My Candle Sweats with One Fragrance but Not Another at Exactly the Same Percentage — Why Can Wax Hold Different Fragrance Oils Differently?

My Candle Sweats with One Fragrance but Not Another at Exactly the Same Percentage — Why Can Wax Hold Different Fragrance Oils Differently?

 

Blue Ocean 50 g ₹247.00 · in stock Cinnamon 50 g ₹330.40 · in stock CSI 464 ₹507.40 per kg, flat to 10 kg
Same percentage, one oil sweats · why?
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Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
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"Good fragrance 👍"
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Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil
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"Fresh and soothing"
Yashvi ShahVerified buyer · Jul 2025
Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil
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"Frangance is sooo good"
Sneha TamangVerified buyer · May 2025
Cinnamon Vanilla
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"Will buy more.. wonderful"
Punam SarmaVerified buyer · Dec 2024
Cinnamon Vanilla
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"Warm comforting fragrance"
M AVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Autumn
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"My customer was very happy with this apple cinnamon fragrance. As soon as they entered their home this smell is warmth and pleasing. And I got many orders who visited their home, as they also loved the smell."
PREETHI PRASATHVerified buyer · May 2026
Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
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CSI Diagnostics · Same Load, Different Oil
Eight percent is a weight, not a chemistry: every bottle is a different mixture, and CSI doesn't publish them. Pour your whole range at one load in one session, score it to day 14, and give the oils that sweat their own maximum.
8 oils
one range map at the house load, two candles each, checked to day 14 · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
Why does one fragrance sweat and another not, at the same percentage? Because "8%" is a weight, not a chemistry. Each fragrance oil is a different mixture of aromatic materials, and soy wax takes some mixtures in more readily than others (a tendency). CSI doesn't publish its oils' compositions, so the only reliable way to know how your wax holds each oil is to look.

How do I find out which oils my wax holds well? Build a range compatibility map: every scent in your range, poured at the house load in the same wax, jar and wick on the same day, two candles each, checked at day 1, 3, 7 and 14, grouped by family and set beside each oil page's stated range.

What does it cost? Worked example with eight oils: 192 g of oil, 2,208 g of CSI 464, sixteen jars and wicks, ₹3,674.61 of materials; ₹2,725.14 if you already own the oils.

