Which Fragrance Oils Cause Candle Discoloration?

Which Fragrance Oils Cause Candle Discoloration?

 

Four 15 g calibration oils ₹385.86 10 clear votives ₹318.60 Every item in stock 25 September 2026
Discolouration risk · read the notes, then test
Rank the oils on your shortlist by their stated notes, then let ten small votives in your own wax show you where the map is wrong.
★★★★★
"My customer was very happy with this apple cinnamon fragrance. As soon as they entered their home this smell is warmth and pleasing. And I got many orders who visited their home, as they also loved the smell."
PREETHI PRASATHVerified buyer · May 2026
Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"I just tried making a candle out of curiosity & ordered supplies.. I found the ingredients to be of good quality. The wax quality especially has been top notch. I’ve tried the Gardenia fragrance oil. It is highly concentrated. The packaging of the items has been exceptionally good for me. Timely delivery."
SraddhaVerified buyer · Mar 2025
Gardenia Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"Quality is good with good fragrance"
Avanthi CheeliVerified buyer · Nov 2025
Citrus Lemon Fragrance Oil
★★★☆☆
"Warm comforting fragrance"
M AVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Autumn
★★★★★
"Ordered soy wax, fragrance oils, wax and thermometer — everything was great quality! Gilli Mitti and Pumpkin Spice scents are amazing and authentic. Packaging was secure and delivery was on time. Highly recommended for candle makers! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
RenuVerified buyer · Jul 2026
Gilli Mitti (Patchouli)
★★★★★
"Really love this fragrance oil."
Shivalik ManakVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"My customer was very happy with this apple cinnamon fragrance. As soon as they entered their home this smell is warmth and pleasing. And I got many orders who visited their home, as they also loved the smell."
PREETHI PRASATHVerified buyer · May 2026
Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"I just tried making a candle out of curiosity & ordered supplies.. I found the ingredients to be of good quality. The wax quality especially has been top notch. I’ve tried the Gardenia fragrance oil. It is highly concentrated. The packaging of the items has been exceptionally good for me. Timely delivery."
SraddhaVerified buyer · Mar 2025
Gardenia Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"Quality is good with good fragrance"
Avanthi CheeliVerified buyer · Nov 2025
Citrus Lemon Fragrance Oil
★★★☆☆
"Warm comforting fragrance"
M AVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Autumn
★★★★★
"Ordered soy wax, fragrance oils, wax and thermometer — everything was great quality! Gilli Mitti and Pumpkin Spice scents are amazing and authentic. Packaging was secure and delivery was on time. Highly recommended for candle makers! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
RenuVerified buyer · Jul 2026
Gilli Mitti (Patchouli)
★★★★★
"Really love this fragrance oil."
Shivalik ManakVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
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CSI Troubleshooting · Discolouration
No supplier can promise which oil will stay pale in your candle. What the notes on a product page can do is rank the risk. Here is that map for all 102 CSI oils, and a cheap way to check it in your own wax.
44 of 102
CSI oil listings whose stated notes or title name vanilla, the highest-tendency row · CSI product pages, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
Which fragrance oils cause candle discolouration? As a tendency: oils with vanilla or vanillin first, then other sweet gourmand notes (caramel, coffee, honey, tonka), then warm spice (cinnamon, clove), and citrus sometimes. Fresh, green, aquatic, many floral and woody oils tend to stay paler. Tendencies, not rules.

Which CSI oils are higher risk? By stated notes, 44 of CSI's 102 oil listings name vanilla (43.1%), three of them with a vanillin statement on the page (Vanilla Bean, Cinnamon Vanilla, Dark Vanilla). CSI has no discolouration test data for any oil, so this is a map of notes, not of results.

Is a "0% vanillin" oil safe for white candles? It is a strong shortlist signal, not a promise about colour. Twelve CSI pages state no vanillin; one of them is Cinnamon, a spice note commonly linked with colour change. The page states 0% vanillin; test anyway.

