Is a Ready-Made Reed Diffuser Base Better than DPG for Making Commercial Reed Diffusers?

Is a Ready-Made Reed Diffuser Base Better than DPG for Making Commercial Reed Diffusers?

 

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✓ Base prices pulled 14 October 2026 ✓ CSI does not sell DPG ✓ GST invoicing · IFRA certificates on request
Ready-Made Base × DPG · Commercial
A ready-made base is not automatically better than DPG — it moves sourcing, consistency and formulation work from you to a supplier, at a higher price per gram. A four-bottle side-by-side in your own bottle settles performance; the commercial checklist settles the rest.
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Quick answers — read this first
Is a ready-made base better than DPG? Not automatically. It is one designed product from one supplier; DPG is a single solvent you source and control yourself. Performance must be tested side by side.

Is DPG cheaper? Usually, per kilogram. At example quotes of ₹300.00–₹600.00/kg it saves ₹57.53–₹68.33 of carrier per 50 ml bottle — only if it passes.

Does CSI sell DPG? No. CSI sells five ready-made reed diffuser bases and does not publish their composition.

How do I test it? Four bottles each, same oil, load and reeds, plus a capped hold-back per carrier; weigh on fixed days and score blind. See the test.
The short answer
Answer: Neither is better by default. A ready-made base trades a higher price per gram for less sourcing, formulation and consistency work; DPG is usually cheaper and commonly described as low-odour and relatively slow-evaporating, but you carry the consistency and documentation work.
Why: No label tells you how a carrier performs with your oil on fibre reeds in your bottle and room, and CSI publishes no composition or performance data for its bases.
Method: Side-by-side at 20% by weight, four bottles per carrier plus a capped hold-back each, clarity at 0/24/48 h and 7 days, g/day from day 3 to 21, blind scores at day 7, 14 and 21, then cost per bottle.
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In this guide
Ready-made base or DPG: who carries each job? A commercial range needs every row done · the cheaper route moves more of the rows onto you Ready-made base Single solvent (DPG) Designing a carrier for reeds Supplier (page claims) You Matching the carrier to a fragrance family Supplier offers five You Checking clarity with each of your oils You You Measuring g/day and room strength You You Safety and technical documents Ask the supplier Your solvent supplier Keeping the grade the same batch to batch One supplier, one SKU You, across sources Raw-material cost per bottle Higher (listed price) Usually lower (your quote) Shaded = work that lands on you. The test rows are yours on either route — so is the decision. What changes is how much sourcing, documentation and consistency work you take on in exchange for a lower price per gram.
Who carries each job on each route. Testing clarity, g/day and room strength with your oils is yours either way. Choosing DPG over a ready-made base moves carrier design, family matching, grade consistency and documentation onto you in exchange for a lower price per gram.
Arm A base
Softness Base · ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml
The base pillar
Which reed diffuser base should I buy in India?
Before you switch
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Straight answer
Is a ready-made reed diffuser base better than DPG for making commercial reed diffusers?
Not automatically — it is a different division of labour, and only a side-by-side test in your own bottle tells you which performs better with your oils. DPG is commonly described as a low-odour, relatively slow-evaporating glycol carrier; CSI does not sell it. A ready-made base is a carrier a supplier has already designed for reeds; CSI sells five and does not publish their composition, so this page never assumes what they contain. DPG is usually cheaper per kilogram — at example quotes of ₹300.00–₹600.00 per kg it saves ₹57.53–₹68.33 of carrier in a 50 ml bottle — but you take on sourcing a consistent grade, getting its documents and checking each lot. Test both at 20% by weight with the same oil and reeds: four bottles each plus a capped hold-back, clarity at 0, 24, 48 hours and 7 days, grams per day from day 3 to 21 and blind room scores. If DPG passes every row for a fragrance and you can document it, use it. If not, buy the ready-made base for that fragrance. The round costs ₹2,375.00 in CSI base, bottles and reeds.
One line: decide per fragrance — DPG if it passes and you can source it consistently, a ready-made base where it does not.
To answer "better" for your range, test one ready-made base against the DPG you source in the same bottle with the same oil. For lavender, CSI's Softness Base page names lavender: one 500 ml at ₹1,099.00 covers a four-bottle arm plus a hold-back, and the whole round costs ₹2,375.00 in base, bottles and reeds with your own oil and DPG.
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"Better" depends on which job you want to stop doing

A ready-made base is not automatically better than DPG. It is a different division of labour, at a different price.

