I Have a Limited Budget — Should I Standardise on One Jar and One Wax While Creating Variety Through Fragrance Instead of Buying Many Container Styles?
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Does it cost more? No. In the example Plan B spends ₹14,104.83 against Plan A's ₹14,645.60 and still makes 2,295 g more finished candle, because every candle is full size and there are fewer test pours.
Which wax and jar? This page uses CSI 464 and the White Matte Glass Jar as the example. Any one container wax with one jar works; CSI publishes no data that makes one better than another — test yours.
What do I buy first? Wax, oils, jars and a two-type wick ladder. Production wicks wait for the ladder. See the order split.
The ₹15,000.00 comparison in numbers
"Limited budget" needs a figure before it can be planned, so this page uses ₹15,000.00 as a labelled example — a common size for a first raw-material order, between the ₹10,000 starter split and the ₹20,000 collection that has to look large. Two makers spend it. Maker A builds variety the way most first launches do: four container styles, two waxes, three wick types and three popular oils. Maker B standardises: one jar, one wax, a two-wick test range and six oils. Both end up with exactly 36 candles to sell, so the comparison is like for like.
| Plan A · many containers | Plan B · one jar, one wax | |
|---|---|---|
| Containers | White Matte, 200 ml Salsa, Yankee 130 ml, Golden Aluminium Tin | White Matte Glass Jar only |
| Waxes | Luxury Soy Wax Chunks (glass) + Natural Soy Pearl (tins) | Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 only |
| Wick types | Eco Thin C1, Eco Thick C2, Cotton Braided | Eco Thin C1 and Eco Thick C2, one kept after testing |
| Fragrance oils | Lavender, Dark Vanilla, Roasted Coffee | Japanese Cherry Blossom, Fresh Strawberries, Jasmine, Woody Oud, Cucumber Green Tea, Orchard Pear |
| Materials stocked | 12 | 10 |
| Finished SKUs (scent × container) | 12 | 6 |
| Scents a customer can choose | 3 | 6 |
| Candles per scent | 12 (spread over 4 containers) | 6 |
| Test candles before the first sale | 24 (a wick ladder for every format) | 12 (one ladder + one check per oil) |
| Finished candle weight made | 4,905 g | 7,200 g |
| CSI spend | ₹14,645.60 | ₹14,104.83 |
| Left in reserve | ₹354.40 | ₹895.17 |
| Line | What it covers | Buy | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Soy Wax Chunks | 6,949 g for the three glass formats | 14 × 500 g | ₹4,186.00 |
| Natural Soy Pearl Wax | 1,284 g for the tins | 2 × 1 kg | ₹900.00 |
| Lavender | 238.7 g | 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g | ₹1,350.00 |
| Dark Vanilla | 238.7 g | 2 × 100 g + 3 × 15 g | ₹1,970.00 |
| Roasted Coffee | 238.7 g | 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g | ₹1,010.00 |
| Four container styles | White Matte Glass Jar: 16 · 200 ml Salsa jar: 16 · Yankee 130 ml jar: 16 · Golden Aluminium Tin: 15 | 2 × 10 · 4 × 5 · 16 × 1 · 2 × 12 | ₹3,693.60 |
| Three wick ladders | Thin C1, Thick C2 and Cotton Braided | 20 + 20 + 10 | ₹426.80 |
| Production wicks | budgeted remainder once four ladders decide | labelled estimate | ₹401.20 |
| Scale + thermometer | same in both plans | 1 + 1 | ₹708.00 |
| CSI spend | 36 saleable + 24 test candles | ₹14,645.60 |
Read the money line carefully, because it is not the whole story. Plan B spends ₹540.77 less than Plan A and makes 2,295 g more finished candle — every Plan B candle is a full-size jar, while a third of Plan A's candles are 85 g tins and 100 g Yankee jars. Per gram of candle, standardising is clearly cheaper. But the larger differences are in the other rows: Plan B stocks 10 materials instead of 12, lists 6 SKUs instead of 12, pours 12 fewer test candles before anything can be sold, and puts twice as many scents in front of a customer.
So the straight answer to the title is yes — on a limited budget, standardise on one jar and one wax and create variety through fragrance. Not because one container or wax is better than another (CSI publishes no data that would say so), but because every extra container style multiplies three things a small launch cannot afford: the wick testing, the number of part-used packs, and the number of SKUs you have to photograph, label and keep in stock.
