Saturday, March 8, 2014

Fragrance review of S.O.A.P. fragrances from Bramble Berry



So here are the basic reactions to the scents for S.O.A.P. from Bramble Berry:

Scent 1: I LOVE this one!!!! I hope it is introduced to the main line because I think it will do well (although I have yet to soap it!). It is a masculine/unisex blend with notes of leather, smoke, wood, and a smooth sweet note (not too sweet - almost clean). It is reminiscent of bonfire bliss from another supplier (without the marshmallow/sugar notes) but is far more top notch and far more realistic. If they bring this to the main line I will redo my Fires at Midnight soap because this is a dead-ringer for what I imagine when I hear that old Tull song.
I adore it! This one is brilliant and I want it all for myself!!

Scent 2: This one initially made me think of the candy Nerds. After that initial impression it balanced out to have lots of a tart green apple and maybe a ripe melon, like cantaloupe. It's sugary at first but mellows out to a sweet fruity scent. Kids would love this and so would all you fruity fans.

Scent 3: This one....this one.....hmmm...it reminds me of several things. It reminds me of Luden's cherry cough drops and maybe a subtle note of an old vanilla paraffin candle burnt to the stub. It opens with notes of cherry and finishes with a powdery, burnt vanilla base.

Scent 4: I cannot place this scent but it reminds me of some sort of facial mask I had when I was a tween so it brings me back. It's very beach-y, green, slightly herbal. The notes I came up with are lemon, ginger, white tea, and musk. A spa scent. It's really nice, very pleasant, and is slightly soothing.

Scent 5: This smells like a berry holiday punch with a deeper hint of red wine..... or maybe even Raspberry Sangria? It could definitely dual wield as a summer wine scent and then a holiday spiked punch scent. It's nice and fruity but not sugary sweet....more body.

Scent 6: To me this smells like a blend of Lavender and Siberian Fir Needle or Pine. To my daughter it smells like dish and/or laundry detergent. It's very clean and fresh but I feel like there is definitely some sort of Lavender in there with some of the brisk pine notes. Brisk - there you go, it's brisk smelling.

Scent 7: First sniff was "bubblegum??" Second + sniffs brought: Grapefruit, watermelon, and bunches of berries. This is a fruity tooty.

Scent 8: I smell straight Citronella & Lemongrass.

Overall it seems like a lot of fruity stuff is in the works for summer. I am not a fruity girl personally so with that said.......
I LOVE NUMBER 1.

I plan to do the test soaps this coming week after I get the survey from Bramble Berry to fill out. Since I am all the way in the north east I think I may have been the last person for the package to arrive too and it's a weekend so Monday, Monday, Monday....

I will also update with the soaping results and an update with how the scents are when they have been used in product.


6 comments:

  1. How exciting! Bonfire Bliss is one of my ultimate favorite scents, so number one sounds fantastic! Your description of number three makes me think of a cherry tobacco fragrance my honey loves. I like the sound of number 6 too.

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    1. Ahh bonfire bliss! Such a dreamy scent and when you mix it with some patchouli or vetiver or oakmoss well.... I would carry it in my pocket!

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  2. Your comments are funny! Seriously, I really admire you testers because I find it so hard to pick out the different smells that make up the entire scent.

    Scent 5 sounds delicious and so does 7. Looking forward to what you do with these scents.

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    1. Oh man, I have no idea if I picked out anything correctly (I doubt it) but it's just what triggers my brain when I smell it. I had my daughter and husband smell them separately to see if they corroborated what I was picking up and for the most part they did.

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    2. That's the fun of it though, right? You get to see how much you and the other testers agree on what the scents are. :)

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