DPG — dipropylene glycol — is commonly described as a low-odour, relatively slow-evaporating glycol carrier, and it has long been used as a diffuser solvent on its own or as part of a blend. CSI does not sell it. A ready-made base is a carrier that a supplier has already designed for reed diffusers and sells as one product. CSI sells five of those, and does not publish what any of them is made of. So the honest version of your question is not "which liquid is superior?" but "which route gives my commercial range consistent bottles at a cost I can defend?" — and that has three parts: performance in your bottle, consistency over many batches, and total cost.

On performance, nobody can answer from a label. CSI publishes no throw, evaporation or longevity data for its bases, and a DPG datasheet will not tell you how your lavender behaves on fibre reeds in a 50 ml bottle in your customer's bedroom. A side-by-side test settles it in three to four weeks. On consistency, a ready-made base gives you one SKU from one supplier, which reduces the number of things that can drift; DPG is a commodity you may source from different places, and you carry the job of keeping its grade the same. On cost, DPG is usually cheaper per kilogram than a listed ready-made base — often substantially — and that is the case for it. The rest of this page puts numbers on all three.

The worked example uses CSI's Softness Base against your own DPG, with Lavender at 20% in the 50 ml Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle 50 ml. Softness is chosen because its page names lavender; if your range is citrus, amber or gourmand, substitute the base the base-selection pillar shortlists for that family. Every non-CSI price on this page — the quote for the DPG you source, a failed-batch count — is a labelled example to replace with your own.

The commercial question in five rows · ready-made base vs a single solvent you buy elsewhere
Where each route is commonly stronger
Question a commercial maker must answer Ready-made base (e.g. CSI Softness) DPG on its own Who must test it
Does it carry my oil up fibre reeds and into the room? Designed for reeds per its page — a claim Commonly used as a diffuser carrier — general practice You, on either route
Does it stay clear with each of my oils? Pages give 10–30% and a 24–48 h rest Depends on the oil; no shared guidance You, per oil
Is the next batch the same as this one? One listed SKU from one supplier Depends on your source and grade You, on every new lot
Can I get technical documents? Ask CSI on WhatsApp whether an SDS/TDS is available Ask the DPG supplier for its SDS You, before you sell
What does a bottle cost? ₹126.12 of liquid per 50 ml bottle (example density) ₹57.79–₹68.59 at example quotes Your calculator
The CSI principle
Choose the route whose failures you can afford, then let a side-by-side test in your own bottle decide the performance question.
Ready-made buys you fewer moving parts at a higher price per gram. DPG buys you a lower price per gram and hands you the sourcing, consistency and documentation work.

What you are actually comparing

It helps to be precise about what each option is, because a lot of confusion in this question comes from treating them as the same kind of thing. DPG is one chemical substance, sold in grades, and you add your fragrance oil to it. A ready-made base is a finished carrier: its maker has chosen its ingredients and proportions for a purpose, and you add your fragrance oil to that. Some ready-made bases on the market are described by their makers as solvent blends; some are not described at all. CSI's five are in the second group — their pages describe what they are for, not what they contain.

So you cannot compare them ingredient by ingredient. Do not assume a CSI base is DPG with something added, and do not assume it is not. What you can compare is behaviour: clarity with your oil, grams lost per day on fibre reeds, blind room strength, reed condition after a month, and the cost of a finished bottle. Those five measurements are the same whatever the liquids are made of, which is exactly why they are the right basis for a commercial decision. Comparing two bases on five measures sets out the full comparison sheet; the solvent-route pillar explains, from general industry knowledge, how DPG, Augeo-type solvents and alcohol-based formulas are commonly described.

