Anise smells just like licorice but warmer and I LOVE it. I was planning on adding ground anise seed to the centre of the soap but as I was mixing it, the soap took on a lovely creamy white colour and it was perfect on it's own. Adding star anise to the top was all this soap needed and the contrast between the star anise and the creamy white soap looks fantastic, I think!
The only problem I ran in to was that I didn't buy enough essential oil. I didn't realise this until I was prepping my mold and it was too late (and too expensive) to run out and buy another bottle. My mold that I use is a horrible handmade mess, I literally just duct taped 5 pieces of wood together so that I'd have the width and height that I needed for my soaps but it doesn't quite a 1lb recipe and 2lbs is too much. Usually, I just use what I need in the wood mold and pour the leftovers into a round soap mold. The round soaps will be used for samples and for felted soaps (yes, I'm making felted soaps! post to come soon about that!). Anyways, because I didn't have enough essential oil for my 2lb batch, I had to divide the soap up before adding the eo. So the round soap will be almost unscented (there may be a teeny tiny hint of anise as I scraped the pot into the round mold that had the unscented batch in it). I desperately need a new wood loaf mold, this duct taped mold just ain't cutting it anymore!
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