One Fragrance Works Perfectly in My Soy Wax but Another Has Weak Hot Throw at the Same Percentage — Why?
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CSI performance guides · two oils, one percentage
You did not give two oils the same dose. You gave them the same number — and the pages they came on disagree about what that number means.
★★★★★
"Fresh and soothing"
Yashvi ShahVerified buyer · Jul 2025
Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"Really nice fragrance, we continue our shopping going forward."
Uchu OmoideVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Fresh Strawberries Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"Very good"
Reena BagalVerified buyer · Oct 2025
Sandalwood Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"Soy wax quality is the best, which ever products ordered were properly packed and delivered as early as possible…"
Jaya SawlaniVerified buyer · Nov 2025
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464
★★★★★
"all the materials are high quality and ultimate fragrance range"
Arminder KaurVerified buyer · Mar 2026
Premium Coconut Soy Wax CSI 468
★★★★★
"Quality wick, works very well"
AshwiniSep 2025
Eco Candle Wicks
★★★★★
"Fresh and soothing"
Yashvi ShahVerified buyer · Jul 2025
Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"Really nice fragrance, we continue our shopping going forward."
Uchu OmoideVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Fresh Strawberries Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"Very good"
Reena BagalVerified buyer · Oct 2025
Sandalwood Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"Soy wax quality is the best, which ever products ordered were properly packed and delivered as early as possible…"
Jaya SawlaniVerified buyer · Nov 2025
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464
★★★★★
"all the materials are high quality and ultimate fragrance range"
Arminder KaurVerified buyer · Mar 2026
Premium Coconut Soy Wax CSI 468
★★★★★
"Quality wick, works very well"
AshwiniSep 2025
Eco Candle Wicks
Reviews collected and published through Judge.me on candlemakingsuppliesindia.store. One longer review is shortened with an ellipsis; wording is otherwise unedited.
✓ Stated candle loads published per oil, from 6% to 13% ✓ Stated note pyramids on 88 of 107 oil pages ✓ Bulk pricing, GST invoicing & documentation on WhatsApp
Candle Business Guides · Deep Buyer Questions
Because a percentage is a weight instruction, not a performance setting. Across CSI's fragrance-oil pages the stated candle load runs from 6% to 13%, so the single number you used sits at the top of one oil's published band and in the middle of another's. This guide explains what really differs, and gives you a ₹651.40 test that isolates it.
6–13%
the full spread of candle loads stated across CSI oil pages · your one 8% is near the ceiling on some of them and mid-band on others · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
Is one of the oils faulty? Almost never. Two oils at the same load are two different blends carrying the same weight — different materials, different volatility, different amounts of weight in the base. Identical dosing does not produce identical release, and no supplier claims it does.What is the first thing to check? Each oil's own page. Fresh Strawberries states "6-9% of total wax weight for candles". Japanese Cherry Blossom states "6-13% for candles". Your 8% is one point below one oil's ceiling and five below the other's.
What is the second thing? The stated base line. Amber, musk, woods and vanilla in the base describe a blend still working in hour two. A base of "Tangy mandarin" describes a bright, short arc. Both are legitimate; they need different jars and different expectations.
How do I prove it? Four 120 g jars — two per oil, everything else identical, burned at day 7 and day 21 — ₹651.40. Then, if you want each oil at its own best load, six more jars for about ₹927.22.
The short answer
A percentage is a dose, not a result. Eight per cent of a blend built around heavy base materials and eight per cent of a blend built around a bright top note are the same weight of two different things.
Read both pages before you judge either oil: stated candle load, stated base notes, stated cure time, and any discolouration note. On CSI, 81 of 107 oil pages state at least one usage percentage and the stated candle figures span 6% to 13%.
Then find each oil's own best load rather than one house number. Moving Sandalwood from 8% to its stated 10% costs ₹20.11 per 200 g candle; moving Fresh Strawberries from 8% to its stated 9% costs ₹7.08. Never past the lower of the oil's and the wax's stated figures.