General industry descriptions only · no figures · CSI does not sell DPG
What is commonly said about DPG as a diffuser carrier
Property How DPG is commonly described What it means for you
Odour Low-odour Less carrier smell competing with a delicate oil — test it blank anyway (7925)
Evaporation Relatively slow-evaporating Often chosen for longer life; may feel quieter — measure g/day
Viscosity Thicker than many perfumery solvents May travel up reeds more slowly — 7923 tests this
Mixing with oils Mixes with many fragrance oils, not all Clarity must be checked oil by oil, load by load
Grades Sold in different grades by different suppliers Specify the grade, ask for its SDS, and keep the source constant
The common mistake: comparing a CSI base with DPG on price alone. A maker sees a per-kilogram DPG quote far below a listed base and switches the whole range overnight. Two of six fragrances cloud at the load the old base carried, one runs out in half the time, and the next drum comes from a different source and smells slightly different. Fix: price is one of five rows. Test the DPG route against the base you would otherwise buy, oil by oil, before you change a single SKU.

The side-by-side: four bottles each, two hold-backs

One oil, one load, one bottle, one reed type; only the carrier changes. Each 50 ml bottle gets an example fill of 45 ml, which is 45 g at an example 1.00 g per ml — the bottle page does not publish a fill line, so choose a fill that leaves room for the reeds and write it down. At 20% that is 9.0 g of lavender and 36.0 g of carrier per bottle, weighed, not measured by volume.

Round 1 · 10 bottles from one pack of 10 × 50 ml · 20% by weight · 5 white fibre reeds per reeded bottle
Ready-made base against the DPG you source
Arm Bottles Carrier Per bottle Purpose
A — ready-made B1–B4 Softness Base 36.0 g + 9.0 g oil The base whose page names lavender
B — DPG B5–B8 The DPG you source (not a CSI product) 36.0 g + 9.0 g oil Same oil, same load, same reeds
Hold-back A B9 Softness Base 36.0 g + 9.0 g oil, capped, no reeds Clarity reference for arm A
Hold-back B B10 The DPG you source 36.0 g + 9.0 g oil, capped, no reeds Clarity reference for arm B
Fill fixed at 45 ml · example densities · weigh 100 ml of each blend to get yours
How the grams move with density
Example density 45 ml weighs Oil at 20% Carrier
0.95 g/ml 42.8 g 8.6 g 34.2 g
1.00 g/ml 45.0 g 9.0 g 36.0 g
1.05 g/ml 47.2 g 9.5 g 37.8 g

The two carriers may not weigh the same per millilitre, so a 45 ml fill of each will not be exactly the same number of grams. That is fine — the load is a percentage by weight, so the ratio stays right whatever the density. What you must do is record each bottle's actual fill weight, because you will divide it by grams per day to get projected life. If the DPG blend is heavier, its bottles hold a few more grams at the same fill line, and comparing days rather than grams keeps the result fair.

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Number, weigh and record the empty bottlesB1–B10 on masking tape on the base. Record each empty weight on the Weighing Scale and keep the same scale for every weighing.
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Mix each bottle by weightTare the bottle, add 36.0 g of carrier, then 9.0 g of oil, cap, invert gently ten times. Do the four A bottles and the A hold-back from one bottle of Softness and the four B bottles and the B hold-back from one container of the DPG you source.
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Rest and check clarityCSI's base pages ask for 24–48 hours before bottling. Hold DPG blends to the same rest so the comparison is fair. Check every bottle against white and black cards at 0, 24 and 48 hours for haze, layering, droplets or sediment.
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Day 0: reeds in, weigh, place5 white fibre reeds per reeded bottle, all from one pack. Weigh each bottle with reeds. Place B1–B8 on one shelf, alternating A and B, away from vents and windows. Flip every arm's reeds on the same schedule — for example once at three hours — and write it down.
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Weigh and score on fixed daysWeigh B1–B8 with reeds on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28 at the same time of day, with room temperature logged. Score blind on days 7, 14 and 21: a helper places one bottle in a closed room for a fixed period while you wait outside, then you score it on your written house scale.
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Check reeds and hold-backsPhotograph reeds against white paper at day 14 and day 28 and note darkening or stickiness. Re-check B9 and B10 for clarity at 7 days and after a cool night (example: a few hours in a fridge door, then back to room temperature).
Use the hold-backs twice
At the end of the test, open B9 and B10 and smell them on a blotter beside the reeded bottles. If the reeded DPG bottles have lost the lavender's top and the hold-back still has it, the carrier is releasing top notes faster than the heart — a question that liquid disappears but the room smells weak explores. The same comparison for arm A tells you whether the ready-made base behaves the same way.