How do I check my own oils? A ten-votive tier check: one oil from each risk row in 15 g, two clear 70 g votives each (light and dark) plus two unscented. ₹704.46 new spend; photos on day 0, 7 and 14.
The short answer
Highest tendency: vanilla and vanillin, then sweet gourmand notes and warm spice. Citrus sometimes. Fresh, green, aquatic, floral and woody notes tend to stay paler.
CSI's map: 44 vanilla-named, 8 other sweet, 4 warm spice, 22 citrus, 24 with none of these named; 86 pages silent on vanillin.
What it is not: test data. CSI has none. The map groups oils by the notes their pages state, and the "0% vanillin" lines are the pages' claims.
Calibrate it: four 15 g oils, ten 70 g clear votives, 14 days: ₹704.46.
Shop: Gardenia · Cinnamon · Citrus Lemon · Apple Cinnamon · Clear Glass Votive Jar 70 gram
In this guide
102 CSI oils on a discolouration risk map Rows: the riskiest note the page names. Columns: what the page says about vanillin. Numbers: oils in each cell. Vanillin stated present or 2.5% Vanillin stated as 0.2% Page says 0% or "no vanillin" Page silent on vanillin Vanilla named highest tendency 44 oils in this row 3 Vanilla Bean Dark Vanilla Cinnamon Vanilla none none 41 e.g. Roasted Coffee Apple Cinnamon Pumpkin Spice Other sweet gourmand caramel, coffee, honey, tonka 8 oils in this row none none 1 Neroli (honey) 7 e.g. Mahogany Shea, Orchard Pear Warm spice cinnamon, clove, nutmeg 4 oils in this row none none 1 Cinnamon 3 perfume-grade listings Citrus sometimes shifts 22 oils in this row none none 3 Citronella Verbena, Palo Santo 19 e.g. Citrus Lemon, Juicy Orange None of these named fresh, green, floral, woody 24 oils in this row none 1 Gardenia 7 e.g. Jasmine, Blue Ocean, Sandalwood 16 e.g. British Rose, Lavender Method: each oil sits in the first row whose notes its page or title names (vanilla, then sweet, then spice, then citrus). Row shading is a tendency from common candle-making experience. CSI has no discolouration test data for any oil. "0%" is each page's claim about vanillin only; test anyway. Pages as captured on 25 September 2026.
All 102 CSI oil listings placed by the riskiest note their page names (rows) and by what the page says about vanillin (columns). Darker rows are a higher tendency to discolour, which is judgement from common practice, not CSI test data. The largest single cell is vanilla-named oils whose pages say nothing about vanillin; the smallest cells hold the most useful test cases, such as Cinnamon, a spice oil whose page states 0% vanillin.
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Gardenia: the one page that states 0.2% vanillin, "minimal discoloration risk"
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Straight answer
Which fragrance oils cause candle discolouration?
No list can name them with certainty, because discolouration depends on the oil, the load, the wax, the dye and the light. What you can use is a map of tendencies by note. Oils built on vanilla or vanillin are the most likely to yellow and brown. Other sweet gourmand notes, such as caramel, coffee, cocoa, honey and tonka, come next, as do warm spices like cinnamon and clove. Citrus sometimes shifts and sometimes does not. Fresh, green, aquatic, many floral and woody oils tend to stay paler. On that map, 44 of CSI's 102 oil listings name vanilla in their notes or title; three pages (Vanilla Bean, Cinnamon Vanilla and Dark Vanilla) state vanillin outright; twelve state 0% or no vanillin; one, Gardenia, states 0.2%; and 86 are silent. CSI has no discolouration test data, so treat the map as a shortlist and calibrate it in your own wax: one 15 g oil from each row, two clear votives each, light and dark, 14 days, ₹704.46.
One line: read the notes to rank the risk, then let four votives in your own wax tell you where the map is wrong.
Calibrate before you commit. Four 15 g bottles, one from each risk row (Gardenia ₹105.02, Cinnamon ₹106.20, Citrus Lemon ₹81.42, Apple Cinnamon ₹93.22), come to ₹385.86; with ten clear 70 g votives, ₹704.46. Every item in stock on 25 September 2026.
Start with Gardenia 15 g — ₹105.02

Is it actually the fragrance oil? Check before you map

A risk map ranks oils. It cannot tell you that the oil, rather than the wax or the window, turned your candle.

