My Candle Is Fine at 8% Fragrance Load but Sweats at 10% — Should I Accept 8% as the Practical Maximum Even if the Wax Supplier Claims 12% Capacity?
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Japanese Cherry Blossom 100 g ₹500.00 · every size in stock CSI 464 states up to 10% · ₹507.40 per kg 150 g jars ₹944.00 for 10
Fine at 8%, sweats at 10% · accept 8%?
Run the 9% tie-breaker before you chase a higher-capacity wax.
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CSI Diagnostics · Practical Maximum
A load that sweats is past the practical maximum, whatever a ceiling claims, and 12% is outside CSI 464’s stated 10%. Test the only rung left, 9% against 8%, blind; if 9% does not clearly win, lock 8% and keep the saving.
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material saved per 150 g candle by locking 8% instead of 9% · Japanese Cherry Blossom 1 kg price · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
My candle is fine at 8% but sweats at 10%. Is 8% my practical maximum? Probably, for this oil in this wax, but one rung sits between them. Test 9% against 8%: if 9% stays dry and blind noses cannot reliably tell it is stronger, lock 8%.Doesn't the wax hold 12%? Not CSI 464. Its page states "Up to 10%", and no CSI wax page states 12% in the text we captured. A 12% claim from another supplier is that supplier's statement about their wax, and even then the lower of the wax and oil maxima governs.
What does the tie-breaker involve? Six candles from one bag and bottle: three at 8% and three at 9%. Two of each are burned blind, one at day 7 and one at day 14; every candle is blotted for sweat at day 1, 3, 7, 14 and 28. 76.5 g of oil, 823.5 g of wax, ₹1,402.14 of materials in the worked example.
What is 8% worth? Against 9%, it saves 1.5 g of oil per 150 g candle, ₹6.50 of material at Japanese Cherry Blossom's 1 kg price once the extra wax is counted, and ₹3,250.95 per 500 candles.
The short answer
The rule: a load that sweats is past the practical maximum for that oil in that wax, whatever a ceiling says. Your practical maximum is between 8% and 10%, and 9% is the only rung left to test.
The ceilings: the lower of the wax page's and oil page's maximum governs. CSI 464 states 10%; Japanese Cherry Blossom states 6–13%; so 10% governs, and 12% is outside CSI 464's stated ceiling.
The tie-breaker: 8% against 9%, blind burns at day 7 and day 14, sweat checks to day 28. 9% wins only if it stays dry and outscores 8% in at least three of four blind comparisons; otherwise lock 8%.
The cost: ₹1,402.14 of materials for six candles, excluding labour, freight, packaging and GST; 8% then saves ₹6.50 a candle against 9%.
In this guide
Grams of oil in one 150 g candle at 8, 9, 10 and 12% of total weight, drawn to scale against the ceilings that apply to Japanese Cherry Blossom in Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464. The oil page's 13% never governs in this wax; CSI 464's stated 10% does, and its conservative wax-weight reading sits lower still. 9% is the only rung between a dry 8% and the edge.
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Container soy · up to 10% · ₹507.40 per kg
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464: the ceiling that governs your tie-breaker
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Straight answer
My candle is fine at 8% fragrance load but sweats at 10%. Should I accept 8% as the practical maximum even if the wax supplier claims 12% capacity?
Very likely yes, after one more test. A load that sweats in your conditions is past the practical maximum for that oil in that wax, so yours sits somewhere from 8% up to just under 10%. The only rung left is 9%: pour three candles at 8% and three at 9% from the same bag and bottle, burn two of each blind at day 7 and day 14, and blot all six for sweat through day 28. If 9% stays dry and outscores 8% in at least three of four blind comparisons, use 9%; if it sweats or cannot be told apart, lock 8% and bank the saving. As for 12%: on Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 it does not apply. The page states "Up to 10%", no CSI wax page states 12%, and the rule is that the lower of the wax page's and oil page's maximum governs. Japanese Cherry Blossom's page says 6–13%, CSI 464 says 10%, so 10% is your ceiling, and your own candles have already shown that the practical maximum is lower. If another supplier's wax claims 12%, that is their statement about their wax; a stated capacity is a maximum, not a target, and your sweat test outranks it.
One line: the practical maximum is the highest load that stays dry and still earns its extra oil; test 9% against 8% blind, and if 9% does not clearly win, lock 8%.