Reading the result as a commercial decision

Score strength on a house scale you wrote down before the test — for example 0 (nothing) to 5 (fills the room) at the door after 30 minutes, door closed and fan off — and calculate grams per day between day 3 and day 21, after the reeds have saturated. Then add three commercial rows that a hobby comparison would leave out: what clarity did across the hold-backs, what the reeds looked like at day 28, and what each route would cost you for the volume you actually sell.

One row per bottle · g/day = (day 3 g − day 21 g) ÷ 18 · life = fill g ÷ g/day
Round 1 record sheet
Bottle Arm Fill g Day 3 g Day 21 g g/day Projected days Blind d7 / d14 / d21 Clarity 7 d Reeds d28
B1 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ / ___ ___ ___
B2 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ / ___ ___ ___
B3 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ / ___ ___ ___
B4 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ / ___ ___ ___
B5 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ / ___ ___ ___
B6 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ / ___ ___ ___
B7 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ / ___ ___ ___
B8 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ / ___ / ___ ___ ___
B9 Hold A ___ — — — — — ___ —
B10 Hold B ___ — — — — — ___ —

A working rule for this comparison: DPG "passes" for this fragrance if all four of its bottles stay clear at every checkpoint, its average blind score at day 14 and day 21 is no more than one point below the ready-made arm, and its projected life meets your target. If DPG passes, the cost section below tells you how much you save and what you take on in exchange. If it fails clarity or falls more than a point short on strength, the cheaper liquid is not cheaper — it is a weaker or less reliable product.

The per-kilogram price is the only number on the label. Clarity, strength, life and consistency are the numbers your customers buy.
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia

What each route costs per bottle, and per run

Here is the arithmetic, at production rates: lavender at its 1 kg rate of ₹5.22 per gram; Softness at ₹1,099.00 per 500 ml, converted at the example 1.00 g per ml to ₹2.20 per gram; DPG at two example quotes of ₹300.00 and ₹600.00 per kg, which you must replace with your own supplier's figure including freight. The bottle (₹82.60) and 5 white reeds at the 50-and-over rate of ₹9.00 each are the same for both routes.

Per 50 ml bottle · 45 g fill · 20% · DPG quotes are LABELLED EXAMPLES · excludes labels, box, labour, freight and GST
CSI material cost of one finished diffuser, by carrier
Carrier Carrier ₹/g Oil Carrier Liquid Bottle + reeds Total
Softness Base ₹2.20 ₹46.99 ₹79.13 ₹126.12 ₹127.60 ₹253.72
DPG at ₹300.00/kg (example) ₹0.30 ₹46.99 ₹10.80 ₹57.79 ₹127.60 ₹185.39
DPG at ₹600.00/kg (example) ₹0.60 ₹46.99 ₹21.60 ₹68.59 ₹127.60 ₹196.19
Saving from the DPG route at the example quotes · only real if DPG passes the test
What the cheaper carrier saves over a run
Bottles Saving at ₹300.00/kg Saving at ₹600.00/kg
100 ₹6,832.80 ₹5,752.80
500 ₹34,164.00 ₹28,764.00
1000 ₹68,328.00 ₹57,528.00

So, at the example quotes, DPG saves between ₹57.53 and ₹68.33 per 50 ml bottle in carrier cost. That is real money at volume. But notice what it is set against: the oil is ₹46.99 of every bottle and the glass and reeds are ₹127.60. The carrier is a meaningful line, not the whole cost. Now add the costs that do not appear on a price list. One clouded or weak batch of an example 50 bottles made on the DPG route — scrapped, re-blended or sold at a discount — costs up to ₹9,269.45 in materials alone, which is the carrier saving on 136 bottles at the lower example quote. Add the time you spend sourcing a consistent grade, asking for documents and re-testing each new lot.

