My Soy Wax Is Used Across Every Candle SKU — Should I Keep More Weeks of Wax Inventory Than Individual Fragrance Oils?
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Candle Business Guides · Weeks of Cover
Yes, and the multiple comes from exposure, not from price. On the 600-candle month worked below, wax and the average fragrance oil cost within ₹15.29 of each other inside the same candle — but a wax-out halts ₹21,225 of output a day and a single oil-out halts ₹3,537.50.
8 weeks : 3 weeks
cover on the shared wax against cover on each of six fragrance oils — 222 kg against 1,100 g a scent, ₹1,22,703.18 of raw material in total, of which wax is 76.9% · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
More weeks of wax than of each oil? Yes. The ratio to use is SKUs the wax gates ÷ SKUs one oil gates. Six SKUs on one wax and one oil each means the wax carries six times the daily exposure, which on this worked month is ₹21,225 against ₹3,537.50 a day.Is it because wax is cheap? No — that is the common mistake. At 185 g of wax and 14.8 g of oil per candle, the wax is ₹78.59 and the average oil ₹63.29. They are within ₹15.29. Deeper wax cover is bought for consequence, not because wax is loose change.
What do the two targets cost? Eight weeks of wax is 222 kg, ₹94,305.60 at Natural Soy Pearl Wax's ₹424.80/kg, or ₹94,356 as real packs. Three weeks of all six oils is ₹28,397.58. Total ₹1,22,703.18.
Will the bigger oil pack save me money? On five of these six oils, no — the 500 g and 1 kg per-gram rates are identical, and on the sixth the kilo saves ₹2 a kilogram. So buy oil in the size that matches your cover target, not the size that looks like a discount. 1 kg is the largest listed fragrance pack.
The short answer
Set the wax multiple from the SKU count: one wax across six SKUs against one oil per SKU is a 6:1 exposure ratio. Translate it into weeks after your lead times are in — here 8 weeks of wax against 3 of each oil.
Reorder points come first, cover targets second: at a 10-day wax lead time and the reader's own variability the wax trigger is 92 kg — a third of the eight-week target already has to be on the shelf when the order goes in.
Don't fund the oils to match: three weeks of six oils is ₹28,397.58; eight weeks of the same six is ₹75,953.60, and it protects risk you can already work around by pouring the other five SKUs.
In this guide
The left column is almost level — that is the point. Per candle, the wax and the average oil differ by ₹15.29. The right column is six to one, and that is the ratio the cover targets are built from. Lead times used are the reader's own: 10 days on wax, 7 on fragrance.
The only 50 kg listed pack
Natural Soy Pearl Wax · 50 kg ₹21,240
Stated 10% load · 10 kg ladder
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 · 10 kg ₹5,074
111 kg a month?
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Straight answer
Should a wax shared by every SKU carry more weeks of cover than each individual fragrance oil?
Yes — and set the multiple from exposure, not from unit price. The reader pours 600 candles a month across six SKUs, one scent each, at a 185 g wax fill with 8% of total wax weight in oil (14.8 g), over 24 working days in four six-day weeks, retailing at ₹849. That is 111 kg of wax and 8.88 kg of oil a month — 27.75 kg of wax and 370 g of each oil a week. A wax stock-out halts all 25 candles a day, ₹21,225 of output; one oil out halts 4.17 candles, ₹3,537.50, while the other five SKUs keep pouring. That 6:1 ratio, plus the reader's own lead times of 10 days on wax and 7 on fragrance, lands the targets at eight weeks of wax (222 kg) against three weeks of each oil (1,100 g), with a wax reorder trigger at 92 kg and an oil trigger at 800 g. Priced at Natural Soy Pearl Wax's ₹424.80/kg from 5 kg up, the wax is ₹94,305.60 — ₹94,356 as 4 × 50 kg + 2 × 10 kg + 2 × 1 kg — and the six oils are ₹28,397.58 as 1 kg plus 100 g each. Total ₹1,22,703.18, of which wax is 76.9%. Reversing the policy to three weeks of wax and eight of oil costs ₹11,384.98 less and leaves 100% of output exposed, which is the trade this page exists to talk you out of.
One line: the wax multiple is the number of SKUs it gates divided by the number one oil gates — six here, which becomes eight weeks against three once lead times are in.
