My Fragrance Oil Is Extremely Strong Neat but Weak in the Finished Candle — Why Does Bottle Strength Not Predict Candle Performance?
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Eucalyptus Spearmint 100 g ₹354.00 CSI 464 ₹507.40 / kg · rated up to 10% Five-candle elimination set: ₹1,368.80
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A loud bottle and a quiet candle is a clue, not a verdict. Check the five stages between them before you blame the oil.
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Fragrance Load · Bottle vs Candle
You opened the bottle and it filled the workshop. You poured the candle and it barely fills the jar. That is one of the most common complaints in candle making, and it rarely means the oil is fake or faulty. The bottle and the candle measure different things — and between them sit five stages where scent can be lost, locked away or simply not noticed.
7.41%
the true load when 16 g of oil goes into 200 g of wax instead of into a 200 g candle — the cheapest cause of a weak candle to rule out · arithmetic
Quick answers — read this first
Why is my oil strong neat but weak in the candle? Because neat strength and candle strength are different measurements. The bottle is 100% oil, led by its most volatile notes, and it saturates your nose. The candle is about 8% oil in wax, released from a hot pool over hours into a room. A strong neat smell does not guarantee strong hot throw.Is the oil faulty? Usually not. Check the five stages first: weighing (true load), addition and mixing, cure age, burn (full melt pool) and room. The checklist. Only if all five check out is the oil's own make-up the likely cause.
Should I just add more oil? Not first. If the problem is a wick that never reaches a full pool, or a candle burned at three days, more oil will not fix it — and in CSI 464 you cannot go above 10%, the wax maker's stated maximum.
How do I find the real cause? Pour a five-candle elimination set that changes one thing per candle: method, cure, wick, load. With Eucalyptus Spearmint in CSI 464 it costs about ₹1,368.80. The test.
The short answer
The answer: Bottle strength does not predict candle performance: dilution, volatility, nasal saturation and how the oil sits in wax all intervene. Check weighing, addition, cure, burn and room before blaming the oil.
Cheapest check: 16 g of oil into 200 g of wax is a true load of 7.41%, not 8%. For 8% of a 200 g candle: 16 g oil + 184 g wax. I'm Making a 1 Kg Soy Wax Batch at 8% Fragrance Load — Do I Add 80 g Fragrance Oil to 1 Kg Wax or Should the 8% be Calculated from the Total Finished Candle Weight? covers both conventions.
The test: Five candles: your usual method; corrected method judged at two cure ages; corrected with a larger wick; corrected at 10%. One change per candle.
In this guide
The bottle is the loudest the oil will ever smell. Between it and the customer's room are five stages, and scent can be lost or masked at each. Check them in order: the first four are cheap and fixable, and only after they check out does the oil's own make-up become the likely explanation.
Worked example
Eucalyptus Spearmint · 100 g ₹354.00
The wax in the test
CSI 464 · rated up to 10%
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Straight answer
My fragrance oil is extremely strong neat but weak in the finished candle — why does bottle strength not predict candle performance?
Because the bottle and the candle are two different measurements. Neat oil is 100% fragrance at room temperature; what rushes out of the neck are its most volatile materials, and at that concentration your nose saturates, so almost any oil smells "extremely strong". In a candle, the same oil is diluted to around 8% in wax, part of it is held within the wax as it crystallises, and it reaches the room only as the hot pool releases it — shaped by the wick, the cure and the airflow. An oil built around very light, fresh notes can be the loudest bottle on your shelf and still fade quickly in a burning candle, because those same materials leave the pool first. Before you blame the oil, check five stages in order. Weighing: 16 g of oil in 200 g of wax is only 7.41% of the candle. Addition and mixing: follow the wax maker's temperature — CSI's guidance for CSI 464 is 80–90°C, confirm on the product page — and stir for a consistent time. Cure: compare at the same age. Burn: a pool that never reaches the glass releases far less. Room: size, fans and nose fatigue. A five-candle test that changes one of these at a time will show which stage is losing your scent.
One line: the bottle is the loudest an oil will ever smell — judge it by the candle, and check the five stages in between.
