I’m Blending Vanilla and Sandalwood Fragrance Oils — Should the Finished Blend Receive Its Own Wick Test Rather than Relying on Tests of Each Fragrance Separately?
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What does the ladder need? Nine 200 g candles at 8% (worked example: your 8 cm inside jar), three each on Eco C1, Eco C2 and Cotton Braided. 50:50 is 8 g + 8 g per candle, so 72 g of each oil for the ladder, 96 g with a three-candle re-pour.
What is the catch? Sandalwood 15 g, 50 g and 100 g are out of stock on 1 October 2026. The smallest bottle that covers 72 g is the 500 g at ₹2,513.40. It costs the same per gram (₹5.03) as the 100 g would; after the ladder 428 g remains, worth ₹2,151.47 at the price paid: 53 more blend candles if it passes.
So what do I order? Vanilla Bean 100 g + Sandalwood 500 g (₹3,303.40), plus C1 20, C2 10 and Cotton Braided 10 (₹332.40) if your component tests left none. Production quantities only after all three candles of one rung pass a full-life burn.
- Straight answer: the blend gets its own ladder
- Why a blend is a new fuel, not an average
- The 50:50 ladder: nine candles, one pot
- The stock problem: Sandalwood in 500 g or nothing
- What the leftover Sandalwood is worth
- What the approval covers, and what it does not
- From approved blend to production quantity
- What to buy, and what to skip
- Frequently asked questions
Why a blend is a new fuel, not an average
A wick result belongs to one system: jar, wax, oil, load, fill. Change the oil and the system changes, and a blend is a changed oil even when both halves have passed alone. Heavier, vanilla-rich and resinous materials are commonly linked to needing more wick or building more carbon; lighter materials often burn more easily. A 50:50 blend carries half the vanilla of a straight vanilla candle and half the sandalwood of a straight sandalwood one, so it is reasonable to expect it to land near one of its components' wicks. Reasonable is not proven: two oils can also interact in the pool in ways neither shows alone, and CSI has no measured wick data for any oil or blend.
So the component tests are useful in one specific way: they tell you which rungs to buy. If straight Vanilla Bean passed on Cotton Braided in your jar and straight Sandalwood on C2 (a worked example, not a prediction), the blend most plausibly sits on C2 or Cotton Braided, and C1 goes in as the low anchor so the bracket can close from below. If you have no component results, the same three rungs are still the right first buy for an 8 cm jar, for the reasons the 8 cm vanilla hub sets out.
| Evidence you hold | What it tells you | What it cannot tell you | Purchase consequence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Both oils approved alone, on different wicks | The blend's likely zone: on or around those two wicks | Which of them, or whether the blend needs something else | Full three-rung ladder; the two component wicks plus the anchor |
| Both oils approved alone, on the same wick | A strong starting point | That the blend matches; the mixture is still new | A two-arm confirm (that wick + the rung toward the heavier oil, 3 each) may do; a ladder if you want the bracket closed |
| One oil tested, one not | Half the picture | Where sandalwood alone lands in your jar | Full ladder on the blend; skip a separate component test unless you will sell it straight |
| Neither tested | Nothing specific | — | Full ladder on the blend; component tests are optional unless you sell the components |
How to build the blend itself (ratios, what each component contributes, how far to push the load) is formulation work and outside this page; here the ratio is fixed at 50:50 and the question is purely what to buy to wick it. A later change to 70:30 is a separate, smaller confirm: the ratio-change post.
The 50:50 ladder: nine candles, one pot
The worked example: your 8 cm inside jar (CSI lists no jar 8 cm across), a 200 g fill at 8% of total candle weight, so each candle is 16 g of blend + 184 g of wax, and the blend is 8 g of each oil. The load applies to the combined blend, never to each component. Both oil pages say up to 10% for soy and CSI 464 says up to 10%, so 10% is the blend's planning ceiling and 8% sits inside it.