At 111 kg a month, Natural Soy Pearl Wax is ₹424.80/kg in the 5 kg, 10 kg and 50 kg packs — the only CSI wax with a listed 50 kg pack, at ₹21,240. For stated-specification cover, Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 is ₹507.40/kg from 1 kg to 10 kg.
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The 6:1 exposure ratio, in rupees a day
Count the product lines each material can switch off. That count, not the invoice, is what cover is priced against.
A shared material is a single point of failure for everything it touches. With one wax under six SKUs, the wax is the only line in the business whose absence produces a day of zero output. Every other material in the room has a workaround: a missing scent means you pour the other five, a missing colour means you pour it plain, a missing lid means you ship next week. A missing wax means the melter stays cold.
Daily exposure by material · 600 candles a month, 24 working days, ₹849 retail
What each stock-out costs per working day, and what you can still pour
| Material out | SKUs halted | Candles lost per day | Output value lost per day | Over a 10-day lead time (8 working days) | Still pourable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soy wax (shared) | 6 of 6 | 25 | ₹21,225 | ₹1,69,800 | Nothing at all |
| One fragrance oil | 1 of 6 | 4.17 | ₹3,537.50 | ₹28,300 | The other five SKUs |
| Two oils at once | 2 of 6 | 8.33 | ₹7,075 | ₹56,600 | The other four SKUs |
| All six oils at once | 6 of 6 | 25 | ₹21,225 | ₹1,69,800 | Nothing — but six simultaneous oil failures is a procurement collapse, not a stock-out |
Worked out above: 600 ÷ 24 = 25 candles a working day; × ₹849 = ₹21,225 of output. Each SKU is 100 candles a month, 4.17 a day, ₹3,537.50. Wax 25 × 185 g = 4.625 kg a day; each oil 4.17 × 14.8 g = 61.67 g a day. Across four six-day weeks: 27.75 kg of wax and 370 g of each oil a week. The ₹849 retail price is the reader's own figure.
The bottom row of that table is the honest qualification. If you ran out of all six oils in the same week, the damage would equal a wax stock-out — but that is six independent failures at once, and you do not buy inventory against it; you buy a reorder calendar against it. The wax, by contrast, delivers the whole-business failure as a single event. A single point of failure deserves single-point-of-failure cover.
The multiple is a ratio of counts, not a rule of thumb
There is no published standard that says shared wax gets eight weeks. What there is, is arithmetic you can defend: exposure multiple = SKUs gated by the shared material ÷ SKUs gated by one unit of the narrow material. Six and one here, so 6:1 — and once lead times and the pack ladder are applied, that becomes 8 weeks against 3. If you run twelve SKUs on one wax and twelve oils, the multiple is 12:1 and the wax target gets deeper again. Run two waxes across six SKUs and the multiple halves. Recompute it; never inherit it.Why it is not a price argument
The most common version of this advice — "hold lots of wax, it's the cheap bit" — is wrong on the numbers, and believing it leads makers to hold too little of the oils whose gram price is actually comparable. Here is the per-candle breakdown at this reader's fill and load.
Cost inside one 185 g candle · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Wax against six fragrance oils, per candle and per month
| Material | Rate used | Grams per candle | Cost per candle | Monthly quantity | Monthly value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Soy Pearl Wax | ₹424.80/kg (5 kg, 10 kg, 50 kg) | 185 g | ₹78.59 | 111 kg | ₹47,152.80 |
| Lemongrass and Lime | ₹5.20/g | 14.8 g | ₹76.96 | 1,480 g | ₹7,696 |
| Sandalwood Fragrance Oil | ₹5.0268/g | 14.8 g | ₹74.40 | 1,480 g | ₹7,439.66 |
| Gardenia Fragrance Oil | ₹4.332/g | 14.8 g | ₹64.11 | 1,480 g | ₹6,411.36 |
| Chocolate Fudge | ₹3.9648/g | 14.8 g | ₹58.68 | 1,480 g | ₹5,867.90 |
| Orchard Pear | ₹3.738/g | 14.8 g | ₹55.32 | 1,480 g | ₹5,532.24 |
| Honeydew Melon | ₹3.3984/g | 14.8 g | ₹50.30 | 1,480 g | ₹5,029.63 |
| Average oil | ₹4.2767/g | 14.8 g | ₹63.29 | 8.88 kg | ₹37,976.80 |
The wax is ₹15.29 dearer per candle than the average oil, and ₹1.63 dearer than the dearest of the six. Across the month the wax line is ₹47,152.80 against ₹37,976.80 for all six oils combined — so the wax is not the cheap bit, it is the single largest material line in the business. The case for eight weeks of it is built entirely on the fact that it is also the only line that can produce a zero-output day.
