My Reed Diffuser Is Cloudy After Mixing Fragrance Oil with the Base — How Do I Determine Whether the Formula Is Physically Compatible?

My Reed Diffuser Is Cloudy After Mixing Fragrance Oil with the Base — How Do I Determine Whether the Formula Is Physically Compatible?

 

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Clarity × Physical Compatibility
A cloudy blend may be oil the base cannot hold at that load — or air, damp glass, incomplete mixing or a cold room. Rule out the look-alikes in an hour, then find the highest load that stays clear at every checkpoint, in your base and one other.
10 vials
two bases × four loads + two blanks, 40 g each, read against white and black cards at mixing, 24 h, 48 h, 7 days and after a cool night
Quick answers — read this first
Is cloudy always incompatible? No. Air bubbles, incomplete mixing, moisture in the glassware and cold can all look like haze. Five free checks rule them out.

How do I test compatibility? A ladder of 30%, 25%, 20%, 15% in your base and one other, plus a base-only blank, read against white and black cards at 0 h, 24 h, 48 h, 7 days and a cool night.

Can I add something to clear it? No. Never add water or alcohol. Step the load down by 5 points or move the oil to a base whose page names its family.

What does it cost? ₹1,925.00 in new CSI materials with your own base and oil (₹4,385.00 with everything bought). See the kit.
The short answer
Answer: First rule out air, incomplete mixing, moisture, residue and cold. Then mix a weighed load ladder in your base and a second base, with blanks, and read every vial against white and black cards through the rest period, 7 days and a cool night. A compatible blend stays clear and single-phase at every checkpoint.
Why: Past a load that differs for every oil in every base, the base cannot hold all the oil in solution and droplets form. The point can move with temperature. CSI publishes no compatibility data for any oil in any base.
Rule: Use the highest load that passed every checkpoint, within the oil's IFRA Category 10A limit; step down 5 points for a temperature-sensitive result. Never add water or alcohol.
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In this guide
Ten clear vials, five checkpoints, two cards 40 g samples by weight in 50 ml Gold bottles · White Royal Oud · a base-only blank for each base Longevity blank 0% 30% 25% 20% 15% Depth blank 0% 30% 25% 20% 15% white | black card behind every vial Mix (0 h) 24 h 48 h 7 days Cool night Record per vial: C clear · H haze · L layers · D droplets · S sediment. Pass = C at every checkpoint, including the cool night.
The compatibility ladder. Two bases, four loads each and a base-only blank, 40 g per clear 50 ml Gold bottle, every vial read against a white card and a black card at five checkpoints ending with a cool night. A pass is clear at every checkpoint; the working load is the highest load that passed, within the oil's IFRA Category 10A limit.
Second base
Depth Base · ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml
The full method
Fix a weak reed diffuser systematically
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The oil's IFRA certificate on WhatsApp
Straight answer
My reed diffuser is cloudy after mixing fragrance oil with the base — how do I determine whether the formula is physically compatible?
Rule out the look-alikes first, then find the highest load that stays clear at every checkpoint in your base and one other — and never add water or alcohol to clear it. Let the sample stand 15 minutes (air bubbles rise out), stir two more minutes (incomplete mixing clears), warm it in hand-warm water away from flame (haze that clears warm and returns cool is temperature-dependent), and remix a little in a new, completely dry bottle (moisture or residue in your glassware). If it still hazes, mix 40 g vials by weight at 30%, 25%, 20%, 15% in your base and a second base, with a base-only blank in each, and read every vial against a white and a black card at mixing, 24 h, 48 h, 7 days and after a cool night. A compatible blend stays clear and single-phase throughout. CSI's Longevity page itself says heavy oils like oud can cloud at maximum load and to reduce and retest. With your own Longevity and White Royal Oud, the ten-vial ladder costs ₹1,925.00.
One line: clear at every checkpoint, including a cool night, or it is not compatible — step down, or change base.
Do not bottle a cloudy blend and do not add anything to clear it. Find the highest load that stays clear in your base — and in one other base — with a ten-vial ladder in clear 50 ml Gold bottles. With your own Longevity Base and White Royal Oud, CSI's part is Depth Base and one pack of bottles: ₹1,925.00.
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Is it incompatibility, or something you can rule out in an hour?

