How to Calculate Fragrance Load for Candles
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Candle Business Guides · Fragrance Load
An 8% load is a wax-to-oil ratio of 11.5 to 1 — 184 g of wax to 16 g of oil in a 200 g candle. This guide gives you the four sums you will ever need, both conventions converted into each other, the batch arithmetic worked backwards from a candle count, and the weighing method that makes the number true.
11.5 : 1
wax to oil at an 8% finished-candle load · oil = wax × load ÷ (100 − load), so 1 kg of wax takes 86.96 g · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
What is the formula for fragrance load? Load = oil ÷ (oil + wax) × 100. Run it forwards from the candle: oil = candle weight × load ÷ 100, wax = the remainder. A 200 g candle at 8% is 16 g of oil and 184 g of wax.How do I work it out from the wax I have already melted? Use oil = wax × load ÷ (100 − load). One kilo of wax takes 63.83 g at 6%, 86.96 g at 8%, 111.11 g at 10% and 149.43 g at 13%. Dividing by 100 − load is the step almost everyone skips.
Which convention should I use? Both exist. This series uses share of the finished candle; some pages, including Luxury Soy Wax Chunks, phrase their recommendation as a share "of total wax weight". The same words give different grams — 8% of the wax is 7.41% of the candle — so state your basis on the recipe card.
Do I need a scale? Yes. Load is a weight ratio and oils differ in density, so millilitres cannot reproduce it. A Candle Making Weighing Scale is ₹354 and pays for itself the first time a batch repeats.
The short answer
Forwards from the candle: oil = candle × load ÷ 100; wax = candle − oil. This is the sum to use when the vessel, not the bag of wax, sets the size of the job.
Forwards from the wax: oil = wax × load ÷ (100 − load). Use it when you have melted a known weight — 1 kg of wax plus 86.96 g of oil is an 8% candle, while 1 kg plus 80 g is a 7.41% one.
Backwards from a poured candle: load = oil ÷ (oil + wax) × 100. This is how you audit a recipe you inherited, or check a supplier's ceiling has not been crossed.
In this guide
Lane A is the convention used throughout this series and in CSI's own throw guide: the load is a share of what the customer weighs on the label. Lane B is the phrasing on some product pages, including the Luxury Soy Wax Chunks page's "8% to 13% of total wax weight". Neither is wrong; mixing them silently is.
Load is a weight, not a volume
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Straight answer
How do you calculate a fragrance load, and which number do you divide by?
A fragrance load is oil ÷ (oil + wax), expressed as a percentage, and every other sum is a rearrangement of it. Working from the vessel: oil = candle weight × load ÷ 100, so a 200 g candle at 8% is 16 g of oil and 184 g of wax — a ratio of 11.5 to 1. Working from a melter that already holds a known weight of wax: oil = wax × load ÷ (100 − load), which gives 86.96 g of oil per kilo of wax at 8%, 111.11 g at 10% and 149.43 g at 13%. The division by 100 − load is the step that separates a real 10% candle from a 9.09% one, because adding 10% of the wax weight produces a candle that is 10% oil relative to the wax and 9.09% oil relative to itself. Both conventions are in use and CSI's own pages show both: Luxury Soy Wax Chunks state "Recommended fragrance load: 8% to 13% of total wax weight" with 10% recommended, while CSI 464 states simply "Fragrance Load Up to 10%". Pick one, write it on the card, and never compare loads across bases without converting. Then make the number true at the bench: tare a jug on a ₹354 scale, weigh the oil to 0.1 g, and add it inside the temperature band your wax page states.
One line: oil = candle × load ÷ 100 when you start from the vessel, oil = wax × load ÷ (100 − load) when you start from the melter — and write down which basis you used.
The arithmetic is free; the accuracy costs ₹708. A Candle Making Weighing Scale at ₹354 makes the load repeatable and a Pen Thermometer at ₹354 makes the incorporation repeatable. Together they turn a pour into a recipe.
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The four sums, and the ratio shortcut
One equation, four directions. Learn which one the question in front of you is asking for and the arithmetic stops being a source of error.