Don't justify deep wax cover with a discount that isn't there. Natural Soy Pearl Wax does step down — ₹450/kg at 1 kg against ₹424.80 at 5 kg, 10 kg and 50 kg, a genuine ₹25.20 a kilo — but across the corpus CSI's ladders frequently do not reward volume at all. Luxury Soy Wax Chunks are ₹599/kg at 1 kg and ₹599.90 at 10 kg, so the big bag is fractionally dearer; CSI 464 is flat at ₹507.40 from 1 kg to 10 kg. Compute the discount from live prices before you weigh it against cash, and where there is none, say so. The method is laid out in calculating whether a bulk discount beats locked-up cash.
Eight weeks and three weeks, costed
Cover targets are useless without the trigger underneath them, so both are derived here. The standard formula is reorder point = average daily consumption × lead-time days + safety stock, with safety stock built from the reader's own two spreads: output has ranged up to 32 candles on a peak day against an average of 25, and the wax has occasionally taken 17 days instead of 10, the oils 11 instead of 7. Those are the reader's observations. CSI publishes no delivery times and none is implied.
Trigger and target, both lines · reader's own lead times and spreads
From daily consumption to the number you reorder at, and the number you top up to
| Step | Soy wax (gates 6 of 6) | Each fragrance oil (gates 1 of 6) |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily consumption | 4.625 kg | 61.67 g |
| Normal lead time (reader's) | 10 days | 7 days |
| Lead-time demand | 46.25 kg | 431.67 g |
| Safety stock for lead-time slip | 4.625 × 7 = 32.38 kg | 61.67 × 4 = 246.67 g |
| Safety stock for demand peak | (32 − 25) × 185 g × 10 = 12.95 kg | 1.17 × 14.8 g × 7 = 120.87 g |
| Reorder point | 91.58 kg (≈3.3 weeks) | 799 g (≈2.2 weeks) |
| Cover target at the top of the cycle | 222 kg — 8 weeks | 1,100 g — 3 weeks |
| Reorder quantity | 130 kg (2 × 50 kg + 3 × 10 kg = ₹55,224) | 300–500 g, or 1 kg if you accept 4.9 weeks |
| Value held at the target | ₹94,305.60 (₹94,356 as real packs) | ₹4,732.93 average · ₹28,397.58 for all six |
Notice how much of the eight weeks is not discretionary. The wax trigger alone is 3.3 weeks of consumption, because a 10-day lead time with a 17-day worst case and a 32-candle peak day forces 91.58 kg onto the shelf before you can even place the order. The genuinely optional part of the policy is the 4.7 weeks between trigger and target — and that is the part worth arguing about.
Three cover policies, same business, same month
What each one holds, what it costs, and what it leaves exposed
| Policy | Wax held | Oils held | Total raw material | Against the ₹1,22,703.18 benchmark | What it leaves exposed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 weeks wax / 3 weeks oil | 222 kg · ₹94,305.60 | 1,100 g each · ₹28,397.58 | ₹1,22,703.18 | — | One scent at a time, recoverably |
| 4 weeks of everything | 111 kg · ₹47,152.80 | 1,480 g each · ₹37,976.80 | ₹85,129.60 | −₹37,573.58 | 100% of output on a single wax lead-time slip |
| 3 weeks wax / 8 weeks oil | 83.25 kg · ₹35,364.60 | 2,960 g each · ₹75,953.60 | ₹1,11,318.20 | −₹11,384.98 | 100% of output, and the wax trigger sits above the target — the policy cannot be executed |
| 6 weeks wax / 2 weeks oil | 166.5 kg · ₹70,729.20 | 740 g each · ₹18,988.40 | ₹89,717.60 | −₹32,985.58 | Scents go out of stock often; oil triggers sit near the target |
The third row is the instructive failure. Three weeks of wax is 83.25 kg, which is below the 91.58 kg reorder point — you would be permanently in reorder, which is not a policy, it is a permanent emergency. And the fourth row is the budget version worth considering if cash is tight: ₹89,717.60 for six weeks of wax and two of each oil, accepting that individual scents will go briefly out of stock while the workshop never stops. If you have to compromise, compromise on the recoverable line.