Before you use this page to swap oils, make sure the oil is the cause. Three free checks: pour one unscented jar from the same melt and keep it beside the discoloured candle (if it drifts too, the wax or the light is doing the work); put 5 g of the oil in a clear glass on white paper (if it is visibly yellow or amber, your candle was tinted from day 0 by the oil's own colour, which is a different problem, see My White Candle Turns Beige After Adding Fragrance Oil — Why?); and look at which side of the jar is darker (if the side facing a window is deeper, light is speeding things up). The full cause-finder, with six jars and a decision tree, is in the hub, Why Is My Fragrance Oil Turning My Candle Yellow?.

Argued against our own interest: this page could be a list of "safe" oils to buy. It is not, because we have no test data that would make any oil safe, and because an oil swap is the wrong fix when the unscented jar yellows too. If your plain wax drifts on your shelf, keep your oil and change the shelf, or the jar. A ₹47.20 amber jar is cheaper than a new 50 g bottle.

The note-level risk map: five rows, from vanilla to fresh

Notes are the only discolouration clue most product pages give you. Read them like a label.

The rows below are tendencies drawn from common candle-making experience, hedged on purpose. Any single oil can break its row's pattern, because an oil named for one note is a blend of many materials, and the page lists the ones it wants you to smell, not every molecule in the bottle.

Row 1 — Vanilla named: the highest tendency

Vanillin, the main vanilla aroma molecule, commonly yellows and then browns with time, faster in light. An oil that names vanilla anywhere in its notes probably contains vanillin or a close relative, although most pages do not say how much. Two CSI pages state 2.5%; one says "present". Vanilla sits in far more places than vanilla candles: bakery, coffee, many fruity florals ("vanilla sugar", "powdery vanilla") and many amber and oriental blends name it in the base. The mechanism, the time course and how to design around it are in Why Does Vanilla Fragrance Oil Turn Candle Wax Brown?.

Row 2 — Other sweet gourmand: often close behind

Caramel, sugar, praline, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, honey, tonka and benzoin describe warm, sweet accords that often lean on materials which darken, and some are simply dark oils to begin with. On CSI's map this row is small (8 listings) because most sweet oils also name vanilla and so sit in row 1. Its most interesting member is Neroli, whose notes mention "honey" and whose page states "Vanillin Content: 0% (No risk of discoloration)".

Row 3 — Warm spice: commonly linked, easy to miss

Cinnamon and clove notes are commonly linked with discolouration in candles, independent of vanillin. This is the row where a "0% vanillin" line can mislead: Cinnamon's page says "Vanillin Content: 0% (No risk of discoloration)", which is the page's claim about vanillin. Whether cinnamon's other materials shift colour in your wax is a separate question the page does not answer. Spiced gourmands such as Apple Cinnamon, Pumpkin Spice and Cinnamon Vanilla name vanilla too and sit in row 1.

Row 4 — Citrus: sometimes

Experience with citrus is mixed. Some citrus materials tend to yellow over time, others stay pale, and many citrus oils are pale yellow in the bottle anyway, so they tint white wax from day 0. Treat citrus as "test, do not assume". Three CSI citrus-row pages state 0% vanillin (Citronella, Verbena and Palo Santo, whose notes include "soft citrus"); nineteen are silent.

Row 5 — None of these named: the paler tendency

Fresh, green, aquatic, many floral and woody oils tend to stay closer to the colour you poured. This is where most of CSI's page-stated 0% vanillin oils sit: Jasmine, Sandalwood, Eucalyptus Spearmint, Vetiver, Sage and Cedarwood, Blue Ocean and Ylang Ylang Flower, plus Gardenia at 0.2%. "Paler tendency" still means test: some musks, woods and resins can shift, and an oil's own colour is independent of all of this. The families that tend to stay palest are ranked in Best Fragrance Types for Minimal Discoloration in Candles; the buy list for white candles is Which Fragrance Oils Should I Buy for White Candles?.

