Should I Buy 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg of Reed Diffuser Base When Starting a Small Fragrance Business in India?

Should I Buy 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg of Reed Diffuser Base When Starting a Small Fragrance Business in India?

 

Pure Performance ₹325.00 / 100 g Pure Performance ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml Larger quantities quoted on WhatsApp
CSI reed diffuser guide · Starting a business and buying wholesale
Translate 1 kg, 5 kg and 25 kg into the 500 ml units CSI sells, then size your base stock by months of cover — not by price per kilo.
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✓ Diffuser prices pulled 14 October 2026 ✓ No volume discount is published — larger quantities quoted ✓ GST invoicing · MSDS & IFRA documentation on request
How Much Reed Diffuser Base to Buy
CSI sells its bases in 500 ml (and Pure Performance in 100 g), at the same price per unit whether you buy one or fifty. So the real question is how many months of base a small business should hold — and for most starting out, that is about two units.
₹2,198.00
≈ 1 kg of Pure Performance Base (2 × 500 ml at a 1.00 g/ml example) — about 31 bottles of 50 ml at 20% · CSI live pricing, 14 October 2026
Quick answers — read this first
Does CSI sell 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg of base? No. Bases are listed in 500 ml (₹1,099.00 for Pure Performance) and Pure Performance also in 100 g (₹325.00). Larger quantities are quoted on WhatsApp; no discount is published.

How many 500 ml units is that? About 2, 10 and 50 at an example 1.00 g/ml; 3, 11 and 53 at 0.95 g/ml. Weigh 100 ml of your base to know.

Which should a small business buy? About 1 kg (₹2,198.00) — 31 bottles of 50 ml, 1–2 months at 20–30 bottles a month. Move to 5 kg at 50–100 a month.

Is bigger cheaper? Not on listed prices: every 500 ml unit costs the same. The only size step is 100 g → 500 ml, which saves ₹33.62 per bottle of liquid here. See the stage ladder.
The short answer
Answer: For a small business starting out, about 1 kg — two 500 ml units, ₹2,198.00 of Pure Performance. CSI does not list 1, 5 or 25 kg; it lists 500 ml (and 100 g) at the same per-unit price at any quantity.
Why: With no per-unit saving and no published shelf life, the deciding numbers are months of cover and whether every fragrance already works in that base.
Method: Convert kg to 500 ml with your measured density, divide into bottles, divide by monthly sales for months of cover, and run a fresh/opened/sealed storage check before holding more than a month or two.
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In this guide
How long 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg of base lasts a small business Months of cover · 50 ml bottles at 40 g (example) · 20% load = 32 g base per bottle · example sales rates 20 bottles / month 50 bottles / month 100 bottles / month 250 bottles / month 1 kg of base ≈ 2 × 500 ml · 31 bottles 1.6 months 0.6 months 0.3 months 0.1 months 5 kg of base ≈ 10 × 500 ml · 156 bottles 7.8 months 3.1 months 1.6 months 0.6 months 25 kg of base ≈ 50 × 500 ml · 781 bottles 39.1 months 15.6 months 7.8 months 3.1 months under 1.5 months 1.5–6 6–12 over 12 months CSI publishes no shelf life for any base. Until you know yours, the darker cells are stock you are betting will not change in storage — and money that is not buying bottles, reeds or new fragrances. Pick the pale-to-mid cells for your sales rate.
Months of cover for 1 kg, 5 kg and 25 kg of base at four example sales rates, for 50 ml bottles at 40 g and 20% load (32 g of base each). Kilograms are converted to 500 ml units at an example 1.00 g/ml. CSI live pricing, 14 October 2026.
Stock base
Pure Performance · ₹325.00 / 100 g · ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml
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Straight answer
Should I buy 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg of reed diffuser base when starting a small fragrance business in India?
For a small business starting out, about 1 kg — and on CSI that means two 500 ml units. CSI lists its reed diffuser bases in 500 ml, and Pure Performance Base also in 100 g; there is no 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg listing. At an example density of 1.00 g/ml, 1 kg ≈ 2 units (₹2,198.00), 5 kg ≈ 10 (₹10,990.00) and 25 kg ≈ 50 (₹54,950.00) — and the per-unit price is the same at every quantity on the listed catalogue; larger orders are quoted on WhatsApp with no published discount. So decide by months of cover: in a 50 ml bottle at 40 g and 20%, 1 kg fills about 31 bottles, 5 kg about 156 and 25 kg about 781. At 20 bottles a month, 25 kg is 39 months of stock with no published shelf life. Test with 100 g, start selling on 1 kg, move to 5 kg at 50–100 bottles a month after a storage check, and ask for a 25 kg quote only at 250+.
One line: same price per unit at every size — so buy by months of cover, and start with two units of 500 ml.
CSI does not list 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg of base. Pure Performance Base comes in 100 g (₹325.00) and 500 ml (₹1,099.00); the other bases in 500 ml only. So "1 kg" is about two 500 ml units, "5 kg" about ten and "25 kg" about fifty at an example 1.00 g/ml — and for a small business starting out, the 1 kg-equivalent (₹2,198.00) is usually the right first stock.
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First, translate kilograms into what CSI actually sells