The worked example uses Eucalyptus Spearmint, 100 g at ₹354.00 (₹3.54 a gram). The five-candle elimination set needs 84 g — four candles at 16 g and one at 20 g — so the 100 g bottle covers it with 16 g to spare. The 15 g at ₹68.44 is the cheapest oil in the collection, but it will not cover a test candle at 8%.
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Why the bottle overstates the candle
Every oil is at its loudest in the bottle. The question is how much of that survives the journey into a room.
Four general mechanisms explain most of the gap between a loud bottle and a quiet candle. They come from candle-making and perfumery practice, not from CSI measurements: we have no composition, volatility or throw data for any oil, and nothing here describes how Eucalyptus Spearmint or any other oil behaves specifically.
General mechanisms · not measured on any CSI oil
Four reasons neat strength overstates candle strength
| Mechanism | At the bottle | In the candle | Typical sign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dilution | 100% oil | About 8% oil in wax — one part in twelve and a half | Everything smells softer; the question is whether it is soft enough to fail |
| Volatility | The lightest materials reach your nose first and dominate | Light materials leave a hot pool early; heavier ones carry the long burn | Strong for the first 20–30 minutes, then fades — common with bright fresh and citrus profiles |
| Nasal saturation | Near-neat oil overloads the nose; "strong" and "very strong" feel alike | A candle is judged across a room, at far lower concentrations | Every bottle seems strong; candles are where differences show |
| Holding in the wax | Oil is free | As soy wax crystallises, oil is held within its structure and released as the pool melts | Cold throw weaker than expected; hot throw depends on pool size and cure |
The volatility row is the one most makers recognise once it is pointed out. Fresh mint, eucalyptus and sharp citrus profiles are commonly described as rich in light, fast-moving materials. Those are the notes that make the bottle leap out at you. In a burning candle they are also the first to leave the pool, so the candle can open brightly and then settle into something much quieter an hour later. If that is the pattern you see, the fix is rarely "more of the same oil"; it is often a blend with a heavier note to carry the burn. Why citrus top notes disappear while burning and balancing a citrus-woody blend for hot throw deal with that directly.
Two other pages overlap with this one and are worth knowing. If you are comparing two oils and wondering whether the softer one should get a higher dose, bottle strength versus percentage covers that decision. If your oil seems to vanish as soon as it touches the wax, even cold, strong in the bottle, disappears in soy looks at whether it is suited to candles at all. This page stays on the single-oil diagnosis.
Time your sniff, not just your burn
Put a drop of the oil on a strip of plain paper and smell it now, at 30 minutes and at 2 hours. If the scent is loud at first and faint by two hours, you are looking at a top-heavy profile, and a candle that fades after its first half hour is what you should expect. That is a character trait of the oil, not a weighing error — but check the weighing anyway.Five places a loud oil goes quiet
Work through the stages in order. The early ones are the cheapest to check and the easiest to fix, and they are more common than a genuinely unsuitable oil.
Diagnostic checklist · general practice
Bottle to room, cheapest check first
| Stage | What goes wrong | How to check | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Weighing | Oil added as % of wax, or by eye, or on a scale that reads to 5 g. 16 g into 200 g of wax is 7.41%, not 8%. | Re-read your batch sheet; weigh oil and wax separately | Oil = candle weight × load (16 g + 184 g for 200 g at 8%). For a fixed wax weight: oil = wax × L ÷ (1 − L). |
| 2 · Addition and mixing | Oil added far off the wax maker's temperature, or stirred for a few seconds | Compare your practice with the wax maker's instructions | Follow the wax maker's temperature (CSI 464: 80–90°C per CSI's guidance — confirm on the product page); stir consistently, e.g. 2 minutes as a working practice |
| 3 · Cure | Judged at 2–3 days, or at a different age from the candle you are comparing it with | Note the pour date on every candle | Judge at a fixed checkpoint such as 14 days (a working checkpoint, not a spec) |
| 4 · Burn | Wick too small for the jar; pool never reaches the glass; tunnelling | Time to full melt pool; pool depth; flame | Wick test — CSI does not publish wick sizes for jar diameters |
| 5 · Room | Large room, ceiling fan, open windows, or a nose that has been in the workshop all day | Judge in a customer-sized room, fans off, after fresh air | Standard judging conditions; several judges; Customers Say My Candle Is Weak but I Can Smell It Clearly in My Workshop — How Do I Create a More Objective Hot-Throw Testing Method? for an objective method |
Stage 1 catches more makers than you would think. The difference between 8% of the wax and 8% of the candle is small in grams — 16 g into 200 g of wax versus 16 g plus 184 g of wax — but if you also round down, weigh on a kitchen scale in 5 g steps, or measure by the spoon, you can easily end up nearer 6% than 8%. Weighing to the gram on a proper scale (₹354.00) is the cheapest fix on this page.
