My Reed Diffuser Reeds Become Dark and Sticky After One Month — Could Heavy Fragrance Components or Residue Be Affecting Performance?

My Reed Diffuser Reeds Become Dark and Sticky After One Month — Could Heavy Fragrance Components or Residue Be Affecting Performance?

 

White fibre reeds ₹265.00 / 25 Black fibre reeds ₹400.00 / 50 Longevity Base ₹1,296.00 / 500 ml
CSI reed diffuser guide · Weak throw, blocked reeds and poor performance
Find out whether your dark, sticky reeds are costing you fragrance — in one week, on bottles you already own.
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Dark Reeds × Residue × Performance
Reeds commonly darken and turn tacky where the liquid evaporates, as heavier materials are left behind. Whether that slows your diffuser is a measurement: split month-old bottles into old reeds, fresh reeds and turned reeds, and weigh them for a week.
₹265.00
CSI materials for the day-30 split on your own month-old bottles — one 25-pack of white fibre reeds · CSI live pricing, October 2026
Quick answers — read this first
Why are my reeds dark and sticky? Commonly, residue. The more volatile part of the blend evaporates from the reed; heavier, often darker materials are left at the evaporating end. Dust adds to it.

Does it reduce performance? Sometimes. Dark is a colour; the test is whether grams per day and the room score recover with fresh reeds in the same liquid.

What is the free fix to try? Turn the old reeds end for end so the cleaner end is in the air. If that matches fresh reeds, you need nothing.

What does the test cost? ₹265.00 in CSI reeds on bottles you already have (₹6,324.02 for the full 30-day version with everything bought). See the kits.
The short answer
Answer: Heavy fragrance components and residue are the usual explanation for dark, sticky reeds. They affect performance only if they slow release — test it by putting fresh reeds in some month-old bottles and comparing grams per day and room score.
Why: Volatile materials leave the reed; less volatile and coloured materials concentrate at the evaporating end and can load the surface. White reeds show it; black reeds hide it.
Method: On day 30, split six or more bottles from one batch: keep old reeds, fresh reeds, old reeds turned end for end. Weigh a week before and a week after; blind room score on days 30 and 37. A blank-base bottle shows whether the base itself darkens reeds.
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In this guide
Dark and sticky by day 30: is the colour the problem, or the flow? Left: what a white reed tip commonly looks like over a month (illustration). Right: the day-30 split that tests whether it matters. day 0 day 7 day 14 day 30 darkening and stickiness build at the exposed, evaporating end Day 30: six or more month-old bottles from one batch A Keep the old reeds control B Fresh reeds, same liquid is it the reeds? C Old reeds, turned upside down clean end in the air Weigh days 23 → 30 (before) and 30 → 37 (after). Blind room score on day 30 and day 37. Photograph the tips. Blank-base bottle with white reeds: do they darken without oil? Dark is a colour. Slower g/day and a weaker room are the performance. Measure the second, not the first.
Left: an illustration of how a white fibre reed's exposed end commonly darkens over a month as less volatile material is left behind — not a measurement of any CSI reed or oil. Right: the day-30 split that tests whether it matters — keep old reeds, fit fresh reeds, or turn the old reeds end for end — weighed a week before and a week after.
The fresh-reed arm
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Straight answer
My reed diffuser reeds become dark and sticky after one month — could heavy fragrance components or residue be affecting performance?
Heavy components and residue are the usual cause of dark, sticky reeds — but colour is not the same as a performance loss, and you can measure the difference in a week. As the blend evaporates from the exposed reed, the more volatile materials leave and heavier, often darker ones — amber, resinous, vanilla-type notes, anything coloured in the oil, any less volatile part of the base — concentrate at the evaporating end, with dust adding to it. Whether that slows release is the real question. Take six or more month-old bottles from one batch and split them on day 30: keep the old reeds in two or three, fit 8 fresh reeds in two or three, and turn the old reeds end for end in the rest. Weigh every bottle a week before and a week after, and score the room blind. If fresh reeds clearly lift grams per day and the room score, the residue was throttling the bottle; if turning matches fresh, the fix is free; if nothing changes, it is cosmetic. Do not wash reeds in water or alcohol. The split costs ₹265.00 in CSI reeds on bottles you already own.
One line: dark is a colour, slow is a fault — weigh month-old bottles before and after fresh reeds.
If you already have six or more month-old bottles from one batch, the test costs one pack of 25 white fibre reeds — ₹265.00. Put fresh reeds in three bottles, leave three as they are, weigh for a week, and you will know whether the dark reeds are costing you performance.
See the white fibre reeds

Dark and sticky is common. Whether it matters is a measurement.