Every load problem is the same equation read from a different end. Load = oil ÷ (oil + wax) × 100. From it:
1. Oil from the finished candle. oil = candle × load ÷ 100. A 150 g jar at 8% = 12 g. 2. Wax from the finished candle. wax = candle − oil, or candle × (100 − load) ÷ 100. That same jar needs 138 g. 3. Oil from a weight of wax. oil = wax × load ÷ (100 − load). 1,656 g of wax at 8% takes 144 g of oil. 4. Wax from a weight of oil. wax = oil × (100 − load) ÷ load — useful when a bottle size is the constraint: a 100 g bottle at 8% will carry 1,150 g of wax, which is six 200 g candles with about 50 g of material to spare.
Now the shortcut that makes bench work faster. A load is just a ratio, and ratios are easier to hold in your head than percentages. At 8% the wax-to-oil ratio is 11.5 to 1: eleven and a half grams of wax for every gram of oil. Weigh 1,150 g of wax and you already know the oil is 100 g without touching a calculator.
Load as a ratio and as a multiplier · finished-candle basis
Four ways to say the same load, and the oil for one kilo of wax
| Load | Wax : oil ratio | Multiply wax by | Oil per 1 kg of wax | Oil per 200 g candle | Where this load is permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6% | 15.67 : 1 | 0.0638 | 63.83 g | 12 g | Inside every CSI stated band; the low end of "6-10%" on most oil pages |
| 7% | 13.29 : 1 | 0.0753 | 75.27 g | 14 g | The starting figure printed on Mint Sandalwood — "7-10% (start at 7%)" |
| 8% | 11.5 : 1 | 0.0870 | 86.96 g | 16 g | The bottom of Luxury Soy Wax Chunks' stated 8–13%; safe on every CSI soy wax |
| 10% | 9 : 1 | 0.1111 | 111.11 g | 20 g | Chunks' recommended figure; the stated ceiling on CSI 464 |
| 12% | 7.33 : 1 | 0.1364 | 136.36 g | 24 g | Only on a wax stating 13% — Chunks or CSI 468 — and only if the oil page allows it |
| 13% | 6.69 : 1 | 0.1494 | 149.43 g | 26 g | The stated maximum on Chunks and CSI 468. Never a starting point |
Worked out above: ratio = (100 − load) ÷ load, so 92 ÷ 8 = 11.5 and 90 ÷ 10 = 9. Multiplier = load ÷ (100 − load), so 8 ÷ 92 = 0.0870 and 13 ÷ 87 = 0.1494. Oil per kilo = 1,000 × multiplier: 63.83 g, 75.27 g, 86.96 g, 111.11 g, 136.36 g, 149.43 g. Oil per 200 g candle = 200 × load ÷ 100. Stated loads are quoted from the Luxury Soy Wax Chunks, CSI 464, CSI 468 and Mint Sandalwood product pages.
Round the wax, not the oil
When a sum gives you an awkward figure — 1,656 g of wax and 144 g of oil for a dozen 150 g jars — round the wax to something your scale likes and recalculate the oil, rather than rounding the oil. Wax is nine-tenths of the candle and cheap per gram; oil is the expensive tenth and the one the ceiling applies to. Rounding 144 g up to 150 g on 1,656 g of wax quietly moves the load from 8.00% to 8.31%.The two conventions, converted into each other
The disagreement is not about chemistry, it is about which weight sits on the bottom of the fraction. Finished-candle basis divides the oil by the whole candle. Wax basis divides it by the wax alone, so the oil is extra weight on top. The wax basis always produces the smaller true load, and the gap widens as the load rises — which matters precisely where it is least welcome, at a wax's ceiling.
