I’m Using an 8 cm Jar with 10% Coffee Fragrance and My Wick Keeps Mushrooming — Would Reducing Fragrance Load Potentially Improve the Burn?

I’m Using an 8 cm Jar with 10% Coffee Fragrance and My Wick Keeps Mushrooming — Would Reducing Fragrance Load Potentially Improve the Burn?

 

Roasted Coffee 100 g ₹390.00 · every size in stock Coffee Vanilla Tobacco 50 g ₹449.00 · in stock Eco C2 ₹94.40 for 10 · in stock
8 cm jar · 10% coffee · the wick mushrooms
Step the load down on the same wick and score what you lose in scent before you change anything else.
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Roasted Coffee Fragrance
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"Really love this fragrance oil."
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Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
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Orchard Pear
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"Warm comforting fragrance"
M AVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Autumn
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"Ordered soy wax, fragrance oils, wax and thermometer — everything was great quality! Gilli Mitti and Pumpkin Spice scents are amazing and authentic. Packaging was secure and delivery was on time. Highly recommended for candle makers! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
RenuVerified buyer · Jul 2026
Gilli Mitti (Patchouli)
★★★★☆
"I like the material of tin jar no doubt but some are little dent but the Mandala design is awesome. One more thing its difficult to open after I ready my candle and closed with lid its had to open, its both good point and the same time difficult to work. Thankyou"
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CSI Wick Lab · 8 cm Jars
At 10% a coffee candle is at the top of its page and of CSI 464's ceiling. Step the load down on the same wick, score the mushroom and the blind throw at every step, and keep the highest load that burns clean.
10 · 8 · 6%
two candles per load on one fixed wick, scored for mushroom and blind throw · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
My 8 cm candle with 10% coffee fragrance keeps mushrooming. Would reducing the load help? Possibly. Heavier gourmand oils at high loads are commonly linked to carbon on the wick, and less oil often means less of it. But it can also mean less scent, and only a side-by-side test shows how much of each you trade.

What is the test? Six 200 g candles on your current wick, unchanged: two at 10%, two at 8%, two at 6%. Score the mushroom after each session and the throw blind, at each load. 96 g of Roasted Coffee, 1,104 g of wax, ₹992.52 in materials.

How do I choose? Take the highest load that keeps the mushroom small (a score of 1 or less, our judgement) without a clear drop in blind throw. If even 6% mushrooms, it is the wick, not the oil: test one rung down instead.

