Testing Fragrance Oils

I made a batch of melt & pour with a lovely shea butter base, adding what I thought would turn out to be a great fragrance. It was awful....I mean AWFUL. The finished soap smelled like a dentist's office. Kind of a combination of novocane and cavity filler compound. I though I was going to gag.

I decided NEVER AGAIN. You all know how much materials cost, and trial-and-error experiments drive up the costs that much more. So now, instead of dumping FO untested into my soap (or candle wax for that matter), I try the fragrance first in my diffuser. I know as soon as it warms up whether I like it or not, and if I hate it, I will not have ruined a whole batch. This is also a good method for testing blends.

I hope this helps some of you and saves you money and frustration.