I Have 1,000 Candles Split 40% Lavender, 30% Vanilla, 20% Coffee and 10% Oud — How Do I Calculate Fragrance Purchasing for Each SKU?
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How much oil per SKU? At 200 g and 8% with allowances: Lavender 6,897.8 g, Vanilla Bean 5,198.8 g, Roasted Coffee 3,499.9 g, Woody Oud 1,800.9 g.
Why not 40/30/20/10 of the total oil? Fixed allowances (6 test candles per SKU) weigh more on small SKUs. A 10% share of the pooled figure leaves oud 61.2 g short.
What does it cost? ₹97,447.56 of oil; ₹1,92,000.36 with Soy Pearl wax, wicks and stickers. See the priced order.
Step one: percentages become candles
A 40 / 30 / 20 / 10 split of 1,000 candles is 400 lavender, 300 vanilla, 200 coffee and 100 oud. Write those four numbers down before anything else, because every allowance in a fragrance order attaches to candles, not to percentages. Each SKU needs its own test candles to prove its wick (a fragrance can change how a melt pool behaves), its own reject allowance, and its own pour loss. The title gives no candle weight or load, so this page uses a labelled example of 200 g at a working 8% — 16 g of oil and 184 g of wax per candle at CSI's finished-weight convention.
| SKU | Share | Candles | Net oil | With allowances | Cheapest in-stock bottles | Price | Leftover (overbuy) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavender | 40% | 400 | 6,400 g | 6,897.8 g | 6 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 4 × 100 g | ₹36,106.00 | 2.2 g (0.03%) |
| Vanilla Bean | 30% | 300 | 4,800 g | 5,198.8 g | 5 × 1 kg + 2 × 100 g | ₹39,810.00 | 1.2 g (0.02%) |
| Roasted Coffee | 20% | 200 | 3,200 g | 3,499.9 g | 3 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g | ₹13,104.00 | 0.1 g (0.00%) |
| Woody Oud | 10% | 100 | 1,600 g | 1,800.9 g | 1 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 3 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g | ₹8,427.56 | 49.1 g (2.73%) |
| Total | 100% | 1,000 | 16,000 g | 17,397.4 g | four orders | ₹97,447.56 | 52.6 g |
Three of the four oils round almost exactly — Lavender, Vanilla Bean and Roasted Coffee land within a few grams of need because their listed sizes happen to fit. Woody Oud, the smallest SKU, overbuys most in proportion: 49.1 g on 1,800.9 g, because a small need has less room to absorb a pack step. That pattern is general: the smaller the SKU, the bigger the rounding as a share of its need.
Why a percentage of the total under-buys the small SKU
The tempting shortcut is to calculate one oil figure for the whole 1,000 — 17,397.4 g with 24 test candles, 3% rejects and 3% pour loss — and hand out 40%, 30%, 20% and 10% of it. It looks fair. It is not, because the test candles are a fixed six per SKU, not a percentage of each SKU. The 100-candle oud SKU carries the same six test candles as the 400-candle lavender SKU, so its oil per saleable candle is higher, and a 10% share of the pooled figure leaves it short.
| SKU | Per-SKU need | Share of pooled | Gap | Effect | Oil bought per saleable candle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavender | 6,897.8 g | 6,959.0 g | +61.2 g | Over-bought | 17.24 g |
| Vanilla Bean | 5,198.8 g | 5,219.2 g | +20.4 g | Over-bought | 17.33 g |
| Roasted Coffee | 3,499.9 g | 3,479.5 g | −20.4 g | Short | 17.50 g |
| Woody Oud | 1,800.9 g | 1,739.7 g | −61.2 g | Short | 18.01 g |
The oud SKU comes up 61.2 g short — about 3.7 candles of oil — while lavender is over-bought by 61.2 g. On a real order that is the difference between finishing the oud run and stopping three candles short with lavender oil you cannot use. And the gap grows if the small SKU is also the new or difficult fragrance with more test candles. Per-SKU stacks get it right automatically.