Risk rows by stated note · tendencies from common practice, not CSI test data
What to look for on a product page, and what to do about it
Row Words to look for in the notes Tendency Before a white or pastel range
1 · Vanilla vanilla, vanilla bean, vanilla sugar, powdery vanilla, vanilla cream Highest: yellow to brown over time Plan for colour: tinted vessel or wax (see 2232, 2296), or choose another row
2 · Sweet gourmand caramel, sugar, praline, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, honey, tonka, benzoin Often darkens; some oils are dark to begin with Light/dark votive pair before any bulk order
3 · Warm spice cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice Commonly shifts, even at 0% vanillin Test even when the page says "no risk"
4 · Citrus lemon, lime, orange, mandarin, grapefruit, bergamot, neroli, verbena, lemongrass Sometimes yellows; often pale-tinted from day 0 Check the oil's own colour on white paper, then test
5 · None of these green, ozone, sea salt, rose, jasmine, lily, sandalwood, cedar, musk Tends to stay paler Still one light/dark pair; shortlist from here

Where CSI's 102 oils fall, and what the pages actually say

Sixteen pages speak about vanillin. Eighty-six are silent. Silence is not a green light, and it is not a red one.

We placed every CSI oil listing on the map using its own page: the row comes from the first flagged note its notes or title name, in the order vanilla, sweet, spice, citrus; the column from what its page says about vanillin. That is a sorting method, not a test. The counts:

CSI's 102 oil listings on the risk map · product pages as captured 25 September 2026
Rows by riskiest named note; columns by the page's vanillin statement
Row Vanillin stated (2.5% or present) Stated 0.2% Stated 0% / none Silent Row total
1 · Vanilla named 3: Vanilla Bean, Cinnamon Vanilla, Dark Vanilla — — 41 44
2 · Other sweet — — 1: Neroli 7 8
3 · Warm spice — — 1: Cinnamon 3 4
4 · Citrus — — 3: Citronella, Verbena, Palo Santo 19 22
5 · None of these — 1: Gardenia 7: Jasmine, Sandalwood, Eucalyptus Spearmint, Vetiver, Sage and Cedarwood, Blue Ocean, Ylang Ylang Flower 16 24
Total 3 1 12 86 102

Three things stand out. Vanilla is everywhere: 44 listings (43.1%) name it, 43 of them in stock at some size on 25 September 2026, and only three tell you how much vanillin they hold. Most pages are silent: 86 of 102 (84.3%) say nothing about vanillin, including British Rose and Lavender; for those, the notes are your only clue, and you can ask on WhatsApp whether we hold more detail. Every 0% statement sits outside the vanilla row, which is consistent, and one of them is a spice oil, which is the reason the map says "test anyway".

Perfume-grade listings are on the map too
Many of the silent, vanilla-named listings are perfume-grade "inspired" oils in the fine perfume collection. Their pages quote perfume usage rates, not candle loads, and they cost far more per gram than candle-grade oils. They are not where we would start a candle range, pale or otherwise.

Where the map will be wrong

A map of notes is a good first guess. Five things can overrule it.
Exceptions to the note map · what overrides it and how to catch it
Why a "low-risk" oil can still colour a candle, and a "high-risk" one sometimes passes
Override What happens How to catch it
The oil's own colour A row-5 oil that is yellow in the bottle tints white wax from day 0 5 g in a clear glass on white paper; day-0 photo
Unlisted materials Notes name what you smell, not every component; a fresh oil can hide a darkening material Light/dark votive pair in your wax
Load At 10% any tendency shows more than at 6% Test at the load you will sell
Light and storage A row-1 oil in a dark box can look acceptable for longer than a row-5 oil on a sunny sill Test where your stock will live
Dye A pale dye plus a slight yellowing shifts the shade (pink toward peach, blue toward green) Pour dyed and undyed twins

Heat is the sixth, quieter override: long holding at high temperature may darken some oils regardless of row. Follow your wax page; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 states a pour temperature of 80°C–90°C. The timing of change after you pour, and how to log it, belongs to Can Fragrance Oil Change Candle Colour During Curing?.

Mistake: ruling out a whole row, say every citrus oil, because one lemon yellowed once. Fix: the map is a probability, and a single jar is an anecdote. Test two oils from the same row before you strike it off, and keep the unscented control beside both.

Calibrate the map in your wax: the ten-votive tier check

Four oils, four rows, ten small jars. Two weeks later the map is yours, not ours.