What the pack ladder does to your cover
Your cover target is a decision. Your actual cover is whatever the pack sizes allow.
At 27.75 kg of wax a week, the listed wax packs convert neatly into weeks: a 1 kg bag is a quarter-day, 5 kg is a day and a bit, 10 kg is two and a half days, and the 50 kg pack on Natural Soy Pearl Wax is 1.8 weeks. That granularity is what lets you tune the wax line to the week. Oils are the opposite problem: at 370 g a week, the largest listed fragrance pack of 1 kg is 2.7 weeks of one scent, so a single top-up moves that scent from a 2.2-week trigger to 4.9 weeks of cover in one step.
Listed packs converted into weeks of cover at this volume
How finely each line can actually be tuned
| Pack | Listed price | Per kg / per g | Weeks of cover | What that means for the policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Soy Pearl Wax 50 kg | ₹21,240 | ₹424.80/kg | 1.8 weeks | Four of them plus change is the eight-week target; the only 50 kg wax pack listed |
| Natural Soy Pearl Wax 10 kg | ₹4,248 | ₹424.80/kg | 0.36 weeks | The fine adjustment — same per-kilo rate as 50 kg |
| Natural Soy Pearl Wax 1 kg | ₹450 | ₹450/kg | 0.04 weeks | ₹25.20/kg dearer; use only to true up an order |
| Fragrance oil 1 kg | ₹3,398.40–₹5,200 | ₹3.3984–₹5.20/g | 2.7 weeks | One top-up takes a scent from 2.2 to 4.9 weeks |
| Fragrance oil 500 g | ₹1,699.20–₹2,600 | same per gram on five of six | 1.35 weeks | The pack that lets you hit a three-week target — at no per-gram penalty |
| Fragrance oil 100 g | ₹380–₹590 | ₹3.80–₹5.90/g | 0.27 weeks | Dearer per gram; use to true up, not to stock |
Now the finding that matters most on this page. Across these six oils, the 500 g and 1 kg per-gram rates are identical on five of the six — Sandalwood ₹5.0268 either way, Lemongrass and Lime ₹5.20, Honeydew Melon ₹3.3984, Chocolate Fudge ₹3.9648, Gardenia ₹4.332 — and on Orchard Pear the kilo is cheaper by ₹0.002 a gram, which is ₹2 on a kilogram. There is no bulk reward to chase. So you can set each oil's cover to the week with 500 g packs and pay exactly what the kilo would have cost per gram. Where the ladder is flat, cover is a free choice; where it steps, cover costs something. Check it per item.
Don't let the kilo set your policy by default. Buying a 1 kg bottle of every scent every time you dip below the trigger quietly converts a three-week policy into a five-week one across six oils — which on these prices is ₹28,397.58 becoming roughly ₹47,000 of oil on the shelf, for zero per-gram saving and six scents' worth of ageing stock. If your target is three weeks, buy the pack that lands you on three weeks. The slow-scent version of this trap, where the smaller pack is right even at a worse per-gram price, is worked through in should you stop buying 1 kg bottles of your slowest scent.
The wax to hold deep, and the oils to hold tight
Four cards: two waxes to choose between for the deep line, and two of the six oils to show the tight line. Each table gives every listed pack, the per-unit rate and how many 185 g candles that pack covers.
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Deep line · the only listed 50 kg pack
Natural Soy Pearl Wax
The pack ladder that makes an eight-week target practical at 111 kg a month. It is the only CSI wax listed at 50 kg (₹21,240), and the per-kilo rate is ₹424.80 at 5 kg, 10 kg and 50 kg alike, against ₹450 at 1 kg — a real ₹25.20/kg step down, which is unusual in this range. The honest caveat is specification: its page describes it as suitable for a variety of container types and candle designs but states no fragrance load, no melt point and no pour temperature. For a business pouring 600 candles a month that is a reason to burn-test it thoroughly on your own jar before committing 222 kg to the shelf, and a reason to look hard at the card below.
