How Do I Find the Lowest Fragrance Load That Still Gives Strong Hot Throw so I'm Not Wasting Expensive Fragrance Oil?
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1 point of load = 2 g per 200 g candle = 2 kg of oil per 1,000 candles Santal Noir 1 kg ₹9,120.00
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Step the load down until the candle notices — then stop one step before. Every point you save is 2 kg of oil per thousand candles.
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Fragrance Load · Lowest Effective Load
The cheapest fragrance saving you will ever find is oil your candle was not using. This page gives you a step-down protocol that finds the lowest load your blind judges cannot tell apart from your current one, and prices what each step saves on eight real CSI oils.
₹18,240.00
saved per 1,000 × 200 g candles for each point of load you drop on Santal Noir at its 1 kg price · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
How do I find the lowest load that still throws well? Step down from a load that already passes, comparing each lower candle blind against it. Use 2-point steps first (10% → 8% → 6%), then a 1-point step where a 2-point step fails. Your load is the lowest step your judges cannot reliably tell apart from the reference.What does each point of load save? In a 200 g candle, 1 point = 2 g of oil. Per 1,000 candles that is 2 kg: ₹5,664.00 on Citrus Lemon, ₹18,240.00 on Santal Noir and ₹48,112.00 on Club De Nuit Intense Inspired, at 1 kg prices.
What does the test cost? For the Santal Noir example: a 100 g bottle (₹919.00), 1 kg of Chunks, a 10-pack of wicks and five jars — ₹1,931.00. Dropping 10% to 8% saves ₹36.48 a candle, so the test pays for itself in about 53 candles.
What counts as "still strong"? Two tests: the lower candle is not reliably picked as weaker in blind comparison with your reference, and it still meets your absolute target (for example, clearly noticeable at the doorway after an hour). Pass rules.
The short answer
The answer: Start from a load that passes, step down in 2-point then 1-point steps, compare each step blind against the reference, and keep the lowest step that still passes both a relative and an absolute test.
The saving: 1 point = 2 g per 200 g candle = 2 kg per 1,000 candles: from ₹5,664.00 (Citrus Lemon) to ₹48,112.00 (Club De Nuit Intense Inspired) at 1 kg prices.
Guard rails: Same cure age, same wick, same room, coded candles, a duplicate reference to measure noise. Never step above the wax ceiling (Chunks 13%, CSI 464 10%) to find a reference.
In this guide
The bars are arithmetic, not performance: they show what the oil in one 200 g candle of Santal Noir costs at each load at the 1 kg price of ₹9,120.00. Which step still passes blind judging depends on your wax, wick, jar and cure, and has to be found by test.
Worked example
Santal Noir · 100 g ₹919.00
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Straight answer
How do I find the lowest fragrance load that still gives strong hot throw so I'm not wasting expensive fragrance oil?
Work downwards from a load that already passes, not upwards from a guess. Take your current production load as the reference — say 10% — and pour it twice, plus candles two points lower (8%) and four points lower (6%), all in the same wax, jar, wick and fill, cured together. Code them and have several people compare each lower candle blind against a reference, in the same room, at the same distance and burn time. If 8% is not reliably picked as weaker and still meets your absolute target — noticeable where you need it after an hour — it passes; test 6% the same way. When a 2-point step fails, pour the 1-point step between (7% if 6% failed) to refine. Your lowest effective load is the lowest step that passes. The duplicate reference tells you how much your judges disagree with themselves, so a "difference" smaller than that is noise. The money is simple: in a 200 g candle every point is 2 g of oil, so 2 kg per 1,000 candles. On Santal Noir at ₹9,120.00 a kilo, that is ₹18,240.00 per point per 1,000 candles. Keep the reference load's wick unless the burn tells you otherwise, and never exceed the wax's stated ceiling to create a reference.
One line: step down from a passing load until blind judges notice, then stop at the last step they did not.