Converting between bases · the same percentage, both ways
What a "% of wax weight" recipe really is as a share of the candle, and vice versa
| The recipe says | Read as % of wax weight, the true finished-candle load is | Read as % of the candle, the wax-basis figure is | Gap, in percentage points | Oil difference on 1 kg of wax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6% | 5.66% | 6.38% | 0.34 pp | 60 g vs 63.83 g → 3.83 g |
| 8% | 7.41% | 8.70% | 0.59 pp | 80 g vs 86.96 g → 6.96 g |
| 10% | 9.09% | 11.11% | 0.91 pp | 100 g vs 111.11 g → 11.11 g |
| 12% | 10.71% | 13.64% | 1.29 pp | 120 g vs 136.36 g → 16.36 g |
| 13% | 11.50% | 14.94% | 1.50 pp | 130 g vs 149.43 g → 19.43 g |
| 15% | 13.04% | 17.65% | 1.96 pp | 150 g vs 176.47 g → 26.47 g |
Worked out above: candle % = wax % ÷ (100 + wax %) × 100, so 10 ÷ 110 = 9.09% and 13 ÷ 113 = 11.50%. Wax % = candle % ÷ (100 − candle %) × 100, so 10 ÷ 90 = 11.11% and 13 ÷ 87 = 14.94%. Oil on 1 kg of wax is 1,000 × wax % ÷ 100 for the wax basis and 1,000 × candle % ÷ (100 − candle %) for the candle basis. The 15% row is included only to show the trend; it is above every load CSI's wax pages state.
The expensive version of this mistake sits at the ceiling. Read a wax page that says 13% on the wax basis and pour it on the finished-candle basis and you have put 149.43 g of oil into a kilo of wax where the page described 130 g — 15% more oil than the page's own figure, and past the point where the wax was formulated to hold it. So: when you are working near a stated maximum, calculate on the finished-candle basis, which is the more conservative reading, and treat the stated number as the number you must not exceed on either basis. Where the two readings disagree, the smaller quantity of oil is always the safer one.
For most makers most of the time the gap is academic: at 6–8% it is well under a percentage point, and no customer has ever noticed 0.59 of a percentage point. It becomes real in three situations — when you are at a ceiling, when you are scaling a recipe from grams to kilos, and when you are comparing your load with somebody else's to explain a difference in throw. All three are exactly the situations in which people reach for a recipe written by a stranger, which is why the basis belongs on the card next to the number.
Working a batch backwards from the candle count
Production runs are not specified in grams of wax; they are specified in candles. So run the arithmetic in that direction: candles × size = total finished weight, × load = oil, remainder = wax. The table below does it at 8% for the batch sizes most Indian makers actually pour, and adds the bottle and bag combination that covers each from listed pack sizes.
Batch arithmetic at an 8% load · finished-candle basis
From a candle count to a shopping list, with a 4% planning allowance
| The run | Total finished weight | Oil | Wax | Oil with a 4% allowance | Listed packs that cover it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 × 150 g jars | 1,800 g | 144 g | 1,656 g | 149.8 g | One 500 g bottle, or 100 g + 50 g; 2 kg of wax |
| 24 × 200 g candles | 4,800 g | 384 g | 4,416 g | 399.4 g | One 500 g bottle; 5 kg of wax |
| 50 × 120 g jars | 6,000 g | 480 g | 5,520 g | 499.2 g | One 500 g bottle with nothing to spare — buy 1 kg; 5 kg + 1 kg of wax |
| 100 × 200 g candles | 20,000 g | 1,600 g | 18,400 g | 1,664 g | Two 1 kg bottles; 10 kg + 5 kg + 5 kg of wax |
| 250 × 100 g candles | 25,000 g | 2,000 g | 23,000 g | 2,080 g | Three 1 kg bottles (or two plus a 100 g); 10 kg + 10 kg + 5 kg of wax |
Two honest notes about that last column. First, the allowance: 3–5% for spills, melter residue, top-ups and the jar you knock over is a planning figure, not a specification, and the tighter your batch is against a pack size the more it matters — the 50-jar row needs 480 g and a 500 g bottle leaves you 20 g, which one clumsy pour erases. Second, packs: soy wax is listed up to 10 kg (Natural Soy Pearl Wax also at 50 kg) and fragrance oil up to 1 kg, so larger runs are multiples of those. There is no 25 kg soy pack and no 5 kg oil bottle on the store; for recurring volumes at that scale, the listed per-kilo price is the ceiling and a WhatsApp quote is the next step.