What standardising actually eliminates
The table counts the materials each plan has to buy, store, track and reorder. Fragrance oils are deliberately counted separately, because they are the one material where more variety is the point.
| What you stock or decide | Plan A | Plan B | Eliminated by standardising |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jars / containers | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Waxes | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Wick types | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Fragrance oils | 3 | 6 | +3 (added on purpose) |
| Non-fragrance materials | 9 | 4 | 5 of 9 (56%) |
| Wax × container pairings to validate | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Wick ladders to run | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Test candles before the first sale | 24 | 12 | 12 |
| Finished SKUs to label, photograph and list | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Jar fills to weigh and record | 3 (tin fill is published) | 1 | 2 |
| Reorder points to watch | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Standardising removes 5 of the 9 non-fragrance materials — three containers, one wax and one wick type — and with them three wick ladders and 12 test candles. It also removes something no table shows well: decisions. Each of Plan A's four formats needs its own answer to "which wick, how full, how long to cure, which box". Plan B answers those questions once, and then every new fragrance inherits the answers. The inventory-complexity post turns this count into a full launch checklist, and the 10-SKU standardisation post extends it to dyes.
The bill of materials for the standardised range
Plan B's candle is a 200 g White Matte jar at an 8% fragrance load. The 200 g is an illustrative planning fill — not published, weigh a test pour: CSI does not publish fill weights for its glass jars (only the 85 g Golden Aluminium Tin and the 50 g Heart Cutout Velvet Jar have published fills). Pour one jar to the line you like, weigh it, and replace 200 g everywhere below with your figure before ordering. The 8% is CSI's default working load and sits inside CSI 464's 10% ceiling stated on its product page.
| Component | Quantity per candle | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wax | 184 g | Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 | 200 g × 92% |
| Fragrance oil | 16 g | one of six oils | 200 g × 8% — inside the 10% ceiling |
| Wick | 1 | Eco Candle Wicks | Thin C1 or Thick C2 — decided by the ladder |
| Jar | 1 | White Matte Glass Jar | fill not published — weigh |
| Lid, label, box | 1 each | not CSI | example lines only, outside the CSI total |
The allowances are stacked in a fixed order so that none is applied twice. All rates are labelled working assumptions — replace them with your own once you have a run or two of records.
| Step | Rule | Applied to | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Test candles | 6 wick-ladder candles + 6 one-per-oil confirmation candles, as whole candles | everything | 36 + 12 = 48 candles |
| 2 · Rejects | ÷ (1 − 5%) — example reject rate | wax, oil, wicks | 50.53 candles' worth of consumables |
| 3 · Pour loss | × (1 + 4%) | wax and oil only | wax 9,668.7 g · oil 840.8 g |
| 4 · Breakage | × (1 + 2%) — example | glass jars only | 48 × 1.02 → 49 jars |
| 5 · Round up | cheapest in-stock CSI packs | each material separately | see the next section |
Rounding to real CSI packs, with leftovers
CSI 464 is priced flat at ₹507.40 a kilo from 1 kg to 10 kg; only the 500 g bag is dearer (₹260.00, or ₹520.00 a kilo). The 9,669 g need lands just under 10 kg, so the cheapest cover is 1 × 10 kg at ₹5,074.00, leaving 331 g — a spare candle or two. Ten 1 kg bags cost exactly the same and are easier to keep sealed; two 5 kg bags also cost the same. The White Matte jar is listed in packs of 5 (₹354.00) and 10 (₹708.00), both ₹70.80 a jar, so 49 jars round to 50.
| Oil | Need | Packs | Bought | Left over | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Cherry Blossom | 227.7 g | 2 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g | 230 g | 2.3 g | ₹1,208.00 |
| Fresh Strawberries | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g | 150 g | 27.4 g | ₹590.00 |
| Jasmine | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g | 130 g | 7.4 g | ₹636.00 |
| Woody Oud | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g | 130 g | 7.4 g | ₹639.56 |
| Cucumber Green Tea | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g | 150 g | 27.4 g | ₹529.23 |
| Orchard Pear | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g | 130 g | 7.4 g | ₹590.04 |
| Six oils | 840.8 g | ₹4,192.83 |
Notice the leftovers. Every oil ends the launch with a part-used bottle, because nobody can buy exactly the grams a calculation produces. In Plan B those leftovers are fragrance — the material you want to reorder or re-test anyway. In Plan A the leftovers also include part-packs of two waxes, three wick types and four jar styles, several of which only fit the one format they were bought for. Choosing packs for the minimum leftover works through that trade-off in detail.