What do I do with an oil that sweats? Give that oil its own lower load, tested, rather than dropping the whole range's load or changing wax. The per-oil maximum card is the next step.
The short answer
Why: oils differ in composition (not published by CSI), in how readily soy takes them in, and even in how much volume 8% by weight turns out to be. A stated "up to 10%" on two pages doesn't mean they hold alike in your wax.
The map: every scent at the house load (8% of total weight in the worked example), one session, same wax, jar, wick and shelf; two candles each; surface score at day 1, 3, 7 and 14; grouped by family beside the page's range.
The rule: one row sweats = that oil needs its own maximum; a family sweats together = a family tendency in your wax, tested oil by oil; every row sweats = not the oils, the formula or process.
The cost: ₹3,674.61 for an eight-oil map (materials), excluding labour, freight, packaging and GST. Fourteen days from pour to map.
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In this guide
Same load, eight oils: the range compatibility map Left: each page’s stated candle range, to scale, % of total weight. Right: your surface checks at the house load. 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% d1 d3 d7 d14 FRESH Blue Ocean up to 10% Eucalyptus Spearmint up to 10% soy FLORAL British Rose up to 10% soy Neroli up to 10% soy FRUITY Fresh Strawberries 6–9% Peach Melon Berry 8–10% of wax SPICE · GOURMAND Cinnamon up to 10% soy Chocolate Fudge 6–10% house load 8% CSI 464 ceiling 10% page states only a maximum page states a range score 0–3, worse of the pair Peach Melon Berry’s page states its range per weight of wax; drawn here converted to % of total weight (7.41–9.09%). Ranges are page wording, not tested sweat limits. The check grid is left empty on purpose: CSI has no sweat data for these oils.
The range compatibility map. Left, what each oil page states, drawn to scale on CSI's total-weight basis beside the house load and CSI 464's stated ceiling: every row allows 8%, but not every row has the same headroom above it. Right, the checks you fill in. The empty grid is deliberate: the page ranges are real data; the sweat behaviour in your wax is yours to find.
Blue Ocean · 50 g ₹247.00
A fresh-family row for your map; the page states "candles (up to 10%)"
Cinnamon · 50 g ₹330.40
A spice-family row; the page states "Up to 10% for soy wax"
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Straight answer
My candle sweats with one fragrance but not another at exactly the same percentage. Why can wax hold different fragrance oils differently?
Because a percentage describes how much oil you added, not what it is. Every fragrance oil is its own mixture of aromatic materials, and soy wax takes some of them in more readily than others; an oil rich in materials the wax holds less comfortably reaches its limit sooner (a tendency, well known to candle makers, not a rule you can read off a label). Oils also differ in density, so 8% by weight is not quite the same volume of oil from one bottle to the next. CSI does not publish the composition of its oils, and a page that says "up to 10%" is a recommendation from its own testing, not a promise about your wax, jar and room. So the difference you saw is normal, and it is information. Turn it into a range compatibility map: pour every scent at your house load, in one session with the same wax, jar and wick, two candles each, and score the surface at day 1, 3, 7 and 14. Group the rows by family and set each beside its page's stated range. The oils that sweat get their own, lower maximum; the rest keep the house load.
One line: the same percentage is a different mixture in every bottle; map your whole range at one load and give the oils that sweat their own maximum.
Hold the wax constant: the map changes only the oil, so pour every row from one bag. Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 is ₹2,537.00 for 5 kg (₹0.51 a gram, the same as the 1 kg), enough for an eight-oil map and follow-up pairs. In stock on 26 September 2026.
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Why "8%" isn't the same for every oil

Two bottles, two different mixtures, one number on the batch sheet. The wax only sees the mixture.

A fragrance oil is not one substance. It is a blend of many aromatic materials, sometimes with a carrier, chosen to smell of the sea, of cinnamon or of roses. Soy wax is itself a blend of fats. How well the two stay together depends on which materials are in the oil and in what proportions, and that differs from bottle to bottle. Candle makers commonly find that some oils sit happily at the top of their stated range while others sweat below it in the same wax (a tendency). Nothing about the percentage predicts which.

Four reasons, all hedged, because CSI doesn't publish its oils' formulas:

Why two oils at the same load behave differently
Tendencies, not measurements · CSI publishes no composition or sweat data for its oils
Reason What it means What you can check
Composition Each oil's mixture of materials is taken in by soy more or less readily; some reach the wax's limit sooner Nothing directly: formulas aren't published. The map shows the result.
Density Oils differ in density, so the same weight is a slightly different volume of oil in the wax Weigh, never measure oil by ml or cap; the load stays honest even if volume differs
Heavy or crystalline materials Some aromatic materials, vanillin among them, can behave differently in wax as it sets (a tendency); pages state vanillin for some oils The page's vanillin line, where there is one (Blue Ocean and Cinnamon both state 0%)
The page's range is from someone else's test "Up to 10%" is a recommendation from the oil page, tested in conditions you don't know The two-ceilings rule: the lower of oil page and wax page governs; the map tells you your real limit

A fifth reason is not the oil at all: process. If the sweating oil was added cooler, stirred for less time or poured from the bottom of a cooling pot, the difference you saw may be the day, not the bottle. That is why the map pours every oil in one session under one set of temperatures; process faults across a whole batch are the jar-base post and the pour-sequence post.

State the basis before comparing oils
Every load here is a percentage of total candle weight: 8% of a 150 g candle is 12 g of oil and 138 g of wax (8.70% of the wax weight). If one oil was weighed "per kg of wax" and another on total weight, they were never at the same percentage in the first place. The conversions are in the load-basis hub.