For the tie-breaker: Japanese Cherry Blossom 100 g is ₹500.00 and covers six test candles (76.5 g) with 23.5 g to spare; every size is in stock on 26 September 2026. If your 8% and 10% candles used another oil, use that bottle and buy nothing.
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Two ceilings, and why "12%" does not reach your CSI 464
A capacity claim is a ceiling, and you are always under the lower of two.
Every candle has two stated limits: the wax maker's maximum and the oil page's candle maximum. The lower one governs, and neither is a regulatory limit; they are formulation limits, statements of the most each maker says their product takes in general. Your candle then has a third limit that no page states: the practical maximum, the highest load at which this oil stays in this wax in your jar and your conditions. Your 10% sweat has just shown you that the practical maximum sits below the stated one. The table sets out where a "12%" claim lands against the waxes CSI lists, with Japanese Cherry Blossom as the oil.
Two-ceilings table · Japanese Cherry Blossom (page: 6–13%)
Lower of the two governs · conservative column reads an unstated-basis ceiling on wax weight · CSI pages, verified 26 September 2026
| Wax | Wax page maximum | Governing with this oil | Conservative reading, % of total | Is 12% of total inside it? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 | "Up to 10%" (basis not stated) | 10% | 9.09% | No: outside the stated ceiling on either reading |
| Premium Coconut Soy Wax CSI 468 | "Up to 13%" (basis not stated) | 13% | 11.50% | Only on the total-weight reading; 12% of total is 13.64% of wax, past a 13% wax-weight reading |
| Luxury Soy Wax Chunks | "up to 13%"; FAQ: "13% of total wax weight" | 13% | 11.50% | As CSI 468: at or past the edge, depending on the reading |
| Another supplier's wax "rated 12%" | Their statement, basis unknown | 12% | 10.71% | At their ceiling at best; your sweat test still decides |
| Other CSI waxes (Eco Soy CSI 400, Natural Soy Pearl, virgin coconut soy) | No ceiling stated in the text we captured | Work inside the oil page and test | — | No stated basis to judge it by |
So the 12% question has a short answer in CSI 464: it is not a rung you may test, because it exceeds the governing ceiling. In CSI 468 or Chunks, 12% is within the stated 13% on CSI's total-weight convention but past it on the conservative reading, which is why we would not treat it as a planning load there either. Why a supplier's capacity figure is not an instruction to use it (and why max is not best) is the job of the supplier's-12% explainer. This page takes the narrower question: your own candles have already drawn the line between 8% and 10%, so where exactly is it?
The basis check before you trust your own 10%
CSI's convention is load as a percentage of total weight: 150 g at 10% is 15 g of oil and 135 g of wax. If you added 10% of the wax weight on top instead, your candle held less oil than you think, and your "10%" was really 9.09% of total. If you measured the oil by volume, it could be more or less. Confirm the basis on your batch sheet before you read anything into the 8-versus-10% result; the conversion table is in the load-basis hub.The stated maximum and the practical maximum
A ceiling tells you where to stop. It never tells you where to aim.
A stated maximum is written for the wax, or the oil, in general. The practical maximum is specific: this oil, this wax, this jar, this wick, this method and the rooms your candles live in. It can sit well below the stated figure, and a sweat at 10% while 8% stays dry is exactly what that looks like. Before you accept the line, rule out the other readings of the same pattern.
Differential table · fine at 8%, sweats at 10%
What else the pattern could mean, most common first (judgement) · how to rule each in or out
| # | Reading | Rules it in | Rules it out | Where it is tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Practical maximum for this oil in this wax is between 8% and 10% | Same bag, bottle, method and storage for both loads | The two loads were poured on different days or stored apart | The tie-breaker, below |
| 2 | The 10% batch met harsher conditions, not a harsher load | 10% was poured or stored at a different time or place | Both loads sat side by side | 3222 (heat log) |
| 3 | The 10% was not 10% of total | Oil measured by volume or added on top of wax weight | Batch sheet shows grams on total weight | 3233 (basis audit) |
| 4 | The 10% batch was mixed or added differently | Different add temperature or stir time on the sheet | Identical method written down | 3221 (four-jar split) |
| 5 | This oil is the one that sweats; others in the range hold 10% | Other scents at 10% stay dry beside it | Several scents sweat at 10% | 3231 (per-oil card) |
If rows 2 to 4 are ruled out, the line between 8% and 10% is real, and the full five-rung bracket that locates an oil's practical capacity from scratch is the sweat bracket. You do not need all of it. You already have the answer at both ends; the tie-breaker tests the only rung in between.