Each SKU's own bill of materials and cost
"Fragrance purchasing for each SKU" usually comes with a second question: what does each SKU cost to make? The oil is the only line that differs between these four SKUs — they share a wax, a wick type and (here) a jar you supply — so the per-candle material cost differs by the oil alone. The table uses the price actually paid per gram for each oil's bottle mix, the shared wax at its 10 kg rate and a ₹5.90 Thin C1 wick; your jar, lid, label and box are extra.
| SKU | Wax | Oil | Wick | Oil ₹ per gram paid | Material ₹ (wax + oil + wick) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavender | 184 g | 16 g | 1 Thin C1 | ₹5.23 | ₹167.79 |
| Vanilla Bean | 184 g | 16 g | 1 Thin C1 | ₹7.66 | ₹206.56 |
| Roasted Coffee | 184 g | 16 g | 1 Thin C1 | ₹3.74 | ₹143.97 |
| Woody Oud | 184 g | 16 g | 1 Thin C1 | ₹4.56 | ₹156.95 |
Vanilla Bean is the dearest SKU to make and Roasted Coffee the cheapest — a ₹62.59 spread per candle from the oil alone. If the 1,000 candles sell at one price, the split is a margin decision as much as a scent decision: moving 50 candles from vanilla to coffee changes the material bill by ₹3,129.42. That is information for the client conversation, not a reason to steer the split.
When the split moves after you have bought
Suppose the client changes 40 / 30 / 20 / 10 to 35 / 35 / 20 / 10 after seeing samples. Lavender drops to 350 candles and Vanilla Bean rises to 350. The coffee and oud orders are untouched; the two that moved are recalculated from their new counts. If the oils were already bought in full, the lavender order now has a surplus and the vanilla order a shortfall — and neither fixes the other.
| SKU | Candles before → after | Oil before | Oil after | Bottles after | Change in ₹ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavender | 400 → 350 | 6,897.8 g | 6,048.3 g | 6 × 1 kg + 1 × 50 g | −₹4,510.00 |
| Vanilla Bean | 300 → 350 | 5,198.8 g | 6,048.3 g | 6 × 1 kg + 1 × 50 g | +₹6,476.00 |
| Roasted Coffee | 200 → 200 | 3,499.9 g | 3,499.9 g | 3 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g | +₹0.00 |
| Woody Oud | 100 → 100 | 1,800.9 g | 1,800.9 g | 1 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 3 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g | +₹0.00 |
The practical protection is the same buy-now / buy-after split this cluster uses everywhere: buy a test bottle of each oil for the per-SKU trial and the client samples, get the split confirmed in writing, then order each SKU's balance from its confirmed candle count. The new-fragrance approval post covers when that wait is worth it, and the 500-favour hub shows the two-stage purchase priced end to end.
The priced order
The shared wax is the sum of the four SKUs' wax requirements: 200.07 kg. Natural Soy Pearl Wax is the example wax because it is CSI's only soy wax with a real bulk break (₹450.00 a kilo at 1 kg, ₹424.80 from 5 kg); its page publishes no fragrance ceiling, so 8% is a tested starting point rather than a figure inside a stated limit. The 50 kg bag is the same rate as the 10 kg — 4 × 50 kg + 1 × 1 kg and 20 × 10 kg + 1 × 1 kg both cost ₹85,410.00 — and is in limited stock, so confirm on WhatsApp.