Every reed diffuser reed darkens where the liquid evaporates. The question is not whether yours look different on day 30, but whether they work differently.

Here is the mechanism as it is commonly described. Liquid climbs the reed and evaporates from the exposed part, most of all near the top. What evaporates is the more volatile part of the blend. What is less volatile — heavier fragrance materials, resinous and amber-type notes, anything coloured in the oil, and any component of the base that does not evaporate readily — is left behind on the reed surface. Over weeks that residue concentrates at the evaporating end, darkening the reed and making it feel tacky. Dust settling on a wet reed adds to it. White reeds show all of this plainly; black reeds hide it, which changes how it looks, not what is happening.

So your guess — heavy fragrance components or residue — is the usual explanation, and with an amber blend in a base designed for slow release it is a likely one. But the colour is not the performance problem. A reed can be dark and sticky and still be releasing well; another can look only a little darker and have a surface so loaded that liquid barely reaches the air. What matters is whether the residue is slowing the release — fewer grams per day leaving the bottle, a weaker room — and that can be tested in a week on bottles you already own. The worked example is Bergamot Amber in Longevity Base at 24%, 120 ml Gold bottles with an example 115 g fill and 8 white fibre reeds. CSI publishes no residue, colour or longevity data for any base, oil or reed.

What you can see on a month-old reed, and what each sign suggests
Reading the reed before replacing anything
What you see Commonly suggests Does it prove a performance loss? Check
Even darkening along the exposed length Normal concentration of less volatile components No Weigh: g/day before and after a fresh-reed swap
A dark, sticky band at the very tip Residue concentrated at the evaporation front Not by itself Same swap; blot the tip — is it still wet?
Tip dark, dry and hard Surface loaded so liquid no longer reaches it Likely — test it Swap and weigh
Grey, fluffy deposit Dust on a wet surface Possibly Keep bottles away from open windows and kitchens
Liquid in the bottle darker than on day 0 The blend itself has changed colour Not by itself Compare with a sealed sample from day 0; check clarity
Reeds dark in the bottle, light above Liquid has stopped climbing far Likely See the low-wicking post
The CSI principle
Dark is a colour; slow is a fault. Measure release before and after fresh reeds, then decide what the colour is costing you.
A one-week split on bottles you already own tells you whether to sell spare reeds, change reeds, or change nothing.

The day-30 split: one week, bottles you already have

You do not need a new batch to answer this. You need six bottles you already have, a pack of reeds and a week.

You need at least six bottles that were filled from one blend on the same day and have been standing in similar places for about a month. Weigh all of them now (call it day 30), and if you weighed them a week ago, so much the better — that gives you a "before" rate. Then split them into three arms. Arm A keeps its old reeds. Arm B gets 8 fresh reeds in the same liquid. Arm C keeps its old reeds but turns them upside down, so the less-loaded end that has been sitting in the liquid is now in the air. Weigh every bottle again on day 33 and day 37, and score the room blind on days 30 and 37.