One customer's review of British Rose puts the lower-load case in their own words: "you can go for the minimum percentage in candle still it will give amazing smell". That is one maker's experience with one oil, not CSI data, but it is the question the tie-breaker asks of your oil.
The 9% tie-breaker: blind burns plus sweat checks
9% has two jobs to win the rung: stay dry, and smell stronger to someone who does not know which is which.
The tie-breaker changes the load and nothing else. Six candles, one session, one wax bag, one oil bottle, one jar type and your production wick; oil added and poured at the wax page's temperatures (CSI 464: pour 80–90°C, at 80–85°C in the 150 g jar); cooled side by side; stored where your 10% candles sweated. The candles are coded on the base by a helper, so nobody who scores them knows which load is which.
The six candles · 150 g jars · load on total weight
Japanese Cherry Blossom in CSI 464 · worked example · codes written on the base by a helper
| Load | Oil + wax per candle | Burned at day 7 | Burned at day 14 | Kept unburned to day 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8% (8.70% of wax) | 12 g + 138 g | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9% (9.89% of wax) | 13.5 g + 136.5 g | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 76.5 g of oil + 823.5 g of wax | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Pour, code and storeWeigh 12 g and 13.5 g of oil on a scale that reads to 0.1 g, or pour from a small master batch at each load. A helper writes a code on each base and keeps the key. Store all six together in the spot where your 10% candles sweated.
2
Blot all six at day 1, 3, 7, 14 and 28Plain white paper, pressed and lifted, read against the light after about 15 minutes. Blot the burn candles before each session too. Any oily blot on a 9% candle ends the contest: lock 8%.
3
Day 7 session: two evenings, one candle eachSame closed room, same time, same burn length (to a full pool or four hours), wicks trimmed the same way. Never burn the two together: with two flames nobody can say which they smell. Japanese Cherry Blossom's page states no cure time in the text we captured, so day 7 follows the common practice of judging soy after about a week.
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Two noses, scored on enteringEach judge walks in from outside at one hour and at full pool and scores 0 nothing, 1 only within a metre, 2 noticeable across the room, 3 fills the room (the scale from the cold-strong, hot-faint hub), then says which evening's candle was stronger. That gives one blind comparison per judge per session.
5
Day 14 session: repeat with the second pairSwap the order of the evenings so the 9% candle is not always second. Two judges across two sessions give four blind comparisons.
6
Break the code and apply the ruleOnly now does the helper reveal which code was which. Read the rule below, and keep the unburned pair to day 28 for the last sweat check.
Decision rule · 9% tie-breaker
"Wins" = judged stronger in a blind comparison · four comparisons in all · sweat = any oily blot to day 28
| Sweat result | Blind result | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 9% oily at any check; 8% dry | Any | Lock 8%. 9% is past this oil's practical maximum here. |
| All dry | 9% wins 3 or 4 of 4 | 9% earns its extra 1.5 g of oil; use 9%, keep watching retained units through warm weather |
| All dry | 9% wins 2 of 4 or fewer | The difference is not reliably noticed. Lock 8% and bank the saving |
| 8% oily too | Any | 8% was never "fine"; conditions or method changed. Back to the hub's split |
| Judges disagree with each other every time | Mixed | No verdict on throw; lock 8%, the cheaper and drier default |
Why three of four and not two? Two of four is what guessing looks like. Asking 9% to win clearly is deliberately tough on the higher load, because the costs are uneven: 9% puts 12.5% more oil in every candle and sits closer to the load that already sweated. When in doubt, the drier, cheaper load wins the tie.
Bill of materials · 9% tie-breaker · worked example
Japanese Cherry Blossom 100 g · CSI 464 1 kg · Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) · Eco C1 · CSI live pricing, 26 September 2026
| Item | Size bought | Used | Cost of what is used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Cherry Blossom Fragrance Oil | 100 g, ₹500.00 (₹5.00/g) | 76.5 g (23.5 g left) | ₹382.50 |
| Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 | 1 kg, ₹507.40 (₹0.51/g) | 823.5 g (176.5 g left) | ₹417.84 |
| Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) | Pack of 10, ₹944.00 | 6 jars | ₹566.40 |
| Eco Candle Wicks, Thin (C1), or your wick | 10 wicks, ₹59.00 | 6 wicks | ₹35.40 |
| Tie-breaker, materials | 6 candles | ₹1,402.14 |
Worked-example costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST. From nothing, the cash outlay is ₹2,010.40; if you own the wax, jars, wicks and your scent, it is nothing. The four burned candles are spent; the two unburned ones are retained samples, not waste.