In this guide
Six pages, six different opinions about what a candle load should be. The dashed line is a single house figure of 8%: it sits one point under the ceiling on Fresh Strawberries, one point above the 7% starting figure Coffee Vanilla Tobacco asks for, and five points below the top of the window on Japanese Cherry Blossom. Same number, three completely different instructions.
Base-heavy control oil
Sandalwood · from ₹93.22 / 15 gm
Widest stated band · 6–13%
Japanese Cherry Blossom · from ₹104 / 15 gm
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Straight answer
Why does one oil perform in my soy wax while another disappoints at exactly the same percentage?
Because the percentage only fixes the weight of oil in the candle, and everything that decides release is inside the blend. Start with the pages. CSI's fragrance-oil pages state candle loads anywhere from 6% to 13%, so one house figure lands in a different place on each: 8% is one point below the stated ceiling on Fresh Strawberries ("6-9%"), one point above the starting figure Coffee Vanilla Tobacco asks for ("7-9% in soy wax"; "Start at 7% and test"), and five points below the top of the window on Japanese Cherry Blossom ("6-13%"). Then structure: the stated base line is the part still evaporating in hour two, and Sandalwood, with a single-note woody profile and a stated flashpoint of 203°C, is a different proposition from a blend whose base is a citrus material. Then the wax: CSI 468 states a melting point of 50–53°C against 80–90°C on the CSI 464 page, so the same two oils can rank differently in two waxes. And the wick, which sets the pool: Eco Candle Wicks are ₹5.90 and ₹9.44 each. The practical answer is to stop looking for one house percentage and start finding each oil's own best load, inside the lower of its page's figure and your wax's. Four jars settle the comparison for ₹651.40.
One line: the same number is not the same dose — read each oil's stated band and base line, then test each oil at its own load rather than at your house figure.
Comparing two oils properly needs two identical jars and one wick size held constant. Eco Candle Wicks at ₹5.90 (Thin C1) and ₹9.44 (Thick C2) each, flat per wick across every pack, and Amber Shiny Glass Jars at ₹47.20 each in a stated 120 gm capacity and 6 cm diameter.
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Why the same percentage is not the same dose
A house load feels professional. On a shelf of twelve oils it is twelve different decisions pretending to be one.
Almost every maker settles on a number — 8%, usually — and applies it across the range. It is efficient, it simplifies the batch sheet, and it is the right place to start. But it quietly assumes that all oils are formulated to sit at the same load, and the pages themselves say otherwise. Eighty-one of CSI's 107 fragrance-oil pages state at least one usage percentage, and the candle figures among them span 6% to 13%. Your house number is therefore doing something different on every bottle in the cupboard.
Where one 8% lands · stated candle loads and base notes, verbatim, September 2026
Seven oils, one house figure, seven different instructions
| Fragrance oil | Stated candle load (verbatim) | Where 8% sits | Stated base notes (verbatim) | 16 g at 8%, 1 kg pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Vanilla Tobacco | "7-9% in soy wax (strong throw at lower loads)"; "Start at 7% and test" | Mid-band, and the page asks you to start lower | Warm tobacco-amber dry-down (stated as a pyramid summary) | ₹137.58 |
| Fresh Strawberries | "6-9% of total wax weight for candles" | One point below the ceiling | "Vanilla sugar, light musk, creamy sandalwood - smooth, warm, slightly creamy finish" | ₹56.64 |
| Lavender | "6-10% for candles, 10-15% for wax melts" | Mid-band | "Soft musk - warm, rounded, longevity on skin and in wax" | ₹83.54 |
| Sandalwood | "Up to 10% for soy wax"; "Up to 6% for paraffin wax" | Two points below the stated maximum | Single-note woody profile rather than a pyramid | ₹80.43 |
| Autumn | "7-11% of total wax weight for candles" | Low in the band | "Warm oak, amber, vanilla - deep, woody sweetness that lingers" | ₹86.85 |
| Cinnamon Vanilla | "Up to 13% of total wax weight"; "Start at 8-10% and increase toward 13%" | At the bottom of the page's own starting range | Gourmand pyramid with a vanilla-led dry-down | ₹72.88 |
| Japanese Cherry Blossom | "6-13% for candles - use 6-8% for a light, airy cherry blossom presence, 9-11% for balanced everyday luxury" | Top of the page's "light, airy" band | "Sandalwood, musk - warm, grounding base that adds lasting depth without heaviness" | ₹77.47 |
Look at the Japanese Cherry Blossom row in particular. Its page does not merely give a range — it tells you what each part of the range is for, and it places 8% in the "light, airy" zone. A maker running a house 8% and expecting "balanced everyday luxury" is reading the wrong end of the page. That is not a weak oil. That is an oil doing precisely what its page said it would.