What the oil pages do and don't tell you

A stated range is a starting point written by someone who never saw your wax, your jar or your shelf.

At least 48 of CSI's 102 oil pages state a candle load or range in a structured line, and a few more mention one only in an FAQ. Most of those that give a maximum say 10%. Three state a maximum above 10% (Japanese Cherry Blossom 6–13%, Cinnamon Vanilla up to 13%, Autumn 7–11%) and three a maximum below it, among them Fresh Strawberries at 6–9%. None of them says which oils sweat soonest in which wax, because none of them can.

Two page habits matter for a map. Basis: most pages don't state one; Peach Melon Berry's says "8-10% fragrance oil per weight of wax", which on CSI's total-weight basis is 7.41% to 9.09%. Drawn on the map that way, it has less headroom above 8% than an "up to 10%" oil. Two ceilings: the lower of the oil page's maximum and the wax page's governs. On CSI 464 ("Fragrance Load Up to 10%"), Autumn's 11% is capped at 10%, and Fresh Strawberries' 9% governs over the wax's 10%. Read on wax weight, CSI 464's 10% would be 9.09% of total, so a house load of 8% of total sits inside both readings on every row of this map.

Mistake: reading "both pages say up to 10%" as "both oils hold 10% in my wax". What it does: you set one house load for the range, one oil sweats, and you blame the batch. Fix: treat each stated maximum as a ceiling you must not pass, and your own map as the evidence of where each oil actually sits below it. The per-oil card that records both is the vanilla-versus-lavender post.

One oil sweats → likely reason → how to tell

Before you conclude "this oil doesn't suit my wax", rule out the ways it might just have had a worse day.

Ranked most common first as editorial judgement; CSI publishes no sweat or failure data for its oils.

Differential table · one oil sweats, another doesn't, same load
Ranked most common first (judgement) · each rule-out is a check you can run
# What you see Likely reason Rules it in Rules it out
1 Oil A sweats, oil B dry, poured in one session Oil A sits nearer its limit in this wax The map repeats it, both candles of the pair A's pair is dry when re-poured beside B
2 Oil A was poured on a different day, from a different pot Process difference, not the oil A's batch sheet shows a cooler add, shorter stir or late pour A sweats again in the one-session map
3 Oil A weighed on a different basis, or by ml A was really at a higher load Batch sheet basis differs Both weighed in grams on total weight
4 Two oils of one family sweat, other families dry A family tendency in your wax (judgement) The map groups them; both family members sweat Only one of the family sweats
5 Oil A is a blend you made The blend, not a single oil The parts are dry alone Covered by the blend-separation post
6 Every oil sweats, some sooner The formula or process for the whole range Every row of the map sweats Most rows dry (see 3233)

Rows 2 and 3 are why the map exists in this form: one pour session, one scale, one basis. Row 5 is a different question with a different test; row 6 means the oils are the wrong suspects.

Building the range compatibility map

One session. Every scent. The same wax, jar, wick, pot routine and shelf. Only the bottle changes.

The map is a controlled comparison of your whole range at the house load. The worked example uses eight oils in four families, two candles each: sixteen 150 g candles at 8% in CSI 464. Use your own range; the method is the same at five oils or fifteen.