Mistake: running the tie-breaker as "8% versus 9%" on two different days, or judging it yourself knowing which is which. What tends to happen: the load you hoped would win does, because expectation is a strong nose. Fix: one pour session, coded bases, a helper who holds the key, two judges, and the rule written down before the first candle is lit.
What locking 8% is worth
The tie-breaker is one of the few tests in this cluster that can end with you spending less.
Per 150 g candle, 8% uses 12 g of oil, 9% uses 13.5 g and 10% uses 15 g. At Japanese Cherry Blossom's 1 kg price (₹4.84 a gram), 8% instead of 9% saves ₹7.26 of oil per candle; the wax fills the 1.5 g, so the net material saving is ₹6.50. Against 10% the oil saving is ₹14.53 and the net saving ₹13.00.
Per-candle material cost at each load · production prices
Japanese Cherry Blossom 1 kg · CSI 464 10 kg · 150 g jar (pack of 10) · Eco C1 · excluding labour, freight, packaging and GST
| Load | Oil per candle | Candles per 1 kg of oil | Material cost per candle | Saving at 8%, per 500 candles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8% | 12 g | 83 | ₹228.43 | — |
| 9% | 13.5 g | 74 | ₹234.93 | ₹3,250.95 |
| 10% | 15 g | 66 | Sweats in your run: not a production option | ₹6,501.90 |
Those savings only count if 8% still sells. That is why the tie-breaker asks blind noses, not the spreadsheet, to decide. If 9% wins clearly, pay the difference gladly; if it does not, the saving is the reward for testing.
What not to buy to hold 10%
When 10% sweats, the market offers ways to keep 10%. The cheaper question is whether you need it.
What not to buy: a wax "rated 12%" so you can keep 10%. A higher ceiling is a page statement about the wax in general; it may or may not hold this oil at 10% in your rooms, and it would need its own sweat test and burn test. CSI 468 as a reflex: its page states up to 13%, but at 10 kg prices it costs ₹17.88 more per 8% candle than CSI 464, and if 8% throws you have paid that for nothing. The wax-swap route is tested properly in the summer-formula grid. An additive to hold the extra oil: Vybar's page claims it "prevents mottling and sweating"; in our judgement that is a test option for a formula that fails a stability standard (3223), not a way to keep a load your wax has already refused. A 1 kg bottle before the verdict: if you lock 8%, a kilo makes 83 candles rather than 66 at 10%.
If you already have stock poured at 10% that is sweating, that is a rework question with its own maths: the remelt-and-dilute post. And if every scent in your range is being asked to live at one house load, the per-oil practical-maximum card is 3231.
Products for the tie-breaker
Four items, all as your 8% and 10% candles used them: the oil, the wax, the jar and the wick. Chosen on what the pages state, price per unit and stock on 26 September 2026; CSI has no measured sweat or throw data, so nothing is ranked on performance. The oil table shows every size with 150 g candles at 8% (12 g) and at 9% (13.5 g).
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fragrance oil · floral · the worked-example scent
Japanese Cherry Blossom Fragrance Oil
This is the oil that makes the "why not higher?" question tempting: its page states "6-13% for candles", one of three CSI oil pages whose structured candle load states a maximum above 10% (with Cinnamon Vanilla and Autumn). In CSI 464 that 13% never applies, because the wax page states "Up to 10%" and the lower of the two governs. The page describes "sweet cherry and soft pink petals opening into a rose and jasmine heart, grounded by warm sandalwood and musk"; it states no cure time or vanillin figure in the text we captured. Its "10-18% for wax melts" line is a melt figure, not a candle load. Every size is in stock on 26 September 2026. Argued against our own interest: the 100 g and 500 g are both ₹5.00 a gram, so the 500 g saves nothing; buy the 100 g for the tie-breaker (76.5 g) and decide the bottle size once you know your load.
