How Much Fragrance Oil Do I Need for a Bulk Wedding Candle Order?
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What is the formula? Oil (g) = pieces × fill (g) × load × (1 + wastage). For 300 hearts at 8% with 5%: 300 × 50 × 0.08 × 1.05 = 1,260 g. Wax is pieces × fill × (1 − load) × (1 + wastage).
How much wastage should I allow? Plan 3–5% extra for pour loss, jug residue, top-up pours and test burns — a working assumption. Use 5% for your first large order and for small formats, where jug loss is a bigger share. See wastage.
How do I turn grams into packs? Cover the grams with whole kilos first, then 500 g and 100 g top-ups. For most oils the 100 g and 1 kg cost the same per gram, so top-ups are nearly free; see grams to packs.
The grams matrix
The matrix below gives the oil for each CSI wedding format at four counts, at the 8% load this series uses for planning. Fills: the Heart Cutout Velvet Jar has a listed 50 g wax capacity and the Golden Aluminium Tin a listed 85 g fill. The black votive and 200 ml Salsa jar have no published fill, so they are shown at illustrative fills (50 g and 70 g for the votive, 160 g for the Salsa). The White Matte jar uses the series' 200 g working fill. Tealight cups are not listed in the catalogue; for tealight quantities see the 1,000-tealight order.
| Format | Oil per piece | 100 | 250 | 500 | 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 g velvet heart | 4 g | 400 g | 1,000 g | 2,000 g | 4,000 g |
| votive (50 g) | 4 g | 400 g | 1,000 g | 2,000 g | 4,000 g |
| votive (70 g) | 5.6 g | 560 g | 1,400 g | 2,800 g | 5,600 g |
| 85 g tin | 6.8 g | 680 g | 1,700 g | 3,400 g | 6,800 g |
| 200 ml Salsa (160 g) | 12.8 g | 1,280 g | 3,200 g | 6,400 g | 12,800 g |
| 200 g jar | 16 g | 1,600 g | 4,000 g | 8,000 g | 16,000 g |
| Format | 250 +3% | 250 +5% | 500 +3% | 500 +5% | 1,000 +3% | 1,000 +5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 g velvet heart | 1,030 g | 1,050 g | 2,060 g | 2,100 g | 4,120 g | 4,200 g |
| votive (50 g) | 1,030 g | 1,050 g | 2,060 g | 2,100 g | 4,120 g | 4,200 g |
| votive (70 g) | 1,442 g | 1,470 g | 2,884 g | 2,940 g | 5,768 g | 5,880 g |
| 85 g tin | 1,751 g | 1,785 g | 3,502 g | 3,570 g | 7,004 g | 7,140 g |
| 200 ml Salsa (160 g) | 3,296 g | 3,360 g | 6,592 g | 6,720 g | 13,184 g | 13,440 g |
| 200 g jar | 4,120 g | 4,200 g | 8,240 g | 8,400 g | 16,480 g | 16,800 g |
Two things are worth noticing. First, the 50 g heart and the 50 g votive need identical oil, so the choice between them is about look, packaging and cost per container, which wedding favour candles works through. Second, the gap between 3% and 5% is small in grams but real in packs: for 500 tins it is 3,502 g against 3,570 g — 68 g, less than one 100 g bottle — but for 1,000 White Matte jars it is 16,480 g against 16,800 g, 320 g, which is three or four 100 g bottles.
| Format | Wax per piece | 250 +5% | 500 +5% | 1,000 +5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 g velvet heart | 46 g | 12,075 g | 24,150 g | 48,300 g |
| votive (50 g) | 46 g | 12,075 g | 24,150 g | 48,300 g |
| votive (70 g) | 64.4 g | 16,905 g | 33,810 g | 67,620 g |
| 85 g tin | 78.2 g | 20,527.5 g | 41,055 g | 82,110 g |
| 200 ml Salsa (160 g) | 147.2 g | 38,640 g | 77,280 g | 154,560 g |
| 200 g jar | 184 g | 48,300 g | 96,600 g | 193,200 g |
Wax outweighs oil by about 11.5 to 1 at an 8% load, so the wax order is the heavy one to plan and store. Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 is ₹507.40 a kilo at 1, 5 and 10 kg and rated up to 10% fragrance; Luxury Soy Wax Chunks are ₹599.00 a kilo at 1 and 5 kg (₹599.90 at 10 kg) and rated up to 13%. Both are the wax makers' stated formulation maximums, not regulatory limits.