The day-30 split · at least two bottles per arm, three if you have nine · same room positions as before
Three arms on month-old bottles
Arm Bottles On day 30 What it tells you
A — keep M1–M3 Nothing; weigh only The rate your old reeds give now
B — fresh reeds M4–M6 Remove old reeds over a saucer; insert 8 fresh white reeds; weigh before and after Whether the reeds, not the liquid, are limiting release
C — turn the old reeds M7–M9 Turn the same reeds end for end; weigh Whether the loaded tip is the limit (a free fix if it works)
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Photograph every bottle's reed tips firstAgainst a white card, same light, same distance, before you touch anything. These are your day-30 reference pictures.
2
Weigh before and after any changeFor arm B, weigh with old reeds in, then without reeds, then with fresh reeds in. The difference tells you how much liquid was held in the old reeds — a dry, loaded reed holds less than a free-wicking one.
3
Blot one old reed from each armA wet ring on white paper means liquid still reaches the tip; a dry tip on a dark reed means it does not. Note it beside the photographs.
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Check the liquidPour a little from one bottle into a small clear glass and compare it with a sealed sample from day 0 if you kept one, against a white and a black card. Darker but clear is a colour change; haze, layering or sediment is a compatibility problem — see the cloudy blend post.
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Weigh on days 33 and 37; score on day 37Same time of day, same scale. Blind room score from a judge who does not live with these bottles.
Day-30 split record · g/day before = (day 23 − day 30) ÷ 7 · after = (day 30 − day 37) ÷ 7
Record sheet
Bottle Arm Day 23 (g) Day 30 (g) Day 37 (g) g/day before g/day after Tip wet d30? Score d30 / d37
M1 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N _ / _
M2 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N _ / _
M3 A ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N _ / _
M4 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N _ / _
M5 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N _ / _
M6 B ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N _ / _
M7 C ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N _ / _
M8 C ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N _ / _
M9 C ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Y / N _ / _
If you have no month-old bottles yet
Set up the full version below: nine scented bottles and one blank-base bottle with white reeds, weighed weekly for 30 days, then split on day 30. The blank-base bottle answers a question the split cannot — whether the reeds darken in your base without any oil. If they stay pale, the colour comes from the fragrance, not the base.

Reading the result: what a week tells you

Here is the arithmetic with an example set of weighings — illustrative only, not a measurement of Longevity, Bergamot Amber or CSI reeds. Suppose arm A lost 1.3 g/day in the week before day 30 and the same in the week after, while arm B, with fresh reeds, lost 2.0 g/day in the week after — 54% more. Suppose the bottles had averaged 1.7 g/day over the first month, leaving about 64 g each on day 30. With the old reeds that remainder would last 49.2 more days; with fresh reeds 32.0 days. Faster is not automatically better — but if arm B also scores clearly higher in the room, the old reeds were throttling a bottle that still had plenty to give.

Three outcomes · what each means for your product
From the split to a conclusion
Outcome Meaning Product decision
B ≈ A on g/day and score The residue is cosmetic in this blend Nothing to fix; consider black reeds if appearance matters
B clearly beats A; C close to B The loaded tip limits release; turning restores it Tell customers to turn reeds end for end after a month — free
B clearly beats A; C does not The whole reed is loaded, not just the tip Include a spare reed set, or sell refills with fresh reeds
B beats A on g/day, not on score Release recovers, but the liquid itself is weaker by now Look at the liquid: the time-course test and its sealed reference
Blank-base reeds darken too (full version) The base contributes residue A second base is worth testing for this oil — see 7969

Heavy families are where this shows most. Amber, resinous, vanilla and woody blends are commonly described as leaving more residue than bright citrus or green ones, which is consistent with the less volatile, often darker materials they contain — but we cannot tell you what is in any particular CSI oil, and composition is not published. Vanilla clogging reeds faster than lemon compares two families directly, heavy oud, amber and sandalwood looks at base choice for them, and the saturated-reeds post is the related case where reeds are wet but the room is flat from the start.

The common mistake: washing or soaking the reeds. Rinsing reeds in alcohol or water to "clean" them puts a solvent into the reed and then into your bottle — an untested change to the formula, and with alcohol a flammability concern. Fix: turn them or replace them. Fibre reeds are a consumable, and at the 50-pack rate a full set of eight costs less than the oil in a couple of grams of most blends.

What dark reeds cost, and what a refresh costs

At CSI rates one 120 ml bottle of this blend costs ₹559.30 in CSI materials: ₹381.10 of liquid (27.6 g of Bergamot Amber at ₹5.60/g and 87.4 g of Longevity at ₹2.59/g at an example 1.00 g/ml; ₹393.02 to ₹370.31 across ±5% density), ₹106.20 for the bottle and ₹72.00 for 8 white reeds at the 50-pack rate. A refresh set of 8 reeds costs ₹72.00 in white or ₹64.00 in black at the 50-pack rate (₹84.80 in white if you buy only a 25-pack).