| Line | Needed | Smallest in-stock pack | Price | Per unit | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanilla Bean | 72 g (96 g with re-pour) | 100 g | ₹790.00 | ₹7.90 per g | 28 g (4 g) |
| Sandalwood | 72 g (96 g with re-pour) | 500 g (15/50/100 g out of stock) | ₹2,513.40 | ₹5.03 per g | 428 g (404 g) |
| Eco C1 · low anchor | 3 | 20 (10-pack out of stock) | ₹118.00 | ₹5.90 | 17 |
| Eco C2 · middle | 3 | 10 | ₹94.40 | ₹9.44 | 7 |
| Cotton Braided · top | 3 | 10 | ₹120.00 | ₹12.00 | 7 |
| CSI 464 | 1,656 g | 2 × 1 kg | ₹1,014.80 | ₹0.51 per g | 344 g |
| Wick Centering Device | 9 jars at once | 2 packs of 5 | ₹236.00 | ₹23.60 | 1, reusable |
| Your 8 cm jars | 9 (12 with re-pour) | your supplier | yours | — | — |
| Cash from nothing | every line above | ₹4,886.60 | — | — | |
Of that, the materials the nine candles actually consume are ₹1,853.00: Vanilla Bean ₹568.80, Sandalwood ₹361.93, wax ₹840.25 and nine wicks ₹82.02. One test candle costs ₹202.68 on C1, ₹206.22 on C2 and ₹208.78 on Cotton Braided (oil ₹63.20 + ₹40.21, wax ₹93.36): excluding your jar, labour, freight, packaging and GST. The wick is the smallest line on every candle.
The stock problem: Sandalwood in 500 g or nothing
On 1 October 2026, Sandalwood Fragrance Oil's 15 g (₹93.22), 50 g (₹271.40) and 100 g (₹502.68) are all out of stock; the 500 g (₹2,513.40) and 1 kg (₹5,026.80) are in. We cannot tell you when the small sizes return: ask on WhatsApp. Here are the real options, with what each one actually tests.
| Option | Cash for the oil | Per gram | Candle load on the page | What the result approves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandalwood 500 g | ₹2,513.40 | ₹5.03 | up to 10% for soy | Your actual blend, ready for production |
| Wait for Sandalwood 50 g / 100 g | nothing yet | ₹5.03 at 100 g when listed | up to 10% for soy | The same blend, later; no date published |
| Sacred Sandal Ember 500 g (100 g and 1 kg out of stock) | ₹3,999.00 | ₹8.00 | none in the text we captured | A different blend: sandalwood with incense smoke and resins |
| CSI's perfume-grade, brand-inspired sandal listing, 2 × 50 g or 100 g | ₹884.00 or ₹885.00 | ₹8.84–₹8.85 | none stated; a perfume-grade listing | A different blend: saffron, cardamom, rose, amber and vanilla around sandalwood |
The two alternatives are not cheaper ways to run the same test. They are different oils, priced higher per gram (₹575.86 and ₹637.20 for 72 g, against ₹361.93 of Sandalwood), with no candle load stated in the text we captured, and their notes are not single-note sandalwood. A wick that passes with either approves that blend. If you later switch to Sandalwood, the blend has changed and the confirm starts again. Sacred Sandal Ember's page lists car perfumes and solid perfumes alongside candles; the brand-inspired listing sits outside CSI's main fragrance-oil collection. Neither is wrong to try as a scent, but neither is a substitute for this wick test.
And if it is going on a shelf? Then the 500 g is the right buy, and it is barely a compromise. Per gram it costs exactly what the out-of-stock 100 g would: ₹5.03 at 100 g, ₹5.03 at 500 g and ₹5.03 at 1 kg. The difference is ₹2,010.72 of cash leaving earlier, which is the next section's subject.
What the leftover Sandalwood is worth
At the price you paid, the 428 g left after nine candles is worth ₹2,151.47; after a three-candle re-pour it is 404 g, worth ₹2,030.83. What it turns into depends on the burn:
| Outcome | What the leftover becomes | What else you need |
|---|---|---|
| A rung passes full life, you launch the blend | 53 more 50:50 candles (53 × 8 g) | 424 g of Vanilla Bean to pair with it, and wicks of the winning rung |
| No rung passes; the blend needs a second round (a pair, a load step) | Oil for the next round, already on your shelf | More Vanilla Bean; the next round's wicks only |
| You drop the blend but like sandalwood | 26 straight 200 g Sandalwood candles at 8% | Its own confirm on your wick: a straight oil is another system |
| You drop sandalwood altogether | Stock to sell on or use elsewhere | This is the case to avoid; it is why "exploring" means waiting |
For scale: the ladder consumes ₹361.93 of Sandalwood. The rest of the bottle is not a cost of testing unless the blend dies. Keep it sealed, cool and out of light, as many makers do with all fragrance oils, and note the purchase date on the label.