Is lower load always weaker? Not always. The Coffee Vanilla Tobacco page says "7-9% soy wax (strong throw at lower loads)". Some oils are built to work below 10%; your blind scores tell you if yours is one.
The short answer
The verdict: reducing the load is a fair first test for mushrooming at 10%, because 10% is the top of both the Roasted Coffee page and CSI 464's stated ceiling. Test it; don't assume it.
The test: one fixed wick, loads 10 / 8 / 6%, two candles each, 200 g, mushroom score after every session, throw scored blind by three people.
The rule (judgement): keep the highest load whose mushroom averages 1 or less and whose blind throw is within about half a point of the 10% candles. None qualifies → change the wick, not the load.
The money: 10% → 8% removes 4 g of oil a candle, ₹14.95 at the 1 kg price, ₹1,495.20 per 100 candles.
Shop: Roasted Coffee Fragrance · Coffee Vanilla Tobacco · Eco C2 · all fragrance oils
In this guide
Step the load down on one wick: what you gain, what you pay Roasted Coffee in a 200 g candle, 8 cm jar, same wick throughout, 2 candles per load. Scores are a worked example (mean of 2 candles; throw from 3 blind sniffers), not CSI data. Your own log decides. Mushroom score (0 none – 3 heavy cap) 0 1 2 3 2.5 10% 1.5 8% 0.5 6% lower is better; 1 or under = acceptable (judgement) Blind throw score (0 none – 3 strong) 0 1 2 3 2.5 10% 2.2 8% 1.3 6% higher is better; under 0.5 apart = treat as noise (judgement) Oil in each 200 g candle, and its cost at the 100 g price (₹3.90 a gram) 10% 20 g · ₹78.00 8% 16 g · ₹62.40 6% 12 g · ₹46.80 Example verdict: 8% keeps most of the throw and drops the mushroom to 1.5: keep 8% and test one wick rung down.
A worked example of the step-down on one wick. Left: the mushroom shrinks as oil comes out. Right: the blind throw falls a little from 10% to 8% and a lot from 8% to 6%. Bottom: what each load puts in the candle and costs. Your scores will differ; the point is to see both lines at once before choosing a load. Illustrative, not CSI data.
The oil in the question · 100 g ₹390.00 · every size in stock
Roasted Coffee Fragrance: page load 6–10%, so every step stays inside it
The real-world case · 50 g ₹449.00 · in stock
Coffee Vanilla Tobacco: "7-9% soy wax (strong throw at lower loads)"
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Straight answer
I'm using an 8 cm jar with 10% coffee fragrance and my wick keeps mushrooming. Would reducing fragrance load potentially improve the burn?
Potentially, yes, and it is worth testing before you touch the wick, because 10% is already the top of the Roasted Coffee page's stated 6–10% and of CSI 464's "up to 10%". Dense gourmand oils at high loads are commonly linked to carbon build-up on the wick (a tendency, not CSI data), so taking oil out often shrinks the mushroom. The catch is that it can also shrink the scent, and a burn fixed at the cost of a candle nobody can smell is not fixed. So measure both at once. Pour six 200 g candles on your current wick, unchanged: two at 10%, two at 8% and two at 6%. After every session, score the mushroom before trimming; at each load, have three people score the throw blind. Keep the highest load whose mushroom stays small and whose throw is not clearly lower than 10%. In our worked example that is 8%; your own scores decide. If all three loads mushroom, the load was never the cause: test one wick rung down instead.
One line: take oil out one step at a time on the same wick, and score what you lose in scent as carefully as what you gain in burn.
For the step-down you need one 100 g bottle: Roasted Coffee Fragrance, ₹390.00, covers all six candles (96 g) with 4 g left. Two 50 g bottles (₹460.00) cost more for the same oil. Nothing else is needed if you already own your wick, wax and jars.
Roasted Coffee 100 g — ₹390.00

Why load and mushrooming are linked, and why less oil doesn't always help

A mushroom is carbon the flame could not finish. More oil is one reason; it is not the only one.

Mushrooming is the carbon cap that builds on the tip of a wick as it burns. It is commonly linked to three things: a wick delivering more fuel than the flame burns cleanly (over-wicking), heavy fragrance or dye loads, and long sessions. Heavier, viscous or vanillin-rich oils (coffee, vanilla, oud, sandalwood and many gourmands) are the ones commonly associated with it. Roasted Coffee's notes run from coffee bean to "dark chocolate and espresso" and a "warm vanilla and caramel base": a dense profile. CSI has no measured wick data for any oil, so this is a tendency, not a finding.

That is why lowering the load can help: less of the heavy material reaches the wick. It is also why it might not: if the wick is simply too big for an 8 cm jar, it will cap at 6% too. The step-down separates those two stories, because the wick never changes. If the soot, not the mushroom, is what worries you, the timing method is the soot-onset clock, and the larger-jar version of this trade is the 10 cm coffee soot-down matrix. How a mushroom behaves over many cycles, and how to score it consistently, is the mushrooming-after-several-cycles post; we use its idea of a 0–3 score here and keep this page about the load decision.

Mistake: dropping the load and changing the wick in the same round. What happens: the mushroom goes, and you don't know which change removed it, or what the scent cost. Fix: one variable per round. The 2 × 2 that varies both at once is a different design (load or wick size: the 2 × 2), and at 6.5 cm and 8% the order-of-operations question belongs to the 6.5 cm coffee post.