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List the range and read every pageFor each oil, write the page's stated candle range verbatim, its basis if stated, and the governing maximum on your wax (the lower of oil page and wax page). If the house load is above any oil's governing maximum, that oil is over its ceiling before the map starts; lower it first.
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Weigh each oil's pot on total weightOne pot per oil, 300 g at 8%: 24 g of oil and 276 g of wax, pouring two candles. Every pot from the same bag of wax, the same scale, the same basis.
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One routine for every potAdd at the wax page's figure, stir for the same timed period (the only CSI-stated stir time is Eco Soy CSI 400's "stir gently for 2 minutes"; use it as a floor), and pour CSI 464 at 80–85°C into the 150 g jar, whose page says "Safe for hot pour up to 85°C". Log each pot's add and pour readings.
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Cool them together, labelled by codeAll sixteen on one shelf, in random order, away from fans, AC vents and windows. Label bases with a code, not the scent name, so you score what you see, not what you expect.
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Score at day 1, 3, 7 and 14Lid off, raking light. The cluster's 0–3 surface score: 0 none, 1 film, 2 droplets, 3 pooling (the scale is from the cycling protocol). Record the worse of each pair. Unsure whether a sheen is oil? The hub's blot-and-look check.
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Decode, group by family, set beside the page rangeOnly after day 14, reveal the codes and fill in the map: family, page range, governing maximum, the four scores. Patterns across a family and against the page's headroom appear only once the rows sit together.
The map sheet · worked example, eight oils at 8% in CSI 464
Page wording and governing maximum are CSI data (26 September 2026); the day columns are yours to fill
Family Oil Page's stated candle load Governing max on CSI 464 (% of total) d1 d3 d7 d14
Fresh Blue Ocean "candles (up to 10%)" 10%
Fresh Eucalyptus Spearmint up to 10% for soy wax 10%
Floral British Rose "up to 10% soy" 10%
Floral Neroli "Up to 10% for soy wax" 10%
Fruity Fresh Strawberries "6-9% for candles" 9% (oil page governs)
Fruity Peach Melon Berry "8-10% fragrance oil per weight of wax" 9.09% (10% of wax, converted)
Spice · gourmand Cinnamon "Up to 10% for soy wax" 10%
Spice · gourmand Chocolate Fudge "6-10% for candles" 10%
Bill of materials · eight-oil map · worked example
50 g bottles · CSI 464 · Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) · Eco C1 · CSI live pricing, 26 September 2026
Item Used Cost of what is used
Eight oils, 24 g each at the 50 g price (Blue Ocean ₹118.56, Eucalyptus Spearmint, British Rose and Fresh Strawberries ₹101.95 each, Neroli ₹164.26, Peach Melon Berry ₹107.05, Cinnamon ₹158.59, Chocolate Fudge ₹95.16) 192 g, 26 g left in each bottle ₹949.47
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (₹0.51/g) 2,208 g ₹1,120.34
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram), pack of 20 ₹1,888.00 16 jars (4 spare) ₹1,510.40
Eco Candle Wicks, Thin (C1), pack of 20 ₹118.00 16 wicks ₹94.40
The map 16 candles ₹3,674.61

Costs are worked examples and exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST. If the oils are your existing range, the map costs ₹2,725.14 in wax, jars and wicks. Bought new, the eight 50 g bottles come to ₹1,978.06, and each leaves 26 g: enough for a follow-up pair of any oil that sweats at one point lower (21 g for two candles at 7%). A single Blue Ocean map candle is ₹229.60 in materials; a Cinnamon one ₹249.62.

Argued against our own interest: you don't need eight new bottles to answer this question. If your problem is one oil that sweats and one that doesn't, map those two plus whatever else you already sell; the map is most useful on the range you actually pour, not on ours.

Reading the map, row by row and family by family

A single wet row is a finding about one oil. A wet family is a finding about your wax. A wet map is a finding about you.
Decision rule · range compatibility map
"Sweats" = score 1 or more in either candle of the pair by day 14 · read across rows and down families
Map pattern What it points to Next step Purchase
One row sweats, the rest dry That oil's practical maximum in your wax is below the house load A follow-up pair one point lower; then its own card (3231) Nothing; the 50 g has 26 g left
Both oils of one family sweat A family tendency in your wax (judgement) Test each member one point lower; don't assume new oils of that family will behave alike Nothing
A row sweats that sits near its governing maximum Less headroom than an "up to 10%" row (e.g. 8% against a 9% maximum) Treat its lower maximum as the planning limit for that oil Nothing
Rows sweat at day 7 or 14 but not day 1 Late sweat as the wax settles; still a sweat Keep checking to day 14 on every new oil; storage effects are 3228 Nothing
Every row sweats Not the oils: the formula or process The non-load checklist; the jar-base 2×2 for mixing Nothing yet
No row sweats, but your original candle did The original difference was the day: temperature, stir, basis or storage Compare its batch sheet with the map session Nothing