You asked in kilograms. The base is sold in millilitres. The bridge between them is a number nobody has published.

CSI's Reed & Car Diffuser Base collection lists every in-stock base in 500 ml, and Pure Performance also in 100 g. There is no 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg listing. To compare your three quantities with what you can order, convert kilograms to millilitres with the base's density — which CSI does not publish for any base. With a labelled example of 1.00 g/ml, one kilogram is 1,000 ml, two units of 500 ml. If your base turns out lighter, a kilogram takes more millilitres; heavier, fewer.

Which base to hold is the base pillar which reed diffuser base to buy in India; how base stock fits a growing business is the pillar how to start a profitable reed diffuser business in India. This page answers only how much to hold.

Reader's quantities · example densities only · Pure Performance ₹1,099.00 per 500 ml · CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026
1 kg, 5 kg and 25 kg in 500 ml units
You asked for At 0.95 g/ml At 1.00 g/ml At 1.05 g/ml Listed-pack price at 1.00 g/ml
1 kg 1,053 ml → 3 × 500 ml 1,000 ml → 2 × 500 ml 952 ml → 2 × 500 ml ₹2,198.00
5 kg 5,263 ml → 11 × 500 ml 5,000 ml → 10 × 500 ml 4,762 ml → 10 × 500 ml ₹10,990.00
25 kg 26,316 ml → 53 × 500 ml 25,000 ml → 50 × 500 ml 23,810 ml → 48 × 500 ml ₹54,950.00

Two things follow. First, buying "5 kg" from CSI means ordering about ten 500 ml units at the listed price — ₹10,990.00 — and "25 kg" about fifty, ₹54,950.00. Larger quantities are quoted on WhatsApp; no volume discount is published, and we will not invent one. Second, the per-unit price does not change between one unit and fifty on the listed catalogue. So the question you are really asking is not "which size is cheaper per kilo" — on listed prices they are the same — but how much base should a small business hold. That depends on your stage, your sales rate and what you know about how the base keeps.

The one place size changes the price
Pure Performance's 100 g costs ₹3.25 a gram; its 500 ml costs ₹2.20 a millilitre. Without the density you cannot compare them per gram, but you can find the break-even: the 500 ml is cheaper per gram for any density above 0.676 g/ml. At the 1.00 g/ml example it is ₹2.20 a gram — about a third less than the 100 g. Buy the 100 g to test, the 500 ml to sell.

What each quantity makes, in bottles

Quantities only mean something in bottles. This page uses a 50 ml Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle filled to 40 g (a labelled example — the bottle's fill line is not published) at 20% load: 8 g of oil and 32 g of base per bottle. If your bottle or fill is different, divide your base grams per bottle into the quantities the same way.