This is a calibration, not an approval. It tells you how far each risk row moves in your wax, under your light, so you can read the map for every other oil with more confidence. It is not the 30-day pass/fail protocol for approving an oil before bulk; that is How to Test Fragrance Oil for Discoloration Before Bulk Production. One oil per row, chosen because each is a clear example of its row and every size is in stock: Gardenia (row 5, page states 0.2%), Cinnamon (row 3, page states 0%), Citrus Lemon (row 4, silent) and Apple Cinnamon (row 1, vanilla named, silent). Row 2 is left out because on CSI's map most sweet oils also name vanilla.

Ten-votive tier check · 70 g clear votives · scented at 8% (5.6 g oil + 64.4 g wax)
Two votives per oil, one in light and one in the dark, plus an unscented pair
Votives Contents Row Light / dark Tells you
1–2 Unscented, 70 g control one each Your wax's own drift
3–4 Gardenia, 5.6 g each 5 one each The paler end of the scale
5–6 Citrus Lemon, 5.6 g each 4 one each Whether citrus moves in your wax
7–8 Cinnamon, 5.6 g each 3 one each Whether "0% vanillin" spice stays pale
9–10 Apple Cinnamon, 5.6 g each 1 one each The darker end of the scale

Oil: 11.2 g from each 15 g bottle, leaving 3.8 g of each. Wax: 655.2 g in all (eight scented votives of 64.4 g, two unscented of 70 g), from one melt. Votives: all ten from one pack.

What the tier check costs · CSI live pricing, 25 September 2026
New spend ₹704.46; value consumed ₹939.16
Item What you use New spend Value consumed
Gardenia 15 g 11.2 g ₹105.02 ₹78.41
Cinnamon 15 g 11.2 g ₹106.20 ₹79.30
Citrus Lemon 15 g 11.2 g ₹81.42 ₹60.79
Apple Cinnamon 15 g 11.2 g ₹93.22 ₹69.60
Clear Glass Votive Jar 70 gram, pack of 10 10 votives ₹318.60 ₹318.60
Your wax (valued as CSI 464 at ₹0.51/g) 655.2 g already owned ₹332.45
Total 10 votives ₹704.46 ₹939.16 (₹93.92 per votive)
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Before you melt — the bottle checkPut a few drops of each oil on a white paper towel, side by side, and photograph it. Any oil that is visibly coloured will tint its votives from day 0; note it so you do not mistake that for discolouration later.
2
Day 0 — one melt, five small jugsMelt 655.2 g at your wax page's temperature. Pour votives 1 and 2 unscented (70 g each). Weigh 128.8 g of wax into each of four jugs, add 11.2 g of one oil to each, stir each for the same time, and pour two votives from each jug.
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Day 0 — photo, then splitPhotograph all ten on white paper with a white card. Odd numbers to a bright shelf, out of direct sun; even numbers into a closed box in the same room.
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Day 7 and day 14 — photograph all ten togetherLine them up in row order, light above dark. You are looking for two things: how far each row moves compared with the unscented pair, and how much of that movement disappears in the dark.
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Write your own row scoresGive each lit votive a score from 0 (same as the unscented) to 3 (clearly darker). That is your calibration: next time a page names cinnamon or vanilla, you know roughly how it behaves in your wax.
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Keep the votives to day 30Slow changes can take longer than 14 days. Look again at day 30 before you decide a row is safe. If you then want to approve a specific oil for bulk, run the full pass/fail protocol.

What to buy: one oil from each row, and the jars

The calibration set, in row order from paler to darker, then the votive jar. Oils are chosen as clear examples of their rows by stated notes and vanillin wording, with every size in stock on 25 September 2026; not on colour stability, which CSI has not measured. Buy 15 g for the tier check; the tables show every size for later. Candle counts assume 150 g at 8%.

