Can I use fragrance oil instead of essential oil for scent? What is the difference?
Reply TipNut says: January 29, 2010 at 10:53 pm Fragrance oils are synthetic and are just used for fragrance, essential oils are natural and have not only fragrance but contain the natural healing/cleaning properties of the plant. If it’s just the nice smell you’re after, fragrance oils are fine. Reply • Julia says: February 3, 2010 at 7:12 pm Feb. 3, 2010 — I tried Joey’s tip for microwaving the Ivory soap before using it in recipe #4 (powder laundry detergent). I cut the bar of Ivory soap into eighths and put the pieces on a paper plate. After about 1 minute 10 seconds, the soap stopped expanding, so I removed the plate of soap from the microwave. After the soap cooled, I slid the expanded soap into a 2-gallon Ziploc bag, and removed as much air as possible before sealing the bag. I then used my rolling pin to pulverize the expanded soap while it was in the sealed Ziploc bag. The soap turned into a fine powder without my having to use a food processor, AND this technique minimized th
ReplyTipNut says: January 29, 2010 at 10:53 pm Fragrance oils are synthetic and are just used for fragrance, essential oils are natural and have not only fragrance but contain the natural healing/cleaning properties of the plant. If it’s just the nice smell you’re after, fragrance oils are fine. Replycarol says: February 12, 2011 at 12:22 pm I love the powdered recipe the Duggar’s use. (I also saw on their show) The only problem I have is that my kids don’t like it because laundry doesn’t smell nice. I was on this site to see if I could use some kind of scent. So, I can use either fragrance OR essential oils? Where would I find this? Do I add drops to my recipe or drops to each load/rinse? (I use 1 bar, 1C each washing soda, borax, baking soda and then vinegar to my rinse) Thank You! Reply • Julia says: February 3, 2010 at 7:12 pm Feb. 3, 2010 — I tried Joey’s tip for microwaving the Ivory soap before using it in recipe #4 (powder laundry detergent). I cut the bar of Ivory soap into ei
