Blimey, it got busy since I went to sleep! Hallo folks! Hehehe - this'll be a lengthy one, sorry!
Right, starting from the beginning:
Rukii - still looking into the ginger, I need to see if I can phone a professional at ZooMed later, as they use it in certain food products. Having said that, they (to my surprise) use a garlic extract. I'm also waiting to hear back about the specific pumpkin extract, people are VERY slow to get back to you in the business.
Kyle's real full name (her "kennel name") is Kuleana Graeme Squishee.
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I always wanted a lizard called Squishee, because it's ironic - clearly with all those spikes, she's NOT. Graeme is because I promised a friend that's what I would call my next pet. Kuleana - pronounced coo-lee-ah-naa, or Kyle for short, is Hawaiian, from the people of Kanu Hawaii. Here's a great link that explains the philosophy:
http://www.kanuhawaii.org/kanu/kuleana/
Tsammy's name - Tsam Wilhelm Eatdaleaf, is what my partner called him.
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Tsam suits him very well, because he does look an awful lot like a traditional Mongolian Buddhist Tsam mask. He is a little dancing demon! Wilhelm because he is, of course, a GERMAN giant. Heheh. Eatdaleaf - that's the first thing he ever did when he arrived with us, set into a big pile of dinner. His pic, showing off an impressive WHITE beard at a lady he fancied on the train.
If we get another dragon, he or she will be called Barry or perhaps Berry. Not entirely sure why, but then again, why not! All my animals have odd names and I know them all individually, be it shrimp, fish or larger animals. Terry Tackety Toes is my crestie.
And as to soap names - sometimes simple names are the best. They stick better in people's minds. Look at the big brand names, for example Lush. Keep em comin' though, you never know when you hit on gold!
Beardieluv - glad to hear it. That'll be the next one I work on then, as it's proving to be popular. Tell me about it, if Kyle accidently goes in her tank, she freaks out and manages to get COATED in it. Most unpleasant, only recently has she learned to retreat to her hut! Toothbrush works lovely to get it out from between the scales.
Azn and BabyMojo -Melon is one I'm bearing in mind for future development, something light and crisp. (I accidently typed "bearding" first time. How appropriate.) Cinnamon apple is one I'm currently looking at, but like ginger, am finding it hard to get good toxicology information. I was also thinking cinnamon orange, for that proper Christmas smell. Pear... Now there's an idea.
I do like the sound of peach, that might be worth using as the base oil for the fruit salad one. Might see if my ever patient soap maker can do a multiblock soap for it actually, once we've trialled the Basil - a base soap with strips and chunks of other scented soaps in. Perhaps a bit of apple, a bit of strawberry, chunk of cherry... really go for a fruitbowl flavour.
Pot pourri beardies sound like a great idea - the next big thing? *laughing* Only trouble is my pair'd never sit still long enough. Either that or I'd catch 'em eating bits of decoration...
Progress update: Noai and I are just discussing payment options for the trial batch, and she's ordered in a supply of sweet basil oil. We are go! She's also very excited about the raspberry vanilla. Her idea would be to crush fresh raspberries to distill a proper raspberry flavour against the deep vanilla note and make a deep purple bar. I don't know about you guys, but I seriously want to EAT this soap!
EXTRA UPDATE: I've also emailed ZooMed, whom say I should get a response in the next 2-3 days. I'm hoping they'll be able to enlighten me on some extracts. I was intrigued to notice they add extract of garlic to a lot of their reptile foods, as well as ginger and cassia - as you probably agree, to my knowledge onion and garlic aren't safe for dragons - but I'll wait to hear back from ZooMed; they might have some interesting reports for me to peruse.
grr. i really really really love the pumpkin idea 
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