For the ready-made route, volume is simple: there is no 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg CSI base listing. One hundred 50 ml bottles need 3,600 g of carrier — 8 × 500 ml with a 3% working allowance, ₹8,792.00 — and larger quantities are quoted on WhatsApp with no published volume discount. Premium base or blend your own solvents? runs the cost case for multi-solvent self-blending, which carries even more hidden work than a single solvent, and is a dearer base worth it at a lower load? covers the case where a base lets you use less oil.

Argued against our own interest, plainly. If the DPG you source passes every row of the test for a fragrance — clear at every checkpoint, within a point on strength, meeting your life target — and you can get its safety data sheet and keep the grade constant, it will very likely be cheaper per bottle than any listed CSI base, by ₹57.53–₹68.33 at the example quotes. In that case, use it. Buy a ready-made base for the fragrances where DPG fails, or if you would rather not carry the sourcing and consistency work. Do not buy ours to replace something that already passes.

Consistency and documents: the rows that decide commercial ranges

A single good bottle proves a formula. A hundred identical bottles prove a process.

Hobby makers can stop at the side-by-side. Commercial makers cannot, because their customers buy the same SKU twice and expect it to smell the same. That makes consistency a property worth paying for, and it is where the two routes genuinely differ. With a ready-made base, the number of liquids in your recipe is two: the base and the oil. With DPG it is also two, but the DPG may come from a different source next time, in a different grade, and you are the only person checking that it behaves the same.

Working practice · do these before a new carrier goes into a commercial SKU
The commercial checklist, by route
Check Ready-made base DPG Why it matters
Safety and technical documents Ask CSI on WhatsApp whether an SDS / TDS is available for the base Ask the DPG supplier for the SDS of the exact grade Your product file and any retailer will ask — 7936
Fragrance oil IFRA certificate Per oil; ask CSI on WhatsApp; read Category 10A Same — the carrier does not change the oil's limit Caps your load whichever carrier you use
Lot-to-lot check A clarity and g/day check on the first bottle of each new 500 ml The same, on every new drum or source Catches drift before a production run
Retained sample Keep 50 g of each lot, labelled and dated Keep 50 g of each lot, labelled and dated Lets you compare a complaint bottle to its lot
Single source One listed SKU Specify one supplier and grade, in writing Fewer variables per SKU

Neither route removes the per-fragrance test. A ready-made base page saying "10–30%" does not mean every oil at 30% stays clear in it; the Longevity page itself says heavy oils like oud can cloud at maximum load in some bases. A DPG supplier's datasheet will not mention your lavender at all. What to test before buying 5 kg turns the clarity check into a purchasing gate, and testing a new base supplier covers what to do before you replace a carrier in a bestselling product.

The priced side-by-side kit

Listed, in-stock CSI packs only, CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026 for the base, bottles, reeds and scale and CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026 for lavender. Carrier grams include a 5% working allowance. The DPG you source is not a CSI product and is not priced here.

Round 1 · 10 × 50 ml bottles · 20% · 5 white reeds per reeded bottle
Ready-made against DPG, one oil
Item Need Buy Price Skip if
Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle 50 ml 10 bottles 1 × pack of 10 ₹826.00 You sell in a different bottle — test that one
Fiber Diffuser Reeds (White) 40 reeds 1 × pack of 50 ₹450.00 —
Softness Base 189.0 g 1 × 500 ml ₹1,099.00 —
The DPG you source 189.0 g From your supplier Your quote —
Round 1, your own oil ₹2,375.00
Lavender (example oil) 94.5 g 1 × 100 g ₹540.00 You hold the oil you will sell
Weighing Scale 1 1 ₹354.00 You own a scale with fine enough steps
Round 1, everything bought ₹3,269.00

The 500 ml of Softness leaves about 311 g after the round at the example density — enough for a second round with more bottles if arm A wins, or a load step for the DPG arm if it clouds. If your range spans several families, run the same side-by-side with the base each family points to; one base for lavender, jasmine, vanilla and coffee? explains why one result does not transfer automatically.

