Botched Batches (Why Chemistry RULES!)

So I've got this fragrance oil (FO)...  I bought it from my favorite FO vendor online last year (Day-Star Supplies) having been woo'ed by the promise of sweet fruity fragrance that *most* would love.  Out of the bottle, I dare say it's not my favorite, but I certainly have customers that are drawn to rich fruit scents.  What I love most about Day-Star is that they give lots of details about how the FO performed in a variety of media.  As a cold process soap maker, I appreciate not having to waste expensive oils and time experimenting--they do it for me.  Yay Day-Star

"Slight acceleration in CP."  "Soap on a stick," is how the warning should have read.  In the soap pan, my pink layer with FO seized on me within seconds.  I knew going in that I had issues with the FO in the past, but I did what all emotionally charged soapers do once in a while...I told myself, "This time it will be different.  I will work quicker.  I'll work at lower temps.  I will reduce the amount of FO.  Seizure won't happen to me!" 

Moments later, I was I rapidly scooping fat globs of pink berry heaven into my wooden molds.  It happened to me.  I added a top layer of fragrance-free, color-free soap.  Then I put those babies to bed.  When it was time to cut...

From one bar to the next, it just got worse.  The first bars were heavenly!  Even colors, lovely fragrance and layers.  But as I got closer to the end of mold #2 (total seizure!), I found hideousness:



Not too bad!  There's a few air pockets from the top of the pink layer where it was seized and I didn't smooth down the cream-colored layer. 






Bleck!  Mottled, scary, for my use only!








Moral of the story--Write "Not for CP Use" on my own FO bottles!  Maybe, just maybe I'll follow my own warnings?