EXAMPLE before/after rates (1.3 and 2.0 g/day) to show the arithmetic only · liquid remaining on day 30 valued pro rata
Cost per day of the second half of the bottle's life
Old reeds kept Fresh reeds on day 30
Liquid left on day 30 (example) 64 g 64 g
Rate after day 30 (example) 1.3 g/day 2.0 g/day
Further days of life 49.2 32.0
Cost of remaining liquid + refresh ₹212.09 ₹284.09
Cost per day ₹4.31 ₹8.88
Room score after day 30 (yours) ___ ___

With these example numbers the refreshed bottle costs ₹4.57 more per day and finishes sooner — which is only worth it if the room score shows the old reeds had stopped doing their job. That is the honest framing for a product decision: a spare reed set is not an upgrade, it is a way to keep the second month as good as the first, at ₹72.00 a bottle in CSI reeds. If the split showed no difference, save the money and the packaging.

Argued against our own interest, plainly. The most likely outcome of the day-30 split for many blends is that turning the old reeds end for end works nearly as well as new ones — which costs nothing and sells no reeds. The next is that the dark colour is cosmetic. Only if fresh reeds clearly beat both is a spare set worth ₹72.00 a bottle, and only if a blank-base bottle's reeds darken too is a base change worth testing at all.
A month-old reed tells you what the blend left behind. Your scale tells you whether it is still letting the rest through.
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The priced kits

Two versions. The day-30 split uses bottles you already have and needs only fresh reeds. The full version starts from nothing and runs 30 days before the split, with a blank-base bottle. Both use listed, in-stock CSI packs; the full version adds a 3% mixing allowance (a labelled working assumption).

Kits · reeds, bases and bottles CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026 · oil CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026
Day-30 split on your bottles, or the full 30-day version
Item Need Buy Price Version
white fibre reeds 24 fresh reeds (arm B) 1 × pack of 25 ₹265.00 Day-30 split on your bottles
Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle 120 ml 10 bottles 1 × pack of 10 ₹1,062.00 Full version
white fibre reeds 104 reeds (9×8 + 3×8 fresh + 8 blank) 1 × pack of 100 + 1 × pack of 25 ₹1,165.00 Full version
Full version, your own base and oil ₹2,227.00
Longevity Base 928.6 g ≈ 929 ml incl. the blank bottle 2 × 500 ml ₹2,592.00 Full version
Bergamot Amber (example oil) 255.9 g 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g + 1 × 15 g ₹1,505.02 Full version
Full version, everything bought ₹6,324.02

The white 25-pack costs ₹265.00 (₹10.60 a reed) against ₹9.00 a reed from the 50-pack up, so if you expect to sell refresh sets, the 100-pack at ₹900.00 is the sensible next purchase. Two 500 ml bottles of Longevity leave about 71 g at the example density. Bergamot Amber's 500 g and 1 kg sizes (₹5.44/g and ₹5.44/g) are only slightly cheaper per gram than its 100 g (₹5.60/g).

Diwali is Sunday 8 November 2026. If amber or vanilla diffusers are in your gift range and you already have month-old bottles, the day-30 split reads out in a week — in time to decide whether each gift box should carry a spare reed set. Message us on WhatsApp with your oil, base and reed photographs; larger reed and base quantities are quoted there, with no published volume discount.
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The decision rule

Working decision rule · apply after day 37 · first true line wins
From the split to a reed, a base, or nothing
If this is true It means Do this
A, B and C lose similar g/day and score alike Cosmetic Buy nothing. Black reeds if the colour bothers customers
C (turned) ≈ B (fresh), both beat A Loaded tip Buy nothing. "Turn the reeds after four weeks" on the label
B clearly beats A and C on g/day and score Loaded reeds White fibre reeds — 100 for ₹900.00 — as spare sets
B beats A on g/day only, not score The liquid has weakened Time-course test — 7964
Liquid hazy or layered on day 30 Compatibility, not residue Load down or a second base — 7978
Blank-base reeds darken too (full version) Base residue Test a second base for this oil, same reeds — 7969

The base line comes last for a reason: changing base re-opens clarity, load and life testing for every fragrance in it. The 30-day performance test gives the full weighing, intensity, reed and temperature record if you are building a product specification, fibre versus rattan reeds covers reed type, and the section capstone pulls the whole section into one plan.