| Size | Price | Per kg | 185g candles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 kg | ₹450 | ₹450 | ≈5 |
| 5 kg | ₹2,124 | ₹424.80 | ≈27 |
| 10 kg | ₹4,248 | ₹424.80 | ≈54 |
| 50 kg | ₹21,240 | ₹424.80 | ≈270 |
₹78.59 of wax per candle · ₹94,305.60 for the eight-week target Buy Natural Soy Pearl Wax
2
Deep line · stated specification, flat ladder
Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form)
The alternative for anyone who wants published numbers behind a 222 kg commitment. Its page states a fragrance load of up to 10% and gives melt and pour as 80–90°C, which means the 8%-of-wax-weight assumption on this page sits inside its stated range rather than in the dark. The ladder is flat at ₹507.40/kg from 1 kg to 10 kg, with the 500 g pack the only dearer rung at ₹520/kg, and 10 kg is the largest listed pack — so eight weeks is 22 × 10 kg + 2 × 1 kg = ₹1,12,642.80, which is ₹18,286.80 more than the same cover in Natural Soy Pearl Wax. That is the price of stated specifications, laid out plainly. Recurring volumes above the listed packs are quoted on WhatsApp.
| Size | Price | Per kg | 185g candles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹260 | ₹520 | ≈2 |
| 1 kg | ₹507.40 | ₹507.40 | ≈5 |
| 5 kg | ₹2,537 | ₹507.40 | ≈27 |
| 10 kg | ₹5,074 | ₹507.40 | ≈54 |
₹93.87 of wax per candle at ₹507.40/kg Buy CSI 464
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Tight line · dearest of the six, flat ladder
Sandalwood Fragrance Oil
Three weeks of this scent is 1,110 g, which costs ₹5,579.75 at ₹5.0268 a gram — and that rate is identical at 500 g (₹2,513.40) and at 1 kg (₹5,026.80), so two 500 g bottles and one kilo cost the same per gram to within a rupee. That flatness is what lets you hold three weeks instead of five without paying for the privilege. At 1,480 g a month this single scent is ₹7,439.66 of monthly consumption against the wax line's ₹47,152.80 — a quarter of the wax bill for one sixth of the exposure. Hold it to the trigger and no further.
| Size | Price | Per 100g | candles @ 14.8 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹93.22 | ₹621.47 | ≈1 |
| 50 gm | ₹271.40 | ₹542.80 | ≈3 |
| 100 gm | ₹502.68 | ₹502.68 | ≈6 |
| 500 gm | ₹2,513.40 | ₹502.68 | ≈33 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,026.80 | ₹502.68 | ≈67 |
₹74.40 of oil per candle — ₹4.19 less than the wax Buy Sandalwood Oil
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Tight line · cheapest of the six
Honeydew Melon Fragrance Oil
The counter-example that keeps the argument honest. At ₹3.3984 a gram this is the cheapest of the reader's six scents, so three weeks of it is only ₹3,772.22 and eight weeks would be ₹10,059.26 — a difference of ₹6,287.04 that looks almost affordable. It still does not earn eight weeks, because the question is not whether you can afford the stock but whether the risk it removes is risk that stops the business. It is not: this scent is one SKU of six, and on the morning it runs out five lines keep pouring. Cheapness is not a reason to over-hold. Its listed rate is the same at 500 g (₹1,699.20) and 1 kg (₹3,398.40).
| Size | Price | Per 100g | candles @ 14.8 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹105.02 | ₹700.13 | ≈1 |
| 50 gm | ₹217.12 | ₹434.24 | ≈3 |
| 100 gm | ₹435.42 | ₹435.42 | ≈6 |
| 500 gm | ₹1,699.20 | ₹339.84 | ≈33 |
| 1000 gm | ₹3,398.40 | ₹339.84 | ≈67 |
₹50.30 of oil per candle · ₹3,772.22 for three weeks Buy Honeydew Melon Oil
The CSI principle
Weeks of cover follow the number of product lines a material can switch off — never the number on its invoice.
Wax is the largest material line in most candle businesses and the only one capable of producing a zero-output day. Both of those facts are true at once, which is why it gets the most cover and the most scrutiny.
Eight weeks of wax at 111 kg a month is 222 kg — four 50 kg packs plus two 10 kg and two 1 kg at ₹94,356 in Natural Soy Pearl Wax, or ₹1,12,642.80 in CSI 464's 10 kg packs. Above the listed packs, recurring volumes, bulk pricing and GST invoicing are handled on WhatsApp.
Discuss recurring volumes
Setting both numbers from your own figures
Half an hour with your sales sheet and your order history. The output is two triggers and two targets, in kilograms and grams, that you can hand to whoever places the orders.