The mistake: pushing your house number up to rescue the weaker oil. If your two oils are Sandalwood and Fresh Strawberries and you raise the house load to 10% to help one of them, you have just taken Fresh Strawberries one point above its stated 6–9% band — and past a blend's stated range you invite the surplus-oil failures rather than more throw. Raise loads per oil, never across a range. The mechanism past a ceiling is in what happens if you put too much fragrance oil in a candle.
What actually differs between two oils at one weight
Under the percentage, four things vary from bottle to bottle, and only some of them are published. It is worth being precise about which is which, because a great deal of confident internet advice on this question is invented.
Four real differences · what you can read, and what you can only test
The evidence available before you pour, and the evidence only a burn test gives
| What differs | Why it changes hot throw | Can you read it on the page? | How you settle it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the blend's weight sits — top, heart or base | A melt pool releases for hours; material with little staying power leaves in the first twenty minutes | Yes — 88 of 107 pages state a full pyramid | Read the base line, then confirm with a day-21 burn |
| Volatility of the individual materials | Lighter, more volatile materials evaporate faster from a cooler soy pool than heavier ones | Only indirectly — the pyramid implies it; no page publishes constituents | Compare the two oils in identical jars, blind |
| Solubility behaviour in a given wax | Oil that is not fully in solution migrates instead of releasing | Partly — via the stated load band and stated compatible wax types | Hold the stated add temperature, stir two timed minutes, inspect the set jar |
| Vanillin content and discolouration | Does not change throw, but it changes which vessels and colours are open to you | Yes on 62 pages — from "Vanillin content 0%" to "Present - will yellow white wax" | Pour one jar in the glass you actually sell and watch it for a fortnight |
Two absences matter as much as the entries. No CSI page publishes a concentration or strength figure that would let you compare two oils numerically, and none publishes lab or GC-MS data — so anyone telling you oil A is "twice as concentrated" as oil B is guessing. And where a page states no load at all, which is true of 26 of the 107, your own cured burn test is the only evidence in existence. That is not a weakness in the range; it is the reason burn testing is non-negotiable, as set out in why every new wax, wick and fragrance combination needs burn testing.
The base line is the forecast
If you only take one habit from this page, take this one: before buying any oil, read its stated base notes and write down what you expect hour two to smell like. Fresh Strawberries states "Vanilla sugar, light musk, creamy sandalwood" — a fruity opening on a soft, creamy floor. Citrus Lemon states "Tangy mandarin - lively, rounded, fresh finish" — bright all the way down. Both will sell. They will not behave alike at any single percentage, and expecting them to is the error.When it is the wax, not the oil
Two oils can swap places when you change wax. That alone should stop you from calling one of them bad.
Your comparison is happening inside a particular wax, and the waxes CSI stocks describe very different working conditions. A melt pool sits a little above its wax's melting point, and that temperature is part of what decides which materials leave the surface. The figures below are the ones the product pages state; where a page states nothing, the table says so.