32 g of base per bottle · 20% load · 40 g fill · example
Bottles per quantity of base
Base Bottles at 20% Bottles at 25% Oil needed alongside (20%)
100 g (Pure Performance) 3.1 3.3 25.0 g
1 kg (≈ 2 × 500 ml) 31 33 0.25 kg
5 kg (≈ 10 × 500 ml) 156 167 1.25 kg
25 kg (≈ 50 × 500 ml) 781 833 6.25 kg

A kilogram of base fills about 31 bottles of this size; five kilograms about 156; twenty-five kilograms about 781. Each also needs the oil beside it — 6.25 kg for the 25 kg — and that oil is bought separately, in its own sizes, with the same rule that above 100 g most CSI oils are priced almost linearly per gram. A 25 kg base decision is really a 780-bottle decision, with bottles, reeds and several kilos of oil attached. Base for 100 bottles of 100 ml at 20% walks through the bottle-to-base sum in detail.

Months of cover: the number that should decide

A kilogram is not a size. For a business, it is a number of months — and the months are what you are really buying.

Divide bottles per quantity by bottles sold per month and you get months of cover. The rates below are labelled examples — put in your own. The diagram above shows the same grid shaded by how long the stock would sit.

Months of cover · example sales rates · 50 ml bottles at 20%
How long each quantity lasts
Base 20 / month 50 / month 100 / month 250 / month
1 kg 1.6 months 0.6 months 0.3 months 0.1 months
5 kg 7.8 months 3.1 months 1.6 months 0.6 months
25 kg 39.1 months 15.6 months 7.8 months 3.1 months

Read your row honestly. At 20 bottles a month — a realistic start for many small makers — 5 kg is 7.8 months of base and 25 kg is 39 months: over three years. At 250 bottles a month, 25 kg is 3.1 months, and holding it starts to make sense. Between those, 5 kg suits roughly 50–100 bottles a month. Nobody can tell you the right cover; but a business that cannot say how many bottles it sells per month is not ready for 25 kg.

The CSI principle
Buy base by months of cover, not by kilograms.
The kilogram number is the same price per unit at every size on CSI's listed catalogue. The months number tells you how long your money and your formula are locked in.

What nobody has told you: how the base keeps

CSI publishes no shelf life for any base, and no page says how a base behaves once opened. That is the real reason to be careful with 25 kg. If a base changes in storage — picks up moisture, changes colour, behaves differently with your oil — a month's stock is a small loss and two years' stock is a large one. We do not know that it does; we do not know that it does not. Ask CSI on WhatsApp whether a technical data sheet or SDS is available for the base you choose; we will not promise one.

You can, however, find out for your own base in your own store room, cheaply, before you commit to holding more. The test below compares blends made from the same base kept two ways for the time it takes you to use a unit: opened and used daily, and sealed. It changes one thing — storage — and keeps everything else fixed.

Storage check · 6 × 50 ml Gold bottles at 40 g · Blue Ocean 20% · Pure Performance · 6 white reeds
Fresh vs opened vs sealed base
Bottle Mixed on Base taken from Role
C1 Day 0 Freshly opened unit Control
C2 Day 0 Freshly opened unit Control repeat
W1 Day 28 (example) Working unit, opened and used daily Opened storage
W2 Day 28 (example) Working unit Repeat
S1 Day 28 (example) Sealed 100 ml retained on day 0 Sealed storage
S2 Day 28 (example) Sealed retained sample Repeat
1
Day 0: open one 500 ml and retain a samplePour about 100 ml into a clean, dry clear glass bottle with a tight cap (your own), fill to the top to leave little air, label it with the date and keep it in the dark. That is your sealed reference.
2
Day 0: mix the controlsBy weight on the Weighing Scale: 8 g Blue Ocean + 32 g base per bottle for C1 and C2, mixed in the Silicon Measuring Beaker 100 ml. Rest 24–48 hours, bottle, add reeds, weigh.
3
Use the working unit normallyOpen it as you would in production, in the room where you would store it. Write down the room temperature each week.
4
Day 28 (or when the unit is nearly used): mix W and SW1–W2 from the working unit, S1–S2 from the sealed sample, same oil bottle, same scale, same method. Rest, bottle, reed and weigh exactly as day 0.
5
Compare like with likeClarity at 0 h, 24–48 h and 7 days against white and black cards; grams lost per day; blind room scores on your written house scale. C1–C2 are your yardstick for normal variation.
Labelled working practice · each blend
The clarity hold
Checkpoint How Pass
0 h — straight after mixing A clear glass, then the Gold bottle against a white card, then a black card Clear, single phase, no streaks
24 h and 48 h — the pages' rest period Same cards, same light; tilt once and watch the walls No haze, layering, droplets or sediment
7 days — labelled working hold Same cards; photograph beside the 0 h photo Unchanged from 0 h
After a cool night one night in the coolest room you have (labelled example) Clear again at room temperature, nothing settled