The priced shopping list — exactly ₹15,000.00
Here is Plan B as a single order. The CSI subtotal and the reserve add to the budget to the paisa. The production wick line is budgeted at the dearer outcome — if the Thick C2 wins the ladder the order is 2 × 20 Thick C2 (₹377.60); if the Thin C1 wins it is 2 × 20 Thin C1 (₹236.00) and the difference goes back to the reserve.
| Item | Need | Buy | Price | Share of budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 | 9,669 g (all 48 candles) | 1 × 10 kg | ₹5,074.00 | 33.8% |
| Japanese Cherry Blossom | 227.7 g | 2 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g | ₹1,208.00 | 8.1% |
| Fresh Strawberries | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g | ₹590.00 | 3.9% |
| Jasmine | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g | ₹636.00 | 4.2% |
| Woody Oud | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g | ₹639.56 | 4.3% |
| Cucumber Green Tea | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g | ₹529.23 | 3.5% |
| Orchard Pear | 122.6 g | 1 × 100 g + 2 × 15 g | ₹590.04 | 3.9% |
| White Matte Glass Jar | 49 jars | 5 × pack of 10 | ₹3,540.00 | 23.6% |
| Eco Candle Wicks — test ladder | 3 Thin C1 + 3 Thick C2 | Thin C1 × 20 + Thick C2 × 10 | ₹212.40 | 1.4% |
| Eco wicks — production (after test) | 45 wicks less test spares | budgeted at the dearer outcome | ₹377.60 | 2.5% |
| Weighing scale + pen thermometer | skip if you own them | 1 + 1 | ₹708.00 | 4.7% |
| CSI subtotal | ₹14,104.83 | 94.0% | ||
| Reserve — kept as cash for testing fixes and the first reorder | labelled working reserve | not spent yet | ₹895.17 | 6.0% |
| Budget | ₹15,000.00 | 100.0% |
The reserve is not slack. It is the money for the things a first launch always discovers: a wick ladder that needs a third option, a fragrance that needs a second confirmation pour, and — most importantly — the first reorder of whichever scents sell. Keeping 6% back is a labelled working choice, not a rule; the ₹75,000 reorder-cash post argues the size of that reserve at a larger budget.
| Line | Example per candle | Example for 36 candles | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lid for the White Matte jar | example ₹15.00 | ₹540.00 | CSI does not list a lid for this jar — replace with your quote |
| Label | example ₹8.00 | ₹288.00 | one label design, six scent names |
| Box or wrap | example ₹20.00 | ₹720.00 | one box size fits every candle in Plan B |
Standardising pays off again here. One jar means one lid size, one label shape and one box. Plan A would need four of each — and the Golden Aluminium Tin and the jars sold with caps (Salsa and Yankee) change the lid question for some formats but not others. These packaging lines are examples only; never treat them as prices.
Buy now, buy after the wick test
Not every line on the list should be ordered on day one. Materials shared by every candle can be bought first; the production quantity of the wick waits for the ladder to finish.
| Order | Lines | CSI cost | Why now / why later |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order 1 — today | CSI 464 10 kg, six oils, 50 White Matte jars, Thin C1 × 20, Thick C2 × 10, scale and thermometer | ₹13,727.23 | Shared by every candle whichever wick wins |
| Order 2 — after the ladder | Production wicks of the winning type | ₹236.00 (Thin) or ₹377.60 (Thick) | Only the passing wick is bought in quantity |
| Held back | Reserve | ₹895.17 | Fixes, then reorders of proven scents |
Making six scents look like a collection
Standardising the container does not mean a dull shelf. Variety a customer notices can come from places that cost little or nothing in raw materials: the scent itself, the name, the label colour, and the way the range is grouped. Six oils drawn from different families — floral, fruity, fresh, woody — read as a deliberate collection, not as six random bottles.
| Oil | Family (descriptive) | Per gram at 100 g | Oil cost per 200 g candle at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Cherry Blossom | Floral | ₹5.00 | ₹80.00 |
| Fresh Strawberries | Fruity | ₹3.78 | ₹60.42 |
| Jasmine | Floral | ₹4.30 | ₹68.80 |
| Woody Oud | Woody | ₹4.53 | ₹72.50 |
| Cucumber Green Tea | Fresh | ₹3.53 | ₹56.45 |
| Orchard Pear | Fruity | ₹3.80 | ₹60.80 |
The oil is the only per-candle cost that changes across the range, and even the dearest of these six adds only a few rupees per candle over the cheapest. That is the economic heart of the standardise-and-vary approach: the expensive, slow-to-learn parts (jar, wax, wick) are fixed, and the cheap, fast-to-change part (fragrance) carries the variety. When a seventh scent is wanted, it costs one bottle and one confirmation candle. The ₹20,000 "look large" post adds colour and a mini size on top of the same idea, and the five-fragrance shared-materials post applies it to a named collection.