The worked example on this page uses Santal Noir, 100 g at ₹919.00 (₹9.19 a gram; ₹9.12 at 1 kg). Five test candles — 10% twice, 8%, 6% and 7% — use 82 g, leaving 18 g spare.
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What one point of load is worth
Makers argue about ₹50 on a bottle of oil and then pour two grams more than the candle needs into every jar for a year.
Load is a percentage of the finished candle's weight, so in a 200 g candle each percentage point is 2 g of oil (the 200 g candle at 10% shows the conversion). Two grams sounds like nothing. Multiply by a thousand candles and it is two kilograms — often the price of a whole production pack. The table below prices one, two and four points on eight real CSI oils, from the cheapest in the collection to the dearest, all at their in-stock 1 kg price.
200 g candles · oil at the 1 kg price · CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026
What stepping down saves, per 1,000 candles
| Oil | 1 kg price | Per candle, 1 point | 1 point × 1,000 | 2 points (10% → 8%) × 1,000 | 4 points (10% → 6%) × 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Lemon | ₹2,832.00 | ₹5.66 | ₹5,664.00 | ₹11,328.00 | ₹22,656.00 |
| British Rose | ₹3,068.00 | ₹6.14 | ₹6,136.00 | ₹12,272.00 | ₹24,544.00 |
| Jasmine | ₹3,923.00 | ₹7.85 | ₹7,846.00 | ₹15,692.00 | ₹31,384.00 |
| Lavender | ₹5,221.00 | ₹10.44 | ₹10,442.00 | ₹20,884.00 | ₹41,768.00 |
| Vanilla Bean | ₹7,646.00 | ₹15.29 | ₹15,292.00 | ₹30,584.00 | ₹61,168.00 |
| Santal Noir | ₹9,120.00 | ₹18.24 | ₹18,240.00 | ₹36,480.00 | ₹72,960.00 |
| Khamrah Qahwa | ₹15,056.00 | ₹30.11 | ₹30,112.00 | ₹60,224.00 | ₹1,20,448.00 |
| Club De Nuit Intense Inspired | ₹24,056.00 | ₹48.11 | ₹48,112.00 | ₹96,224.00 | ₹1,92,448.00 |
The pattern is obvious once it is written down: the dearer the oil, the more a step-down is worth. On Citrus Lemon, going from 10% to 8% saves ₹11,328.00 per thousand candles — useful, but not life-changing. On Club De Nuit Intense Inspired it saves ₹96,224.00. If you run a mixed range, start the step-down work at the expensive end. The twenty-scent screening guide applies the same logic to decide which scents get a step-down candle at all.
If you buy at 100 g rather than 1 kg, the numbers are similar for most oils, because above 50 g most CSI oils are priced almost flat per gram. Santal Noir is ₹9.19 a gram at 100 g against ₹9.12 at 1 kg, so a two-point step-down across 1,000 candles bought in 100 g bottles saves ₹36,760.00 instead of ₹36,480.00. The real price step on CSI's listed catalogue is between 15 g and 50 g/100 g, not between 100 g and the kilo.
Argued against our own interest, plainly. This page exists to help you buy less of what we sell. We would rather you did that than pour oil that does nothing, because a candle that burns cleanly at a sensible load sells again, and a customer who buys again is worth more to both of us than an extra kilo this month. If your step-down says 7% works, order for 7%.
The step-down protocol
The protocol has one rule underneath it: change only the load. Everything else — wax, wick, jar, fill weight, addition temperature, stirring, cure age, room, burn time, judges — stays fixed. If you change the wick at the same time as the load, you will not know which one the result belongs to.
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Choose a reference that already passesYour current production load, provided the candle is doing its job. If you do not have one, find it first with a ladder (I'm Making Different Candle Fragrances in the Same Soy Wax — Should Every Scent Automatically Use the Same 8% Fragrance Load?). Stay at or below the wax ceiling: Luxury Soy Wax Chunks up to 13%, CSI 464 up to 10%.