If W and S match C within the spread C1 and C2 show between themselves, your base kept for a month opened and sealed in your conditions, and 5 kg-equivalent stock at a month or two of cover is a reasonable bet. If W drifts and S does not, the base is fine but your storage is not — smaller units, tighter caps, a cooler place. If both drift, do not hold more than you use in a few weeks until you understand why. Testing reed diffuser performance over 30 days gives a fuller measurement plan.

Storage-check kit · CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026; oil CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026
What the check costs
Item Need Buy Price
Pure Performance Base 301.6 ml incl. a 100 ml sealed sample 1 × 500 ml ₹1,099.00
Blue Ocean 50.4 g 1 × 50 g + 1 × 15 g ₹340.22
Gold bottle 50 ml 6 1 × pack of 10 ₹826.00
white fibre reeds 36 1 × pack of 50 ₹450.00
Weighing Scale + 100 ml beaker Weighing and mixing 1 + 1 ₹654.00
Total ₹3,369.22
The common mistake: buying 25 kg before the formula is fixed. A maker buys a large base stock, then finds that two of their five fragrances cloud in it, or that a different base suits their best seller. The base is now a cost with nothing to go into. Fix: hold large stock only of a base that has passed with every fragrance you will make in it, and only after a storage check.

The stage ladder: 100 g, then 1 kg, then 5 kg, then talk

Pure Performance · listed-pack prices · CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026 · stages are working guidance, not rules
How much base to hold at each stage
Stage You are… Hold CSI cost Move up when
0 — formula Testing loads and fragrances 100 g Pure Performance, or one 500 ml of a family base ₹325.00 Every fragrance passes its 7-day clarity hold and blind score
1 — first sales Selling under ~30 bottles a month ≈ 1 kg (2 × 500 ml) ₹2,198.00 You reorder within a month twice running
2 — steady Selling ~50–100 bottles a month ≈ 5 kg (10 × 500 ml) ₹10,990.00 Storage check passed; formula unchanged for two months
3 — volume Selling ~250+ bottles a month ≈ 25 kg (50 × 500 ml) — ask for a quote ₹54,950.00 at listed prices You can forecast monthly use and a supplier confirms availability

For a small business starting out — your words — the honest answer is stage 1. The 1 kg-equivalent costs ₹2,198.00, makes about 31 bottles of this size, and leaves cash for the things that sell a diffuser: bottles, reeds, more fragrances, labels. Move to 5 kg when you are reordering 1 kg every month or so and the storage check has passed. Consider 25 kg when your monthly use and your reorder time both say so — monthly wholesale requirements with lead times is the post for that calculation, and what to ask CSI before buying for commercial manufacturing covers the availability questions.

One more cost of a big base order: it fixes the base. If you hold 25 kg of Pure Performance, every new fragrance has to work in Pure Performance. Its page calls it neutral, with "no added fixatives, no complex enhancements", for all fragrance families — which is exactly why it is a sensible stock base. The family bases — Lift, Longevity, Depth, Softness — are better held in smaller quantities alongside it, for fragrances that need them. Five fragrances: one base in bulk or several weighs that choice.

