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  • Removing the smell of unrefined oils

    Posted by lavendercushionz on May 29, 2024 at 4:59 am

    Hello everyone,

    I’m currently making body scrubs for sensitive skin, using unrefined oils. Unfortunately, they do have a distinguished smell that I just cannot ignore.

    I really don’t want to add any fragrance or essential oils.

    Can you guys please recommend any ingredients that could help in covering the smell?

    Thank you in advance.

    mikethair replied 10 months, 1 week ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • mikethair

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    May 30, 2024 at 7:44 pm

    Yes, I have faced this issue. My immediate thoughts are:

    (1) Choose unrefined oils that have smells you and your customers can live with. That’s why I did with the products I was manufacturing and exporting globally.

    (2) Any ingredients that could help in covering the smell are going to introduce their new issues. They are probably going to synthetics, which introduces a new set of issues.

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