Calculate per melt, not per batch
If your melter holds 2 kg and the run needs 4,416 g of wax, you are pouring three melts, not one — so compute the oil per melt and weigh it three times. 1,472 g of wax per melt takes 128 g of oil at 8%. Splitting a single 384 g oil weighing across three melts by eye is how batches drift, and drift between melts is the commonest cause of two candles from one run smelling different.The weighing method, step by step
The sum is worthless if the bench does not reproduce it. This is the sequence that makes a calculated load a real one, written for a 12-jar run of 150 g jars at 8% — 1,656 g of wax and 144 g of oil.
1
Write the four numbers on the card before you switch anything onCandle size, load, wax weight, oil weight — plus the basis you used and the product name of the wax and the oil. "150 g × 8% finished-candle basis = 138 g wax + 12 g oil per jar; 12 jars = 1,656 g + 144 g." A load written as "8%" alone is not a recipe, because in three weeks you will not know which 8% it was.
2
Weigh the wax cold, into the melterTare the melter or the pouring jug on the scale, then add flakes or chunks until the display reads 1,656 g. Weighing cold is more accurate than weighing melted wax in a hot vessel, and it fixes the denominator of your load before heat is involved. Flake waxes settle to a weight quickly; chunks need breaking up first.
3
Weigh the oil separately, in its own small container, to 0.1 gTare a glass or steel cup, pour to 144 g, and keep it covered until the wax is at temperature. Never pour oil straight from the bottle into the melter over a scale — a single second of over-pour cannot be taken back out, and on a 12-jar run 5 g of surplus is a third of a percentage point. Weighing into a cup also means you can see whether you actually added it.
4
Add at the temperature the wax page states, and stir by the clockLuxury Soy Wax Chunks state fragrance in at 80–90°C; Eco Soy CSI 400 states 85°C and two minutes of gentle stirring; CSI 468 states a melting point of 50–53°C and a pour at 58–60°C, a much narrower window. Use a thermometer rather than a guess, and time the stir — two minutes is longer than it feels. Oil that is dispersed rather than dissolved behaves like a lower load however carefully you weighed it.
5
Check one finished candle against the arithmeticWhen the first jar has set, weigh it and subtract the empty jar weight you noted earlier. If the wax-plus-oil comes to 150 g, your pour matched your plan. If it comes to 162 g, you overfilled and the load in that jar is 7.41% rather than 8% — not a disaster, but now you know, and the next eleven can be corrected.
6
Log the actual numbers, not the intended onesWax weighed, oil weighed, add temperature, pour temperature, stir time, pour date. The Luxury Soy Wax Chunks page asks for a cure of minimum 48 hours, ideally one to two weeks, and standard practice for soy containers is 14–21 days — so the log is what connects a burn three weeks from now to the arithmetic you did today.
What half a gram does to your load
Scale resolution is the quiet variable in load arithmetic. The smaller the candle, the more a rounding error matters, because the oil weight is small in absolute terms. The table shows what a 0.5 g and a 1 g over-pour do to a nominal 8% load at four candle sizes.
Rounding error at a nominal 8% load
Where the load actually lands if the oil is heavy by half a gram or a gram
| Candle | Oil at 8% | +0.5 g → load | +1 g → load | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 g tin | 4 g | 8.91% | 9.80% | Half a gram is nearly a whole percentage point. Weigh small candles by the batch, never one at a time |
| 100 g candle | 8 g | 8.46% | 8.91% | A 1 g error takes you most of the way from 8% to 9% |
| 200 g candle | 16 g | 8.23% | 8.46% | Tolerable on one candle; it compounds if every jar is heavy |
| 500 g three-wick | 40 g | 8.09% | 8.18% | Large candles are forgiving on resolution and unforgiving on cost |
Worked out above: the model is the one that happens in practice — the wax is weighed to plan and the surplus oil adds to the candle, so load = (oil + error) ÷ (wax + oil + error) × 100. On the 50 g tin, 4.5 ÷ 50.5 = 8.91% and 5 ÷ 51 = 9.80%. On the 100 g candle, 8.5 ÷ 100.5 = 8.46% and 9 ÷ 101 = 8.91%. On the 200 g candle, 16.5 ÷ 200.5 = 8.23% and 17 ÷ 201 = 8.46%. On the 500 g candle, 40.5 ÷ 500.5 = 8.09% and 41 ÷ 501 = 8.18%.