Cloudiness is a result, not a diagnosis. Some of its causes are in the formula; some are in the glassware, the water in it, or the temperature of the room.

A reed diffuser blend that is physically compatible looks like a single clear liquid: no haze, no layers, no droplets, no sediment, against a white card or a black one. When fragrance oil and base do not fully mix — commonly described as the oil exceeding what the base can hold in solution at that load and temperature — the excess forms tiny droplets that scatter light, and the liquid looks milky or hazy. Given time it may separate into layers. That is the real compatibility failure, and it matters: a separated blend can deliver unevenly up the reeds and look defective in a clear bottle.

But several things look the same and are not the formula. Water is the most common: a beaker or bottle rinsed and not fully dried, or a damp spoon, can leave enough moisture to haze some blends. Incomplete mixing is another — a heavy oil poured on top of a base and stirred briefly may look cloudy until it is fully combined. Fine air bubbles from vigorous mixing look like haze and rise out within minutes. Cold is the fourth: a blend that is clear on a warm afternoon can haze on a cool night and clear again in the morning, because how much oil a liquid holds in solution commonly changes with temperature. And residues — a cleaning-product film in the glass — can cloud a sample that would otherwise be clear.

So rule those out before you change load or base. The example on this page is a common one: White Royal Oud at 30% in Longevity Base, hazy after mixing. CSI's Longevity page itself warns that "heavy oils like oud can cloud at maximum load in some bases" and says that if clouding occurs, reduce the fragrance percentage and retest. That is exactly the ladder below — with a second base beside it, and the free checks first.

Free · under an hour · on the cloudy sample itself
Rule out the look-alikes first
Check If it is the look-alike If it is the formula Cost
Leave the sample still for 15 minutes Haze rises and clears — it was air bubbles from mixing Haze stays evenly through the liquid ₹0
Stir gently for another two minutes Clears — it was incompletely mixed Stays hazy after full mixing ₹0
Hold the sample in hand-warm water for 10 minutes, away from any flame Clears when warm, hazes again when cool — temperature-dependent Stays hazy when warm ₹0
Remix a small sample in a new, completely dry bottle with a dry stirrer New sample is clear — moisture or residue in your glassware New sample hazes the same way ₹0 + a bottle
Mix base alone in the same container and leave it a day Base alone hazes — container or storage problem Base alone stays clear ₹0
The CSI principle
Never clear a cloudy diffuser by adding something to it. Change the load or the base, and test again.
Water and alcohol are not fixes: they change the formula, its behaviour on the reeds and, for alcohol, its flammability. A blend that needs rescuing is a blend that failed.

Why heavy oils and high loads cloud first

Fragrance oils are mixtures, and some of their components dissolve more readily in a given base than others. Heavy woody, resinous and oud-type profiles are often described as carrying materials that are less soluble in some carriers, and the higher the load, the more of them the base has to hold. Past some point — which differs for every oil in every base and is published by CSI for none — the base cannot hold them all, and the excess forms droplets. That point can also move with temperature, which is why a cool night is part of the protocol and why a north Indian winter can reveal a blend that passed in October.

CSI's five in-stock base pages all give a 10–30% range, and their family guidance is the second lever. Longevity Base is written for oriental/amber, woody, resinous, spicy and gourmand families; Depth Base for chypre, leather, smoky and rich gourmand, with a page claim that it "stabilises tricky sweet and spicy fragrance oils". Both plausibly suit an oud. Which one holds it clear at a higher load is not something either page states, and CSI publishes no compatibility data for any oil in any base — so the ladder runs in both, side by side.

One limit sits above every result on this page: the oil's IFRA Category 10A limit, which covers reed diffusers as commonly summarised in suppliers' IFRA guides. CSI publishes no IFRA percentage for any oil; ask on WhatsApp for White Royal Oud's IFRA certificate and read its 10A figure. If that figure is below the highest clear load you find, the IFRA figure wins. Determining the maximum fragrance percentage from supplier data and IFRA 10A and an oil whose certificate gives a lower 10A maximum go deeper.

Use the bottle you will sell in as your sample vial
Clear, capped and the same glass your customer will look through — a 50 ml Gold bottle makes an ideal sample vial. A 40 g sample is enough to judge haze against a card, costs little oil, and can be reused for a reed test if it passes. Label every vial with base, load and mix time on masking tape on the cap.

