Bulk Candle Fragrance Oil Supplier in Chennai

How much fragrance oil a Chennai candle business goes through

At an 8% load, every 200 g candle uses 16 g of oil, so each 1,000 candles needs 16 kg. The table turns candles a month into kilograms a month:

At an average of ₹5,230.95 per kilogram across the first four Chennai shortlist oils, 5 kg a month is about ₹26,155 and 10 kg about ₹52,310 of oil.

Reorder points: never run out mid-festival

Storing 5–10 kg of fragrance oil

Keep bottles sealed, upright, out of sunlight and off hot walls or rooftop rooms. Oil does not absorb moisture from the air, but heat and light shorten its life, and open bottles lose their top notes. Chennai's rainy season lands on top of Deepavali shipping. Order festive oil and packaging earlier than a Delhi or Mumbai maker would, and wrap every outer carton for the rains.

Decant a working bottle for daily use rather than opening the kilogram every day, and date every bottle on arrival so the oldest is used first. Storage for the rest of the workshop is in what humidity actually damages.

One Chennai buyer type, costed

Lamp and diya maker for Karthigai Deepam. Small fills in very large numbers. At 80 g, a kilogram of oil at 8% makes about 156 candles.

Say that buyer pours 1,000 candles of 80 g. At 8% each candle takes 6.4 g of oil, so the run needs 6.40 kg — about 6.4 kg in total, split across however many scents the run carries. If it were all Raat Ki Rani (Night-Blooming Jasmine), the oil would cost about ₹43,354 at the 1 kg price.

A second Chennai buyer: gift store adding a jasmine-and-sandal line. Floral and sandal profiles for Deepavali and weddings. Keep jasmine at kilogram depth through the season. For 400 candles of 150 g at 8%, the oil comes to 4.80 kg — with Jasmine at ₹3,923.00 per kg, about ₹18,830.

What Chennai changes about bulk supply

Chennai is hot and humid all year, with May–June highs near 40°C; unlike most of India, its main rains come with the north-east monsoon from October to December. Chennai's rainy season lands on top of Deepavali shipping. Order festive oil and packaging earlier than a Delhi or Mumbai maker would, and wrap every outer carton for the rains.

Jasmine is part of daily life in Tamil Nadu, which makes a white-floral candle an easy sell — and a demanding one, because customers know what real jasmine smells like. Test it against the flower.

Sandalwood and jasmine read as traditional in Chennai; lemongrass and coconut read as fresh and coastal. A four-oil range can cover both.

Karthigai Deepam is a lamp festival, and many Chennai makers sell small, affordable fills in large numbers around it. At 80 g, a kilogram of oil stretches a long way.

Year-round warmth means a candle sits closer to its sweating point than it would up north — test for sweating at your chosen load before a festive run. Deepavali on 8 November, Karthigai Deepam in late November or December, and Pongal in mid-January make this a lamp-heavy season.

The two columns on the right of the calendar are working back from the festival: six weeks to test a new oil in your wax and jar, and four weeks to have production quantities on the shelf. They are planning margins, not delivery promises — transit time to Chennai is confirmed on WhatsApp when you order.

Three oils to start with

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