| Item | Need | Packs | Price | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Soy Pearl Wax | 200.07 kg | 20 × 10 kg + 1 × 1 kg (or 50 kg bags) | ₹85,410.00 | Now |
| Lavender oil | 6,897.8 g | 6 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 4 × 100 g | ₹36,106.00 | Test bottle now · balance after confirmation |
| Vanilla Bean oil | 5,198.8 g | 5 × 1 kg + 2 × 100 g | ₹39,810.00 | Test bottle now · balance after confirmation |
| Roasted Coffee oil | 3,499.9 g | 3 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g | ₹13,104.00 | Test bottle now · balance after confirmation |
| Woody Oud oil | 1,800.9 g | 1 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 3 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g | ₹8,427.56 | Test bottle now · balance after confirmation |
| Thin C1 20 + Thick C2 20 — trial | 24 candles | 20 + 20 | ₹306.80 | Now |
| Wick stickers | 1058 | 27 × 40 | ₹2,700.00 | Now |
| Production wicks (one wick shown) | 1034 | 1 × 1000 + 2 × 20 | ₹6,136.00 | After trial |
| CSI subtotal | ₹1,92,000.36 | ₹192.00 per candle | ||
| Jars, lids, labels, boxes (not CSI) | 1078 jars incl. 2% breakage | your quotes | example only |
The CSI products in this order
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Candles at 16.0 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹105.02 | ₹7.00 | 0.9 |
| 50 g | ₹270.00 | ₹5.40 | 3.1 |
| 100 g | ₹540.00 | ₹5.40 | 6.2 |
| 500 g | ₹2,620.00 | ₹5.24 | 31.2 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,221.00 | ₹5.22 | 62.5 |
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Candles at 16.0 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹130.00 | ₹8.67 | 0.9 |
| 50 g | ₹410.00 | ₹8.20 | 3.1 |
| 100 g | ₹790.00 | ₹7.90 | 6.2 |
| 500 g | ₹3,840.00 | ₹7.68 | 31.2 |
| 1 kg | ₹7,646.00 | ₹7.65 | 62.5 |
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Candles at 16.0 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹93.22 | ₹6.21 | 0.9 |
| 50 g | ₹230.00 | ₹4.60 | 3.1 |
| 100 g | ₹390.00 | ₹3.90 | 6.2 |
| 500 g | ₹1,890.00 | ₹3.78 | 31.2 |
| 1 kg | ₹3,738.00 | ₹3.74 | 62.5 |
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Candles at 16.0 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹93.22 | ₹6.21 | 0.9 |
| 50 g | ₹271.40 | ₹5.43 | 3.1 |
| 100 g | ₹453.12 | ₹4.53 | 6.2 |
| 500 g | ₹2,265.60 | ₹4.53 | 31.2 |
| 1 kg | ₹4,531.20 | ₹4.53 | 62.5 |
| Pack | Price | Per kg | Candles at 184.0 g wax |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 kg | ₹450.00 | ₹450.00 | 5.4 |
| 5 kg | ₹2,124.00 | ₹424.80 | 27.2 |
| 10 kg | ₹4,248.00 | ₹424.80 | 54.3 |
| 50 kg | ₹21,240.00 | ₹424.80 | 271.7 (limited stock — confirm) |
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. The page tells you not to buy every SKU's oil in 1 kg bottles when smaller bottles cost the same per gram, and names the oud that was out of stock instead of hiding it.
Oil prices are CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 4 October 2026. Soy-wax prices are CSI live pricing, re-checked 1 October 2026. Wick and sticker prices were re-checked 4 October 2026. Candle counts, per-SKU stacks, the pooled comparison, per-SKU costs and the split-shift table are arithmetic, shown so you can check them.
The 200 g fill, 8% load, 6 test candles per SKU, 3% rejects, 3% pour loss, 2% breakage and the 35/35/20/10 shift are labelled working assumptions or examples. CSI publishes no stock unit counts, wick-size charts or throw data. To confirm stock, for quotes, GST invoicing, MSDS or IFRA documentation, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
- I Received an Order for 500 × 100 g Wedding Candles in Two Fragrances — Exactly How Much Wax, Fragrance Oil, Wick and Spare Raw Material Should I Purchase?
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- I Have a 1,000-Piece Corporate Order with a New Fragrance — Should I Buy the Full Fragrance Quantity Before the Client Approves the Sample?