Stages 2 and 3 have whole guides of their own. For temperature, adding oil to very hot wax and flash point versus addition temperature explain what the wax maker's figure is for; for mixing, stirring for 20 seconds; for cure, weak at one day, strong at two weeks. Here we only need to hold them constant so they cannot confuse the test.
The oil that got blamed for a wick. A maker pours a mint candle, finds it weak, and switches to a second mint oil — also weak. Then a third. The real problem is a wick that leaves a narrow pool in a wide jar, so every oil releases a fraction of what it could. Three bottles later, one wick test fixes it. Check stage 4 before you buy another oil.
The five-candle elimination set
Change one thing per candle. Whatever candle suddenly smells right tells you which stage was losing the scent.
Pour all five candles on the same day from the same oil and wax, in the same jar type, at 200 g. Candle A repeats your usual method exactly, so you have a baseline. The others correct the method and then change one more thing each.
200 g candles in Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 · load = share of finished weight
The elimination set
| Candle | Method | Load | Wick | Judge at | If this one passes and the one above does not… |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Your usual method, unchanged | Your usual | Your usual | 14 days | — (baseline) |
| B | Corrected: weighed 16 g + 184 g; wax maker's temperature; 2-minute stir | 8% | Your usual | 3 days | …the method was the problem |
| C | Corrected, as B | 8% | Your usual | 14 days | …cure age was the problem (compare with B) |
| D | Corrected, as B | 8% | One step larger (e.g. Eco Thick C2) | 14 days | …the wick was the problem (compare with C) |
| E | Corrected, as B | 10% (CSI 464 ceiling) | Whichever of C/D burned better | 14 days | …the oil needs more load (compare with C or D) |
Judge A, C, D and E together at 14 days, blind, in the same room at the same distance, scoring at 30 minutes, one hour and two hours so you can see whether the scent fades. B is judged at 3 days purely to show the effect of cure; do not let it influence the 14-day comparison. Note whether each candle opens strongly and then fades — that time profile is itself a diagnosis.
1
Read A against CIf C (corrected, 14 days) is clearly stronger than A (your usual method), your weighing, temperature or mixing was losing scent. Fix the method and you may not need anything else.
2
Read B against CIf C is much stronger than B, cure was part of it — you were judging too early. Set a fixed judging age for every future test.
3
Read C against DIf D (larger wick) is stronger and still burns cleanly, the pool was limiting release. Keep the load; change the wick. Watch for soot, a mushroomed wick or an over-hot jar.
4
Read the better of C/D against EIf E (10%) is clearly stronger, the oil needs more load in this wax. In CSI 464, 10% is the ceiling, so that is your answer or your limit.
5
If nothing passesThe method, cure, wick and load are not the problem. The oil's make-up is the likely cause — see the next section.
Oils and wax: CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026 · wicks 25 September · jars verified 10 September
Elimination set shopping list
| Item | Quantity | Price | Line total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eucalyptus Spearmint Fragrance Oil 100 g | 1 (uses 84 g) | ₹354.00 | ₹354.00 |
| Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 1 kg | 1 (uses 916 g) | ₹507.40 | ₹507.40 |
| Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 (10) | 1 pack | ₹59.00 | ₹59.00 |
| Eco Candle Wicks Thick C2 (10) | 1 pack | ₹94.40 | ₹94.40 |
| White Matte Glass Jar (pack of 5) | 1 pack | ₹354.00 | ₹354.00 |
| Total | 5 candles | ₹1,368.80 |
The five candles use 916 g of CSI 464, so a single 1 kg pack covers them with 84 g to spare — tight, so weigh carefully or add the 500 g pack (₹260.00) for a repeat. Whether the Thick C2 is the right "one step larger" for your jar can only be settled by a burn; treat it as an example of a larger wick, not a recommendation.
