It wouldn't be an adventure if there wasn't a risk for failure...

HOLY BLUEBERRY MUFFINS, BATMAN!!

This afternoon I stalked the UPS guy for my package of soap/lotion makings.  Having no patience at all, I decided to make a bottle of blueberry muffin shower gel immediately.  I was SUPER excited about the blueberry muffin scent that I put the maximum amount (5% by volume) in 8 ounces of gel.  Um... yeah.. don't start at the MAX concentration... work your way up as you find the desirable result.  This is what happens when I let my artsy side take over my science nerd side; I'm pretty sure this other side to me is directly related to my hair color, and has nothing to do with cerebral activity. DOH! I really should have known better..
But I couldn't just accept failure from just the open bottle sniff test.. Oh, no, I was going to test this bad boy.. on myself.  As far as texture goes, it was kinda runny for my liking (watered down with the fragrance), and I could have poured that mess on a dry loofa and still gotten a lather.  So I lathered up the loofa and OH MY FREAKING BLUEBERRIES my olfactory system was ATTACKED! It's a blueberry muffin AMBUSH!  Needless to repeat, it was uber-concentrated. I knew that. Why did I do this, again?  But like a dumb blonde champion, I lathered up and finished my experiment.
Bright side: it's not a complete fail.  After drying off, I smell like a non-concentrated muffin, so the after-smell is good. I still need to dilute that bad boy, which now having used part of my experimental bottle, I can add more unscented soap (although, I'm thinking of adding unscented lotion to it to see if I can get a more moisturizing product).  I'll keep diluting it until I get a pleasant muffin scent that doesn't take over my poor nose, so it's not a complete waste.  Also a good note: the entire upstairs (the level with the shower) smells like blueberry muffins, in a pleasant way.  Kinda like I put muffin-scented air fresheners everywhere.  Speaking of which, I probably should have started small with, well, air fresheners...
The experiment continues!

*EDIT:  I made lotion with waaay less blueberry muffin fragrance, and it is a success! I actually quite like it! ...except for the part where I have to fight off the urge to bite myself because I start craving blueberry muffins...