Yesterday was a big day here in the Glynne’s Soaps Research and Development Lab (aka our kitchen). We tried some new soaps and improved on a nearly new soap. The curing area has some great smells this morning. The first smell I noticed come from the chocolate peppermint cupcake soaps we have created for Coastal Cupcakes, a local cupcake shop. They look great. Our resident “cupcake froster” did a great job after a tutoring session with the owner of Coastal Cupcakes. They look, and smell, good enough to eat. This brings us to the scary part of yesterday. It seems that Wrigley, our sales manager, also thought the cupcake soap looked good enough to eat, or at least taste. It seems that after a small lick of the cupcake (which really is just the oils and lye going through their chemical process to become soap) he decided they were not edible. I’m sure his tongue got quite a “zap”. We quickly took him outside and rinsed his mouth with lots of water, then called the vet. Her opinion was that he should be fine…..which he is. We told him to stick to being the best sales manager and not to worry about product testing. We are truly excited for our cupcake soaps to be featured alongside the wonderful (and edible!) cupcakes at Coastal Cupcakes. Look for them there soon. The next smell that I experience walking past our curing area is of the two beer soaps we made, testing some beers we received from breweries participating in Wilmington’s Brewgrass Festival. We had an IPA from Foothills Brewing Company in Winston-Salem, NC and a Peach Beer from RJ Rockers in Spartanburg, SC. My personal favorite is the peach, but they both have very nice scents. I think that is one of my favorite aspects of soapmaking – the different scents and blends that can be produced. My shower favorites now are the Front Street Brewery Scottish Ale and the Citrus Zing, a refreshing orange ginger blend. What are your favorite scents and smells? Leave us a coment and let us know. They don’t have to be soap smells, but maybe someday they will be! Wrigley wants to remind you to visit our websire www.glynnesoaps.com to purchase any of our soaps...remember, no matter how good they may smell Do NOT taste them!

Jenn soapmaker@glynnesoaps.com PS – Wrigley would like to offer a rebuttal to yesterday’s soap tasting incident. “They look (and smell) like cupcakes!” WOOF WOOF