Stated wax figures relevant to a two-oil comparison · CSI live pricing, September 2026
The conditions your test is actually running in
| Wax | Stated fragrance load | Stated melt / pour | 1 kg | What it means for the comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Soy Wax Chunks | Up to 13% · 8–13% · 10% recommended | Add 80–90°C · pour 70–80°C | ₹599 | Widest documented window, so both oils can be tested at their own stated loads |
| Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 | Up to 10% | Page states melt and pour 80–90°C | ₹507.40 | Caps any oil at 10%, however high the oil's own band goes |
| Premium Coconut Soy CSI 468 | Up to 13% | Melt 50–53°C · pour 58–60°C | ₹650 | A markedly cooler working range — re-test the wick after switching |
| Eco Soy CSI 400 | Not stated | Add at 80–90°C (85°C), stir 2 minutes | ₹399 | No stated ceiling, so the oil's own band is your only published limit |
| Natural Soy Pearl Wax | Not stated | Not stated | ₹450 | Nothing published to reason from — burn testing is the whole evidence base |
The practical consequence is that a verdict on two oils is a verdict in one wax. If the losing oil matters to your range, the cheapest second experiment is not a third oil — it is the same pair in a second wax. A 500 g pack of Luxury Soy Wax Chunks is ₹299 and a 500 g pack of CSI 468 is ₹325, so the whole wax variable costs a few hundred rupees to examine. Which wax tends to release more, and why, is the subject of does wax type affect fragrance oil hot throw.
The two-oil controlled test
Four jars, one pour day, ₹651.40. The design exists to remove every explanation except the oil — and, importantly, to give you a day-7 and a day-21 reading so that a slow-developing oil is not condemned early.
1
Fix everything except the oilOne jar model, one wick size, one wax, one load, one add temperature, one stir time, one cure shelf. Four 120 g Amber Shiny Glass Jars at ₹47.20 (stated 120 gm capacity, 6 cm diameter), four Thin (C1) Eco Candle Wicks at ₹5.90 and four wick stickers at ₹2.50. Label A1, A2 (oil A) and B1, B2 (oil B) before you melt anything.
2
Choose the load both pages permitThis is the step that makes the test fair. If oil A states 6–9% and oil B states up to 10%, run both at 8% — inside both bands — rather than at either oil's own optimum. If one page's band does not overlap the other's at all, you cannot run a same-load comparison honestly; run each at its own mid-band instead and say so on the sheet. Each 120 g jar at 8% is 110.4 g of wax and 9.6 g of oil.
3
Melt one wax batch, split it, then dose separatelyMelt 441.6 g of Luxury Soy Wax Chunks together so the wax is identical in all four jars, then divide it into two jugs of 220.8 g and add 19.2 g of each oil at the stated 80–90°C, stirring each for two timed minutes. Pour both at the stated 70–80°C within a few minutes of each other, and write down the actual thermometer readings.
4
Cure all four together and burn in pairsLids on, one carton, out of sunlight. Burn A1 and B1 at day 7 side by side, then A2 and B2 at day 21. Three hours each, same closed room, same time of day. Measure the pool with a ruler at two and three hours so you can prove the wick behaved the same way in both — if it did not, the pool is your variable and the oil comparison is void.
5
Score blind, from a doorway, on somebody else's noseCover the labels, have two or three people who did not pour the jars score each at 30, 60 and 120 minutes out of five, and record which jar they preferred and why. Note the words they use: "faded", "sharp at first", "still there after an hour" are all diagnostic, and they map onto the stated pyramid you read before buying.
6
Read the result as one of three findingsOil B loses at both dates with matched pools: the oil genuinely suits this wax less well, and the next question is its own best load. Oil B loses at day 7 but matches at day 21: it is a slower oil, not a weaker one, and your cure schedule was the real problem. Both jars disappoint: the variable you did not control — wick, room or judge — is the answer, and the ordered checklist in why does my candle have weak hot throw is where to go next.
The four-jar comparison, priced: two Fresh Strawberries jars at ₹155.71 each (₹66.13 of Luxury Soy Wax Chunks + ₹33.98 of oil at ₹3.54/g + ₹47.20 jar + ₹5.90 wick + ₹2.50 sticker) and two Sandalwood jars at ₹169.99 each (₹48.26 of oil at ₹5.0268/g) = ₹651.40. Substituting Japanese Cherry Blossom at ₹4,842/kg gives ₹168.21 a jar.
Finding each oil's own best load
A stated band is a permission, not a recommendation. Inside it every oil has a load that performs best in your wax, your jar and your room, and the only way to find it is three loads side by side. The three oils below are useful for that work because their pages publish genuinely different bands — which means your test design has to change with the bottle.