What the approval covers, and what it does not
Screen at burn 3, approve only after the full life. Three candles per rung, every one burned to about 1 cm left; commonly cited rules of thumb put the pool depth at about 0.5–1 cm and a full first pool at about 3–4 hours. Judge how close the flame sits to the glass in the final third by eye, never by touch. How far down a test must go is the acceptance-depth post.
| Result | Reading | Next purchase |
|---|---|---|
| C2 passes all three; C1 rings; Cotton Braided runs hot or deep | Bracket closed on C2 | Production C2 + oils by the formula below |
| Cotton Braided passes all three; C2 rings | Closed from below; the blend leans to the vanilla side | Production Cotton Braided |
| Cotton Braided still leaves a ring | Double-wick territory for this blend in this jar | Pairs from your spare C1/C2 + the double-arm order; nothing in bulk |
| Two of three pass on a rung | Not decided | Re-pour three from the reserve oil |
| Heavy carbon on every rung | Probably load, not wick | A load step before any new wick (the load-first order) |
The approval does not transfer. It does not approve straight Vanilla Bean or straight Sandalwood (each is its own system), Dark Vanilla in place of Vanilla Bean, either sandal alternative above, a different load, or a different ratio. A ratio change is smaller than a new blend, which is why it gets a smaller confirm: 50:50 to 70:30. If you are juggling several oils and blends across one jar, the attribution method is the fragrance-vs-diameter capstone.
From approved blend to production quantity
Size the wick order from your production, not the pack list: wicks = candles × wicks per candle × (1 + allowance), 5% being our worked-example allowance. For each oil: grams = candles × blend grams per candle × component share.
| Line | If Cotton Braided won | If C2 won |
|---|---|---|
| Wicks a month (100 × 1 × 1.05) | 105 = ₹1,260.00 | 105 = ₹991.20 |
| Packs that cover it | 100 + 10 = ₹1,320.00 (110 wicks) | 100 + 10 = ₹1,038.40 (110 wicks) |
| Vanilla Bean | 800 g: one 1 kg (₹7,646.00), 200 g left | |
| Sandalwood, month one | 800 g: the test leftover 428 g + one 500 g, 128 g left | |
| Sandalwood, after that | 800 g: one 1 kg (₹5,026.80), the same ₹5.03 a gram | |
| Materials per candle | ₹206.74 | ₹204.18 |
Per candle that is Vanilla Bean ₹61.17, Sandalwood ₹40.21, wax ₹93.36 and the wick. A straight Vanilla Bean candle on Cotton Braided would be ₹227.70. Reorder point: daily use × your lead time + safety stock. At 105 wicks a month you use about 3.5 a day; with a 10-day order-to-bench time (yours; CSI publishes no lead times or stock depth) and a week of cover, reorder at 60 wicks. Two oils means two reorder points, and Sandalwood's matters more while the small sizes are out: plan in 500 g and 1 kg steps.
What to buy, and what to skip
Five items, in the order the problem dictates, chosen on page statements, price and stock on 1 October 2026. CSI publishes no wick-performance data, so nothing here is ranked on burn results. Blend candle counts use 8 g of each oil per 200 g candle at 8%, 50:50.
