With soy wax you may want to increase the percentage by a couple of percent until you reach the desired strength. With paraffin wax (the most common used), as a guide you can start with 5-8% (for example, 8 grams of fragrance oil to 100 grams of wax) for a lightly scented fragrance and 8-10% for a strong scented one. Also, some fragrances are stronger smelling than others – so you need to add less of a stronger smelling fragrance to your candle than a lighter scent. Therefore, it is always recommended to weigh your fragrance (grams) to be exact rather than use ml. Therefore, it is very difficult to simply state a single specific proportion as the density of each fragrance is different, meaning that to get the same ‘level’ of fragrance between different fragrances you would need to add more ml of less dense oil than you would with a denser oil. The art of creation is through experimentation. Proportion of Fragrance Oil to WaxĬandle making is a highly enjoyable hobby, but it must be remembered that it is almost never an exact science. ![]() ![]() Fragrance Oils (as opposed to Essential Oils) are manufactured oils and contain synthetic constituents enabling, through the effective mix of these ingredients, the production of a large variety of delightful fragranced candles and other products such as soap and diffusers.
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