- Should a 1,000-Candle Production Order Have One Combined BOM or Separate BOMs for Every Fragrance and Container Variation?
- I Sell 500 Candles per Month Across Five SKUs — How Do I Forecast Raw-Material Consumption Separately for Each SKU?
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 used (CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 4 October 2026 for oils; CSI live pricing, re-checked 1 October 2026 for wax; re-checked 4 October 2026 for wicks and stickers): Lavender Fragrance Oil ₹105.02 / 15 g, ₹270.00 / 50 g, ₹540.00 / 100 g, ₹2,620.00 / 500 g, ₹5,221.00 / 1 kg. Vanilla Bean Fragrance Oil ₹130.00 / 15 g, ₹410.00 / 50 g, ₹790.00 / 100 g, ₹3,840.00 / 500 g, ₹7,646.00 / 1 kg. Roasted Coffee Fragrance Oil ₹93.22 / 15 g, ₹230.00 / 50 g, ₹390.00 / 100 g, ₹1,890.00 / 500 g, ₹3,738.00 / 1 kg. Woody Oud Fragrance Oil ₹93.22 / 15 g, ₹271.40 / 50 g, ₹453.12 / 100 g, ₹2,265.60 / 500 g, ₹4,531.20 / 1 kg. Regal Royal Oud Fragrance Oil ₹699.00 / 100 g (out of stock), ₹3,299.00 / 500 g (out of stock), ₹6,500.00 / 1 kg (out of stock). White Royal Oud Fragrance Oil ₹130.00 / 15 g, ₹420.00 / 50 g, ₹810.00 / 100 g, ₹4,051.00 / 500 g, ₹8,103.00 / 1 kg. Natural Soy Pearl Wax ₹450.00 / 1 kg, ₹2,124.00 / 5 kg, ₹4,248.00 / 10 kg, ₹21,240.00 / 50 kg. Wick, jar and sundry prices re-checked 4 October 2026: Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 ₹118.00 / 20, ₹295.00 / 50, ₹590.00 / 100, ₹2,950.00 / 500, ₹5,900.00 / 1,000 (₹5.90 each; the 10-pack is out of stock); Thick C2 ₹94.40 / 10, ₹188.80 / 20, ₹472.00 / 50, ₹944.00 / 100, ₹4,720.00 / 500, ₹9,440.00 / 1,000 (₹9.44 each); Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made ₹120.00 / 10 to ₹12,000.00 / 1,000 (₹12.00 each); wick stickers ₹100.00 / 40 (the 100-sticker sheet is out of stock); White Matte Glass Jar ₹354.00 / 5, ₹708.00 / 10; 200 ml Salsa Glass Jar with golden lug cap ₹200.60 / 5, ₹1,475.00 / 50, ₹2,950.00 / 100; Yankee Glass Jar 130 ml with clear cap ₹47.20 each; Wick Centering Device ₹118.00 / 5; Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354.00; Pen Thermometer ₹354.00.
Non-price figures and assumptions: CSI convention: fragrance load is a share of finished candle weight (200 g at 8% = 16 g oil + 184 g wax). What CSI's product pages state (quoted, not CSI test results): Luxury Soy Wax Chunks — maximum fragrance load 13%, cure minimum 48 hours, ideally 1–2 weeks; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 — fragrance load up to 10%; Premium Coconut Soy Wax CSI 468 — fragrance load up to 13%, melting point 50–53°C, pour 58–60°C; Natural Soy Pearl — no fragrance ceiling, temperatures or shelf life published. The 200 g fill, 8% load, 6 test candles per SKU, 3% rejects, 3% pour loss, 2% breakage and the 35/35/20/10 shift are labelled working assumptions or examples. Stock status is as re-checked on 4 October 2026 (a stock-out, not a discontinuation). CSI publishes no stock unit counts, wick-size charts or throw data. Costs exclude labour, jars, packaging, freight and GST.