What the wastage allowance covers
"Plan 3–5% extra" is a working assumption, and it helps to know what it is for so you can judge where your own order sits. It covers four kinds of loss:
| Source | What happens | Bigger when… |
|---|---|---|
| Jug and equipment residue | Scented wax left on the jug, thermometer and stirring stick after each batch | Batches are small and many; formats are small |
| Top-up or second pours | Extra scented wax to fill sinkholes or level tops | Formats are deeper; room is cool |
| Test burns | Pieces poured to check wick and scent before the main run, and one per batch after | You are using a new oil, wax or container |
| Rejects | Pieces that set badly, crack or get knocked | Formats are fiddly; the pour is rushed |
Use 5% for your first large wedding order, for small formats such as 50 g hearts (where the jug residue from each batch is a larger share of what you pour), and whenever you are working with an oil or container you have not used before. Use 3% for a repeat order in a format and oil you know well. Keep a simple log on your first order — oil bought, oil left, pieces poured — and replace our assumption with your own figure next time.
If you change the load
Everything above uses 8%. Some couples want a lighter scent for favours placed on dining tables; some makers want more. Load changes the oil in direct proportion. The table shows 500 pieces at 6%, 8% and 10%, with 5% allowance.
| Format | 6% | 8% | 10% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 g velvet heart | 1,575 g | 2,100 g | 2,625 g |
| votive (50 g) | 1,575 g | 2,100 g | 2,625 g |
| votive (70 g) | 2,205 g | 2,940 g | 3,675 g |
| 85 g tin | 2,677.5 g | 3,570 g | 4,462.5 g |
| 200 ml Salsa (160 g) | 5,040 g | 6,720 g | 8,400 g |
| 200 g jar | 6,300 g | 8,400 g | 10,500 g |
Going from 8% to 10% adds a quarter to the oil: for 500 tins, 3,570 g becomes 4,462.5 g. Stay within the wax maker's stated maximum — 10% for CSI 464, 13% for Luxury Soy Wax Chunks — and for other waxes check the product page or ask. More oil than the wick can burn cleanly does not make a stronger favour, so test before you raise it. For how load behaves in small candles, see which fragrances work best in small candles.
Grams to packs
Oils are sold in 15 g, 50 g, 100 g, 500 g and 1 kg packs, though not every oil in every size. For most oils the per-gram price is the same from 50 g or 100 g upward, so the cheapest way to cover a gram figure is usually whole kilos plus a 500 g and 100 g top-up. Where an oil has a real kilo break, rounding up to the next kilo can be close in price. The table converts common wedding gram figures into practical in-stock pack mixes for four wedding-suitable oils.
| Oil (₹/g at 1 kg) | 1,260 g (300 hearts +5%) | 2,100 g (500 hearts +5%) | 3,570 g (500 tins +5%) | 7,140 g (1,000 tins +5%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ylang Ylang Flower (₹5.31) | 1 × 1 kg + 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g + 1 × 15 g · ₹6,926.60 | 2 × 1 kg + 1 × 100 g · ₹11,210.00 | 3 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 1 × 100 g · ₹19,234.00 | 7 × 1 kg + 1 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g · ₹38,090.40 |
| Peach Melon Berry (₹4.18) | 1 × 1 kg + 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g + 1 × 15 g · ₹5,317.08 | 2 × 1 kg + 1 × 100 g · ₹8,772.12 | 3 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 1 × 100 g · ₹15,037.92 | 7 × 1 kg + 1 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g · ₹29,881.14 |
| Jasmine Coconut Spa Ceylon (₹8.00) | 1 × 1 kg + 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g + 1 × 15 g · ₹10,129.00 | 2 × 1 kg + 1 × 100 g · ₹16,797.00 | 3 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 1 × 50 g + 2 × 15 g · ₹28,661.00 | 7 × 1 kg + 1 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g · ₹57,191.00 |
| Solar Bloom (₹7.50) | 1 × 1 kg + 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g + 1 × 15 g · ₹9,497.00 | 2 × 1 kg + 1 × 100 g · ₹15,747.00 | 3 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 1 × 50 g + 2 × 15 g · ₹26,871.00 | 7 × 1 kg + 1 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g · ₹53,617.00 |
Ylang Ylang Flower is one of the oils where size pays: ₹5.90 a gram at 100 g, ₹5.43 at 500 g and ₹5.31 at 1 kg, a 10.0% break. Peach Melon Berry, Jasmine Coconut Spa Ceylon and Solar Bloom are priced essentially flat from 100 g to 1 kg, so for them the pack mix is purely about covering the grams without buying stock you will not use. Per-gram price breaks above 100 g are rare across the catalogue: for 52 of 91 oils, the 1 kg is within 1% of the 100 g.