1
A narrow stated band · 6–9%
Fresh Strawberries Fragrance Oil
The clearest example of an oil that must not be tested the way you test everything else. Its page states "6-9% of total wax weight for candles" and 8–12% for wax melts, so a three-load trial has to run at 6%, 8% and 9% — not the usual 6/8/10, because 10% is outside the band. The stated base is "Vanilla sugar, light musk, creamy sandalwood - smooth, warm, slightly creamy finish" under a ripe strawberry and citrus-zest opening. One CSI customer, Uchu Omoide, September 2025: "Really nice fragrance, we continue our shopping going forward." At ₹3,540 per kilo it is also the cheapest of the three to run a six-jar load trial on; the column below counts 120 g test jars at 8%, 9.6 g of oil each.
| Size | Price | Per kg | 120g jars @ 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹113.28 | ₹7,552 | ≈1 |
| 50 gm | ₹212.40 | ₹4,248 | ≈5 |
| 100 gm | ₹377.60 | ₹3,776 | ≈10 |
| 500 gm | ₹1,770 | ₹3,540 | ≈52 |
| 1 kg | ₹3,540 | ₹3,540 | ≈104 |
₹56.64 of fragrance per 200 g candle at 8% · ₹63.72 at its stated 9% ceiling Buy Fresh Strawberries
2
The base-heavy control · a measured flash point
Sandalwood Fragrance Oil
The oil to hold constant while you test others, because so little of its character depends on a delicate opening. The page describes a single-note woody profile rather than a pyramid, states "Up to 10% for soy wax" and "Up to 6% for paraffin wax" with a 48–72 hour cure for soy, publishes a measured flashpoint of 203°C, and states "Vanillin content 0% - no discolouration or yellowing in wax" — which keeps clear glass and white wax available. One CSI customer, Reena Bagal, October 2025, simply: "Very good." Take the 203°C as a figure and nothing more — flash point is a handling and transport classification rather than a performance score, and other CSI pages state higher values, the Vetiver page among them at 206°C.
| Size | Price | Per kg | 120g jars @ 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹93.22 | ₹6,214.67 | ≈1 |
| 50 gm | ₹271.40 | ₹5,428 | ≈5 |
| 100 gm | ₹502.68 | ₹5,026.80 | ≈10 |
| 500 gm | ₹2,513.40 | ₹5,026.80 | ≈52 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,026.80 | ₹5,026.80 | ≈104 |
₹80.43 of fragrance per 200 g candle at 8% · ₹100.54 at its stated 10% maximum Buy Sandalwood
3
The widest stated band · 6–13%
Japanese Cherry Blossom Fragrance Oil
Worth owning precisely because its page publishes a band wide enough to make load testing meaningful, and then explains it: "6-13% for candles - use 6-8% for a light, airy cherry blossom presence, 9-11% for balanced everyday luxury, and 12-13% for a richer, more pronounced floral". If your house figure is 8% and you wanted "everyday luxury", the page has already told you to go to 9–11%. The stated base is "Sandalwood, musk - warm, grounding base that adds lasting depth without heaviness". No flash point is published on this page, so ask CSI for the SDS figure rather than assuming one, and remember your wax's ceiling still applies: on CSI 464 you may not follow this page above 10%.