What the liquid in one 50 ml bottle costs at each stage · Blue Ocean · 40 g at 20% · 1.00 g/ml example
Does buying more base lower the bottle cost?
Stage Base rate Oil rate Liquid per bottle
0 — Pure Performance 100 g + Blue Ocean 100 g ₹3.25 / g ₹4.95 / g ₹143.60
1–3 — Pure Performance 500 ml + Blue Ocean 1 kg ₹2.20 / g at 1.00 g/ml ₹4.96 / g ₹109.98

The step from stage 0 to stage 1 saves ₹33.62 a bottle — almost all of it from moving the base from 100 g to 500 ml. From stage 1 to stage 3 the listed price does not move at all. That is the clearest sign that 25 kg is a stock decision, not a price decision, unless a WhatsApp quote changes the picture. Comparing base prices per kg shows how to compare such a quote with the listed 500 ml fairly.

On CSI's listed catalogue, 25 kg of base costs the same per unit as 1 kg. What changes is how long your money sits on a shelf.
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Argued against our own interest, plainly. A 25 kg order is fifty units — ₹54,950.00 at listed prices — and we would be glad to quote it. For a business selling twenty bottles a month it is about three years of base with no published shelf life behind it. Buy two units now. Ask us for a quote on twenty-five kilos when your monthly numbers justify it.
Diwali falls on Sunday 8 November 2026. If festive orders are pushing you toward a bigger base order, size it to the orders you actually hold, plus a margin you can sell by the end of the November–February wedding season — not to a hope. Send us your bottle count, size and fragrances on WhatsApp for listed packs or a quote on larger quantities; no volume discount is published.
Size my base order

The decision rule: 1 kg, 5 kg or 25 kg

Working decision rule · apply the first line that is true
From your numbers to a base order
If this is true It means Buy
Formula not yet fixed for every fragrance Still at stage 0 Don't buy kilograms yet. ₹325.00 100 g or one 500 ml
Selling under ~30 bottles a month 1 kg is 1–2 months of cover ≈ 1 kg: 2 × 500 ml, ₹2,198.00
Selling ~50–100 a month, storage check passed 5 kg is 1.5–3 months of cover ≈ 5 kg: 10 × 500 ml, ₹10,990.00
Selling 250+ a month, forecast and lead time known 25 kg is about 3 months Ask for a 25 kg quote on WhatsApp
Storage check showed drift Long cover is a risk Hold no more than a few weeks' use
Most fragrances need a family base One bulk base will not fit all Smaller units of each base, not one big one

The section hub starting a reed diffuser business with ₹10,000 shows a whole first purchase built on one base unit; the pillar how to start a profitable reed diffuser business in India shows where base stock fits in the business; and the base pillar which reed diffuser base to buy in India covers the base choice itself. 500 g samples of several bases before a 25 kg order is this question's sibling on the testing side.