When a second container is worth adding
Standardising is a launch strategy, not a permanent rule. A second format earns its place when it does something the first cannot: a lower price point, a gift set, a sample size. The test is whether that format will sell enough to justify its own wick ladder and its own SKUs.
| Signal | What it suggests | Cheapest way to add it |
|---|---|---|
| Customers ask for a smaller, cheaper candle | A mini format | Golden Aluminium Tin — the only CSI container with a published fill (85 g), 12 for ₹360.00 |
| Gift buyers want a set | A second size in the same wax | Same CSI 464, same oils — only a new wick ladder |
| A scent has reordered twice | Depth in that scent before breadth in jars | Reorder the oil first |
| You want a lidded jar for shipping | A jar sold with a cap | 200 ml Salsa jar or Yankee 130 ml — fills not published, weigh |
Whichever format comes second, keep the wax. A second container with the same wax needs a wick ladder; a second container with a different wax needs a wick ladder and a whole new set of pour notes. The 50 g / 200 g / 500 g plan shows how to bring three sizes into one procurement plan once you are ready.
| Pack | Price | Per kg | Candles at 184.0 g wax |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹260.00 | ₹520.00 | 2.7 |
| 1 kg | ₹507.40 | ₹507.40 | 5.4 |
| 5 kg | ₹2,537.00 | ₹507.40 | 27.2 |
| 10 kg | ₹5,074.00 | ₹507.40 | 54.3 |
| Pack | Price | Per jar | Plan B needs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 5 | ₹354.00 | ₹70.80 | — |
| Pack of 10 | ₹708.00 | ₹70.80 | 5 packs |
| Pack | Price | Per wick | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thin C1 × 10 | Out of stock | — | — |
| Thin C1 × 20 | ₹118.00 | ₹5.90 | ladder |
| Thin C1 × 50 | ₹295.00 | ₹5.90 | production |
| Thick C2 × 10 | ₹94.40 | ₹9.44 | ladder |
| Thick C2 × 20 | ₹188.80 | ₹9.44 | production |
| Thick C2 × 50 | ₹472.00 | ₹9.44 | production |
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Candles at 16.0 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹104.00 | ₹6.93 | 0.9 |
| 50 g | ₹270.00 | ₹5.40 | 3.1 |
| 100 g | ₹500.00 | ₹5.00 | 6.2 |
| 500 g | ₹2,500.00 | ₹5.00 | 31.2 |
| 1 kg | ₹4,842.00 | ₹4.84 | 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 |
Which shopping-list question is yours
This page decides the strategy. Its siblings price the same idea at different budgets and from different starting points.
| Your situation | Post |
|---|---|
| Counting exactly what one wax, one jar and a small wick range removes | 5952 |
| ₹20,000 that has to look like a big collection | 5953 |
| ₹10,000 and you already own jars | 5954 |
| 100 jars and wicks already on the shelf | 5955 |
| The smallest pilot before ₹1 lakh | 5958 |
| When small packs should become bulk | 5959 |
| The staged plan from ₹10,000 to ₹1 lakh | 5960 |
| The ₹10,000 starter split | 5941 |
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. We list many container styles and would sell more if every new maker bought four. This page tells a limited-budget maker to buy one, because the arithmetic of testing and part-used packs says so.
Wax prices are CSI live pricing, re-checked 1 October 2026; oil prices are CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 4 October 2026; wick and jar packs are from the CSI listing re-checked 4 October 2026; the scale and thermometer are Blog 760 figures, verified 10 September 2026. Per-candle splits, allowance stacks, pack rounding, leftovers and the budget total are computed and shown to two decimals so you can check them.
The ₹15,000.00 budget, the 200 g, 160 g and 100 g planning fills, the 8% load, the 5% reject, 4% pour-loss and 2% breakage rates, the wick-ladder size and the packaging figures are labelled examples and working assumptions. CSI publishes no jar fills (except the 85 g tin and 50 g velvet jar), wick-size charts, throw or demand data. For help planning your range, GST invoicing, MSDS or IFRA documentation, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
- If I Standardise One Wax, One Jar and a Small Wick Range, How Much Inventory Complexity Can I Eliminate from My First Candle Launch?