The ten-vial compatibility ladder

Two bases, four loads each — 30%, 25%, 20%, 15% — plus one vial of each base alone as a blank. Each vial holds 40 g by weight. The ladder steps down in 5-point steps, which is the step the series uses whenever a blend clouds; the blanks tell you whether the base alone ever hazes in your room or your glass.

By weight · 40 g per vial · weigh base first, then oil · no density needed at this stage
What goes into each vial
Load White Royal Oud Base (Longevity or Depth) Vials
30% 12.0 g 28.0 g 1 in each base
25% 10.0 g 30.0 g 1 in each base
20% 8.0 g 32.0 g 1 in each base
15% 6.0 g 34.0 g 1 in each base
0% (blank) 0 g 40.0 g 1 in each base
Total 72.0 g 164.0 g of each base 10
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Dry everythingUse new or completely dry bottles and stirrers. If you washed anything, let it dry fully — a single drop of water is enough to haze some blends. Do not rinse with alcohol and use the glass wet; if you clean with Isopropyl Alcohol Spray, it must be fully evaporated first, and it is a cleaning product, never a diffuser ingredient.
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Weigh, mix, cap, labelOn the scale, weigh the base into each vial, then the oil, cap, and invert gently ten times or stir with a clean dry stick until uniform. Avoid vigorous mixing that whips in air; if you use the CSI Pro Mixer for larger batches later, keep it below the surface.
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Read at mixing, against both cardsHold each vial in front of a white card, then a black card, in good daylight. White shows haze and colour; black shows fine droplets and suspended specks. Score each: C clear, H haze, L layers, D droplets, S sediment. Photograph the row.
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Read again at 24 h, 48 h and 7 daysAll CSI base pages give a 24–48 hour rest before bottling; a blend that clouds during the rest has failed. The 7-day reading catches slow separation.
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One cool nightAfter the 7-day reading, put the vials overnight in the coolest place you can reasonably expect them to meet — a cool room or a fridge (a labelled example condition; record the temperature if you can). Read them cold, then again after they return to room temperature.
The common mistake: judging at mixing and bottling the same day. A blend can look clear at mixing and layer by day two, or pass the rest and haze on the first cold night in a customer's home. Fix: no blend goes into production until it has passed every checkpoint, including the cool night. That is also why a festive batch mixed in a hurry is the riskiest batch of the year.

The compatibility sheet and how to read it

The answer is the highest load that is clear at every checkpoint, in each base — not the highest load that looked clear once.
One row per vial · C clear · H haze · L layers · D droplets · S sediment · read against white and black cards
Ten-vial compatibility record
Vial Base Load Mix (0 h) 24 h 48 h 7 days Cool night Back to room temp Pass?
V1 Longevity 0% (blank) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
V2 Longevity 30% ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
V3 Longevity 25% ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
V4 Longevity 20% ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
V5 Longevity 15% ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
V6 Depth 0% (blank) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
V7 Depth 30% ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
V8 Depth 25% ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
V9 Depth 20% ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
V10 Depth 15% ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N
Working interpretation · the safety margin is a labelled working practice, not a standard
From the sheet to a working load
Pattern Meaning Working load
Clear at every checkpoint at 30% in a base Compatible across the page's whole range here Your room and IFRA decide; 25% leaves margin
Clear at 20% and 15%, haze at 25% and 30% Solubility limit sits between 20% and 25% here 20% — one step below the first failure is your highest; consider 15–20% for margin
Clear warm, hazy only on the cool night Temperature-dependent Step down one more 5-point step, or choose the base that passed the cool night
Hazy at every load in one base, clear in the other Base pairing Move this oil to the clear base
Hazy at every load in both, blanks clear This oil is hard to hold clear in either base Test below 15% or a different oil; ask CSI on WhatsApp
Blank hazes Glassware, moisture or storage Fix the process; repeat the ladder

A clear result is necessary, not sufficient. A blend can be perfectly clear and still perform poorly on the reeds; heavier materials can also build up at the reed tips over weeks. Once you have a clear load, carry it into a reed test — the 30-day performance test — and watch for dark, sticky tips, which reeds that turn dark and sticky covers. If your issue is a vanilla separating where a lavender does not, lavender works at 20% but vanilla separates is the sibling page; for high loads in general, which base handles high loads without separation.