The CSI products in this test

1
The refresh set · shows residue plainly
Fiber Diffuser Reeds (White)
Fibre reeds, not rattan, 20.3 cm long; the page suggests 6–8 for a 50–100 ml bottle. Residue behaviour, diameter and construction are not published. White makes darkening easy to photograph, which is why the test uses it; the white listing's text calls them "black fiber reeds", a page inconsistency.
Pack Price Per reed Sets of 8
Pack of 25 ₹265.00 ₹10.60 3 bottles
Pack of 50 ₹450.00 ₹9.00 6 bottles
Pack of 100 ₹900.00 ₹9.00 12 bottles
Pack of 500 ₹4,500.00 ₹9.00 62 bottles
₹265.00 for the day-30 split Buy white fibre reeds
2
The cosmetic alternative
Fiber Diffuser Reeds (Black)
Same length and the same page guidance as the white reeds, and slightly cheaper from 50 up (₹8.00 a reed against ₹9.00). Black reeds hide darkening; they do not prevent residue, so test them the same way if the split shows a real loss.
Pack Price Per reed Sets of 8
Pack of 25 ₹236.00 ₹9.44 3 bottles
Pack of 50 ₹400.00 ₹8.00 6 bottles
Pack of 100 ₹800.00 ₹8.00 12 bottles
Pack of 500 ₹4,000.00 ₹8.00 62 bottles
₹64.00 per 8-reed set at the 50-pack rate Buy black fibre reeds
3
Example base · amber and resinous on its page
Longevity Base
CSI's product page names oriental/amber, woody, resinous/balsamic, spicy and gourmand families, describes slower "cold diffusion", gives a 10–30% range and a 24–48 hour rest, and warns that heavy oils can cloud at maximum load in some bases. CSI publishes no residue, composition or evaporation data for it.
Size Price Per unit Bottles at 87.4 g base Stock (14 Oct 2026)
500 ml ₹1,296.00 ₹2.59 per ml 5.72 (at 1.00 g/ml, example) In stock
₹2,592.00 for the full version Buy Longevity Base
4
Example oil · 27.6 g per bottle at 24%
Bergamot Amber Fragrance Oil
An amber blend in a family Longevity's page names. Use your own oil. CSI publishes no composition, colour, residue or IFRA data for any oil — ask on WhatsApp for the IFRA certificate and its Category 10A limit before you run at 24%.
Pack Price Per gram Bottles at 27.6 g oil
15 g ₹105.02 ₹7.00 0.54
50 g ₹280.00 ₹5.60 1.81
100 g ₹560.00 ₹5.60 3.62
500 g ₹2,718.00 ₹5.44 18.12
1 kg ₹5,437.00 ₹5.44 36.23
₹1,505.02 for 2 × 100 g + 1 × 50 g + 1 × 15 g Buy Bergamot Amber
Black reeds already, or a car diffuser? The split works the same way — weigh before and after fresh reeds. Bases are in Reed & Car Diffuser Base; which base to buy and a premium diffuser without excessive residue are the next reads.
Why trust this guide

CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished diffusers. A reed seller would like every customer to replace reeds monthly. This page tests a free fix — turning the reeds — against fresh ones first, says plainly that the colour may be cosmetic, and states that CSI publishes no residue, composition or longevity data for any reed, base or oil.

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. Every gram of oil and base, every millilitre-to-gram conversion, per-bottle liquid cost and kit total on this page is computed and shown to two decimals so you can check it. Densities used for conversions are labelled examples — none is published for any CSI base or oil.

Bottle counts per arm, rest periods beyond the base pages' 24–48 hours, weighing days, room-scoring scales and evaluator panels are labelled working practices, not industry standards — none exists for reed diffuser throw. The 115 g fill, the 24% load, the 1.00 g/ml density and the 1.7 / 1.3 / 2.0 g/day figures are labelled examples you replace with your own measurements; the reed-darkening drawing is an illustration. For help building a test kit, bulk base quotes, GST invoicing, or an oil's IFRA certificate, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