| Size | Price | Per kg | 120g jars @ 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹104 | ₹6,933.33 | ≈1 |
| 50 gm | ₹270 | ₹5,400 | ≈5 |
| 100 gm | ₹500 | ₹5,000 | ≈10 |
| 500 gm | ₹2,500 | ₹5,000 | ≈52 |
| 1 kg | ₹4,842 | ₹4,842 | ≈104 |
₹77.47 of fragrance per 200 g candle at 8% · ₹106.52 at the page's 11% Buy Japanese Cherry Blossom
The three-load trial · what moving one oil up its own band costs
Per 200 g candle and per 100 candles a month, at 1 kg pricing
| Oil | Loads to test (inside the stated band) | Oil at 8% | Oil at the top of the band | Extra per 100 candles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Strawberries | 6%, 8%, 9% | ₹56.64 | ₹63.72 at 9% | ₹708 |
| Sandalwood | 6%, 8%, 10% | ₹80.43 | ₹100.54 at 10% | ₹2,010.72 |
| Japanese Cherry Blossom | 8%, 9.5%, 11% | ₹77.47 | ₹106.52 at 11% | ₹2,905.20 |
| Autumn | 7%, 9%, 11% | ₹86.85 | ₹119.42 at 11% | ₹3,256.80 |
Read that table as a budgeting exercise as much as a testing one. Six 120 g jars — two each at three loads — costs about ₹927.22 on Fresh Strawberries, and it answers a question that then applies to every candle you pour in that scent for years. Whereas committing to the top of a band untested is a permanent charge: on Autumn, going from 8% to 11% adds ₹3,256.80 to every hundred candles whether or not anyone can tell the difference from a doorway. The distinction between a ceiling and a best-performing load is the subject of maximum versus best-performing fragrance load.
The CSI principle
A percentage is a dose, not a performance setting. Two oils given the same dose are still two oils.
A house load is a sensible default and a poor conclusion. Keep it for the first pour of anything new, then let each scent earn its own number inside the band its page states — and inside your wax's ceiling, whichever is lower.
Setting loads before a festive range? Working back from Diwali on 8 November 2026, a day-21 verdict on a six-jar load trial needs the jars poured by mid-October. Bulk pricing, GST invoicing and SDS or IFRA documentation are handled directly on WhatsApp.
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What to do with the oil that loses
A 500 g bottle that lost a fair comparison is not a write-off. It is a scent in the wrong format.
The reflex is to stop using it and absorb the cost. Before you do, work through four cheaper options, because "weak at 8% in a 6 cm jar in my living room" is a very specific verdict and there are several ways to change the sentence rather than the oil.
Four ways to reposition an oil that underperformed
What to change, what it costs, and what the page has to say first
| Move | Why it can work | Check on the page first | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raise the load — but only to the page's own figure | Your house 8% may simply be low for that blend, and the page may say so | The stated candle band, and your wax's stated ceiling; work to the lower one | ₹7.08–₹32.57 more per 200 g candle |
| Move it to a smaller vessel | A quieter scent in a bedroom-sized candle reads correctly rather than thin | Stated fill capacity in grams, not millilitres | ₹45 for a 50 g velvet jar against ₹94.40 for a 150 g jar |
| Give it a bigger pool | Release area is set by wick and diameter, not by the oil | Nothing — no CSI wick page states a jar diameter, so this is your ruler's job | ₹3.54 to step from Thin (C1) to Thick (C2) |
| Use it as a supporting note, not a headline | A bright blend under a base-heavy one can add legibility without carrying the candle | Both stated pyramids, so you know what you are stacking | ₹0 — it uses oil you already own; treat every ratio as a test, not a recipe |
A word on that last row. Blending two oils is a legitimate craft technique and CSI pages for several scents suggest pairings, but a blend is a new fragrance with no published band, no published pyramid and no published anything. Treat each ratio as an experiment that has to earn a day-21 burn on its own, and record it as its own recipe with its own sheet. Do not carry over either parent oil's stated figures, and never blend past the lower of the two stated ceilings.
Do not re-melt and re-dose a finished batch to "fix" it. Adding more oil to candles that have already set and cured means re-melting, adding to an unknown remaining load and guessing at the total — you end up with a batch whose actual percentage nobody can state, which is worse than a quiet candle because it cannot be reproduced or ruled out. Pour a fresh test at a known load instead. What to do with a genuinely failed batch is covered in can I re-melt a failed candle and start over.
Two oils at eight per cent are not two versions of the same candle. They are two candles that happen to share a number.
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. The easy version of this page would say the second oil is inferior and point you at a replacement. Instead it says the likeliest problem is a single house percentage applied to blends whose own pages ask for different things — and it puts four ways to rescue the losing bottle ahead of buying another one.