Two rules keep it fair. The pair must agree: a row with one wet and one dry candle is repeated before it is judged. And the map is a room-temperature map: it says how your wax holds each oil on a steady shelf, not in summer or after a courier journey. Heat cycling is 3235; shipping is 3229. An oil that passes the map can still need its own summer check.

What the map is not
It is not a throw ranking. A dry row says nothing about how strongly that oil fills a room, and CSI has no measured throw data to add. Whether floral and woody families smell different at the same load in the same wax is the family-pair throw test; the sweat bracket that pins an oil's practical maximum more finely is the 8-to-12% sweat bracket.

Don't punish the whole range for one oil

One oil sweating is not a reason to change seven oils that don't.
What not to do, and not to buy: lower the house load for every oil because one sweats: the dry oils lose strength for nothing. A different wax for the whole range: it changes every row at once and re-opens questions the map has closed. Vybar (₹156.00 for 50 g): its page says it "prevents mottling and sweating", but in our judgement it is more commonly associated with paraffin work, results vary by wax, and it would be a formula change needing its own map. Discontinue the oil before a follow-up pair one point lower: at 7% a 150 g Cinnamon candle uses 1.5 g less oil, ₹9.91 less at the 50 g price, and it may be dry. A 1 kg of the sweating oil before its load is set.

The usual outcome, in our judgement, is a range with one house load and a short list of exceptions, each with its own tested maximum written on a card. That keeps production simple where it can be and specific where it must be. Blends of two map rows are their own question, because two dry oils can still sweat together; see 3232. For the first-level version of "is this oil compatible with soy?", see the compatibility post.

When the right purchase is nothing: if your map shows one wet row, you already own everything the next step needs: 26 g of that oil and the wax for a pair at one point lower. Pour it, check it at day 1, 3, 7 and 14, and write the card.

Oils and wax for an example map

Five of the eight example oils, chosen to show the patterns a map can reveal (two "up to 10%" rows from different families, a second fresh row, a row with a lower stated maximum, and a row with a size out of stock), plus the wax held constant. Chosen on page statements, price per gram and stock on 26 September 2026; CSI has no measured sweat or throw data, so nothing is ranked on performance. Oil tables show every size, 150 g candles at 12 g, and 24 g map pairs.