What stepping down a load costs, and saves

Stepping down from 30% usually saves money, because fragrance oil is the dearer half of the liquid. At production rates — White Royal Oud at ₹8.10 per g (1 kg), Longevity at ₹2.59 per g and Depth at ₹2.20 per g (500 ml prices at an example density of 1.00 g/ml) — a 100 ml fill costs the following in liquid at each load. Bottle, reeds, labels, box and labour are extra.

Liquid only · 100 ml fill at an example density of 1.00 g/ml · weigh your blend for your own figure
Liquid cost per bottle by load and base
Load Oil per fill Base per fill In Longevity In Depth
30% 30.0 g 70.0 g ₹424.53 ₹396.95
25% 25.0 g 75.0 g ₹396.97 ₹367.42
20% 20.0 g 80.0 g ₹369.42 ₹337.90
15% 15.0 g 85.0 g ₹341.86 ₹308.38

Moving White Royal Oud from 30% to 20% in Longevity saves ₹55.11 of liquid per 100 ml fill; Depth is ₹1,099.00 per 500 ml against Longevity's ₹1,296.00, so the same fill at 20% costs ₹31.52 less in Depth. Neither is a reason to choose — clarity, room score and the oil's 10A limit are — but it is worth knowing that the compatible answer is often the cheaper one. The most economical fragrance percentage weighs load against throw and life.

A clear blend at 20% is a product. A cloudy blend at 30% is a return waiting to happen.
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The priced ten-vial kit

You already hold Longevity and White Royal Oud. The ladder in Depth needs a 500 ml bottle of Depth; every vial is a 50 ml Gold bottle, and ten of them is exactly one pack. Bases and bottles: CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026. Oil: CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026.

10 vials · 40 g each · weighed
Compatibility ladder: two bases × four loads + blanks
Item Need Buy Price Skip if
Depth Base 164.0 g 1 × 500 ml ₹1,099.00 —
50 ml Gold bottles 10 vials 1 × pack of 10 ₹826.00 You have ten clean, dry, clear capped vials
New CSI materials (you hold Longevity and the oil) ₹1,925.00
Longevity Base 164.0 g 1 × 500 ml ₹1,296.00 You hold it (usual case)
White Royal Oud 72.0 g 1 × 100 g ₹810.00 You hold it (usual case)
Weighing Scale Every vial 1 ₹354.00 You own a scale
Everything bought ₹4,385.00

Most of each 500 ml base is left over after the ladder — 336.0 g of each at the example density — and that is deliberate: the winning base goes straight into a reed test at the clear load. White Royal Oud's 15 g is out of stock on the 14 October check; its 50 g (back in stock) and 100 g are buyable. If you need fresh oil for the ladder, 1 × 100 g covers 72.0 g.

Argued against our own interest, plainly. If the free checks clear your sample — air bubbles, incomplete mixing, a damp beaker — you need nothing from us. And if Longevity is clear at 20% and Depth is no better, keep Longevity: buying Depth to discover that costs ₹1,099.00, and the lower load you now know is the fix. We will not tell you either base is "more compatible" with any oil; we publish no data that would let us.
Diwali falls on Sunday 8 November 2026. A ten-vial ladder takes eight days including the 7-day reading and the cool night, so it fits before festive dispatch if you start this week. Do not ship a blend that has not passed the rest period — and remember that November nights are cooler than October days. Send us a photo of your vials against white and black cards on WhatsApp and we will help you read them; ask for the oil's IFRA certificate at the same time.
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The decision rule

Apply after the free checks and, if needed, the full ladder. Stop at the first true line.

Working decision rule · one action per line · never add water or alcohol
From cloudy to a clear working formula
If this is true It means Do this
Clears in 15 minutes or after more stirring Air or incomplete mixing Buy nothing. Mix gently and fully
New dry vial is clear Moisture or residue in glassware Buy nothing. Dry everything; process change
Your base is clear at a lower load at every checkpoint Load was over its limit here Buy nothing. Use that load, within the oil's 10A limit
Only the other base is clear at your target load Base pairing Depth Base 500 ml for this oil; then a reed test
Neither base holds it clear at 15% This oil in these bases Try a different oil; ask CSI on WhatsApp
Clear until the cool night Temperature-dependent Step down 5 points or use the base that passed cold

Write the passing load, base, mixing method and the date of the cool-night check into your product file, and keep one sealed retained vial of each production batch. If a customer later reports a cloudy bottle, you can compare it with the retained vial instead of guessing. The systematic weak-diffuser method treats clarity as a gate before any performance comparison; compatibility tests before buying 5 kg and how to make a diffuser that does not cloud cover purchasing and process.