Weigh the batch, then divide the melt — do not weigh per candle. Four grams of oil into a 50 g tin, twenty times over, is twenty chances to be half a gram out. Weigh 80 g of oil into 920 g of wax once, stir it properly, and every tin you fill from that melt carries the same load whatever your pouring accuracy. Per-candle weighing is for the wax in the jar, not for the oil in the recipe.
Auditing a candle you have already poured
You will inherit recipes — from a course, a supplier's blog, a maker friend, or your own notebook from last year — and they will not always say what basis they used. The reverse sum settles it. Load = oil ÷ (oil + wax) × 100. A card that says "460 g wax, 40 g oil" is an 8.00% candle on the finished basis and an 8.70% one on the wax basis; a card that says "500 g wax, 50 g oil" is 9.09% finished, 10% on wax. If the only surviving numbers are the wax weight and a percentage, calculate both readings, use the lower one, and re-test.
Three checks worth running on any inherited recipe before you pour a hundred of it:
Does the load fit the wax you will actually use? A recipe at 11% is legitimate in Luxury Soy Wax Chunks or CSI 468, both stated to 13%, and a percentage point over the ceiling in CSI 464, stated to 10%. Does it fit the oil? Most CSI candle-oil pages print 6-10% for soy; some are narrower — Fresh Strawberries states 6-9% — and a few name their own starting figure. Does the finished weight match the vessel? If the recipe totals 208 g and your jar holds 190 g of candle, you are not pouring that recipe; you are pouring 91% of it, and the load is unchanged but your count per batch is not.
The CSI principle
A load is only a number until it is a weight on a scale next to a date on a card.
Two makers with identical arithmetic can pour different candles, because one of them measured the oil with a cap and wrote "10%" from memory. The calculation takes ten seconds. The discipline that makes it true takes ₹354 and a habit.
Scaling the sums up? 100 candles of 200 g at 8% is 1.6 kg of oil and 18.4 kg of wax; 1,000 of them is 16 kg and 184 kg. Fragrance oil is listed to 1 kg and soy wax to 10 kg, so above that it is multiples — and bulk pricing, GST invoicing and documentation are handled on WhatsApp.
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Oils that state the load for you
The arithmetic gets easier when the supplier has already chosen the percentage. Both oils below print a candle load on the product page, and both ship from 50 g, so a test batch and a production batch come out of the same listing. The count column is 200 g candles at 8% — 16 g of oil each.
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Fruity · page states 8-10% soy
Pomegranate Splash Fragrance Oil
The page states its own working figure — "Recommended load - candles 8-10% soy wax" — which puts it inside the stated band of every CSI soy wax and at the ceiling of CSI 464 at its top end. Stated notes open on "Pomegranate, Red Berries", described as tart and vivid rather than sweet, over a pink apple and light floral heart and a soft musk and sugar base. The page also states minimal to no vanillin, so discolouration risk in white or light wax is very low. At 8% in a 200 g candle you are spending ₹63.98 on fragrance at 1 kg pricing; at 10%, ₹79.98.
| Size | Price | Per kg | 200 g candles @ 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50g | ₹249 | ₹4,980 | ≈3 |
| 100g | ₹399 | ₹3,990 | ≈6 |
| 500g | ₹1,999 | ₹3,998 | ≈31 |
| 1kg | ₹3,999 | ₹3,999 | ≈62 |
₹63.98 of fragrance per 200 g candle at 8%, 1 kg pricing Buy Pomegranate Splash
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Fresh woody · page states 7-10%, start at 7%
Mint Sandalwood Fragrance Oil
One of the few pages that names a starting figure rather than a range: "Recommended load - candles 7-10% (start at 7%)". Seven per cent is a wax-to-oil ratio of 13.29 to 1, or 14 g in a 200 g candle — worth knowing, because a maker who assumes 8% here is 2 g per candle above the supplier's own suggested start. Stated notes are "Mint, Eucalyptus, Bergamot" over a sandalwood, cedar and lavender heart with a creamy sandalwood, white musk and amber base. The page also warns that the sandalwood, amber and woody materials may cause moderate cream-to-amber toning in white wax, and states a flash point only as the perfume-grade threshold "> 93°C (suitable for alcohol-based products)" — which is a handling classification for alcohol-based products, not a measured figure for this oil.
