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Hi Hepsibah,

Thanks for the information and the welcome. That web site looks like it has everything I need.

I read that some essential oils are not as suitable as others. I was thinking of adding orange, lime and tea tree - but not all together (!).

Do you have any experience of essential oils which don't work so well, when added for fragrance?

Citrus oils can evaporate during the curing time, so soap that smells strongly or orange at first can smell of nothing much by the time you come to use it. The same can be true of other "top note" oils, whereas "bottom note" oils stick around forever - e.g. patchouli, vetivert.

Look out for "five-fold orange" which is a type of orange essential oil with more staying power. Of course, you'll pay more for it.