The CSI principle
One change per candle, or no conclusion at all.
If you correct the weighing, switch the wick and raise the load in the same pour, the candle may improve and you will not know why. Five candles that each change one thing tell you exactly which stage was losing your scent.
When it really is the oil
Sometimes the elimination set clears every stage and the candle is still weak, or strong for half an hour and then gone. At that point the oil's own make-up is the likely explanation. We cannot tell you what is in any CSI oil — composition data is not published — but the general options are clear.
Options when the oil itself is the limit · working guidance
What to do with a loud-bottle, quiet-candle oil
| Pattern | Likely explanation (general) | Options |
|---|---|---|
| Strong at first, fades within an hour | Top-heavy profile: light materials leave the pool early | Blend in a heavier note to carry the burn (I Have a Floral Fragrance That Smells Flat in Candles — What Type of Fragrance Oil Can I Blend with It to Improve Perceived Freshness and Diffusion?); sell as a softer, fresh scent; or use in wax melts where it may suit better (A Fragrance Oil Works Beautifully in Wax Melts but Gives Weak Throw in a Wicked Candle — Why Can the Same Oil Perform Differently?) |
| Weak from the start at every load up to the ceiling | The oil does not perform in this wax system | Try a wax with more headroom (Luxury Soy Wax Chunks, rated up to 13%); try a different oil of the same family |
| Strong cold throw, weak hot throw | Oil held in the wax but not released well from the pool | See My Candle Has Excellent Cold Throw at 10% but Almost No Hot Throw — Why Doesn't a Higher Fragrance Load Guarantee Stronger Scent While Burning? |
| Smells different when burning, not weaker | Heat changes the balance of the profile | See Why Does My Fragrance Smell Beautiful in Cold Wax but Completely Different Once the Candle Is Burning?; this is a scent-shape issue, not a load issue |
Argued against our own interest, plainly. The easiest answer for a supplier is "buy a stronger oil". Most loud-bottle, quiet-candle complaints are not solved that way: they are a weighing slip, a young candle or a small wick. Run the elimination set before you buy anything else from us — it costs less than most replacement bottles, and it tells you whether a replacement would help at all.
What the fixes cost
Here is the per-candle cost of the three fresh oils in this guide at 8% and at CSI 464's 10% ceiling, priced at 100 g. Material cost adds CSI 464 wax at ₹507.40 a kilo, a ₹5.90 Eco Thin C1 wick and a ₹70.80 White Matte Glass Jar, and excludes labour, packaging, freight and GST.
200 g candle in CSI 464 · oil at the 100 g price · CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026
Per-candle cost, 8% vs 10%
| Oil | ₹/g at 100 g | Oil at 8% | Oil at 10% | Material cost at 8% | Material cost at 10% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eucalyptus Spearmint | ₹3.54 | ₹56.64 | ₹70.80 | ₹226.70 | ₹238.83 |
| Lemongrass and Lime | ₹5.90 | ₹94.40 | ₹118.00 | ₹264.46 | ₹286.03 |
| Citrus Lemon | ₹3.00 | ₹48.00 | ₹60.00 | ₹218.06 | ₹228.03 |
Raising the load from 8% to 10% adds between ₹12.00 and ₹23.60 a candle on these oils. Weighing correctly costs nothing. Waiting until day 14 costs nothing but time. A larger wick costs ₹3.54 more (Thick C2 at ₹9.44 against Thin C1 at ₹5.90). That ordering — free, free, paise, rupees — is why the elimination set puts load last.