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white floral · the low-vanillin row · calibration jar 1
Gardenia Fragrance Oil
The one CSI page that states a small, non-zero vanillin figure: "Vanillin content 0.2% - minimal discoloration risk". That makes it the lightest-risk marker in the set, and a useful floral for pale ranges if it passes. The page states "Up to 10% for soy wax candles ... Up to 6% for paraffin wax candles" and a soy cure of "48-72 hours"; it calls itself IFRA-certified and "Moderate to strong throw", both the page's wording. Notes: "Rich, creamy, and velvety - a true-to-life gardenia bloom". Limitation: "minimal" is the page's judgement, not a measurement, and a creamy white floral can still carry a tint from its own colour.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8%
15 gm ₹105.02 ₹7.00 1
50 gm ₹223.02 ₹4.46 4
100 gm ₹433.00 ₹4.33 8
500 gm ₹2,166.00 ₹4.33 41
1000 gm ₹4,332.00 ₹4.33 83
Oil per 8% candle: ₹53.52 at 50 g. From 100 g it is flat at ₹4.33 per gram; two 500 g packs are ₹4,332.00, the 1 kg price. Buy Gardenia 15 g
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warm spice · the "0% but spice" row · calibration jar 2
Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
The most instructive jar in the set. The page states "Vanillin Content: 0% (No risk of discoloration)", yet cinnamon notes are commonly linked with colour change in candles. If it stays pale in your wax, the page's line held for you; if it drifts, you have learned that "0% vanillin" is not "no discolouration". The page states "Up to 10% for soy wax Up to 6% for paraffin wax", a soy cure of "48–72 hours", and "Test wick size based on container dimensions and wax type"; it describes "strong throw", the page's claim. Notes: "Warm, spicy, and earthy with a hint of sweetness". Limitation: the dearest per gram at 50 g of the four calibration oils.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8%
15 gm ₹106.20 ₹7.08 1
50 gm ₹330.40 ₹6.61 4
100 gm ₹590.00 ₹5.90 8
500 gm ₹2,950.00 ₹5.90 41
1 kg ₹5,310.00 ₹5.31 83
Oil per 8% candle: ₹79.30 at 50 g. The 1 kg is 19.6% cheaper per gram than the 50 g. Buy Cinnamon 15 g
3
citrus · the "sometimes" row · calibration jar 3
Citrus Lemon Fragrance Oil
Citrus is the row where experience is mixed: some citrus oils stay pale, some yellow. This page says nothing about vanillin either way, which is typical of 86 CSI pages. It states "candles (6-10%)" and "Cure soy wax candles for 48-72 hours before burn testing"; "Strong throw" is the page's wording. Notes: "zesty lemon and lime top notes, bright grapefruit and orange heart, and a tangy mandarin finish", with nothing sweet or spiced named. At ₹3.40 per gram in the 50 g it is the least expensive per gram of the four calibration oils at that size. Limitation: a pale lemon oil can still tint white wax slightly yellow from day 0, which is its own colour, not discolouration.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8%
15 gm ₹81.42 ₹5.43 1
50 gm ₹170.00 ₹3.40 4
100 gm ₹300.00 ₹3.00 8
500 gm ₹1,420.00 ₹2.84 41
1 kg ₹2,832.00 ₹2.83 83
Oil per 8% candle: ₹40.80 at 50 g. The 1 kg saves ₹8.00 against two 500 g packs and is 16.7% cheaper per gram than the 50 g. Buy Citrus Lemon 15 g
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spiced gourmand · the vanilla-named row · calibration jar 4
Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil
The representative of the biggest row on the map: 41 pages that name vanilla in their notes but say nothing about vanillin. Its page describes "crisp juicy apple and spicy cinnamon opening into baked goods and nutmeg, settling into vanilla and warm amber" and states "6-10% for soy wax candles, cure 48-72 hours. 6-8% for paraffin wax". Vanilla in the base and cinnamon on top put it in the higher-tendency part of the map; the jar shows how far it moves in your wax. Limitation: the page does not state a vanillin figure, so you cannot compare it with Vanilla Bean's 2.5% on paper; and from 50 g it is flat at ₹4.74 per gram, so a bigger bottle buys nothing per gram.
Size Price Per gram 150 g candles at 8%
15 gm ₹93.22 ₹6.21 1
50 gm ₹237.18 ₹4.74 4
100 gm ₹474.36 ₹4.74 8
500 gm ₹2,371.80 ₹4.74 41
1 kg ₹4,743.60 ₹4.74 83
Oil per 8% candle: ₹56.92 at 50 g, the same per gram at every size from 50 g; two 500 g packs are ₹4,743.60, the 1 kg price. Buy Apple Cinnamon 15 g
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vessel · the test jar · clear on purpose
Clear Glass Votive Jar 70 gram
Clear glass so you can see every shift, 70 g so four 15 g bottles fill eight scented votives. Both pack sizes are in stock on 25 September 2026. A 70 g votive at 8% takes 5.6 g of oil and 64.4 g of wax, so each 15 g bottle does two votives (one for light, one for dark) with 3.8 g to spare. Limitation: a small votive is a colour test, not a burn test; do not judge hot throw or wicking from it.
Size Price Per unit What it covers
Pack of 5 ₹159.30 ₹31.86 half the set, or a single-oil light/dark pair with spares
Pack of 10 ₹318.60 ₹31.86 the full ten-votive tier check
₹31.86 a votive either way; the pack of 10 is exactly two packs of 5. Buy votives — ₹318.60 for 10
When the right purchase is nothing: if you already own a vanilla oil, a citrus and a floral, you have three rows of the map on your shelf. Pour those in light/dark pairs with an unscented pair and skip the calibration set. We sell 15 g bottles to make testing cheap, not to make it compulsory.

