I've been trying to come up with one more soap for Longcroft Soap Company's 2008 soap collection, but nothing took my fancy. After sniffing at least fifty different fragrances, I decided to try a spicy plum fragrance. I remembered liking this one a lot when I tested it, but I didn't realise until yesterday just how much. I think I might be in love!
I'm calling this soap Spiced Umeshu after the delicious Japanese plum wine. It has light citrus notes, but the main scent is rich plum resting on a base of patchouli and amber. There are touches of cinnamon and and clove which add a warm spiciness to the fragrance. It makes my nose very happy.
9 comments:
Wow, another beautiful soap as usual :)
Another gorgeous soap!I love the rich color of the swirls. The fragrance sounds sublime - I LOVE plum wine.
-jc
Thank you! :)
Any chance you could do a tutorial on how to swirl? Doesn't matter what I do, it never works like that!! :-)
There is a tutorial for how to do the hearts here:
http://www.thatsoapsite.com/Tutorials/Toppings/Toppings.html
It's pretty straightforward. Just put some circular blobs of coloured soap on top of your loaf and then pull a chopstick or toothpick through them to make the heart. I add some other spiral 'lines' by drizzling some ribbons of soap on top. I then drag the chopstick through to move them about and make them look a bit more wispy. The key is to swirl less than you think you shoud.
These are stunning! I especially like that calming blue beneath!
Thank you, Joanna! I am sorry to admit that the blue is my crap photography! ;)
If I could whistle at a soap, it would be this gorgeous number! You are such a talent, Elizabeth!
Thank you, Kim! This effect is criminally easy to get. Thre is a tutorial over at That Soap Site that shows you how. All you need is a chopstick.
E x
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