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Fresh herbal · the worked example
Eucalyptus Spearmint Fragrance Oil
The cheapest 15 g in the collection and one of the few oils with a real kilo break (13.3% per gram against 100 g). An example of the bright, fresh profile makers commonly find loud at the bottle — test its time profile, not just its peak.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | 200 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹68.44 | ₹4.56 | 0.94 |
| 50 g | ₹212.40 | ₹4.25 | 3.12 |
| 100 g | ₹354.00 | ₹3.54 | 6.25 |
| 500 g | ₹1,652.00 | ₹3.30 | 31.25 |
| 1 kg | ₹3,068.00 | ₹3.07 | 62.50 |
₹49.09 of oil per candle at 8% (1 kg price) Buy Eucalyptus Spearmint
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Fresh citrus-herbal · mid price
Lemongrass and Lime Fragrance Oil
Another bright profile, at ₹5.90 a gram at 100 g and ₹5.20 at 1 kg — an 11.9% kilo saving. If you are building a fresh range, run it through the same elimination set before settling its load.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | 200 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹116.52 | ₹7.77 | 0.94 |
| 50 g | ₹330.00 | ₹6.60 | 3.12 |
| 100 g | ₹590.00 | ₹5.90 | 6.25 |
| 500 g | ₹2,600.00 | ₹5.20 | 31.25 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,200.00 | ₹5.20 | 62.50 |
₹83.20 of oil per candle at 8% (1 kg price) Buy Lemongrass and Lime
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Wax · the test system
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (flakes)
A container soy wax rated up to 10% fragrance load by its maker. CSI's own guidance gives 80–90°C for melting and pouring — confirm on the product page. Priced flat per kilo at every size.
| Pack | Price | Per kg | 200 g candles at 8% (184 g wax) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹260.00 | ₹520.00 | 2.7 |
| 1 kg | ₹507.40 | ₹507.40 | 5.4 |
| 5 kg | ₹2,537.00 | ₹507.40 | 27.2 |
| 10 kg | ₹5,074.00 | ₹507.40 | 54.3 |
₹93.36 of wax per 200 g candle at 8% Buy CSI 464
Fresh scents for the November–February wedding season? Bright mint and citrus profiles are popular for favours and welcome hampers, and they are also the ones most likely to be loud in the bottle and soft in the candle. With Diwali on 8 November 2026 and weddings soon after, run the elimination set now. We can help you choose a heavier note to blend if the oil fades.
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Every oil is at its loudest in the bottle. Judge it where your customer will — in a room, burning, after the cure.
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Why trust this guide
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. When a candle is weak, a supplier gains from selling another oil or more of the same. This page puts the free and cheap checks first, because they solve the problem more often.
Oil and wax prices come from live CSI listings pulled on 24 September 2026. Eco Candle Wick prices are from the 25 September pull; the White Matte Glass Jar and weighing scale are Blog 760's figures verified 10 September 2026. The CSI 464 temperature is CSI's own earlier guidance (80–90°C) — confirm it on the product page. The load-convention figure is arithmetic.
Mechanisms described — dilution, volatility, nasal saturation, oil held in crystallising wax — are general candle-making and perfumery knowledge, not CSI measurements. CSI publishes no composition, throw or dosage data for any oil. The 2-minute stir, 3- and 14-day checkpoints and Thick C2 as an example larger wick are working assumptions. For MSDS or IFRA documents, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
Why does my candle not smell as strong as the fragrance oil?
Because the oil is diluted to a few percent in wax, part of it is held in the wax structure, and it reaches the room only as the hot pool releases it. The bottle is always the loudest it will smell. Judge the candle on its own terms: burning, cured, in a normal room.
Why does my candle smell strong at first and then fade?
A common reason is a top-heavy oil: its lightest, freshest materials leave the pool early. Check the wick and cure too. If the pattern persists, blending in a heavier note usually helps more than adding more of the same oil.
Can adding fragrance at the wrong temperature make a candle weak?
It can contribute, which is why the elimination set holds temperature constant at the wax maker's figure. For CSI 464, CSI's guidance is 80–90°C — confirm on the product page. I Added Fragrance Oil to Soy Wax While It Was Very Hot and the Finished Candle Smells Weak — Could Excessive Temperature Have Affected the Fragrance? covers temperature in depth.
How long should I cure a soy candle before judging the scent?
Many makers use checkpoints such as 7 and 14 days. CSI does not publish cure data for any oil, so pick a checkpoint and judge every comparison at the same age.