10% is the top of both pages

You are testing downward from the ceiling, not upward into it. Every rung is legal.

Two ceilings apply and the lower one governs. The Roasted Coffee page states "candles (6-10%)". CSI 464's page states "Fragrance Load Up to 10%". So 10% sits on both limits, and 8% and 6% sit inside both. These are formulation limits from the pages, not regulatory ones.

One nuance. This series measures load as a percentage of the total candle weight, so a 200 g candle at 10% holds 20 g of oil and 180 g of wax. The CSI 464 page doesn't say which basis its 10% uses. Read cautiously as 10% of wax weight, it allows 9.09% of total; your 10% of total is 11.11% of wax weight, just over that reading. 9% of total (9.89% of wax) fits either reading. If you are also changing the oil, untangle oil from load first (the 7.5 cm oud confound shows the three-cell design). If your 10% came from "oil added to wax", recompute it: the basis alone may have put you over. The conversions are in the load-basis hub.

The three loads in a 200 g candle
Percentage of total weight · oil + wax · Roasted Coffee at the 100 g and 1 kg prices · all declared
Load Oil Wax Oil cost, 100 g price Oil cost, 1 kg price Candles per kg of oil
10% (page top, CSI 464 ceiling) 20 g 180 g ₹78.00 ₹74.76 50
8% 16 g 184 g ₹62.40 ₹59.81 62
6% (page bottom) 12 g 188 g ₹46.80 ₹44.86 83

Going from 10% to 8% removes 4 g of oil, 20% of what was there; going to 6% removes 8 g, 40%. Those are big cuts in the material most associated with the mushroom, which is exactly why they can also be big cuts in scent.

The step-down: 10, 8 and 6% on one wick

Six candles. One wick. Only the oil moves.

Our worked example uses a 200 g fill for an 8 cm jar (measure yours: the inside of a jar sold as 8 cm is about 7.3 cm on a 0.35 cm wall, a 41.85 cm² pool, against 50.27 cm² if 8 cm is the inside). Keep everything else fixed: the same wax bag, the same jar batch, the same wick type and length, the same pour temperature, cure and room.

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Weigh each load separatelyFor each pair, weigh wax and oil to the gram: 20 g + 180 g, 16 g + 184 g, 12 g + 188 g. Mix each batch the same way and for the same time; the Roasted Coffee page states no add temperature, so follow your wax page (CSI 464: "Pour Temperature 80°C – 90°C").
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Code the bases, not the lidsWrite a code only you can read (A1, A2, B1…) on each base and keep the key on paper. The throw panel must not know which candle is which.
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Cure all six the sameThe page says to cure soy candles "for at least 48-72 hours before burn testing"; many makers wait about a week before judging throw. Same cure, same shelf.
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Burn in sessions of about 3–4 hoursFor an 8 cm jar count a session only if it runs at least about 3 hours (roughly the rule-of-thumb 2.9 h for a 7.3 cm inside). Trim to about 5–6 mm before every session, still air, candles spaced apart, burned within sight.
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Score the mushroom before you trimAt the end of each session, photograph the wick tip from the side against a ruler, then score it 0–3. Record flame height at 1 hour and at the end, and any soot on the glass.
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Score the throw blind, one candle at a timeDetails below. At least three sessions per candle before deciding; mushrooms that build over cycles only show up if you keep going.

Scoring the mushroom and the throw at each step

Two numbers per candle per session. Without the second one, the first one lies.

Mushroom

Use a simple 0–3 score: 0 no cap, 1 a small bead, 2 a clear cap, 3 a large cap, often with smoke or soot. The fuller method, with cumulative hours and an unscented control, is in 3247. Score before trimming, after every session, and average the two candles at each load.