Pastel ranges for Valentine's Day, 14 February 2027

Valentine's Day falls on 14 February 2027, 142 days after these prices were checked. Pastel pink and cream candles are where discolouration tends to show most, and many fruity-floral oils that suit the season name vanilla in their base. That is a map reading worth doing now, before the oils are chosen.

Fruity-floral oils for a pastel range · stated notes and live pricing, 25 September 2026
Where each sits on the map, and the oil cost per 150 g candle at 8%
Oil Stated notes that place it Row 50 g Per 8% candle
Love Spell "white musk and powdery vanilla" 1 ₹249.00 ₹59.76
Pink Crush "a vanilla sugar and white musk base" 1 ₹444.00 ₹106.56
Fresh Strawberries "vanilla sugar and creamy sandalwood base" 1 ₹212.40 ₹50.98
Wild Berries "Sugar Crystals, Soft Musk" 2 ₹299.00 ₹71.76
Japanese Cherry Blossom "rose and jasmine heart, grounded by warm sandalwood and musk" 5 ₹270.00 ₹64.80
British Rose "fresh, dewy rose petals with subtle green undertones" 5 ₹212.40 ₹50.98

None of these six pages states a vanillin figure, so the rows come from the notes alone. A pink dye adds the dye override: a pale pink over a wax that yellows slightly tends to read as peach. If you want Love Spell's character in a pale pink, test it beside British Rose in the same dyed wax: ₹461.40 for the two 50 g bottles. Pink Liquid Candle Dye is ₹236.00. Pour by early December to leave time for a 30-day look before production in January; dispatch time depends on your location, so confirm it on WhatsApp.

Valentine's Day 14 February 2027: map your pastel oils now, run light/dark pairs in December, produce in January. Ask for 50 g samples of the oils on your shortlist and a GST invoice on WhatsApp.
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The CSI principle
Rank by the notes, decide by the jar.
A product page's notes tell you which oils to worry about. Only a votive in your wax, under your light, tells you whether to worry.
"'0% vanillin' is a sentence about one molecule. Your candle is made of hundreds."
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide

CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the oils and jars named here and does not sell finished candles. This page places all 102 of our oil listings on a risk map, including the 44 whose notes put them in the highest-tendency row, and tells you that our own "0% vanillin" lines need testing. A supplier who only showed you the pale end would not be helping you.

Every price and per-gram figure was verified on CSI's live store on 25 September 2026; every size in the pick tables is in stock on that date, and any that is not would be flagged as out of stock. Vanillin lines, loads, cures and notes are quoted from product pages and are the pages' claims; where a page is silent, we say so.

The rows, their order, the placement method and the calibration check are editorial judgement drawn from common candle-making practice; CSI has no discolouration test data for any oil. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