Why do reed diffuser reeds turn black?
As the blend evaporates from the exposed reed, heavier and often darker materials are commonly left behind at the evaporating end, and dust can settle on the wet surface. White reeds show it clearly; black reeds hide it.
How often should I change reed diffuser reeds?
There is no fixed interval. Test it: after about a month, fit fresh reeds in some bottles and keep the old ones in others. If fresh reeds clearly raise grams per day and the room score, a refresh at that point is worth it.
Can I clean reed diffuser reeds?
Washing reeds in water or alcohol puts a solvent into your diffuser — an untested change, and with alcohol a flammability concern. Turn them end for end or replace them instead.
Do sticky reeds mean the diffuser has stopped working?
Not necessarily. Blot a reed tip on white paper: a wet ring means liquid still reaches the top. Weigh the bottle over a week; if it still loses weight at a steady rate, it is still working.
Do vanilla and amber fragrances clog reeds?
Heavier families are commonly described as leaving more residue than citrus or green ones. CSI does not publish oil compositions, so compare your two oils side by side in the same base and reeds.
Are black reeds better than white reeds?
Black reeds hide darkening; they do not prevent residue. CSI sells both as fibre reeds of the same length. Choose on appearance, then test performance the same way.
Measure the residue
Split month-old bottles. Fresh reeds, old reeds, turned reeds. Weigh for a week.
White fibre reeds ₹265.00 for 25 or ₹900.00 for 100, black fibre reeds ₹400.00 for 50, Longevity Base ₹1,296.00 for 500 ml, Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle 120 ml ₹1,062.00 for ten. Send us photographs of your month-old reeds and we will help you plan the split.
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Continue the read — Weak throw, blocked reeds and poor performance
Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. The reed-reading table, day-30 split, record sheet and decision rule apply to any reed diffuser 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: Fragrance oils — CSI live pricing, pulled 24 September 2026, stock re-checked 14 October 2026: Bergamot Amber Fragrance Oil ₹105.02 / 15 g, ₹280.00 / 50 g, ₹560.00 / 100 g, ₹2,718.00 / 500 g, ₹5,437.00 / 1 kg. Reed diffuser bases, fibre reeds, bottles and tools — CSI live pricing, pulled 14 October 2026: Longevity Base ₹1,296.00 / 500 ml; Fiber Diffuser Reeds (White) ₹265.00 / 25, ₹450.00 / 50, ₹900.00 / 100, ₹4,500.00 / 500; Fiber Diffuser Reeds (Black) ₹236.00 / 25, ₹400.00 / 50, ₹800.00 / 100, ₹4,000.00 / 500; Gold Reed Diffuser Bottle 50 ml ₹826.00 / pack of 10, 120 ml ₹1,062.00 / pack of 10. CSI HyperDiffusion Base™ ₹1,499.00 — out of stock on the 14 October pull, not offered.

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)), as the base pages put it, "of total blend". Worked example: 120 ml Gold bottle with an example 115 g fill at an example 24% = 27.6 g oil + 87.4 g base; 8 white reeds. Example density 1.00 g/ml (±5% at 0.95 and 1.05). Example rates (1.7 g/day over the first month; 1.3 g/day with old reeds and 2.0 g/day with fresh reeds after day 30) show arithmetic only; remaining liquid is valued pro rata. Residue formation at the evaporation front is described from general knowledge, not CSI data. Working practices: at least two (ideally three) bottles per arm, weighing on days 23, 30, 33, 37, blind 0–5 house scale, photographs against a white card, 3% mixing allowance in the full version. CSI's Longevity Base page states: oriental/amber, woody, resinous/balsamic, spicy and gourmand families; slower "cold diffusion"; "avoid light florals, fresh citrus, aquatics — use Lift Base"; 10–30%; rest 24–48 hours; "if clouding occurs, reduce fragrance percentage and retest"; "allow 2–3 hours before the first flip"; place away from strong air currents. CSI publishes no composition, density, viscosity, evaporation rate, flash point or shelf life for any reed diffuser base; no throw, evaporation or longevity data for any base, oil or reed; no reed diameter; and no neck size or fill line for the Gold bottles. The five base pages are differentiated only by the fragrance families they say they are for — that is a starting point for a test, not a ranking. CSI sells fibre reeds, not rattan. No IFRA percentage for any oil is stated here: the Category 10A limit on the oil's own IFRA certificate (ask CSI on WhatsApp) applies alongside the base page's 30% maximum, and the lower of the two wins. Costs exclude labour, labels, boxes, freight and GST. Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November.
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