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Pour the reference twiceTwo identical reference candles let you measure noise. If your judges score the two references differently, that difference is the smallest one your test can detect. Anything smaller between the reference and a lower step is not a real result.
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Coarse steps: 2 points at a timePour the reference minus 2 points and minus 4 points (10% → 8% and 6%). Weigh by the finished-weight convention: in a 200 g candle, 20 g / 16 g / 12 g of oil with 180 g / 184 g / 188 g of wax.
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Cure everything togetherSame day, same shelf, same cover. Judge at a fixed checkpoint such as 14 days (a working checkpoint, not a CSI specification). A step-down judged at 5 days against a reference judged at 14 is meaningless; I'm Comparing Two Fragrance Oils — Should I Burn-Test Them at Exactly the Same Cure Age to Make the Comparison Fair? explains why cure age must match.
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Compare blind, pair by pairEach judge compares the reference with one lower candle at a time, coded, in the same room, at the same distance, after the same burn time (for example, one hour and two hours). Randomise which is burned first. Ask two questions: which is stronger, and does the lower one still meet your target?
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Refine with a 1-point stepIf 8% passes and 6% fails, pour 7% and compare it with the reference. If 8% fails, pour 9%. You now know your lowest effective load to within one point, which is 2 g per 200 g candle.
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Confirm in a real room, then write it downBurn the winning step and the reference once more in the kind of room your customers use. If the lower load holds, record it with the wick, wax, jar and cure age it was tested with, and use it for your next production run and your next order.
Keep the wick fixed during the step-down
A lower load changes the pool slightly, and it is tempting to adjust the wick at the same time. Do not — not during the test. If the lower load passes on scent but the burn changes (a hotter pool, a taller flame), note it, and run a separate wick check afterwards. Load versus wick and less fragrance, better burn cover that interaction.Pass rules: relative and absolute
"Not noticeably weaker" and "still strong enough" are different questions. A lower load has to answer both.
The relative test asks whether blind judges can reliably tell the lower candle from the reference. If they cannot, the extra oil in the reference was not doing anything they could detect. The absolute test asks whether the lower candle still does the job you sell it for: noticeable at the doorway, filling a medium room, or whatever your target is. A candle can pass the relative test and fail the absolute one if the reference was already weak — which is why you step down only from a load that passes.
Working pass rules · adapt to your number of judges and scale
Deciding each step
| Result | Relative test (vs reference) | Absolute test (your target) | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear pass | Judges pick the reference as stronger no more often than they pick the duplicate reference | Meets target at both checkpoints | Step down again |
| Marginal | Reference picked as stronger a little more often than chance, but within the duplicate-reference spread | Meets target | Pass, but refine with a 1-point step before committing |
| Fail — relative | Reference picked as stronger clearly more often than the duplicate spread | Meets target | The oil was doing something; go back up one step |
| Fail — absolute | Any | Misses target | Stop; the step above is your floor |
| Fail — burn | Any | Any | Burn changed (pool, flame, soot): investigate before deciding |
How many judges? More is better, and three is a practical minimum; one person comparing their own candles is not a blind test, because they know what they poured. For a formal yes/no decision on a single expensive oil, with a proper count of how many correct answers you need before a difference is real, see the 7% vs 10% test. For the full scoring sheet, rooms and distances, see comparing loads objectively.
The CSI principle
The reference is the question, the duplicate is the ruler.
Pour the reference twice. How differently people score two identical candles tells you the size of difference your test can see. A step-down that stays inside that spread has not been shown to be weaker, and oil that makes no detectable difference is oil you can stop buying.
Worked example: Santal Noir from 10%
Suppose you pour Santal Noir in Luxury Soy Wax Chunks at 10% and the candle is doing its job. Santal Noir is a premium wood at ₹9.12 a gram at 1 kg, which makes it a natural candidate: every step down is worth more here than on most oils. The table shows what each step costs and saves. The results of your blind test are yours to find; nothing here says where Santal Noir will pass.