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fragrance oil · fresh aquatic · a map row
Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil
One of the two oils this question is usually asked about. The page states "candles (up to 10%)" and, in its FAQ, "Use up to 10% for soy, paraffin, and natural wax blends"; it describes "sea salt and ozone top notes, jasmine and lily of the valley heart, and driftwood and musk base", says "0% vanillin - no discolouration" and "Cure soy wax candles for 48-72 hours before burn testing". It describes itself as phthalate-free; we report that as the page's wording. Every size is in stock on 26 September 2026. Argued against our own interest: Blue Ocean is fractionally dearer per gram at larger sizes (₹4.94 at 50 g, ₹4.96 at 1 kg), so 12 g costs ₹59.47 from the 1 kg against ₹59.28 from the 50 g, ₹0.19 more. Buy the 50 g for the map; a bigger bottle saves nothing.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8% Map pairs (24 g each)
15 g ₹93.22 ₹6.21 1 none (15 g of the 24 g)
50 g ₹247.00 ₹4.94 4 2 (+2 g)
100 g ₹495.00 ₹4.95 8 4 (+4 g)
500 g ₹2,478.00 ₹4.96 41 20 (+20 g)
1 kg ₹4,956.00 ₹4.96 83 41 (+16 g)
Map pair: 24 g = ₹118.56. Buy 50 g — ₹247.00
2
fragrance oil · spice · a map row
Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
The other oil in the usual question. The page states "Recommended Fragrance Load: Up to 10% for soy wax Up to 6% for paraffin wax", "Cure Time: 48–72 hours for soy wax", "Vanillin Content: 0% (No risk of discoloration)" and describes it as "Warm, spicy, and earthy with a hint of sweetness", with "Fragrance Strength: Strong in both cold and hot throw" (the page's claim). It also recommends "Cotton or wooden wicks for a steady burn". Every size is in stock on 26 September 2026. At 50 g it is ₹20.02 more per candle than Blue Ocean; at 1 kg, 12 g costs ₹63.72, ₹15.58 less than from the 50 g. Argued against our own interest: if Cinnamon is your sweating oil, don't buy the 1 kg to get that saving until the map and a follow-up pair have set its load.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8% Map pairs (24 g each)
15 g ₹106.20 ₹7.08 1 none (15 g of the 24 g)
50 g ₹330.40 ₹6.61 4 2 (+2 g)
100 g ₹590.00 ₹5.90 8 4 (+4 g)
500 g ₹2,950.00 ₹5.90 41 20 (+20 g)
1 kg ₹5,310.00 ₹5.31 83 41 (+16 g)
Map pair: 24 g = ₹158.59. Buy 50 g — ₹330.40
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fragrance oil · fresh herbal · a second fresh row
Eucalyptus Spearmint Fragrance Oil
A family needs at least two members before "fresh oils behave like this in my wax" means anything. The page states "Recommended fragrance load up to 10% for soy wax, up to 6% for paraffin", "No vanillin - zero risk of discoloration" and "Cure time is 48-72 hours for soy wax". It describes itself as IFRA-certified; that is the page's wording, not our certification. Every size is in stock on 26 September 2026, and it is one of the lower per-gram oils on the map (₹4.25 at 50 g, ₹3.07 at 1 kg). Limitation: a herbal-minty profile, not a substitute for an aquatic.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8% Map pairs (24 g each)
15 g ₹68.44 ₹4.56 1 none (15 g of the 24 g)
50 g ₹212.40 ₹4.25 4 2 (+2 g)
100 g ₹354.00 ₹3.54 8 4 (+4 g)
500 g ₹1,652.00 ₹3.30 41 20 (+20 g)
1 kg ₹3,068.00 ₹3.07 83 41 (+16 g)
Map pair: 24 g = ₹101.95. Buy 50 g — ₹212.40
4
fragrance oil · fruity · the row with a lower ceiling
Fresh Strawberries