1
Count the exposure ratioHow many SKUs does your wax appear in? How many does each oil appear in? Divide. If one wax covers nine SKUs and you run nine scents, the ratio is 9:1. If three of your nine SKUs are unscented or use a shared base, the oil side changes and so does the ratio. Write the ratio down with the SKU counts next to it.
2
Convert sales into grams a day on both linesUnits sold × your fill weight ÷ working days for wax; units of each SKU × grams of oil ÷ working days for each scent. State the fill and the load: 185 g at 8% of total wax weight here, which is 14.8 g of oil and about 7.4% of the finished 199.8 g. If you pour several sizes, do each and add.
3
Build each reorder point from your own two spreadsLead-time demand = daily consumption × normal lead time. Then add daily consumption × (worst observed lead time − normal), and (peak daily units − average daily units) × grams × normal lead time. Here that gives 91.58 kg of wax and 799 g of each oil. Use your own records for every one of those four inputs. The average-versus-worst-case decision is argued out in seven days or fourteen.
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Set the wax target at the trigger plus your exposure multipleTake the reorder point in weeks — 3.3 here — and add cover proportional to the exposure ratio. A 6:1 ratio argues for roughly doubling the discretionary portion, which lands on eight weeks. Then sanity-check it against the pack ladder: if your target is not reachable in whole packs, round to the nearest pack combination and record the real figure, not the intended one.
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Set each oil's target just above its own trigger — and buy the pack that lands thereThree weeks here, against a 2.2-week trigger. Then check the per-gram rate at 500 g and at 1 kg on each oil: on five of these six they are identical, so the smaller pack costs nothing extra and keeps the policy honest. Where a kilo is genuinely cheaper per gram, decide whether the saving beats the extra weeks of ageing stock — and on Orchard Pear that saving is ₹2 a kilogram.
6
Price both lines and total them₹94,305.60 of wax and ₹28,397.58 of oil here, ₹1,22,703.18 in all, with wax at 76.9% of the raw-material value. Write the total somewhere visible. If it is more than you can fund, cut the oil weeks before you touch the wax weeks — and if the wax target ever falls below the wax trigger, you have a policy that cannot be executed.
Allow for pour loss on the wax line only
Spills, top-ups and the film left in the pouring jug are a wax cost, not an oil cost, and they fall entirely on the line you are already holding most deeply. A planning allowance of about 3–5% on wax is normal practice: at 111 kg a month that is 3.33 to 5.55 kg, or ₹1,414.58 to ₹2,357.64 of extra consumption you should build into the daily figure before you compute anything. Do not apply the same allowance to oil, which is weighed into the melt rather than poured out of it.Where the 6:1 rule breaks
Three situations flip the answer, and all three are common enough to check for before you commit ₹94,305.60 to a shelf.
When the shared-wax logic does not apply
Three cases that change the multiple, and what to do instead
| Situation | Why the ratio changes | What to do instead |
|---|---|---|
| One oil is poured into several SKUs and sizes | That oil now gates three or four SKUs, not one, so its exposure may approach the wax's | Sum its consumption across every SKU first, then re-rank it — it may deserve wax-like cover |
| You run two waxes — say a container wax and a pillar wax | Neither gates the whole range; the container wax might gate four of six | Compute each wax's own exposure count; the pillar wax is a narrow line and gets a narrow target |
| Your wax lead time is shorter than your fragrance lead time | A short, reliable wax lead time shrinks the trigger and the discretionary cover with it | Keep the exposure multiple but apply it to a smaller base; eight weeks may become five |
| A scent is tied to a confirmed bulk order | Its stock is committed, not available, so free cover on that oil is lower than it looks | Net committed quantities out before judging cover on any line |
The last row deserves a sentence of its own, because it is the error that most often turns a well-planned oil policy into a stock-out. Stock earmarked for a confirmed order is not cover. If 400 g of Gardenia is already promised to a corporate order, a shelf reading 1,100 g is really 700 g of free stock — below the 799 g trigger — and your sheet will cheerfully tell you everything is fine. Net the commitments out first; the mechanics are set out in separating committed from free inventory.
Wax is the biggest line on the invoice and the only one that can give you a day with nothing to pour. Both facts argue for the same policy.
