 0.23 ounce |
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- Rosemary oleresin (My oils already had this added when I masterbatched the oils)
- Tetrasodium EDTA
- Thiosulfate is used as a vanilla stabilizer here
NOTE: This project is intended for intermediate soap makers, if you are a beginner I would suggest you read this post before.
Safety Equipment:
- Nitrile gloves
- Facial Shield (I use either a facial shield or the goggles below)
- Safety Goggles
- Respirator (I use this when mixing the lye, I mix the lye in the window sill, window opened, with a pedestal fan blowing the fumes away, better yet, freeze your distilled water prior) I also try to wear long sleeves, pants and closed shoes. In my personal experience, most of my near misses (when I feel my skin itching or a slight burning sensation), or when I come contact with the soap batter, have happened when I am wiping down the containers, when I am almost done.
Fragrances
| Pineapple formulator | 5% 0.9 oz |
| Satsuma | Add 0.2 oz to 4 oz of batter (for testing) |
(This fragrance accelerated the trace some with my recipe, 8 weeks later is still very strong.) I absolutely love it though, it smells like pineapple and I wish I could eat the soap. The Satsuma fragrance has remained somewhat strong in the soap, it had an off-fake smell for a while but after 8 weeks it smells like it is supposed to. A sweet citric scent, but not what I was looking for.
Equipment
Mold
Colorants
1 tsp of yellow vibrance mica.
Embeds
- Soap dough: in yellow and red
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