| Size | Price | Per gram | 150 g candles at 8% | 150 g candles at 9% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹104.00 | ₹6.93 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 g | ₹270.00 | ₹5.40 | 4 | 3 |
| 100 g | ₹500.00 | ₹5.00 | 8 | 7 |
| 500 g | ₹2,500.00 | ₹5.00 | 41 | 37 |
| 1 kg | ₹4,842.00 | ₹4.84 | 83 | 74 |
Tie-breaker: 76.5 g = ₹382.50. Buy 100 g — ₹500.00
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wax · container soy · the 10% ceiling
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", and claims "Strong scent throw (both cold and hot)". It does not state 12% anywhere in the text we captured, and it does not say whether its 10% is of total or of wax weight. On CSI's total-weight convention your 10% is 11.11% of wax; on the conservative wax-weight reading the ceiling is 9.09% of total, which is why a 10% candle is at the edge before the oil has had a say. Pour at 80–85°C in the 150 g jar (its page: "Safe for hot pour up to 85°C"). Flat at ₹0.51 a gram from 1 kg to 10 kg. Argued against our own interest: pour the tie-breaker from the bag your 8% and 10% candles came from, if you have wax left. A new bag is a second variable.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹260.00 | ₹0.52 per g | not enough for six test candles (823.5 g) |
| 1 kg | ₹507.40 | ₹0.51 per g | the tie-breaker, with 176.5 g left |
| 5 kg | ₹2,537.00 | ₹0.51 per g | the first run at the locked load |
| 10 kg | ₹5,074.00 | ₹0.51 per g | production at the locked load |
Tie-breaker: 823.5 g = ₹417.84. Buy 1 kg — ₹507.40
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container · the jar the load is locked in
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram)
A locked load belongs to a jar as much as to a wax: a different diameter changes the melt pool, the throw and sometimes the sweat. The page lists an outer diameter of about 7 cm and says "Safe for hot pour up to 85°C". If your 8% and 10% candles were in this jar, run the tie-breaker in it; if not, use your own jar. ₹94.40 a jar in either pack.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 10 | ₹944.00 | ₹94.40 | the six tie-breaker jars, four spare |
| Pack of 20 | ₹1,888.00 | ₹94.40 | the same per jar; production |
Six jars: ₹566.40. Buy 10 — ₹944.00
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wick · your production wick, unchanged
Eco Candle Wicks — Thin (C1) and Thick (C2)
The tie-breaker changes the load and nothing else, so the wick is whatever your 8% and 10% candles used. The page describes wicks made from "natural fibers like cotton and paper" that "pair perfectly with soy wax"; the price per wick is the same at every pack size. If a 9% candle looks under- or over-wicked in the burn sessions, note it, but do not change the wick inside this test; a load that needs a new wick is a bigger decision than a tie-breaker. Argued against our own interest: if you have six of your production wick, buy none.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thin (C1) / 10 | ₹59.00 | ₹5.90 | the six test candles, if C1 is your wick |
| Thick (C2) / 10 | ₹94.40 | ₹9.44 | only if C2 is your production wick |
Six C1: ₹35.40. Buy C1 — ₹59.00
Diwali is 8 November 2026, 43 days from 26 September 2026. The tie-breaker's last sweat check is day 28, which leaves 15 days to pour the season at the locked load. Send us your locked load and candle count and we will quote oil, wax, jars and wicks with a GST invoice and a dispatch date.
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The CSI principle
The highest load your candle holds is not the load it needs.
Stay under the lower of the two stated ceilings, then find the practical maximum in your own jars. When 9% cannot beat 8% blind, 8% is the answer, and the saving is yours.
"A capacity figure tells you where the wax maker stops. Your candles tell you where your oil stops. Believe the lower one."
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide
CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the oil, wax, jars and wicks named here, and does not sell finished candles. This page still recommends the load that uses less of our oil when blind noses cannot tell the difference, tells you the Japanese Cherry Blossom 500 g saves nothing per gram over the 100 g, and argues against switching to our dearer wax to keep a load you may not need.
Every price and per-gram figure was verified on CSI's live store on 26 September 2026; every size shown in a pick table is in stock on that date. Load and temperature wording is quoted from the product pages; where a page is silent in the text we captured (cure, vanillin, the basis of a ceiling), we say so.
The tie-breaker design, the three-of-four rule, the day-28 check and the ranking of alternative readings are editorial judgement; the review quoted is one customer's experience; and CSI publishes no measured sweat 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
My candle sweats at 10% but not at 8%. What fragrance load should I use?