| Size | Price | Per kg | 200 g candles @ 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50g | ₹299 | ₹5,980 | ≈3 |
| 100g | ₹549 | ₹5,490 | ≈6 |
| 1kg | ₹4,999 | ₹4,999 | ≈62 |
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Priced above: Pomegranate Splash Fragrance Oil 1 kg ₹3,999 (₹3.999/g) — 16 g = ₹63.98, 20 g = ₹79.98 · Mint Sandalwood 1 kg ₹4,999 (₹4.999/g) — 14 g = ₹69.99, 16 g = ₹79.98, 20 g = ₹99.98.
Every load argument between two makers is really an argument about what they divided by.
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Why trust this guide
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. We have no reason to prefer one convention over the other except accuracy: a maker who calculates a load correctly buys the right quantity of oil and gets the candle the wax can actually deliver. We point out that the wax basis produces a smaller true load because that is the honest reading of the arithmetic, even though the other reading would sell more oil.
Every figure here is arithmetic you can reproduce, and every price and specification comes from live CSI stock in September 2026, linked to the product page where current pricing takes precedence. Stated loads and temperatures are the pages' own words — Luxury Soy Wax Chunks "8% to 13% of total wax weight" with 10% recommended, CSI 464 "Up to 10%", CSI 468 "Up to 13%" — and they are wax formulation limits, not regulatory limits. The "> 93°C" line on some oil pages is a threshold for alcohol-based products, not a measured flash point, and this guide does not treat it as one.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the formula for fragrance load in candles?
Load = oil ÷ (oil + wax) × 100. Rearranged for the bench: oil = candle weight × load ÷ 100 when you are working to a finished candle size, and oil = wax × load ÷ (100 − load) when you are working from a weight of wax already in the melter. A 200 g candle at 8% is 16 g of oil and 184 g of wax; a kilo of wax at 8% takes 86.96 g of oil. Both describe the same candle.
How much fragrance oil for 1 kg of wax at 10%?
111.11 g, on the finished-candle basis — because oil = wax × load ÷ (100 − load) = 1,000 × 10 ÷ 90. Adding a flat 100 g instead gives a 1,100 g batch that is 9.09% oil, not 10%. Check the ceiling first: 10% is inside the stated band for Luxury Soy Wax Chunks and CSI 468 and is exactly the stated maximum for CSI 464, so on CSI 464 there is no headroom above it.
Is fragrance load a percentage of wax or of the whole candle?
Both conventions are in use, and the difference is real but small at normal loads. This series and CSI's throw guide use the finished candle: 200 g at 8% = 16 g oil + 184 g wax. Some product pages phrase it as a share of wax — Luxury Soy Wax Chunks state "8% to 13% of total wax weight". Converting: 8% of wax = 7.41% of the candle; 13% of wax = 11.50%. Write the basis on your recipe card, and when you are near a ceiling use the finished-candle reading, which is the more conservative of the two.
How do I calculate fragrance oil for a batch of candles?
Multiply candles by finished size, then apply the load. 24 candles × 200 g = 4,800 g, so 384 g of oil and 4,416 g of wax at 8%; 100 × 200 g needs 1.6 kg of oil and 18.4 kg of wax. Add 3–5% as a planning allowance for spills, residue and top-ups, then round up to listed pack sizes — oil is listed to 1 kg and soy wax to 10 kg. If your melter is smaller than the batch, calculate the oil per melt rather than dividing one weighing by eye.
Can I measure fragrance oil in millilitres instead of grams?
Not if you want the load to be repeatable. Fragrance oils differ in density, so a millilitre of one oil and a millilitre of another are different weights, and every stated load — on a wax page or an oil page — is a weight percentage. Measuring by volume also makes batch-to-batch consistency impossible to audit later. Weigh into a tared cup on a scale that reads to 0.1 g; the Candle Making Weighing Scale is ₹354.
How do I check what load an existing candle was made at?