What fragrance oils cause candles to discolour?
As a tendency: oils with vanilla or vanillin most, then sweet gourmand notes (caramel, coffee, honey, tonka) and warm spice (cinnamon, clove); citrus sometimes. Fresh, green, aquatic, floral and woody oils tend to stay paler. Test any oil in your own wax before a white or pastel range.
Does cinnamon fragrance oil discolour candles?
Cinnamon notes are commonly linked with colour change. CSI's Cinnamon page states "Vanillin Content: 0% (No risk of discoloration)", which is the page's claim about vanillin; other materials can still shift. Pour a light/dark pair beside an unscented jar before relying on it.
Do citrus fragrance oils turn candles yellow?
Sometimes. Some citrus materials yellow over time and many citrus oils are pale yellow in the bottle, which tints white wax from day 0. Check the oil on white paper first, then test in your wax.
How do I know if a fragrance oil contains vanillin?
Read the product page. Of CSI's 102 oil pages, three state vanillin as present or 2.5%, one states 0.2%, twelve state 0% or none, and 86 are silent. If vanilla is named in the notes of a silent page, assume some is present and test; you can also ask on WhatsApp.
Which fragrance oils are least likely to discolour white candles?
Oils whose notes are fresh, green, aquatic, floral or woody, with no vanilla, sweet gourmand or warm spice named, tend to stay paler. On CSI's pages, Jasmine, Sandalwood, Eucalyptus Spearmint, Blue Ocean and others state 0% vanillin; that is the pages' claim, and none has been colour-tested by CSI.
How can I test fragrance oils for discolouration cheaply?
Use small clear votives: one 15 g bottle fills two 70 g votives at 8%, one for light and one for dark, beside an unscented pair. Four oils from different risk rows plus ten votives cost ₹704.46 at CSI.
Your discolouration map, calibrated
Four oils, ten votives, fourteen days: ₹704.46.
Gardenia, Cinnamon, Citrus Lemon and Apple Cinnamon in 15 g, one from each risk row, poured in light/dark pairs beside an unscented pair. At day 14 you will know how far each row moves in your wax, and which oils on your shortlist deserve a full test.
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: a note-level risk map for candle discolouration: five rows of tendency by stated note, all 102 CSI oil listings placed on it from their own pages, where the map fails, and a costed ten-votive calibration check.

Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on the product pages named on each card — Apple Cinnamon Fragrance Oil, Autumn, Citrus Lemon Fragrance Oil, Gardenia Fragrance Oil, Gilli Mitti (Patchouli). They are general product reviews, not assessments of the troubleshooting advice on this page. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me and wording is unedited. "Verified buyer" appears only on reviews Judge.me recorded as verified — PREETHI PRASATH, Sraddha, Avanthi Cheeli, M A, Renu, Shivalik Manak. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.

Figures verified 25 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Gardenia 15 g ₹105.02, 50 g ₹223.02, 100 g ₹433.00, 500 g ₹2,166.00, 1 kg ₹4,332.00; Cinnamon 15 g ₹106.20, 50 g ₹330.40, 100 g ₹590.00, 500 g ₹2,950.00, 1 kg ₹5,310.00; Citrus Lemon 15 g ₹81.42, 50 g ₹170.00, 100 g ₹300.00, 500 g ₹1,420.00, 1 kg ₹2,832.00; Apple Cinnamon 15 g ₹93.22, 50 g ₹237.18, 100 g ₹474.36, 500 g ₹2,371.80, 1 kg ₹4,743.60; all in stock. Clear Glass Votive Jar 70 gram pack of 5 ₹159.30, pack of 10 ₹318.60; Amber Shiny Glass Jar with Black Lid pack of 1 ₹47.20; Pink Liquid Candle Dye ₹236.00; Love Spell 50 g ₹249.00; Pink Crush 50 g ₹444.00; Fresh Strawberries 50 g ₹212.40; Wild Berries 50 g ₹299.00; Japanese Cherry Blossom 50 g ₹270.00; British Rose 50 g ₹212.40; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 10 kg ₹5,074.00. Per gram = price ÷ grams, two decimals.

Non-price figures: the map places each of 102 CSI oil listings by keyword in its page's stated notes or title (first match in the order vanilla; caramel, sugar, praline, chocolate, cocoa, cacao, coffee, espresso, benzoin, honey, butter, maple, dates, tonka; cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice; citrus words) and by the vanillin wording on its page as captured on 25 September 2026; in-stock counts are listings with at least one size available. Candle maths assume load as a percentage of total weight: 150 g at 8% = 12 g oil + 138 g wax; 70 g votive at 8% = 5.6 g oil + 64.4 g wax. Candle counts are whole candles, floor(grams ÷ 12). Row tendencies, the exceptions and the calibration method are editorial judgement from common practice, not CSI test data. Costs are worked examples excluding labour, freight, packaging and GST.
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