Throw, blind

One candle per room at a time, in a closed room you use every time (a worked example: a 10 m² bedroom, door shut). Light it, leave the room, and have each of three people walk in at 1 hour and at 2 hours, spend about half a minute, and score 0–3 (0 nothing, 3 strong) without knowing the code. Air the room out between candles and give noses a break outside; perceived strength drops with continuous exposure. Average the three people's scores for each candle.

Step-down log · worked example · Roasted Coffee · 8 cm · fixed C2
Mean of 2 candles per load over 3 sessions · mushroom 0–3 before trimming · throw 0–3, three blind sniffers at 1 h and 2 h · illustrative, not CSI data
Load Mushroom (mean) Flame, trimmed Soot on glass Blind throw (mean) Reading
10% 2.5 about 4.5 cm, flickers late faint band by session 3 2.5 Strong, but the burn is the problem you started with
8% 1.5 about 4 cm, steady none 2.2 Mushroom down a point, throw within half a point
6% 0.5 about 3.5 cm, steady none 1.3 Clean burn, clearly weaker

In this example the answer is not "6% because it is cleanest". 6% buys the last point of mushroom with more than a point of throw. 8% keeps nearly all the scent and removes a point of mushroom but still sits above the 1-or-less line. That points to one more small, single change at 8%, not a slide to 6%.

Blind means blind
If you know which candle is 10%, you will smell it as stronger. Codes on the bases, one candle in the room at a time, and sniffers who didn't pour. With only three people, treat differences under about half a point as noise (our judgement) and repeat before acting on them.

What the lower load costs in scent, and in rupees

The saving is real. So is the scent you give up. Put both on the same page.
Decision · after 3 sessions per candle · our judgement, labelled
"Small mushroom" = mean score 1 or less · "throw holds" = within about 0.5 of the 10% mean
What the log shows Decision Next
8%: small mushroom, throw holds Move to 8% Full life at 8% on the same wick; update your formula card
8%: throw holds, mushroom still about 1.5; 6%: small mushroom but throw drops Load alone is not enough without losing scent Keep 8% and test one wick rung down at 8% (C2 → C1): one variable again
6% only has a small mushroom, and its throw holds Move to 6% Uncommon in our judgement; confirm with a second pair before relabelling
All three loads mushroom about equally It's the wick, not the oil Stay at your preferred load; bracket one rung down
Mushroom falls but every lower load smells clearly weaker This oil needs its load Keep 10% (or 9%, which fits either ceiling reading) and fix the burn with the wick

The rupees favour the lower load, but not by as much as the grams suggest. At the 1 kg price (₹3.74 a gram, ₹3,738.00 a kilo), 10% is ₹74.76 of oil per candle and 8% is ₹59.81: ₹14.95 saved per candle, ₹1,495.20 per 100 candles. At 6% you save ₹29.90 a candle. Those savings are worth having only if the candle still sells on scent. Costs exclude wax, jar, wick, labour, freight, packaging and GST.

Argued against our own interest: we sell the oil, and this test may end with you buying 20% less of it. That is fine. A coffee candle at 8% that burns cleanly will bring customers back; one at 10% that soots its jar won't. And if the test says your oil needs 10%, the fix is a wick change, not more oil; stepping from C2 to C1 even saves ₹3.54 a candle.

The real-world case: a coffee oil built for 7–9%

Some oils are made to be used lower. Their pages tell you.

CSI's Coffee Vanilla Tobacco Fragrance Oil page states "Recommended load - candles: 7-9% soy wax (strong throw at lower loads)". That is a page claim, not CSI test data, but it is exactly the pattern this post tests for: an oil whose maker expects it to perform below 10%. If your 10% coffee candle uses this oil, you are above its page's range, and stepping down to 9% or lower is not an experiment; it brings the candle inside the page.

If you want to try it, run the same step-down one rung lower: 9%, 8% and 7% on the same wick, two candles each (18 g, 16 g and 14 g of oil per 200 g candle, 96 g in all, two 50 g bottles at ₹898.00). Score it with the same sheet.