Every price and pack size comes from live CSI stock in September 2026 and links to the product page, which always takes precedence. Stated loads, base notes, cure times, flash points and discolouration notes are quoted only where the page states them: 81 of 107 fragrance-oil pages state at least one usage percentage, 88 state a full top/heart/base pyramid, and only 18 state a measured flash point. Where a page publishes nothing, this guide says so instead of estimating, and no CSI page publishes a concentration figure that would let two oils be compared numerically. Loads are formulation limits, not regulatory limits. No burn test here has been run on your behalf, and customer quotations are individual experiences rather than specifications.
For a load recommendation for a specific oil and wax pairing, for bulk pricing and GST invoicing, or for the SDS and IFRA documentation for an oil, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
Why do two fragrance oils perform differently at the same fragrance load?
Because the load fixes the weight of oil, not what that weight is made of. Two blends differ in where their weight sits — top, heart or base — and in how volatile their materials are, so they release at different rates from the same pool. The pages show it plainly: CSI's stated candle loads span 6% to 13%, so one house figure is mid-band on one oil and at or over the ceiling on another. Read each page before judging either bottle.
Should I use the same fragrance load for every oil in my range?
Use one figure for the first pour of anything new, because it keeps comparisons fair. Do not keep it as a conclusion. Fresh Strawberries states 6–9%, Coffee Vanilla Tobacco states 7–9% and "Start at 7%", and Japanese Cherry Blossom states 6–13% with different effects at different points. Let each scent find its own load inside the lower of its page's band and your wax's stated ceiling.
How can I tell from the product page whether an oil will carry in soy wax?
Read three things. The stated base notes, because that is what is still evaporating in hour two — amber, musk, woods and vanilla read differently from a citrus base. The stated candle band, which tells you the range the blend was written for. And the stated cure time, often 48–72 hours as a minimum. None of that replaces a burn test, but it will stop you buying 500 g of something whose own page describes a short, bright arc when you wanted a long one.
Is a more expensive fragrance oil stronger?
Price is not a strength figure and no CSI page publishes one. Fresh Strawberries at ₹3,540 per kilo puts ₹56.64 of oil in a 200 g candle at 8%; Coffee Vanilla Tobacco at ₹8,599 puts in ₹137.58 — and that page asks you to start at 7%, describing strong throw at lower loads. Cost tracks materials and formulation, not room-filling ability. Your own blind day-21 comparison is the only ranking that applies to your candles.
Can changing wax make the weaker oil the better one?
It can, which is why a verdict is always a verdict in one wax. A pool sits a little above the wax's melting point, and the stated ranges differ sharply: CSI 468 states a melting point of 50–53°C and a pour of 58–60°C, while the CSI 464 page states 80–90°C for both. Ceilings differ too — up to 10% on CSI 464 against up to 13% on Chunks and CSI 468. Test the same pair in a second wax for ₹299–₹325 of 500 g packs, and re-test the wick afterwards.
What load should I test if the oil's page states nothing at all?
Start at 8%, stay inside your wax's stated ceiling, and treat your own cured burn test as the only evidence — because it is. Twenty-six of CSI's 107 fragrance-oil pages state no usage percentage, and where nothing is published nothing should be assumed. Run three loads two jars at a time, score blind at day 21, and write the winning figure onto your own spec sheet for that scent. Ask CSI on WhatsApp for guidance and for the SDS while you are at it.
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Fresh Strawberries from ₹113.28 for 15 gm and ₹3,540 per kilo with a stated 6–9% band, Sandalwood from ₹93.22 for 15 gm with a stated 203°C flash point and 0% vanillin, Japanese Cherry Blossom from ₹104 for 15 gm with a stated 6–13% band, Luxury Soy Wax Chunks at ₹599/kg, Premium Coconut Soy CSI 468 at ₹650/kg, and Eco Candle Wicks from ₹59 for 10. Message us for bulk pricing, GST invoicing and documentation.
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About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. Product recommendations reflect the CSI range; the stated-band comparison, the two-oil test design and the three-load trial apply to any supplier. Every test described is a protocol for the reader to run — no burn-test results are claimed or implied, and customer quotations are individual experiences rather than specifications.Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on their product pages. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me; one longer review is shortened with an ellipsis and otherwise unedited.
