Alternative to V Candle Supplies — the smarter fragrance oil supplier for Indian candle makers

Every CSI fragrance oil is IFRA certified, with category-specific usage limits stated on the product page. You get the safe maximum load for candles, for leave-on skin, for rinse-off — separately, because they are different numbers.

Why it matters: If you are selling on Amazon, Meesho, Flipkart, or your own Shopify, safety documentation requirements are tightening every quarter. IFRA certification is what separates a hobbyist product from a retail-compliant one. Having it documented at the supplier level removes a layer of work from your business.

CSI states vanillin % on every fragrance oil listing. Zesty Lemon — 0% vanillin, zero discoloration risk in white wax. Vanilla-adjacent fragrances that do contain vanillin say so, with a clear number you can plan your wax colour or colourant system around.

Why it matters: Undisclosed vanillin is the single biggest cause of ruined white-candle batches in Indian candle making. Candles cure white. Three weeks later, they are cream or yellow. You lose the batch, the jars, and the customer trust. CSI eliminates this by disclosing up front.

"Use at the recommended fragrance load percentage" is not useful information. What is the percentage? What wax does it apply to? CSI answers these specifically, per product. Zesty Lemon: up to 10% in soy with a 48-72 hour cure, up to 6% in paraffin with a 24-48 hour cure, up to 10% in coconut starting at 8%.

Why it matters: Soy wax and paraffin wax hold fragrance differently. A 10% load that works perfectly in soy can cause separation, sinkholes, or frosting in paraffin. Using a single generic percentage across wax types wastes batches. CSI's per-wax specificity is what allows you to formulate correctly the first time.

CSI's entry size is 15g for ₹90. Enough oil to make 1-2 test candles at 8-10% load in a 100-150g container. This is the lowest-risk way to evaluate a new fragrance — cure it, burn it, smell the cold and hot throw, decide whether to scale. If it works, scale to 100g, 500g, or 1kg. If it doesn't, you are out ₹90, not ₹1,720.

Why it matters: Suppliers whose smallest size is 100g force you to spend ₹300-₹400 to test a fragrance you are not sure about. After five tests, you have spent ₹1,500-₹2,000 on fragrances that might not have performed in your wax. CSI's 15g samples reduce that cost to around ₹450 for the same five tests — meaningful savings when you are scaling a range.

CSI publishes flashpoint data through Safety Data Sheets (SDS) on request. For Amber Oud Royal, for example, the flashpoint is greater than 93°C — safely above typical candle pour temperatures. You know where the safe pour window is before you heat up your wax.

Why it matters: Flashpoint determines maximum safe pour temperature. A fragrance added above its flashpoint can volatilise before the wax sets, killing your hot throw. In Indian summer, where ambient workshop temperatures push pour behaviour harder, flashpoint data is the difference between a candle that smells and a candle that doesn't.

CSI's fragrance oils are selected and documented specifically for Indian conditions. Zesty Lemon is built around the Indian-summer problem — citrus oils that typically collapse into synthetic flatness in warm, enclosed rooms. The formulation uses clean non-competing base notes to anchor the citrus so it holds through a full burn in a 35-42°C workshop.

Why it matters: Most fragrance oil performance data is generated in 20°C European conditions. Those results do not translate to Mumbai in May, Bangalore in April, or Delhi in June. CSI tests and documents for the conditions Indian candle makers actually work in. This is why its citrus, fresh, and light floral fragrances hold better in Indian markets than imported equivalents.

CSI offers five sizes per fragrance — 15g (₹90), 50g (₹200), 100g (₹360), 500g (₹1,720), 1kg (₹3,400). This is not accident. It is built around how candle makers actually buy: sample small, verify in your wax, scale confidently.

Why it matters: The typical Indian candle maker journey looks like this — buy 15g to test, buy 100g when the 15g works for initial production, buy 500g or 1kg when the recipe is locked in and you are scaling. Suppliers who skip the 15g step force you to either over-commit on untested fragrances or stay under-committed with small production batches. CSI's ladder matches the business logic.

CSI publishes cost-per-gram alongside the bottle price. At 1kg, Zesty Lemon is ₹3.40/g. At 500g, ₹3.44/g. At 100g, ₹3.60/g. You can calculate your fragrance cost per candle directly from the product page, without needing a spreadsheet.

Why it matters: Comparing fragrance oils by headline price is misleading. A cheaper oil per bottle can cost more per candle if it requires a higher load to achieve the same throw. Publishing cost-per-gram forces the comparison to happen on the number that actually determines your margin.

CSI is built for candle makers specifically — not hobbyists dabbling across soap, cosmetics, incense, and perfumery. The fragrance oils, the documentation, the size range, and the technical content are all tuned to what a candle maker needs. No filler categories. No one-oil-fits-everything marketing.

Why it matters: When a supplier's business is 80% not-candles, fragrance oils are a secondary category. Selection, testing, and documentation reflect that. When a supplier's business is candle-making, every decision — from which fragrance to stock to what specs to publish — centres on candle performance. This shows up in every product you buy.

CSI publishes deep technical content on Indian candle-making challenges — heat stability, citrus volatility, vanillin discoloration, cure time science, and wax behaviour in Indian summer. This is practical formulation content, not promotional blog posts.

Why it matters: A supplier who invests in educating candle makers is also investing in getting the products right. Technical content is expensive to produce. Suppliers who do it are signalling that formulation quality is the business, not an afterthought. The alternative is community forums and social media — valuable, but inconsistent and not always accurate.