Honest about the price: Coffee Vanilla Tobacco is ₹8.98 a gram at 50 g and ₹8.60 at 1 kg, more than twice Roasted Coffee's ₹3.90 at 100 g. At 7% it still puts ₹125.72 of oil into a 200 g candle (₹120.39 at the 1 kg price), more than Roasted Coffee at 10% (₹78.00). A lower load does not make it the cheaper candle. Choose it for its tobacco-and-tonka character, not as a cost fix.

What the step-down needs from the shelf

Four items, chosen on page statements, price and stock on 29 September 2026. CSI publishes no wick-performance or throw data, so nothing is ranked on burn results.

Bill of materials · six-candle load step-down · worked example
Roasted Coffee 100 g · CSI 464 1 kg + 500 g · Eco C2 (10) · your own 8 cm jars · CSI live pricing, 29 September 2026
Item Size bought Used Cost of what is used
Roasted Coffee Fragrance 100 g, ₹390.00 (₹3.90/g) 96 g (2 × 20 g, 16 g, 12 g; 4 g left) ₹374.40
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 1 kg ₹507.40 + 500 g ₹260.00 1,104 g (396 g left) ₹561.48
Eco C2 10, ₹94.40 6 wicks (4 spare) ₹56.64
Your 8 cm jars your own 6 jars not counted
Step-down, materials consumed 6 candles ₹992.52

From nothing the cash outlay is ₹1,251.80. All costs are worked examples and exclude jars, labour, freight, packaging and GST. For comparison, the series' standard 150 g candle at 8% holds 12 g of oil.