Diwali is Sunday 8 November 2026. If you are about to switch a festive or corporate run from a ready-made base to DPG — or the other way — to save money this season, do not: a 21-day comparison does not fit, and changing the carrier mid-season puts a whole order at risk. Keep the carrier you have validated, and run this side-by-side for your post-Diwali range. Send your fragrance list on WhatsApp and we will help you pick the CSI base for each family — listed packs only, larger quantities by quote.
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The decision rule

Working decision rule · apply per fragrance after round one · one action per line
From the record sheet to a carrier
If this is true It means Do this
DPG bottles or hold-back clouded at any checkpoint DPG and this oil at this load are not compatible Use the ready-made base for this fragrance, or retest DPG 5 points lower
DPG clear, but more than one point weaker at day 14 and 21 DPG under-delivers with this oil Ready-made base for this fragrance — buy 500 ml
DPG clear, within a point on strength, but misses your life target Runs faster than you want in this setup Test fewer reeds in DPG before deciding — 7971
DPG clear, within a point, meets the life target, and you can document and source it consistently DPG passes for this fragrance Use DPG. Buy no base for this SKU
Both pass, but you cannot get documents or a consistent grade A commercial risk, not a performance one Ready-made base for commercial SKUs; DPG for samples and experiments
Ready-made base clouded or under-delivered too Neither carrier suits this oil at this load Check the oil's family and load first — 7921, 7927

Run the rule once per fragrance, not once per range. It is common for a single carrier to pass for most oils and fail for one or two, and a range built on "DPG for everything except the vanilla" is perfectly sensible if your records say so. Write the carrier decision into each SKU's batch sheet with the date and the test it came from.

The CSI products in this test

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Arm A · page names lavender
Softness Base — Professional Reed & Car Diffuser Base
CSI's product page names soft florals — lavender, jasmine, rose, peony — plus powdery, musky and light gourmand notes, with a 10–30% range and a 24–48 hour rest. Its composition, density and evaporation rate are not published; it is not described as DPG-based or otherwise. Treat its suitability for lavender as a claim your test checks.
Size Price Per unit Bottles of base it covers
500 ml ₹1,099.00 ₹2.20 per ml 13.89 bottles at 1.00 g/ml (example)
₹1,099.00 for the arm and hold-back Buy Softness Base
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Example oil · 9.0 g per bottle at 20%
Lavender Fragrance Oil
Lavender is near the top of CSI's best-selling sort and its family is named on the Softness page. No diffuser behaviour or IFRA percentage is published for it — ask on WhatsApp for its IFRA certificate and read the Category 10A limit. Note the 15 g costs more per gram than the 50 g and 100 g.
Pack Price Per gram Bottles at 9.0 g oil
15 g ₹105.02 ₹7.00 1.67
50 g ₹270.00 ₹5.40 5.56
100 g ₹540.00 ₹5.40 11.11
500 g ₹2,620.00 ₹5.24 55.56
1 kg ₹5,221.00 ₹5.22 111.11
₹540.00 for 1 × 100 g Buy Lavender
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5 per 50 ml bottle
Fiber Diffuser Reeds (White)
Fibre reeds, 20.3 cm long; CSI does not sell rattan. The page suggests 6–8 reeds for a 50–100 ml bottle and fewer for a subtler, longer-lasting result; this test uses 5 as a labelled choice for the small bottle, the same in both arms. Diameter is not published. ₹9.00 a reed from the 50-pack.
Pack Price Per reed Bottles it dresses
Pack of 25 ₹265.00 ₹10.60 5 bottles at 5 reeds
Pack of 50 ₹450.00 ₹9.00 10 bottles at 5 reeds
Pack of 100 ₹900.00 ₹9.00 20 bottles at 5 reeds
Pack of 500 ₹4,500.00 ₹9.00 100 bottles at 5 reeds
₹450.00 for 1 × pack of 50 Buy white fibre reeds
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50 ml · pack of 10
Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle (clear glass, gold-tone screw cap)
Clear glass with a gold-tone screw cap. The page text mentions "50 and 100ml" while the variants are 50 ml and 120 ml. Neck diameter and fill line are not published, and whether a reducer or stopper is included is not stated; this test uses an example 45 ml fill.
Variant Price Per bottle Stock
50 ml · pack of 10 ₹826.00 ₹82.60 In stock (14 Oct 2026)
120 ml · pack of 10 ₹1,062.00 ₹106.20 In stock (14 Oct 2026)
₹826.00 for the round Buy Gold Reed Diffuser Bottles
Not lavender? Swap Softness for the base your family points to — Lift for citrus, light floral, green and fruity; Longevity for amber, woody and spicy; Depth for rich gourmand and smoky; Pure Performance if you are not sure. All are in Reed & Car Diffuser Base; oils are in Fragrance Oils.
Why trust this guide

CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished diffusers. The easy answer for a base seller is "ready-made is always better than DPG". This page says plainly that DPG is usually cheaper per kilogram, shows by how much at example quotes, and tells you to keep using DPG for any fragrance where it passes the test — while refusing to describe what CSI's bases contain, because that is not published.

Base, reed, bottle and tool prices are CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026; fragrance-oil prices are CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026. Every blend split, ml-to-gram conversion, per-bottle cost, kit total and cost-per-day figure on this page is computed and shown to two decimals so you can check it. CSI publishes no composition, density, viscosity or evaporation data for its bases, so every density used here is a labelled example and every g/day figure is either yours to measure or a labelled arithmetic grid.

Bottle counts per arm, weighing days, the clarity checkpoints, the room-scoring protocol and the decision thresholds are labelled working practices, not industry standards — none exists for reed diffusers. The 45 ml fill, the 1.00 g per ml density, the DPG quotes of ₹300.00 and ₹600.00 per kg and the 50-bottle failed batch are labelled examples you replace with your own. For SDS or technical-data questions on a base, an oil's IFRA certificate, bulk quotes or GST invoicing, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use DPG instead of reed diffuser base?
Many makers do — DPG is commonly used as a diffuser carrier. Whether it works for your oil at your load is a test question: check clarity at 0, 24, 48 hours and 7 days, weigh the bottles for grams per day, and score the room blind against a ready-made base.
Is DPG safe for reed diffusers?
Ask the DPG supplier for the safety data sheet of the exact grade you buy and follow it. Your fragrance oil's IFRA Category 10A limit also applies whatever the carrier — ask CSI on WhatsApp for the oil's certificate.
What is the difference between DPG and diffuser base?
DPG is a single solvent. A ready-made diffuser base is a finished carrier designed by its maker for reeds. CSI's bases do not publish their composition, so they cannot be compared ingredient by ingredient — compare behaviour instead.
Why is my DPG reed diffuser weak?
DPG is commonly described as relatively slow-evaporating, which can mean a quieter room. Check load, reed count and room first, then test it side by side against a ready-made base with the same oil and reeds.
How much DPG do I need for a 50 ml reed diffuser?
At 20% by weight in a 45 g fill, 9 g of oil and 36 g of carrier. Weigh rather than measuring by volume, because the oil and DPG densities differ.
Does CSI sell DPG?
No. CSI sells five ready-made Reed & Car Diffuser Bases — Pure Performance, Longevity, Lift, Depth and Softness. DPG, Augeo, perfumer's alcohol and IPM are not CSI products.
Per fragrance, not per range
Test both carriers. Keep DPG where it passes. Buy a base where it does not.
Softness, Lift and Depth Base ₹1,099.00 for 500 ml, Longevity ₹1,296.00, Pure Performance from ₹325.00 for 100 g; Gold 50 ml bottles ₹826.00 for ten; white fibre reeds ₹450.00 for 50. Tell us your fragrances and the grade of DPG you use and we will help you plan the side-by-side.
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. The side-by-side method, commercial checklist and decision rule apply to any ready-made base and any single-solvent carrier; the products named are CSI's. CSI does not sell DPG.