The one oil on this map whose page caps below 10%: "Recommended fragrance load 6-9% for candles". The house load of 8% sits 1 point under that maximum; at a house load of 9% it would sit on it, and at 10% the oil page would govern, not the wax. That is the two-ceilings rule in one row. The page also gives "8-12% for wax melts", which is a melt figure, not a candle load. Notes: "ripe strawberry and citrus zest top notes, sweet rose and honeydew melon middle notes, and vanilla sugar and creamy sandalwood base". Every size is in stock on 26 September 2026.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8% Map pairs (24 g each)
15 g ₹113.28 ₹7.55 1 none (15 g of the 24 g)
50 g ₹212.40 ₹4.25 4 2 (+2 g)
100 g ₹377.60 ₹3.78 8 4 (+4 g)
500 g ₹1,770.00 ₹3.54 41 20 (+20 g)
1 kg ₹3,540.00 ₹3.54 83 41 (+16 g)
Map pair: 24 g = ₹101.95. Buy 50 g — ₹212.40
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fragrance oil · gourmand · a row with a size out of stock
Chocolate Fudge Fragrance Oil
A dense gourmand on the map, with a stated range: "Recommended fragrance load 6-10% for candles" (and "10-15% for wax melts", a melt figure). Notes: "rich cocoa and sweet caramel top notes, creamy chocolate and toasted nuts middle notes, and vanilla bean and warm brown sugar base"; with a vanilla-bean base note, colour change over time is a separate question for the discolouration post. The 100 g is out of stock on 26 September 2026; the 50 g, 500 g and 1 kg are in stock, and 50 g to 1 kg are all ₹3.96 a gram, so the 50 g loses nothing for a map.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8% Map pairs (24 g each)
15 g ₹93.22 ₹6.21 1 none (15 g of the 24 g)
50 g ₹198.24 ₹3.96 4 2 (+2 g)
100 g ₹396.48 — Out of stock ₹3.96 Out of stock Out of stock
500 g ₹1,982.40 ₹3.96 41 20 (+20 g)
1000 g ₹3,964.80 ₹3.96 83 41 (+16 g)
Map pair: 24 g = ₹95.16. Buy 50 g — ₹198.24
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wax · container soy · the one wax the map holds constant
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles
The map changes only the oil, so every candle must come from the same wax, ideally the same bag. The page states "Fragrance Load Up to 10%" and "Pour Temperature 80°C – 90°C"; it doesn't say which basis the 10% is on, and read on wax weight it would be 9.09% of total, so a house load of 8% of total (8.70% of wax) sits inside both readings. Price is flat at ₹0.51 per gram from 1 kg to 10 kg; the map needs 2,208 g, so a 5 kg covers it with room for follow-up pairs. Argued against our own interest: if your range sweats unevenly, a new wax is the wrong first move: it would change every row of the map at once.
Size Price Per unit What it covers
1 kg ₹507.40 ₹0.51 per g about seven map candles; not the whole map
5 kg ₹2,537.00 ₹0.51 per g the eight-oil map (2,208 g) and follow-up pairs
10 kg ₹5,074.00 ₹0.51 per g production at the loads the map sets
The map uses 2,208 g = ₹1,120.34. Buy 5 kg — ₹2,537.00
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The CSI principle
A percentage tells you how much. The map tells you how well.
Every oil is a different mixture, and CSI doesn't publish them. Pour your whole range at one load in one session, score it to day 14, and give the oils that sweat their own maximum instead of punishing the rest.
"Two pages saying 'up to 10%' is not two oils behaving alike. Your wax will tell you the difference if you pour them side by side."
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CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the oils and wax named here, and does not sell finished candles. This page still tells you not to buy eight new bottles to map a range you already own, that Blue Ocean's 1 kg costs more per gram than its 50 g, that a sweating oil deserves a follow-up pair before it is dropped, and that a new wax is the wrong first move.