200 g candle · Santal Noir at the 1 kg price (₹9,120.00) · CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026
The staircase in rupees
| Load | Oil + wax | Oil per candle | Saved vs 10%, per candle | Saved vs 10%, per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 20 g + 180 g | ₹182.40 | ₹0.00 | ₹0.00 |
| 9% | 18 g + 182 g | ₹164.16 | ₹18.24 | ₹18,240.00 |
| 8% | 16 g + 184 g | ₹145.92 | ₹36.48 | ₹36,480.00 |
| 7% | 14 g + 186 g | ₹127.68 | ₹54.72 | ₹54,720.00 |
| 6% | 12 g + 188 g | ₹109.44 | ₹72.96 | ₹72,960.00 |
Oil and wax: CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026 · wicks 25 September · jars verified 10 September
The step-down test kit
| Item | Quantity | Price | Line total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santal Noir Fragrance Oil 100 g | 1 (uses 82 g) | ₹919.00 | ₹919.00 |
| Luxury Soy Wax Chunks 1 kg | 1 (uses 918 g) | ₹599.00 | ₹599.00 |
| Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 (10) — or your tested wick | 1 pack | ₹59.00 | ₹59.00 |
| White Matte Glass Jar (pack of 5) | 1 pack | ₹354.00 | ₹354.00 |
| Total | 5 candles | ₹1,931.00 |
If the test lets you drop from 10% to 8%, you save ₹36.48 of Santal Noir on every candle, so the whole test kit is paid back in about 53 candles. At 1,000 candles the saving is ₹36,480.00. If 8% fails, the test has still paid off: you now know your 10% is earning its place, and you will not be tempted to cut it later on a hunch.
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Premium wood · the worked example
Santal Noir Fragrance Oil
One of the dearer non-inspired oils in the catalogue, in stock at every size. The price per gram barely moves above 100 g, so the step-down test is where the real saving on this oil lives.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | 200 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹166.00 | ₹11.07 | 0.94 |
| 50 g | ₹499.00 | ₹9.98 | 3.12 |
| 100 g | ₹919.00 | ₹9.19 | 6.25 |
| 500 g | ₹4,599.00 | ₹9.20 | 31.25 |
| 1 kg | ₹9,120.00 | ₹9.12 | 62.50 |
₹182.40 of oil per candle at 10% · ₹145.92 at 8% (1 kg price) Buy Santal Noir
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Coffee gourmand · high cost per gram
Khamrah Qahwa Fragrance Oil
At ₹15.06 a gram, flat from 50 g to 1 kg, every point of load is worth ₹30,112.00 per thousand 200 g candles. If you use it, it belongs at the top of your step-down list.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | 1 point × 1,000 candles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 g | ₹753.00 | ₹15.06 | — |
| 100 g | ₹1,506.00 | ₹15.06 | — |
| 1 kg | ₹15,056.00 | ₹15.06 | ₹30,112.00 |
No 15 g or 500 g listed — the 50 g is the test size Buy Khamrah Qahwa
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Rose · value tier with a real kilo break
British Rose Fragrance Oil
At the other end of the price range. A step-down still saves money, but less per point, and British Rose already gets cheaper by the kilo — 10.3% per gram against 100 g. For value oils, the order size often matters as much as the load.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | 1 point × 1,000 candles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹94.40 | ₹6.29 | — |
| 50 g | ₹212.40 | ₹4.25 | — |
| 100 g | ₹342.20 | ₹3.42 | ₹6,844.00 |
| 500 g | ₹1,593.00 | ₹3.19 | ₹6,372.00 |
| 1 kg | ₹3,068.00 | ₹3.07 | ₹6,136.00 |
₹49.09 of oil per 200 g candle at 8% (1 kg price) Buy British Rose
Setting your load before the festive run? Diwali is on 8 November 2026. If the step-down lets you drop a point on an expensive oil, re-size your order before you buy, not after. Send us the oil, your tested load and your candle count and we will quote the quantity — no volume discount figure is published, so ask.