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 on this page: Diffuser bases, reeds, bottles and tools — CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026: Pure Performance Base ₹325.00 / 100 g and ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml; Longevity Base ₹1,296.00 / 500 ml; Lift Base ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml; Depth Base ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml; Softness Base ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml; CSI HyperDiffusion Base™ ₹1,499.00 (out of stock, not offered); Fiber Diffuser Reeds (Black) ₹236.00 / 25, ₹400.00 / 50, ₹800.00 / 100, ₹4,000.00 / 500; Fiber Diffuser Reeds (White) ₹265.00 / 25, ₹450.00 / 50, ₹900.00 / 100, ₹4,500.00 / 500 (both 20.3 cm long; diameter not published); Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle ₹826.00 / pack of 10 × 50 ml, ₹1,062.00 / pack of 10 × 120 ml; Weighing Scale ₹354.00; Silicon Measuring Beaker ₹300.00 (100 ml), ₹600.00 (250 ml); CSI Pro Mixer ₹349.00. Fragrance oils — CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026: 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.

Non-price figures and assumptions: Load convention: fragrance load is a share of the total blend by weight (oil g = blend g × L; base g = blend g × (1 − L)). Where millilitres are turned into grams, the page uses a labelled example density of 1.00 g per ml with a ±5% sensitivity (0.95–1.05 g/ml) — weigh 100 ml of your own blend to get yours; the 120 ml and 50 ml bottle sizes are listing sizes, not fill lines. Worked example: 45 ml example fill in the Gold 50 ml bottle = 45 g at the example density; at 20% = 9.0 g oil + 36.0 g carrier. Working practices: 4 bottles per carrier plus one capped hold-back each, 5 white fibre reeds per bottle, 5% mixing allowance, weighings on days 0, 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28, blind scores on days 7, 14 and 21, clarity at 0 h, 24 h, 48 h, 7 days and after a cool night; a 3% allowance for the 100-bottle carrier figure. Labelled examples: DPG at ₹300.00 and ₹600.00 per kg, a 50-bottle failed batch. Per-bottle costs use lavender's 1 kg rate, Softness at its 500 ml price at the example density, the 50 ml bottle at ₹82.60 and white reeds at ₹9.00 each (50-pack rate). DPG descriptions are general industry descriptions, not CSI data. What CSI's base pages state (quoted as claims to test, not CSI measurements): every base page gives a 10–30% fragrance range of the total blend and a 24–48 hour rest before bottling; Pure Performance — neutral, "no added fixatives, no complex enhancements", all families, "start at 10% … up to a maximum of 30%", "20% recommended", "typical working blend 75% base + 25% fragrance", "flip reeds after the first hour"; Longevity — oriental/amber, woody, resinous/balsamic, spicy and gourmand families, slower "cold diffusion", avoid light florals, fresh citrus and aquatics, "heavy oils like oud can cloud at maximum load in some bases", 2–3 hours before the first flip; Lift — "perfumery-grade", floral, citrus, green and fruity families; Depth — warmth, roundness, "slow diffusion", chypre, leather, smoky and rich gourmand, "stabilises tricky sweet and spicy fragrance oils"; Softness — soft florals, powdery/musky and light gourmand. Marketing lines such as "performs in Indian climates", "no separation" and "even wicking" are claims to test. Some base pages mention rattan; CSI sells fibre reeds, not rattan. CSI publishes no composition, density, viscosity, evaporation rate, flash point or shelf life for any base, and no throw, evaporation or longevity data for any base, oil or reed; reed diameter, bottle neck size and fill line are not published. No CSI base is ranked above another on this page — the five are separated only by what their own pages say they are for. Material costs exclude labour, labels, boxes, freight and GST. Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November.
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