Coconut scent in wax

[ron231]

Many of you saw my thread where I posted beading videos of my home made wax.



Well, while I was messing around, since most of the expensive waxes around smell of coconuts, I decided to try some coconut oil, one because I know waxes need oil to work properly, spread easily, and look nice as well as getting that high end wax scent.



What I found however, is that coconut oil has absolutely no scent at all! So why do all the expensive waxes smell like coconut?

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Because they put coconut scent in them?

 

[Fly Bye]

Because they put coconut scent in them?

 

[Fly Bye]

 

[ron231]

Because they put coconut scent in them?

I understand that they add the scent, but I thought the whole idea was because coconut oil smelled like coconuts, if it doesnt, how do coconut scent and wax go together?



Sory i this seems strange, but I was perplexed when i opened up my container of coconut oil to mess around with in wax making, and discovered it had no scent.



For years i thought the reason all the zymols smelled like coconut was because they have coconut oil in them, zymol lists that in the ingredients.

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Coconuts don't really have much smell, do they? Perhaps the smell you associate with coconut is actually a smell dreamed up by marketers to be pleasant and not the real smell of coconuts. After all, that's what the flavors and fragrances companies do.