- I Want My First Candle Collection to Look Large but Only Have ₹20,000 for Raw Materials — How Can I Create Variety Without Buying Too Many Different Materials?
- I Have ₹10,000 for Fragrance, Wax and Wicks but Already Own Jars — How Should I Allocate the Budget Differently?
- I Want to Spend the Smallest Amount Necessary to Validate a Candle Idea Before Investing ₹1 Lakh — What Raw Materials Should I Buy for the Pilot Stage?
- How Do I Build a Candle Startup Purchase Plan That Moves from ₹10,000 Testing Inventory to ₹25,000, ₹50,000 and ₹1 Lakh Commercial Inventory as Sales Grow?
- I Have ₹10,000 to Start a Candle Business — How Should I Divide It Between Soy Wax, Fragrance Oils, Wicks, Jars and Testing Materials?
- With a ₹1 Lakh Raw-Material Budget, Is It Better to Launch 5 Fragrances with Deeper Inventory or 15 Fragrances with Very Small Quantities?
- I Want to Launch 10 Candle SKUs but Minimise the Number of Raw Materials I Stock — How Should I Standardise Wax, Jars, Wicks and Dyes?
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: Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 ₹260.00 / 500 g, ₹507.40 / 1 kg, ₹2,537.00 / 5 kg, ₹5,074.00 / 10 kg; Luxury Soy Wax Chunks ₹299.00 / 500 g, ₹599.00 / 1 kg, ₹2,995.00 / 5 kg, ₹5,999.00 / 10 kg; Natural Soy Pearl Wax ₹450.00 / 1 kg, ₹2,124.00 / 5 kg, ₹4,248.00 / 10 kg, ₹21,240.00 / 50 kg (CSI live pricing, re-checked 1 October 2026). Japanese Cherry Blossom Fragrance Oil ₹104.00 / 15 g, ₹270.00 / 50 g, ₹500.00 / 100 g, ₹2,500.00 / 500 g, ₹4,842.00 / 1 kg; Fresh Strawberries Fragrance Oil ₹113.28 / 15 g, ₹212.40 / 50 g, ₹377.60 / 100 g, ₹1,770.00 / 500 g, ₹3,540.00 / 1 kg; Jasmine Fragrance Oil ₹103.00 / 15 g, ₹230.00 / 50 g, ₹430.00 / 100 g, ₹1,961.00 / 500 g, ₹3,923.00 / 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; Cucumber Green Tea Fragrance Oil ₹93.22 / 15 g, ₹176.41 / 50 g, ₹352.82 / 100 g, ₹1,663.80 / 500 g, ₹3,327.60 / 1 kg; Orchard Pear Fragrance Oil ₹105.02 / 15 g, ₹240.00 / 50 g, ₹380.00 / 100 g, ₹1,870.00 / 500 g, ₹3,738.00 / 1 kg; 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; Dark Vanilla 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 (CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock 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 on the 4 October 2026 re-check); 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 ₹12.00 each at every pack (₹120.00 / 10 to ₹12,000.00 / 1,000); wick stickers ₹100.00 / 40; White Matte Glass Jar ₹354.00 / 5, ₹708.00 / 10 (₹70.80 each); 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; Golden Aluminium Tin (85 g published fill) ₹360.00 / 12 (₹30.00 each) (CSI listing re-checked 4 October 2026). Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354.00; Pen Thermometer ₹354.00; Wick Centering Device ₹118.00 / 5 (Blog 760 figures, verified 10 September 2026).
Non-price figures and assumptions: Load is a share of finished weight (oil = W × L; 200 g at 8% = 16 g oil + 184 g wax). CSI does not publish fill weights for its glass jars (only the 85 g Golden Aluminium Tin and the 50 g Heart Cutout Velvet Jar have published fills); the 200 g, 160 g and 100 g fills are illustrative planning figures. 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%, shelf life 60 months cool and dry; Premium Coconut Soy Wax CSI 468 — melting point 50–53°C, pour 58–60°C, fragrance load up to 13%, shelf life 60 months cool and dry; Natural Soy Pearl — no melt point, pour temperature, fragrance ceiling or shelf life published. Reject 5%, pour loss 4%, breakage 2%, wick-ladder size, cure checkpoints, burn cycles and packaging figures are labelled examples. CSI publishes no throw, demand or wick-sizing data. Material costs exclude labour, packaging, freight and GST. Diwali 2026 falls on 8 November.