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials and does not sell finished candles. It would be straightforward to argue for eight weeks of everything here — that is ₹1,70,259.20 of orders instead of ₹1,22,703.18. Instead this page argues for three weeks on six fragrance oils and for buying them in 500 g packs rather than kilos, because on five of these six oils the kilo saves nothing per gram and a maker with five weeks of ageing scent on a shelf eventually stops reordering altogether.
Every price, pack size and per-unit rate is live CSI stock in September 2026, taken from the linked product pages, where current pricing always takes precedence. Specifications appear only where a page states them: CSI 464 states a fragrance load of up to 10% and melt and pour at 80–90°C, while Natural Soy Pearl Wax states no load, melt point or pour temperature — we say so rather than filling the gap. Stated loads are wax formulation limits, not regulatory limits. The 600-candle volume, the six-SKU map, the 185 g fill, the ₹849 retail price, the 32-candle peak day and all lead times are the reader's own figures; CSI publishes no delivery times, no minimum order quantity and no stock-availability promise. The exposure, reorder-point and cover arithmetic is standard inventory practice.
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Frequently asked questions
How many weeks of soy wax should I keep if it is used in every SKU?
Start from your reorder point in weeks, then add discretionary cover in proportion to the number of SKUs the wax gates. In the worked case a 10-day lead time, a 17-day worst case and a 32-candle peak day put the trigger at 91.58 kg — 3.3 weeks — and a 6:1 exposure ratio argues for a target around eight weeks, 222 kg. At 111 kg a month that is ₹94,305.60 at ₹424.80/kg. Your trigger and multiple will differ; the structure will not.
Is it true that wax is the cheap part of a candle, so I should just hold lots?
No, and it is worth correcting. At a 185 g fill and 8% of wax weight, the wax costs ₹78.59 a candle at ₹424.80/kg and the average of the reader's six oils costs ₹63.29 — the wax is the dearer of the two, and ₹47,152.80 a month against ₹37,976.80 for all six oils combined. Deep wax cover is justified by the fact that nothing can be poured without it, not by it being loose change.
Should I buy 1 kg bottles of every fragrance to get a better rate?
Check the rate first. On five of the six oils used here the 500 g and 1 kg per-gram prices are identical — Sandalwood ₹5.0268, Lemongrass and Lime ₹5.20, Honeydew Melon ₹3.3984, Chocolate Fudge ₹3.9648, Gardenia ₹4.332 — and on Orchard Pear the kilo saves ₹0.002 a gram, or ₹2 a kilogram. Since 1 kg is 2.7 weeks of one scent at this volume, defaulting to kilos converts a three-week policy into a five-week one for no saving. 1 kg is the largest listed fragrance pack; above it, ask for a quote.
What is the largest wax pack I can buy, and does it cost less per kilo?
Natural Soy Pearl Wax is the only CSI wax listed at 50 kg (₹21,240), and it is genuinely cheaper in bulk: ₹450/kg at 1 kg against ₹424.80/kg at 5 kg, 10 kg and 50 kg. Most other waxes top out at 10 kg and several are flat or near-flat per kilo — Luxury Soy Wax Chunks are ₹599 at 1 kg and ₹599.90 at 10 kg, CSI 464 is ₹507.40 throughout. There is no listed 25 kg or 100 kg wax pack. Larger recurring volumes are quoted on WhatsApp.
What if one of my fragrance oils is used in several SKUs?
Then it is behaving like a shared material and the 6:1 logic turns against it. Sum that oil's consumption across every SKU and size it appears in before you set a reorder point — a scent in three SKUs drinks three times as fast as its flagship line suggests, and a scent gating half your revenue deserves cover closer to the wax's than to a single-SKU oil's. The aggregation step is where most oil stock-outs begin.
Can I hold less wax if I accept occasional stock-outs?
You can, but price the trade honestly. At 25 candles a working day and ₹849 retail, a wax-out costs ₹21,225 a day, and the eight working days inside a 10-day lead time come to ₹1,69,800 — more than the entire eight-week wax holding of ₹94,305.60. Dropping from eight weeks to six saves ₹23,576.40 of locked cash and is a reasonable compromise; dropping to three weeks puts the target below the 91.58 kg reorder point, which is not a lower policy but an unworkable one.
Eight weeks of wax, three of each scent
Cover the line that can switch off six product lines at once.