The CSI products in this plan

1
Stock base · neutral · 32 g per 50 ml bottle
Pure Performance Base
CSI's page calls it neutral, with "no added fixatives, no complex enhancements", for all fragrance families; 10% start, 20% recommended, 30% maximum, typical working blend 75% base + 25% fragrance, 24–48 hour rest, and "flip reeds after the first hour". Composition, density and shelf life are not published. The 500 ml is cheaper per gram than the 100 g for any density above 0.676 g/ml.
Size Price Per unit Bottles at 32.0 g base
100 g ₹325.00 ₹3.25 per g 3.12
500 ml ₹1,099.00 ₹2.20 per ml 15.62 (at 1.00 g/ml, example)
₹2,198.00 for the 1 kg-equivalent Buy Pure Performance Base
2
Storage-check oil · 8 g per bottle at 20%
Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil
An aquatic used here only as a fixed oil for the storage check — Pure Performance's page says it is for all families. No IFRA percentage is published for any CSI oil; ask on WhatsApp for the certificate and its Category 10A limit.
Pack Price Per gram Bottles at 8.0 g oil
15 g ₹93.22 ₹6.21 1.88
50 g ₹247.00 ₹4.94 6.25
100 g ₹495.00 ₹4.95 12.50
500 g ₹2,478.00 ₹4.96 62.50
1 kg ₹4,956.00 ₹4.96 125.00
₹340.22 for the check Buy Blue Ocean
3
Second fragrance to qualify · 8 g per bottle
Fresh Strawberries Fragrance Oil
A fruity second fragrance to qualify in the same base before you hold kilograms of it — a bulk base must pass with every fragrance you will make in it.
Pack Price Per gram Bottles at 8.0 g oil
15 g ₹113.28 ₹7.55 1.88
50 g ₹212.40 ₹4.25 6.25
100 g ₹377.60 ₹3.78 12.50
500 g ₹1,770.00 ₹3.54 62.50
1 kg ₹3,540.00 ₹3.54 125.00
Qualify before stocking Buy Fresh Strawberries
4
Bottle · 50 ml variant
Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle (clear glass, gold-tone screw cap)
Clear glass, gold-tone screw cap, packs of ten; the text says "50 and 100ml" while the variants are 50 ml and 120 ml. Neck size, fill line and any reducer are not published.
Variant Price Per bottle Fill used on this page
50 ml · pack of 10 ₹826.00 ₹82.60 40 g (labelled example)
120 ml · pack of 10 ₹1,062.00 ₹106.20 Not used on this page
₹82.60 per bottle Buy Gold bottles
5
Reeds · 6 per 50 ml bottle
Fiber Diffuser Reeds (White)
Fibre reeds, 20.3 cm; diameter not published. The page suggests 6–8 for a 50–100 ml bottle. The white listing's text says "black fiber reeds" — a page inconsistency.
Pack Price Per reed At 6 reeds per bottle
Pack of 25 ₹265.00 ₹10.60 4 bottles
Pack of 50 ₹450.00 ₹9.00 8 bottles
Pack of 100 ₹900.00 ₹9.00 16 bottles
Pack of 500 ₹4,500.00 ₹9.00 83 bottles
₹450.00 for the check Buy white fibre reeds
A different bottle, base or sales rate? Base grams per bottle ÷ into the quantity gives bottles; ÷ monthly sales gives months of cover. Bases are in Reed & Car Diffuser Base, oils in Fragrance Oils, and the scale and beakers in Candle Accessories.
Why trust this guide

CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished diffusers. A supplier gains from the 25 kg answer. This page shows that CSI's listed price per unit is the same at every quantity, that no shelf life is published for any base, and that a small business is usually best served by two 500 ml units.

Diffuser base, reed, bottle and tool prices are CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026. Fragrance-oil prices are CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026. CSI HyperDiffusion Base™ is out of stock and appears only as such. Every gram split, unit count, per-bottle cost and kit total on this page is computed and shown to two decimals so you can check it.

Bottle counts per arm, hold times, fill volumes, example densities, example grams-per-day figures, scoring scales and allowances are labelled working practices or examples, not industry standards. The 40 g fill, 1.00 g/ml density (0.95/1.05 shown), the 20–250 bottles-a-month sales rates, the 28-day storage interval and the stage thresholds are labelled examples; 1 kg, 5 kg and 25 kg are the reader's figures. For help building a test kit, bulk quotes for more than the listed packs, GST invoicing, MSDS or IFRA documents for an oil, or to ask whether a technical sheet is available for a base, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