The CSI products in this test

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Second base · chypre, leather, smoky, rich gourmand
Depth Base
CSI's product page describes warmth and "slow diffusion" for chypre, leather, smoky and rich gourmand families and says it "stabilises tricky sweet and spicy fragrance oils" — claims to test, not compatibility data. 10–30%, rest 24–48 hours. Composition is not published.
Size Price Per unit Bottles at 32.0 ml base
500 ml ₹1,099.00 ₹2.20 per ml 15.62
₹1,099.00 for the Depth half of the ladder Buy Depth Base
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Your base · its page warns oud can cloud at maximum load
Longevity Base
CSI's product page lists oriental/amber, woody, resinous and spicy families, and says: if clouding occurs, reduce fragrance percentage and retest — "heavy oils like oud can cloud at maximum load in some bases". That is the ladder on this page.
Size Price Per unit Bottles at 32.0 ml base
500 ml ₹1,296.00 ₹2.59 per ml 15.62
Usually already on your shelf Buy Longevity Base
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Your oil · 8.0 g per 40 g vial at 20%
White Royal Oud Fragrance Oil
CSI publishes no solubility or compatibility data for any oil and no IFRA percentage — ask on WhatsApp for the IFRA certificate and read its Category 10A limit. The 15 g is out of stock on the 14 October check.
Pack Price Per gram Bottles at 8.0 g
15 g ₹130.00 ₹8.67 Out of stock
50 g ₹420.00 ₹8.40 6.25
100 g ₹810.00 ₹8.10 12.50
500 g ₹4,051.00 ₹8.10 62.50
1 kg ₹8,103.00 ₹8.10 125.00
₹810.00 if you need fresh oil for the ladder Buy White Royal Oud
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Sample vials · 50 ml variant
Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle (clear glass, gold-tone screw cap)
Clear glass with gold-tone screw cap — the same glass your customer sees. Ten vials is one pack. Neck and fill line are not published; sample by weight.
Variant Price Per bottle Neck / fill line
50 ml, pack of 10 ₹826.00 ₹82.60 Not published
120 ml, pack of 10 ₹1,062.00 ₹106.20 Not published
₹826.00 for ten vials Buy 50 ml Gold bottles
Not an oud? Run the same ladder in your base and the base whose page names your oil's family — Lift for florals, citrus, green and fruity; Softness for soft florals and powdery; Pure Performance as the neutral option. All are in Reed & Car Diffuser Base. The section hub, strong in the bottle, weak in the room, sorts the performance questions that follow a clear blend; how much fragrance oil to add is the load pillar.
Why trust this guide

CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished diffusers. The easy answer for a base seller is "switch to our more compatible base". This page starts with five free checks, tells you to step the load down in the base you already own, refuses to rank any base for compatibility, and says plainly that we publish no compatibility, solubility or IFRA data for any oil — ask for the certificate.

Diffuser bases, fibre reeds, Gold bottles and measuring tools are CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026; fragrance oils are CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026. Every blend split, ml-to-gram conversion, per-bottle cost, cost per day and kit total on this page is computed and shown to two decimals so you can check it, and every density used is a labelled example with its ±5% sensitivity.

Bottle counts per arm, weighing schedules, rest and hold checkpoints, room-scoring scales and allowances are labelled working practices, not industry standards — none exists for reed-diffuser performance. The 40 g vial size, the 5-point step, the cool-night condition, the 1.00 g/ml density and the 100 ml cost fill are labelled working practices or examples. For help building a test kit, bulk quotes, GST invoicing, MSDS or IFRA documents, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