Test 9% against 8% from the same wax bag and oil bottle: blind burns at day 7 and 14, sweat checks to day 28. Use 9% only if it stays dry and wins at least three of four blind comparisons; otherwise lock 8%.
Can CSI 464 soy wax hold 12% fragrance oil?
Its page states a fragrance load "Up to 10%", and no CSI wax page states 12% in the text we captured. 12% is outside CSI 464's stated ceiling; never exceed the lower of the wax page's and the oil page's maximum.
If a fragrance oil page says 13%, can I use 13% in any wax?
No. The lower of the oil page's and the wax page's maximum governs. Japanese Cherry Blossom's page says 6–13%, but in CSI 464 (up to 10%) the ceiling is 10%, and your practical maximum may be lower still.
Is a higher fragrance load always stronger?
Not reliably. More oil does not raise throw in a straight line, and past what the wax holds it tends to sweat and can burn worse. That is why the tie-breaker asks blind judges whether 9% is actually noticed as stronger than 8%.
How much money does 8% save over 9% fragrance load?
1.5 g of oil per 150 g candle. At Japanese Cherry Blossom's 1 kg price that is ₹7.26 of oil, or ₹6.50 of material once the extra wax is counted, ₹3,250.95 per 500 candles, excluding labour, freight, packaging and GST.
What is the practical maximum fragrance load?
The highest load at which a particular oil stays in a particular wax in your jar and conditions, and still earns its extra oil in throw. It is found by testing, sits at or below the lower of the stated ceilings, and differs from oil to oil.
Before you chase 12%
Run the 9% tie-breaker, and lock 8% unless 9% clearly wins.
Six candles from one bag and bottle, blind burns at day 7 and 14, sweat checks to day 28: ₹1,402.14 of materials in the worked example. If 9% does not stay dry and win three of four blind comparisons, 8% is your practical maximum and saves ₹6.50 a candle. Send us your results on WhatsApp for a second reading.
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About this guide: part of CSI's cluster on sweating, oil pooling and separation (3221–3240), for a candle that is dry at 8% and sweats at 10%: a two-ceilings table showing where a "12%" claim lands on CSI's waxes, a ranked table of alternative readings labelled as judgement, a costed six-candle 9% tie-breaker (blind burns plus sweat checks) with a decision rule, and the per-candle and per-500 saving of locking the lower load.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 — British Rose Fragrance Oil, Cinnamon Vanilla, Gardenia Fragrance Oil, Jasmine Fragrance Oil, Lavender Fragrance Oil, Soy Pillar Wax (Specially made for Pillar and Designer Candles). They are general product reviews, not assessments of the diagnostic 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 — Tina Raha, Sraddha, Punam Sarma, Dipali Sable. The reviews from Emma Bechara, S.A. are published but not recorded as verified, and carry no badge. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.
Figures verified 26 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Japanese Cherry Blossom Fragrance Oil 15 g ₹104.00 (₹6.93/g), 50 g ₹270.00 (₹5.40/g), 100 g ₹500.00 (₹5.00/g), 500 g ₹2,500.00 (₹5.00/g), 1 kg ₹4,842.00 (₹4.84/g); Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 500 g ₹260.00, 1 kg ₹507.40, 5 kg ₹2,537.00, 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Premium Coconut Soy Wax CSI 468 10 kg ₹6,370.00; Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) Pack of 10 ₹944.00, Pack of 20 ₹1,888.00; Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) 10 ₹59.00, Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40. All in stock on 26 September 2026. Per gram = price ÷ grams; per jar or wick = pack price ÷ units; two decimals. Worked costs use the exact per-gram price, then round.
Non-price figures: load is a percentage of total candle weight (150 g at 8% = 12 g oil + 138 g wax; 9% = 13.5 g + 136.5 g; 10% = 15 g + 135 g). Ceilings are as stated on the product pages (CSI 464 up to 10%; CSI 468 up to 13%; Chunks up to 13%, FAQ "13% of total wax weight"; Japanese Cherry Blossom 6–13% for candles) and are formulation limits, not regulatory limits; conversions between total-weight and wax-weight readings are shown. The tie-breaker design, the three-of-four rule and the 0–3 sniff scale are editorial judgement; day-7 judging is common practice. Costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST. Diwali 8 November 2026 is a calendar fact.