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fragrance oil · coffee gourmand · the oil in the question
Roasted Coffee Fragrance
The page states "candles (6-10%)": your 10% is its top, and the step-down stays inside its range at every rung. Notes: "fresh coffee bean top notes, dark chocolate and espresso heart, and a warm vanilla and caramel base"; the page describes a "Strong throw" (its wording) and says to cure soy candles "for at least 48-72 hours before burn testing". Every size is in stock on 29 September 2026. The 100 g covers the six candles (96 g) with 4 g left. Argued against our own interest: if 8% wins, a kilo lasts 62 candles instead of 50, so you will buy less oil from us.
Size Price Per gram 200 g candles at 10% / 8% / 6% 150 g candles at 8%
15 g ₹93.22 ₹6.21 0 / 0 / 1 1
50 g ₹230.00 ₹4.60 2 / 3 / 4 4
100 g ₹390.00 ₹3.90 5 / 6 / 8 8
500 g ₹1,890.00 ₹3.78 25 / 31 / 41 41
1 kg ₹3,738.00 ₹3.74 50 / 62 / 83 83
Six candles: 96 g = ₹374.40. Buy 100 g — ₹390.00
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fragrance oil · coffee gourmand/tobacco · the real-world case
Coffee Vanilla Tobacco Fragrance Oil
The page states "Recommended load - candles: 7-9% soy wax (strong throw at lower loads)". That is the point of this post in one line: some oils are built to work below 10%. Notes: brewed coffee and cocoa, vanilla cream and tonka, tobacco leaf, amber and musk. Every size is in stock on 29 September 2026. Honest limitation: it is dearer per gram (₹8.98 at 50 g); at 7% its oil still costs ₹125.72 a 200 g candle, more than Roasted Coffee at 10% (₹78.00). Choose it for the scent, not to save money.
Size Price Per gram 200 g candles at 9% / 8% / 7% 150 g candles at 8%
50 g ₹449.00 ₹8.98 2 / 3 / 3 4
100 g ₹899.00 ₹8.99 5 / 6 / 7 8
500 g ₹4,399.00 ₹8.80 27 / 31 / 35 41
1 kg ₹8,599.00 ₹8.60 55 / 62 / 71 83
At 7%: ₹125.72 of oil per 200 g candle. Buy 50 g — ₹449.00
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wick · held fixed through the step-down
Eco Candle Wicks — Thick (C2)
Our worked example assumes your mushrooming wick is C2. In a load step-down it stays the same in every candle; only the oil moves. The page describes wicks of "natural fibers like cotton and paper" and states no size or jar range in the text we captured. Every C2 pack is in stock on 29 September 2026, flat ₹9.44 a wick. If your wick is not a CSI C2, use yours: the test works with any fixed wick.
Pack Price Per unit What it covers here
Thick (C2) / 10 ₹94.40 ₹9.44 all six step-down candles, 4 spare
Thick (C2) / 20 · 50 · 100 ₹188.80 · ₹472.00 · ₹944.00 ₹9.44 production at the chosen load
Thin (C1) / 10 · 20 ₹59.00 — Out of stock · ₹118.00 ₹5.90 only if the step-down clears nothing (a wick test)
Six wicks: ₹56.64. Buy C2 10 — ₹94.40
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wax · the soy the worked example uses
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles
The page states "Fragrance Load Up to 10%" and "Pour Temperature 80°C – 90°C". The six candles use 1,104 g (180 g, 184 g and 188 g per candle), so buy the 1 kg and a 500 g; 396 g is left. Flat at ₹0.51 a gram from 1 kg to 10 kg. In your own soy, run the test in that.
Pack Price Per unit What it covers here
500 g ₹260.00 ₹0.52 per g tops up the 1 kg for the sixth candle
1 kg ₹507.40 ₹0.51 per g five of the six candles
5 kg · 10 kg ₹2,537.00 · ₹5,074.00 ₹0.51 per g (10 kg ₹0.51) production; flat per gram from 1 kg
Six candles: 1,104 g = ₹561.48. Buy 1 kg — ₹507.40
What not to buy yet: the Roasted Coffee 1 kg (₹3,738.00) until the load is settled: the load decides how long a kilo lasts (50 candles at 10%, 62 at 8%). C1 wicks "just in case": the step-down may make them unnecessary, and if it doesn't, that is a separate round. Vybar or other additives: they change the wax mid-test. A stronger coffee oil to compensate for a lower load: that is a new oil, and a new test.
Diwali is 8 November 2026, 40 days from 29 September 2026. Coffee candles are a steady gifting line. Pour the six-candle step-down this week, cure about a week, and three sessions per candle can settle the load by mid-October. Then send us your count for Roasted Coffee at the load you chose, with a GST invoice and a dispatch date.
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The CSI principle
Take oil out one step at a time, and score what you lose.
A lower load often calms a mushrooming wick. Only a blind throw score at each step tells you whether the candle still smells like the one you meant to sell. If every load mushrooms, the wick is the answer.
"The cleanest candle on the bench is not the winner if nobody can smell it."
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide

CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the coffee oils, wicks and wax named here, and does not sell finished candles. This page still tells you the test may end with you buying less oil from us, and that the dearer coffee oil with the lower stated load is not a cheaper candle.

Every price was verified on CSI's live store on 29 September 2026. Stock was checked per size: every size shown is in stock except the Eco C1 10-pack, flagged where it appears. Load, cure and throw wording is quoted from the product pages as their claims; where a page is silent in the text we captured, we say so.

The decision thresholds, the 0–3 scores, the 200 g fill, the 0.35 cm wall and the step-down log are our judgement or worked examples; the link between heavy oils, high loads and mushrooming is a commonly reported tendency, not CSI data; CSI publishes no wick-performance or throw data. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