Why is my reed diffuser cloudy?
Either the oil is beyond what the base can hold clear at that load and temperature, or something else is hazing it — air bubbles, incomplete mixing, moisture in the glassware or cold. Rule those out first.
Is a cloudy reed diffuser safe to use?
We do not assess safety from appearance. A cloudy blend has failed the compatibility check and should not be sold; reformulate at a lower load or in a different base, and check the oil's IFRA Category 10A limit.
How do I fix a cloudy reed diffuser?
Do not add water or alcohol. Step the fragrance load down by 5 points, or move the oil to a base whose page names its family, and repeat the clarity checks through the rest period, 7 days and a cool night.
Why does my diffuser go cloudy in the cold?
How much oil a liquid holds in solution commonly changes with temperature. A blend near its limit can be clear when warm and hazy when cool. Step down a load or choose the base that stays clear cold.
How long should I wait before bottling a reed diffuser blend?
CSI's base pages give a 24–48 hour rest. Check clarity before and after it; a 7-day hold and a cool night are a sensible extra check for a new formula.
Can water in the beaker make a diffuser cloudy?
It can. Remix a small sample in a new, completely dry bottle with a dry stirrer; if it is clear, your glassware was the problem, not the formula.
Clear at every checkpoint, or not at all
Rule out the look-alikes. Step down. Change base only if the ladder says so.
Depth Base ₹1,099.00 for 500 ml, Longevity Base ₹1,296.00 for 500 ml, Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle 50 ml ₹826.00 for ten, White Royal Oud from ₹420.00 for 50 g. Send us a photo of your vials against white and black cards and ask for the oil's IFRA certificate.
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. The free checks, the compatibility ladder and the decision rule apply to any reed diffuser blend from any supplier; the products named are CSI's.

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: Fragrance oils — CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026: White Royal Oud Fragrance Oil ₹130.00 / 15 g (out of stock), ₹420.00 / 50 g, ₹810.00 / 100 g, ₹4,051.00 / 500 g, ₹8,103.00 / 1 kg. Diffuser bases, reeds, bottles and tools — CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026: Longevity Base ₹1,296.00 / 500 ml; Depth Base ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml; Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle 50 ml ₹826.00 / pack of 10, 120 ml ₹1,062.00 / pack of 10; Silicon Measuring Beaker 100 ml ₹300.00, 250 ml ₹600.00; Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354.00; CSI Pro Mixer ₹349.00; CSI HyperDiffusion Base™ ₹1,499.00 (out of stock on the pull — not offered).

Non-price figures and assumptions: Load convention: fragrance load is a share of the total blend by weight (oil g = batch g × L; base g = batch g × (1 − L)). Ladder: 40 g per vial by weight at 30%, 25%, 20%, 15% plus a base-only blank in each of two bases (10 vials; 72.0 g oil and 164.0 g of each base). Working practices: read against white and black cards at mixing, 24 h, 48 h, 7 days and after one cool night (example condition: a cool room or fridge, temperature recorded); 5-point step-down; hand-warm water check away from flame. Cost table: 100 ml fill at an example density of 1.00 g/ml using White Royal Oud's 1 kg rate and 500 ml base prices. Isopropyl Alcohol Spray is a jar-cleaning product and never a diffuser ingredient. What CSI's product pages state (quoted as claims to test, not CSI test results): every reed & car diffuser base page gives a 10–30% fragrance range of the total blend and a 24–48 hour rest before bottling; Pure Performance adds "20% recommended", a "typical working blend 75% base + 25% fragrance" and "flip reeds after the first hour"; Longevity says to allow 2–3 hours before the first flip, to keep the bottle away from strong air currents, and that "heavy oils like oud can cloud at maximum load in some bases". The fibre-reed pages state a length of 20.3 cm and that "for a standard 50–100 ml diffuser bottle, 6–8 reeds gives a good balance", with more reeds for stronger throw and faster diffusion and fewer for subtler, longer-lasting results. The Gold bottle's variants are 50 ml and 120 ml (its text also says "50 and 100ml"); neck diameter and fill line are not published. CSI publishes no composition, density, viscosity, evaporation rate, flash point or SDS figure for any diffuser base; no throw, evaporation or longevity data for any base, oil or reed; no reed diameter; and no IFRA percentage for any oil — ask on WhatsApp for the oil's IFRA certificate and read its Category 10A limit (reed diffusers are listed under Category 10A as commonly summarised in suppliers' IFRA guides; confirm on the certificate). The lower of the base page's 30% and the oil's Category 10A limit always wins. CSI sells fibre reeds, not rattan, and does not sell DPG, Augeo, perfumer's alcohol, IPM, reducers or stoppers. Material costs exclude labour, labels, packaging, freight and GST. Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November.
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