How much reed diffuser base should I buy to start?
For most small starts, about 1 kg — two 500 ml units of CSI base (₹2,198.00 for Pure Performance), enough for about 31 bottles of 50 ml at 20%. Test first with 100 g.
Is reed diffuser base cheaper in bulk?
Not on CSI's listed catalogue: every 500 ml unit is the same price at any quantity. Larger quantities are quoted on WhatsApp; no volume discount is published.
How many ml is 1 kg of reed diffuser base?
It depends on the base's density, which CSI does not publish. At an example 1.00 g/ml it is 1,000 ml; at 0.95 g/ml about 1,053 ml. Weigh 100 ml of your base to find out.
What is the shelf life of reed diffuser base?
CSI publishes no shelf life for any base. Ask on WhatsApp whether a technical sheet is available, and run your own storage check before holding more than a month or two of stock.
How many reed diffusers can I make from 5 kg of base?
About 156 bottles of 50 ml filled to 40 g at 20% load, at an example density. For 100 ml fills at 20%, about 62.
Does CSI sell reed diffuser base in 25 kg drums?
No 25 kg listing exists. Fifty 500 ml units is the listed equivalent; ask on WhatsApp for a quote on larger quantities.
Months of cover, not kilograms
Test on 100 g. Start selling on two units. Ask for a quote when your numbers say so.
Pure Performance ₹325.00 for 100 g or ₹1,099.00 for 500 ml, Blue Ocean from ₹93.22 for 15 g, Gold bottles ₹826.00 for ten 50 ml, white fibre reeds ₹450.00 for 50. Send us your monthly bottle count and bottle size on WhatsApp and we will help you size the base order.
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. The kg-to-unit conversion, months-of-cover grid, storage check, stage ladder and decision rule apply to any base 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: Diffuser bases, reeds, bottles and tools — CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026: Pure Performance Base ₹325.00 / 100 g, ₹1,099.00 / 500 ml; Fiber Diffuser Reeds (Black) ₹236.00 / 25, ₹400.00 / 50, ₹800.00 / 100, ₹4,000.00 / 500; Fiber Diffuser Reeds (White) ₹265.00 / 25, ₹450.00 / 50, ₹900.00 / 100, ₹4,500.00 / 500 (20.3 cm); 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; Weighing Scale ₹354.00; CSI Pro Mixer ₹349.00. Fragrance oils — CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026: Blue Ocean Fragrance Oil ₹93.22 / 15 g, ₹247.00 / 50 g, ₹495.00 / 100 g, ₹2,478.00 / 500 g, ₹4,956.00 / 1 kg; Fresh Strawberries Fragrance Oil ₹113.28 / 15 g, ₹212.40 / 50 g, ₹377.60 / 100 g, ₹1,770.00 / 500 g, ₹3,540.00 / 1 kg.

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)). Reader's figures: 1 kg, 5 kg, 25 kg. Labelled examples: 1.00 g/ml base density with 0.95/1.05 sensitivity; 40 g fill in a 50 ml bottle; 20% load; 6 reeds; 20, 50, 100 and 250 bottles a month; a 28-day storage interval; stage thresholds; 5% allowance in the kit. The Pure Performance break-even density is ₹1,099 ÷ 500 ml ÷ ₹3.25 per g = 0.676 g/ml. What CSI's base pages state (quoted as claims to test, not CSI test results): every base gives a 10% starting load, 20% recommended, 30% maximum, of total blend, and a 24–48 hour rest before bottling; Pure Performance adds a typical working blend of 75% base + 25% fragrance and the example "for a 100 ml finished diffuser at 25%: 75 ml base + 25 ml fragrance oil" (by volume); Longevity says to avoid light florals, fresh citrus and aquatics, and "if clouding occurs, reduce fragrance percentage and retest". The reed pages give a 20.3 cm length and "for a standard 50–100 ml diffuser bottle, 6–8 reeds"; reed diameter is not published. The bottle listing's text says "50 and 100ml" while its variants are 50 ml and 120 ml; neck size, fill line and any reducer are not published. CSI publishes no composition, density, viscosity, evaporation rate, flash point or shelf life for any base, no IFRA percentage for any oil, and no diffusion, throw or longevity measurement for any base, oil or reed. Every ml-to-gram conversion here uses a labelled example density with ±5% sensitivity; every grams-per-day figure is a labelled example for the arithmetic, never a measurement. Material costs exclude labour, labels, boxes, freight and GST. Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November.
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