Use the recorded weights, not your nose: load = oil ÷ (oil + wax) × 100. A card reading "460 g wax, 40 g oil" is 8.00%; "500 g wax, 50 g oil" is 9.09% on the finished basis. Where a recipe gives only a percentage and a wax weight, calculate both readings and adopt the lower one until a burn test says otherwise. Then confirm the figure is inside the band stated both on your wax page and on the oil's page.
One equation, four directions
11.5 to 1 at 8%. 9 to 1 at 10%. Now weigh it to 0.1 g and write it down.
Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354, Pen Thermometer ₹354, Luxury Soy Wax Chunks ₹599 / kg stated 8–13% of total wax weight, CSI 464 ₹507.40 / kg stated up to 10%, CSI 468 ₹650 / kg stated up to 13%, Pomegranate Splash from ₹249 / 50 g with a stated 8-10% soy load, Mint Sandalwood from ₹299 / 50 g with a stated 7% start. Message us for bulk pricing, GST invoicing and documentation.
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- What does a 10% fragrance load mean?
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- How many candles can 1 kg of wax make?
- Best temperature for adding fragrance oil to soy wax
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About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. Product recommendations reflect the CSI range; the formulae, the conversion table, the batch arithmetic and the weighing sequence apply to any supplier's wax and oil.Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on their product pages. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me; three longer reviews are shortened with an ellipsis and otherwise unedited.
Figures verified September 2026: All arithmetic uses load = oil ÷ (oil + wax) × 100. Finished-candle basis: oil = candle × load ÷ 100 (200 g at 8% = 16 g oil + 184 g wax). Wax basis conversions: candle % = wax % ÷ (100 + wax %) × 100 and wax % = candle % ÷ (100 − candle %) × 100 — 8% of wax = 7.41% of candle, 10% = 9.09%, 12% = 10.71%, 13% = 11.50%, 15% = 13.04%. Oil per kilo of wax on the finished-candle basis: 63.83 g at 6%, 75.27 g at 7%, 86.96 g at 8%, 111.11 g at 10%, 136.36 g at 12%, 149.43 g at 13%. Wax-to-oil ratios are (100 − load) ÷ load. Batch rows are candles × size × load, with a stated 3–5% planning allowance shown at 4%. Rounding-error rows assume the planned wax weight is held and surplus oil adds to the candle. Stated wax specifications quoted from the product pages: Luxury Soy Wax Chunks "up to 13% fragrance load capacity", "Recommended fragrance load: 8% to 13% of total wax weight", "10% Recommended", add fragrance 80–90°C, pour 70–80°C, cure minimum 48 hours ideally 1–2 weeks; CSI 464 "Fragrance Load Up to 10%", melting point and pour temperature both 80–90°C; CSI 468 "Fragrance Load Up to 13%", melting point 50–53°C, pour 58–60°C; Eco Soy CSI 400 states fragrance added at 85°C with 2 minutes of gentle stirring and no maximum load. Loads are wax formulation limits, not regulatory limits. Oil-page loads quoted verbatim: Pomegranate Splash Fragrance Oil "Recommended load - candles 8-10% soy wax" and "minimal to no vanillin"; Mint Sandalwood "Recommended load - candles 7-10% (start at 7%)", moderate cream-to-amber toning possible, flash point stated only as the threshold "> 93°C (suitable for alcohol-based products)", which is not a measured value; Fresh Strawberries "6-9% for candles". Prices used: Pomegranate Splash Fragrance Oil 50 g ₹249, 100 g ₹399, 500 g ₹1,999, 1 kg ₹3,999; Mint Sandalwood 50 g ₹299, 100 g ₹549, 1 kg ₹4,999; Luxury Soy Wax Chunks 1 kg ₹599; CSI 464 1 kg ₹507.40; CSI 468 1 kg ₹650; Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354; Pen Thermometer ₹354. Fragrance oil is listed up to 1 kg and soy wax up to 10 kg (Natural Soy Pearl Wax also at 50 kg); larger or recurring volumes are quoted on WhatsApp and this guide does not state what a quote will be. Cure times of 14–21 days reflect standard practice for soy container candles. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.