Every price and per-gram figure was verified on CSI's live store on 26 September 2026; Chocolate Fudge's 100 g is flagged as out of stock and every other size in the pick tables is in stock on that date. Load, vanillin, cure and basis wording is quoted from the product pages; the counts of pages stating a candle load come from the pages as captured.

The reasons oils differ are tendencies (CSI publishes no oil composition, densities or sweat data); the cause ranking and the family reading are editorial judgement; the map sheet's day columns are left for your results. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

Why does one fragrance oil sweat and another doesn't at the same percentage?
Each oil is a different mixture of aromatic materials, and soy takes some in more readily than others, so each reaches the wax's limit at a different load (a tendency). Oils also differ in density. Pour both in one session at the same load to rule out process before blaming the oil.
Do all fragrance oils have the same maximum load in soy wax?
No. Many CSI oil pages say up to 10%, a few say less (Fresh Strawberries 6–9%) or more (Japanese Cherry Blossom 6–13%), and the wax page's ceiling also applies: the lower governs. Your practical maximum for each oil can sit below both; a range map finds it.
How do I test fragrance oil compatibility with my wax?
Pour every oil at your house load in one session, same wax, jar, wick and routine, two candles each, and score the surface at day 1, 3, 7 and 14. Label by code, group by family and set each beside its page's stated range.
Should I lower the fragrance load for every scent if one sweats?
No. Give the sweating oil its own lower load, tested with a pair one point lower, and keep the house load for oils that stayed dry. Lowering the whole range weakens the oils that were fine.
Are some fragrance families more likely to sweat?
Makers often notice family patterns, but the direction varies by wax and oil, and CSI publishes no family data. Map at least two oils per family in your wax before drawing a conclusion, and still test each new oil on its own.
If a fragrance oil page says up to 10%, will my candle be fine at 10%?
No page can promise that. A stated range is a starting point from the oil page's own testing; it is a ceiling you should not exceed, not proof your wax, jar and storage will hold that load without sweating.
Before you drop an oil or change wax
Map your range at one load in one session; the oils that sweat get their own maximum.
Pour every scent at the house load, two candles each, same wax, jar and routine; score at day 1, 3, 7 and 14; group by family beside each page's range. Follow up any wet row one point lower before deciding. Send us your map on WhatsApp and we'll help you read it.
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: part of CSI's cluster on sweating, oil pooling and separation (3221–3240). This page owns one oil sweating while another doesn't at the same load: why oils hold differently (as tendencies; composition not published), a ranked differential table labelled as judgement, a costed range compatibility map (every scent at the house load, day 1/3/7/14, grouped by family beside each page's stated range) and a decision rule. Per-oil maximum cards (3231) and blends (3232) are linked, not repeated.

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, Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil, Cinnamon Vanilla. 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 — Sooraj R, Yashvi Shah, Sneha Tamang, Punam Sarma, M A, PREETHI PRASATH. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.

Figures verified 26 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Blue Ocean 15 g ₹93.22 (₹6.21/g), 50 g ₹247.00 (₹4.94/g), 100 g ₹495.00 (₹4.95/g), 500 g ₹2,478.00 (₹4.96/g), 1 kg ₹4,956.00 (₹4.96/g); Cinnamon 15 g ₹106.20 (₹7.08/g), 50 g ₹330.40 (₹6.61/g), 100 g ₹590.00 (₹5.90/g), 500 g ₹2,950.00 (₹5.90/g), 1 kg ₹5,310.00 (₹5.31/g); Eucalyptus Spearmint 15 g ₹68.44, 50 g ₹212.40, 100 g ₹354.00, 500 g ₹1,652.00, 1 kg ₹3,068.00; British Rose 50 g ₹212.40; Neroli 50 g ₹342.20; Fresh Strawberries 15 g ₹113.28, 50 g ₹212.40, 100 g ₹377.60, 500 g ₹1,770.00, 1 kg ₹3,540.00; Peach Melon Berry 50 g ₹223.02; Chocolate Fudge 15 g ₹93.22, 50 g ₹198.24, 100 g ₹396.48 (out of stock), 500 g ₹1,982.40, 1 kg ₹3,964.80; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 1 kg ₹507.40, 5 kg ₹2,537.00, 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) Pack of 20 ₹1,888.00; Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) 20 ₹118.00; Vybar 50 g ₹156.00. In stock on 26 September 2026 except Chocolate Fudge 100 g. 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). Page ranges are quoted as worded; Peach Melon Berry's per-weight-of-wax range is converted (8% and 10% of wax = 7.41% and 9.09% of total). CSI 464's stated ceiling is up to 10% (basis not stated; 9.09% of total if read on wax weight). "At least 48 of 102 oil pages state a candle load or range" counts structured lines; three state a maximum above 10% and three below. Why oils differ, family patterns and late sweat are tendencies or editorial judgement. Costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST. Diwali 8 November 2026 is a calendar fact.
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