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Hearts at 4 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹106.20 | ₹7.08 | 3.75 |
| 50 g | ₹330.40 | ₹6.61 | 12.5 |
| 100 g | ₹590.00 | ₹5.90 | 25 |
| 500 g | ₹2,714.00 | ₹5.43 | 125 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,310.00 | ₹5.31 | 250 |
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Tins at 6.8 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹81.42 | ₹5.43 | 2.21 |
| 50 g | ₹223.02 | ₹4.46 | 7.35 |
| 100 g | ₹417.72 | ₹4.18 | 14.71 |
| 500 g | ₹2,088.60 | ₹4.18 | 73.53 |
| 1 kg | ₹4,177.20 | ₹4.18 | 147.06 |
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Hearts at 4 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹133.00 | ₹8.87 | 3.75 |
| 50 g | ₹399.00 | ₹7.98 | 12.5 |
| 100 g | ₹799.00 | ₹7.99 | 25 |
| 500 g | ₹3,999.00 | ₹8.00 | 125 |
| 1 kg | ₹7,999.00 | ₹8.00 | 250 |
| Pack | Price | Per gram | Hearts at 4 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹125.00 | ₹8.33 | 3.75 |
| 50 g | ₹375.00 | ₹7.50 | 12.5 |
| 100 g | ₹749.00 | ₹7.49 | 25 |
| 500 g | ₹3,749.00 | ₹7.50 | 125 |
| 1 kg | ₹7,499.00 | ₹7.50 | 250 |
A two-function wedding, priced
Here is a worked order for a wedding with two functions: 400 velvet hearts in Ylang Ylang Flower for one and 250 tins in Peach Melon Berry for the other, at 8% on CSI 464. The hearts need 1,600 g of oil (1,680 g with 5%), the tins 1,700 g (1,785 g). Wax is 37,950 g (39,847.5 g with 5%).
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Ylang Ylang Flower — 1 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 2 × 100 g (1,700 g) | ₹9,204.00 |
| Peach Melon Berry — 1 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 3 × 100 g (1,800 g) | ₹7,518.96 |
| Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 — 4 × 10 kg (40,000 g) | ₹20,296.00 |
| Heart Cutout Velvet Jar (Red) — 40 × pack of 10 (400) | ₹18,000.00 |
| Golden Aluminium Tin 85 g — 21 × pack of 12 (252) | ₹7,560.00 |
| Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 — 500 + 100 + 50 (650) | ₹3,835.00 |
| Wick stickers — 17 × 40 (680) | ₹1,700.00 |
| Testers: Ylang Ylang Flower 15 g, Peach Melon Berry 15 g | ₹187.62 |
| Total, before GST, freight and packaging | ₹68,301.58 |
That is ₹105.08 per piece across the 650 pieces, before labour, favour packaging, freight and GST. The wax (₹20,296.00) and the velvet hearts (₹18,000.00) are the two largest lines, and each costs more than both oils together (₹16,722.96) — typical of small formats. For the per-favour costing and the choice between hearts, votives and tins, see wedding favour candles; for the same arithmetic applied to Diwali, how much oil to buy for Diwali production.