Natural Soy Pearl Wax at ₹424.80/kg in 5 kg, 10 kg and 50 kg (50 kg ₹21,240 — the only listed 50 kg wax pack), Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 at ₹507.40/kg to 10 kg with a stated 10% load, Sandalwood Fragrance Oil at ₹5.0268/g in 500 g or 1 kg, and Honeydew Melon at ₹3.3984/g. Message us for recurring volumes above the listed packs, bulk pricing, GST invoicing and documentation.
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About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. Product recommendations reflect the CSI range; the exposure, reorder-point and weeks-of-cover arithmetic is standard inventory practice and applies to any supplier.Customer reviews: The six reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on their product pages. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me; three longer reviews are shortened with an ellipsis and otherwise unedited.
Figures verified September 2026: Reader's stated inputs — 600 candles a month across 6 SKUs with one fragrance each, 185 g wax fill at 8% of total wax weight (14.8 g of oil, ≈7.4% of the finished 199.8 g), 24 working days a month in four six-day weeks, retail ₹849 giving ₹5,09,400 of monthly revenue and ₹21,225 of output a working day, a peak of 32 candles a day against an average of 25, and observed lead times of 10 days on wax (17 at worst) and 7 on fragrance (11 at worst). CSI publishes no delivery times; these are the reader's own records. Derived consumption: 111 kg of wax and 8.88 kg of oil a month; 4.625 kg of wax and 61.67 g of each oil a working day; 27.75 kg of wax and 370 g of each oil a week; 1,480 g of each oil a month. Reorder points: wax 46.25 + 32.38 + 12.95 = 91.58 kg; each oil 431.67 + 246.67 + 120.87 = 799 g. Prices used: Natural Soy Pearl Wax 1 kg ₹450, 5 kg ₹2,124, 10 kg ₹4,248, 50 kg ₹21,240 — ₹450/kg at 1 kg and ₹424.80/kg at 5 kg, 10 kg and 50 kg; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 500 g ₹260, 1 kg ₹507.40, 5 kg ₹2,537, 10 kg ₹5,074 — ₹507.40/kg from 1 kg up, ₹520/kg at 500 g; Luxury Soy Wax Chunks 1 kg ₹599 and 10 kg ₹5,999 (₹599.90/kg), cited only to show a flat ladder. Fragrance oils, 500 g then 1 kg: Sandalwood ₹2,513.40 / ₹5,026.80 (₹5.0268/g both), Lemongrass and Lime ₹2,600 / ₹5,200 (₹5.20/g both), Gardenia ₹2,166 / ₹4,332 (₹4.332/g both), Chocolate Fudge ₹1,982.40 / ₹3,964.80 (₹3.9648/g both), Orchard Pear ₹1,870 / ₹3,738 (₹3.74/g against ₹3.738/g — ₹2 a kilogram cheaper in the kilo), Honeydew Melon ₹1,699.20 / ₹3,398.40 (₹3.3984/g both); 100 g packs ₹380–₹590 across the same six. Derived values: wax per candle ₹78.59 at ₹424.80/kg and ₹93.87 at ₹507.40/kg; average oil rate ₹4.2767/g giving ₹63.29 a candle, a ₹15.29 difference; monthly wax ₹47,152.80 and monthly oil ₹37,976.80. Cover targets: 8 weeks of wax = 222 kg = ₹94,305.60 at the flat rate, or ₹94,356 as 4 × 50 kg + 2 × 10 kg + 2 × 1 kg (₹425.03/kg), or ₹1,12,642.80 as 22 × 10 kg + 2 × 1 kg of CSI 464; 3 weeks of each oil = 1,110 g, bought as 1 kg + 100 g (1,100 g) for ₹28,397.58 across six oils; total ₹1,22,703.18 with wax at 76.9%. Alternatives priced: 4 weeks of everything ₹85,129.60; 3 weeks wax / 8 weeks oil ₹1,11,318.20; 6 weeks wax / 2 weeks oil ₹89,717.60; 8 weeks of oil alone ₹75,953.60. Wax pour-loss planning allowance 3–5% = 3.33–5.55 kg a month = ₹1,414.58–₹2,357.64. Stated specifications as published on the product pages: CSI 464 fragrance load up to 10%, melt and pour stated as 80–90°C; Natural Soy Pearl Wax states no fragrance load, melt point, add temperature or pour temperature and is described as suitable for a variety of container types and candle designs. Largest listed packs: 50 kg on Natural Soy Pearl Wax (10 kg on most other waxes; no 25 kg or 100 kg pack is listed) and 1 kg on fragrance oils. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.