Figures verified September 2026: Load is treated as a share of finished candle weight, so a 200 g candle at 8% is 16 g of oil and 184 g of wax and a 120 g jar at 8% is 9.6 g and 110.4 g; the Luxury Soy Wax Chunks page phrases its own 8–13% as "of total wax weight", and several oil pages phrase theirs "of total wax weight" too. Oil per 200 g candle at 8% (16 g × listed 1 kg price per gram): Fresh Strawberries ₹3,540/kg → ₹56.64; Cinnamon Vanilla ₹4,554.80 → ₹72.88; Japanese Cherry Blossom ₹4,842 → ₹77.47; Sandalwood ₹5,026.80 → ₹80.43; Lavender ₹5,221 → ₹83.54; Autumn ₹5,428 → ₹86.85; Coffee Vanilla Tobacco ₹8,599 → ₹137.58. At the top of each stated band: Fresh Strawberries 18 g at 9% ₹63.72 (+₹708 per 100 candles); Sandalwood 20 g at 10% ₹100.54 (+₹2,010.72); Japanese Cherry Blossom 22 g at 11% ₹106.52 (+₹2,905.20); Autumn 22 g at 11% ₹119.42 (+₹3,256.80). Four-jar comparison: each 120 g jar = 110.4 g Luxury Soy Wax Chunks at ₹0.599/g = ₹66.13, plus 9.6 g of oil, plus an Amber Shiny Glass Jar with Black Lid at ₹47.20 (₹236 per pack of 5, stated "Capacity: 120 gm", 6 cm diameter), a Thin (C1) Eco Candle Wick at ₹5.90 (₹59 per 10) and a Candle Wick Sticker at ₹2.50 (₹100 per 40) — Fresh Strawberries ₹155.71, Sandalwood ₹169.99, Japanese Cherry Blossom ₹168.21; two of each of the first two = ₹651.40. Three-load trial on Fresh Strawberries in 120 g jars, two jars per load: 6% (7.2 g oil ₹25.49 + 112.8 g wax ₹67.57) ₹148.66; 8% (9.6 g ₹33.98 + 110.4 g ₹66.13) ₹155.71; 9% (10.8 g ₹38.23 + 109.2 g ₹65.41) ₹159.24; six jars ₹927.22. Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) ₹5.90 and Thick (C2) ₹9.44 each, flat per wick across listed packs, with the Thick (C2) 10-pack currently sold out, so stepping C1 to C2 costs ₹3.54 per candle. Heart Cutout Velvet Candle Jar (Red) ₹45 each, stated to hold up to 50 grams of wax; Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid ₹944 per 10 (₹94.40 each, stated 150 g fill). Stated wax figures as published: Luxury Soy Wax Chunks up to 13% (8–13%, 10% recommended), add 80–90°C, pour 70–80°C, cure "a minimum of 48 hours (ideally 1-2 weeks) before performing burn tests"; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 up to 10%, melting point and pour both stated 80–90°C; Premium Coconut Soy CSI 468 up to 13%, melting point 50–53°C, pour 58–60°C; Eco Soy CSI 400 fragrance at 80–90°C (85°C) with a two-minute stir, no stated load; Natural Soy Pearl Wax nothing stated. Stated oil figures are quoted verbatim from the Coffee Vanilla Tobacco, Fresh Strawberries, Lavender, Sandalwood, Autumn, Cinnamon Vanilla, Japanese Cherry Blossom and Citrus Lemon pages. Sandalwood's stated flashpoint is 203°C and the Vetiver page states 206°C, so no claim about which oil leads the range is made here. Across CSI's 107 fragrance-oil pages, 81 state at least one usage percentage (26 state none), 88 state a full top/heart/base pyramid, 62 state something about vanillin or discolouration, and 18 state a measured flash point; no page publishes a concentration, shelf life, storage instruction or laboratory result. A 14–21 day cure reflects standard practice for soy container candles. Diwali 2026 falls on 8 November. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.