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Traps that fake a saving
A step-down test can mislead you in both directions. These are the most common ways it goes wrong, and each has a simple guard.
Common errors · general practice
Five ways a step-down test lies
| Trap | What happens | Guard |
|---|---|---|
| Judging your own candles | You expect the lower load to be weaker and smell it that way — or you want the saving and miss a real difference | Coded candles, someone else keeps the key, several judges |
| Different cure ages | A younger lower-load candle fails, or an older one passes, for reasons unrelated to load | Pour all steps in one session; judge at the same age |
| Too little burn time | Differences show only once the pool is full; first-15-minute impressions mislead | Score at fixed checkpoints, e.g. one and two hours |
| Nose fatigue | The second candle smelled always seems weaker | Randomise order; rest and fresh air between candles; My Candle Smells Strong for the First Hour and Then I Stop Noticing It — How Do I Distinguish Fragrance Fatigue from Genuinely Weak Hot Throw? covers fatigue |
| Load convention slip | "8%" weighed as 8% of the wax is really 7.41% of the candle, so the saving looks larger than it is | Weigh oil as total × load; I'm Making a 1 Kg Soy Wax Batch at 8% Fragrance Load — Do I Add 80 g Fragrance Oil to 1 Kg Wax or Should the 8% be Calculated from the Total Finished Candle Weight? shows both conventions |
The saving that came back as a complaint. A maker steps an oil down from 10% to 7% after comparing the candles on the workbench, where both smell strong close up. In customers' living rooms the 7% fades. The relative test passed, the absolute test was never run. Always confirm the winning step in a room like your customers', at the distance they sit. Room size and hot throw covers how to judge that.
Finally, a step-down is not the only way to spend less oil. Sometimes a candle needs 10% only because something else is holding it back — an under-sized wick, a short cure, a narrow jar. Maximising hot throw without more oil works through those levers; fixing one of them can make a lower load pass that failed before. And once your load is settled, the bulk-ordering guide turns it into kilograms.
Two grams a candle is two kilograms a thousand. Find out whether your candle is using them.
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Why trust this guide
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. This page shows you how to buy less fragrance oil from us. We publish it because a candle at the right load burns better and sells again, and because the arithmetic is the same whether you buy from us or anyone else.
Oil and wax prices come from live CSI listings pulled on 24 September 2026, at each oil's in-stock 1 kg price unless stated. Eco Candle Wick prices are from the 25 September pull; the White Matte Glass Jar is Blog 760's figure verified 10 September 2026. Savings figures are plain arithmetic: 2 g per point per 200 g candle × candles × price per gram.
The step sizes, pass rules, 14-day cure checkpoint, one- and two-hour scoring points and three-judge minimum are working assumptions, not CSI specifications. CSI publishes no throw or dosage data for any oil, and nothing here predicts where any oil will pass. For help pricing an order at a tested load, or MSDS and IFRA documents, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
What is the minimum fragrance load for soy candles?
There is no universal minimum. It depends on the oil, wax, wick, jar and cure. Find it for each scent by stepping down from a load that passes and comparing blind. Many makers test between 6% and 10% in soy, but that is a test range, not a rule.
How much money does reducing fragrance load save?
In a 200 g candle, each point of load is 2 g of oil, or 2 kg per 1,000 candles. At CSI 1 kg prices that ranges from ₹5,664.00 (Citrus Lemon) to ₹48,112.00 (Club De Nuit Intense Inspired) per point per 1,000 candles.
Does lower fragrance load mean weaker hot throw?
Not always. Above a certain point, extra oil may not add detectable throw in your candle, and in some cases it can hurt the burn. The only way to know where that point is for your candle is a blind step-down test.
How do I test if 8% smells the same as 10%?
Pour both (plus a second 10% as a duplicate reference) in identical candles, cure together, code them, and have several people compare them blind in the same room at the same distance and burn time. If the 8% is not picked as weaker more often than the duplicate reference is, and it meets your target, it passes.