Is my fragrance oil fake if it smells weak in the candle?
A loud bottle and a quiet candle is a very common pattern with genuine oils and has ordinary causes. Run through weighing, addition, cure, wick and room first. For documentation on any CSI oil, ask for the MSDS or IFRA certificate on WhatsApp.
What fragrance load should I use if the candle is weak?
Only raise the load after the other stages check out, and only up to the wax maker's stated maximum: 10% for Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464, 13% for Luxury Soy Wax Chunks. I'm Using 6% Fragrance Load but My Candle Smells Weak — Should I Immediately Increase It to 10% or Troubleshoot the Wick and Wax First? covers whether to raise the load or fix the wick first.
Find the stage that is losing your scent
Loud bottle, quiet candle? Five candles, one change each, and you will know why.
Fresh oils from ₹68.44 for 15 g, CSI 464 from ₹260.00 and Luxury Soy Wax Chunks from ₹299.00, Eco wicks in two thicknesses, and a ₹354.00 scale so every gram is right. Tell us your oil, wax, jar and wick and we will help you plan the test.
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Continue the read — fragrance load, part 2
- If Two Fragrance Oils Have Different Strengths from the Bottle, Should the Weaker-Smelling One Automatically be Used at a Higher Percentage in Wax?
- I Want Maximum Hot Throw from My Soy Candle — How Do I Optimise Fragrance Load Without Simply Adding More Oil?
- How Do I Compare the Performance of 6%, 8% and 10% Fragrance Loads Objectively Instead of Choosing Whichever Candle Smells Strongest to Me?
- I'm Making Different Candle Fragrances in the Same Soy Wax — Should Every Scent Automatically Use the Same 8% Fragrance Load?
- My Lavender Candle Performs Well at 8% but My Vanilla Candle Does Not — Should I Optimise Fragrance Load Separately for Every Fragrance?
- My Fragrance Oil Smells Extremely Strong from the Bottle but Almost Disappears After I Mix It into Soy Wax — Does That Mean It Isn't Suitable for Candles?
- My Citrus Candle Smells Fresh When Cold but the Top Notes Disappear Quickly While Burning — Why Are Some Fragrance Notes Harder to Retain in Candles?
- My Candle Has Excellent Cold Throw at 10% but Almost No Hot Throw — Why Doesn't a Higher Fragrance Load Guarantee Stronger Scent While Burning?
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. Product recommendations reflect the CSI range. The bottle-to-room checklist and elimination set apply to any fragrance oil in any container wax.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 pulled 24 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Eucalyptus Spearmint ₹68.44 / 15 g, ₹212.40 / 50 g, ₹354.00 / 100 g, ₹1,652.00 / 500 g, ₹3,068.00 / 1 kg. Lemongrass and Lime ₹116.52 / 15 g, ₹330.00 / 50 g, ₹590.00 / 100 g, ₹2,600.00 / 500 g, ₹5,200.00 / 1 kg. Citrus Lemon ₹300.00 / 100 g. Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 ₹260.00 / 500 g, ₹507.40 / 1 kg, ₹2,537.00 / 5 kg, ₹5,074.00 / 10 kg (rated up to 10%). Luxury Soy Wax Chunks (rated up to 13%). Eco Candle Wicks (25 September pull): Thin C1 ₹59.00 / 10 (₹5.90 each), Thick C2 ₹94.40 / 10 (₹9.44 each). Verified 10 September 2026 (Blog 760): White Matte Glass Jar ₹354.00 / 5 (₹70.80 each); Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354.00.
Non-price figures and assumptions: Load is the share of finished candle weight (oil = total × load); 16 g of oil in 200 g of wax = 7.41% of a 216 g candle. CSI 464 melt/pour 80–90°C is CSI's own earlier guidance, to be confirmed on the product page. The 2-minute stir, 3- and 14-day checkpoints, 30-minute/1-hour/2-hour scoring points and Thick C2 as an example larger wick are working assumptions. Mechanisms are general candle-making and perfumery knowledge. The 10% ceiling (CSI 464) and 13% (Chunks) are the wax makers' stated formulation maximums, not regulatory limits. Diwali 2026 falls on 8 November. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.