For scents by recipient, the gifting hub is the starting point; for a Diwali run that precedes the wedding season, Diwali gift candle production; and for corporate wedding-season orders at 1,000 pieces, the 1,000-piece corporate guide. If a couple wants more than one scent in the same function, split the count before applying the formula and buy each oil separately; the 500-piece split guide shows how leftovers grow with each extra scent. For orders large enough to need a quote beyond the listed packs, wholesale fragrance oils for bulk gifting orders explains the route, and the bulk supplier checklist covers what to confirm before you rely on one supplier for the season.
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. A quantity page is an easy place to round everything up to whole kilos. This page gives the exact grams, a stated allowance, and pack mixes that avoid buying oil you will not use — even though rounding up would sell more.
Oil and wax prices are CSI live pricing, pulled on 24 September 2026. Velvet hearts, tins, votives, Salsa jars, wicks and wick stickers are from the 24–25 September 2026 catalogue pull; the White Matte Glass Jar is the figure verified for Blog 760 on 10 September 2026. Gram figures are plain arithmetic; pack mixes are practical in-stock combinations covering each figure.
The 8% load, the 3% and 5% wastage allowances, the spare-favour example and the illustrative votive and Salsa fills are working assumptions for planning, not measurements. We have not published throw measurements for any oil and do not publish wedding dates, stock quantities or courier times. For quantities, stock checks and quotes, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
- Fragrance Oils for Wedding Favour Candles
- How Much Fragrance Oil Should I Buy for Diwali Candle Production?
- Which Fragrances Should I Choose for a 500-Piece Candle Gift Order?
- Which Fragrances Should I Choose for a 1,000-Piece Corporate Candle Order?
- Wholesale Fragrance Oils for Bulk Gifting Candle Orders
- Best Fragrance Oils for Gift Candles
- Where to Buy Fragrance Oils in Bulk for Festive and Corporate Candle Manufacturing
- I'm Producing 1,000 Scented Tealights — How Much Fragrance Oil Should I Order?
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Figures pulled 24 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Ylang Ylang Flower ₹106.20 / 15 g, ₹330.40 / 50 g, ₹590.00 / 100 g, ₹2,714.00 / 500 g, ₹5,310.00 / 1 kg; Peach Melon Berry ₹81.42 / 15 g, ₹223.02 / 50 g, ₹417.72 / 100 g, ₹2,088.60 / 500 g, ₹4,177.20 / 1 kg; Jasmine Coconut Spa Ceylon ₹133.00 / 15 g, ₹399.00 / 50 g, ₹799.00 / 100 g, ₹3,999.00 / 500 g, ₹7,999.00 / 1 kg; Solar Bloom ₹125.00 / 15 g, ₹375.00 / 50 g, ₹749.00 / 100 g, ₹3,749.00 / 500 g, ₹7,499.00 / 1 kg. Mogra: out of stock in every size. Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 ₹260.00 / 500 g, ₹507.40 / 1 kg, ₹2,537.00 / 5 kg, ₹5,074.00 / 10 kg; Luxury Soy Wax Chunks ₹599.00 / 1 kg, ₹2,995.00 / 5 kg, ₹5,999.00 / 10 kg. Catalogue pull 24–25 September 2026: Heart Cutout Velvet Jar 50 g (Red) 10 ₹450.00 (White out of stock); Golden Aluminium Tin 85 g, pack of 12 ₹360.00; Votive Glass Jars (Black) 10 ₹318.60; 200 ml Salsa jar 100 ₹2,950.00; Eco Candle Wicks Thin C1 50 ₹295.00, 100 ₹590.00, 500 ₹2,950.00; wick stickers 40 ₹100.00. Verified 10 September 2026 (Blog 760): White Matte Glass Jar ₹354.00 / 5.
Non-price figures and assumptions: Oil = pieces × fill × load × (1 + wastage); wax = pieces × fill × (1 − load) × (1 + wastage). Fills: velvet heart 50 g and tin 85 g are listed; White Matte jar 200 g is the series' working fill; votive 50 g / 70 g and Salsa 160 g are illustrative. The 8% load and the 3% / 5% wastage allowances are planning assumptions; the loss sources are general candle-making practice, not measured CSI figures. Pack mixes are practical combinations of in-stock sizes. Price-break figures compare per-gram prices of the same oil across listed sizes. Wax fragrance ceilings (10% CSI 464, 13% Chunks) are the wax makers' stated formulation maximums. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.