Should I change the wick when I reduce fragrance load?
Not during the test. Keep the wick fixed so the only change is the load. If the lower load passes on scent but the burn changes, run a separate wick check afterwards.
Can I use less fragrance oil if I cure candles longer?
Sometimes cure makes a lower load pass that failed when young, but test it: compare the lower load and the reference at the same, longer cure age. Does Longer Curing Always Improve Hot Throw or Is There a Point Where Additional Curing Makes No Meaningful Difference? covers when longer curing stops helping.
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Continue the read — fragrance load, part 2
- I'm Using an Expensive Fragrance Oil — How Do I Determine Whether 7% Performs Just as Well as 10% Before Committing to Commercial Production?
- I'm Making Different Candle Fragrances in the Same Soy Wax — Should Every Scent Automatically Use the Same 8% Fragrance Load?
- I'm Launching 20 Candle Fragrances — Do I Need to Test 6%, 8% and 10% for Every Scent or Is There a Faster Formulation Method?
- I Want Maximum Hot Throw from My Soy Candle — How Do I Optimise Fragrance Load Without Simply Adding More Oil?
- How Do I Compare the Performance of 6%, 8% and 10% Fragrance Loads Objectively Instead of Choosing Whichever Candle Smells Strongest to Me?
- I'm Buying Fragrance Oil in Bulk for Candle Production — How Should I Determine the Optimum Dosage Before Calculating How Many Kilograms to Order?
- One Fragrance Oil Costs More but Gives Stronger Hot Throw at a Lower Dosage — How Do I Compare Fragrance Oils by Cost per Finished Candle Rather than Price per Kilogram?
- I Want to Reduce Fragrance Cost Without Making My Candles Smell Weaker — Should I First Optimise Dosage, Wax Compatibility, Wick Performance or Fragrance Selection?
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. Product recommendations reflect the CSI range. The step-down method applies to any fragrance oil in any container wax.Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on the product pages named on each card — Eco Candle Wicks, Premium Candle Wicking Needle and Bamboo Wick Holder. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the guidance set out here. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me and wording is unedited. "Verified buyer" appears only on the three reviews Judge.me recorded as verified — Monika Deep, Subhankar Roy and Sneha Tamang; the reviews from Ashwini, LJ and Lalitha Jagan are published but not recorded as verified, and carry no badge.
Figures pulled 24 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Santal Noir ₹166.00 / 15 g, ₹499.00 / 50 g, ₹919.00 / 100 g, ₹4,599.00 / 500 g, ₹9,120.00 / 1 kg. Khamrah Qahwa ₹753.00 / 50 g, ₹1,506.00 / 100 g, ₹15,056.00 / 1 kg. British Rose ₹94.40 / 15 g, ₹212.40 / 50 g, ₹342.20 / 100 g, ₹1,593.00 / 500 g, ₹3,068.00 / 1 kg. 1 kg prices: Citrus Lemon ₹2,832.00, Jasmine ₹3,923.00, Lavender ₹5,221.00, Vanilla Bean ₹7,646.00, Club De Nuit Intense Inspired ₹24,056.00. Luxury Soy Wax Chunks ₹299.00 / 500 g, ₹599.00 / 1 kg (rated up to 13%). Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (rated up to 10%). Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 ₹59.00 / 10 (25 September pull). Verified 10 September 2026 (Blog 760): White Matte Glass Jar ₹354.00 / 5.
Non-price figures and assumptions: Load is the share of finished candle weight (oil = total × load); 1 point = 2 g of oil in a 200 g candle. Coarse 2-point and fine 1-point steps, the duplicate reference, pass rules, three-judge minimum, 14-day cure checkpoint and one- and two-hour scoring points are working assumptions. Payback = test kit cost ÷ oil saved per candle. Ceilings of 13% (Chunks) and 10% (CSI 464) are the wax makers' stated formulation maximums, not regulatory limits. Diwali 2026 falls on 8 November. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.