Can too much fragrance oil cause wick mushrooming?
It commonly contributes, especially with dense gourmand oils like coffee and vanilla at high loads. It is not the only cause: an oversized wick and long sessions do it too. Test by lowering the load on the same wick.
What fragrance load should I use for coffee candles in soy wax?
Stay inside both ceilings: Roasted Coffee's page states 6–10% and CSI 464's up to 10%. Within that, test 10%, 8% and 6% on one wick and keep the highest load that burns cleanly without a clear drop in blind throw.
Will reducing fragrance load make my candle smell weaker?
Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot, and sometimes not noticeably. More oil does not raise throw in a straight line, so 8% can smell close to 10%. Only a blind comparison tells you.
Should I lower the fragrance load or use a smaller wick for mushrooming?
One at a time. At the top of a page's range, test the load first on the same wick; if every load still mushrooms, the wick is the cause and you test one size down at your chosen load.
How do I do a blind throw test for candles?
Code the bases, burn one candle at a time in the same closed room, and have people who did not pour them walk in at 1 and 2 hours and score 0–3. Air the room between candles and rest noses outside.
What does "strong throw at lower loads" mean on a fragrance oil page?
It is the maker's claim that the oil is formulated to perform below the top of the usual range; on CSI's Coffee Vanilla Tobacco page the stated candle load is 7–9% for soy. Treat it as a claim to test, not a result.
Before you change the wick
Six candles, one wick, three loads: ₹992.52 in materials.
Pour two each at 10%, 8% and 6% on your current wick, score the mushroom after every session and the throw blind at each load, and keep the highest load that burns cleanly without a clear drop in scent. If every load mushrooms, test the wick. Send us your scores on WhatsApp.
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Continue the read — 7.5–8 cm jars, single wick
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: part of CSI's cluster on 7.5–8 cm jars with a single wick (4221–4240). It owns the load step-down at a fixed wick for an 8 cm coffee candle that mushrooms at 10% (10, 8 and 6%, two candles each), scored for mushrooming and blind throw at each step, with Coffee Vanilla Tobacco's stated 7–9% as the real-world case.

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 — Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil, Autumn, Gilli Mitti (Patchouli), Orchard Pear, Roasted Coffee Fragrance, Tin Containers for Candle Making - 85 & 135g. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the wick advice on this page. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me and wording is unedited. "Verified buyer" appears only on reviews Judge.me recorded as verified — Arminder Kaur, Shivalik Manak, Ranjita RAO, M A, Renu, Jinal Monil. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.

Figures verified 29 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Roasted Coffee Fragrance 15 g ₹93.22 (₹6.21/g), 50 g ₹230.00 (₹4.60/g), 100 g ₹390.00 (₹3.90/g), 500 g ₹1,890.00 (₹3.78/g), 1 kg ₹3,738.00 (₹3.74/g); Coffee Vanilla Tobacco Fragrance Oil 50 g ₹449.00 (₹8.98/g), 100 g ₹899.00 (₹8.99/g), 500 g ₹4,399.00 (₹8.80/g), 1 kg ₹8,599.00 (₹8.60/g); Eco Candle Wicks Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40, 20 ₹188.80, 50 ₹472.00, 100 ₹944.00; Thin (C1) 10 ₹59.00 (out of stock), 20 ₹118.00; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 500 g ₹260.00, 1 kg ₹507.40, 5 kg ₹2,537.00, 10 kg ₹5,074.00. Every other size shown is in stock on 29 September 2026. Per unit = price ÷ grams or units, two decimals.

Non-price figures: load is a percentage of total candle weight (200 g at 10% = 20 g oil + 180 g wax; 8% = 16 g + 184 g; 6% = 12 g + 188 g); the basis conversions are declared. The 200 g fill and 0.35 cm wall are labelled worked-example assumptions. Ceilings are as the pages state (CSI 464 up to 10%, pour 80–90°C; Roasted Coffee 6–10%; Coffee Vanilla Tobacco 7–9% for soy): formulation limits, not regulatory ones. Session length and full-pool time (about an hour per 2.5 cm) are rules of thumb; the 10 m² room is a worked-example input. The scores, thresholds and log are editorial judgement and illustrative. Costs exclude jars, labour, freight, packaging and GST. Diwali 8 November 2026 is a calendar fact.
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