| Size | Price | Per gram | Blend candles at 8%, 50:50 (8 g) | Straight 200 g candles at 8% (16 g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹93.22 — Out of stock | ₹6.21 | Out of stock | Out of stock |
| 50 g | ₹271.40 — Out of stock | ₹5.43 | Out of stock | Out of stock |
| 100 g | ₹502.68 — Out of stock | ₹5.03 | Out of stock | Out of stock |
| 500 g | ₹2,513.40 | ₹5.03 | 62 | 31 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,026.80 | ₹5.03 | 125 | 62 |
| Size | Price | Per gram | Blend candles at 8%, 50:50 (8 g) | Straight 200 g candles at 8% (16 g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 g | ₹130.00 | ₹8.67 | 1 | none |
| 50 g | ₹410.00 | ₹8.20 | 6 | 3 |
| 100 g | ₹790.00 | ₹7.90 | 12 | 6 |
| 500 g | ₹3,840.00 | ₹7.68 | 62 | 31 |
| 1 kg | ₹7,646.00 | ₹7.65 | 125 | 62 |
| Pack | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thin (C1) / 10 | ₹59.00 — Out of stock | ₹5.90 | Out of stock on 1 October 2026 |
| Thin (C1) / 20 | ₹118.00 | ₹5.90 | the low anchor (3), 17 spare |
| Thick (C2) / 10 | ₹94.40 | ₹9.44 | the middle rung (3), 7 spare |
| C1 or C2 / 50 · 100 · 500 · 1000 | from ₹295.00 | ₹5.90 C1 · ₹9.44 C2 | production only, after full life |
| Pack | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 10 | ₹120.00 | ₹12.00 | the top rung (3), 7 spare |
| Pack of 50 · 100 | ₹600.00 · ₹1,200.00 | ₹12.00 | production, if Cotton Braided wins |
| Pack of 500 · 1000 | ₹6,000.00 · ₹12,000.00 | ₹12.00 | same price per wick as the 10-pack |
| Pack | Price | Per unit | What it covers here |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 g | ₹260.00 | ₹0.52 per g | 2 candles at 184 g |
| 1 kg | ₹507.40 | ₹0.51 per g | 5 candles; two bags cover the ladder, 344 g left |
| 5 kg · 10 kg | ₹2,537.00 · ₹5,074.00 | ₹0.51 per g | flat per gram from 1 kg; buy after approval |
Skip for this ladder: separate component ladders if you will only sell the blend; a Steel Wick Holder unless the blend reaches the double-wick row (the page's "3-hole layout" holds a pair, but the text we captured states no hole spacing); and Performance Wooden Wicks, a single listing with no widths, so it cannot form a ladder.
CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells both oils, the wicks and the wax named here, and does not sell finished candles. This page still tells you not to buy our 500 g Sandalwood for an experiment, that our other sandal listings are not substitutes for this test, and that bigger wick packs save nothing per wick.
Every price was verified on CSI's live store on 1 October 2026. Stock was checked per size: Sandalwood 15 g, 50 g and 100 g, Sacred Sandal Ember 100 g and 1 kg, and the Eco C1 10-pack are out of stock on that date and are flagged wherever they appear; every other size shown is in stock. Oil, wick and wax wording is quoted from the product pages; where a page is silent in the text we captured, we say so.
The 8 cm jar, 200 g fill, 50:50 ratio, the component results used as an example, the approval thresholds, the 5% allowance, the 100-candle month and the 10-day lead time are our judgement or worked examples; melt-pool times and depths are commonly cited rules of thumb, not CSI data; CSI publishes no wick-performance data. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
- I Have Five Fragrances in the Same 200 g Jar — Do I Need to Buy Different Wick Sizes for Oud, Vanilla, Lavender, Coffee and Rose?
- I Changed My Fragrance Blend Ratio from 50:50 to 70:30 — Is That Enough of a Formulation Change to Justify Another Burn Test?
- My Lavender Candle Burns Perfectly but Vanilla Tunnels in the Exact Same Jar and Wax — Can the Fragrance Require a Different Wick?
- My Vanilla Candle Produces More Carbon Buildup than My Unscented Control — Should I Wick Down or First Investigate Fragrance Load?
- My Oud Candle Has a Smaller Flame than My Rose Candle Even Though Both Use 8% Fragrance — Why Can Fragrance Composition Change Wick Performance?
- Should I Use My Most Difficult Heavy Fragrance as the Reference When Selecting the Range of Wicks I Keep in Inventory?
- How Do I Determine Whether a Candle Needs a Different Wick Because of Fragrance Chemistry Rather than Jar Diameter, Wax or Manufacturing Variation?
- I Use an 8 cm Diameter Jar with Soy Wax and 8% Vanilla Fragrance — Which Wick Sizes Should I Buy for My First Burn-Test Ladder?
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 — Dark Vanilla Fragrance, Dark Vanilla Oud, Eco Candle Wicks, Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (Flakes Form) For Container Candles, Sacred Sandal Ember Fragrance Oil, Sandalwood Fragrance Oil. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the wick-purchase advice on this page. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me and wording is unedited. "Verified buyer" appears only on reviews Judge.me recorded as verified — Reena Bagal, Urvashi Patel, Anonymous, Jaya Sawlani, Monika Deep. The reviews from SUMAN BISHT are published but not recorded as verified, and carry no badge. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.
Figures verified 1 October 2026, CSI live pricing: Sandalwood Fragrance Oil 15 g ₹93.22, 50 g ₹271.40, 100 g ₹502.68 (all three out of stock), 500 g ₹2,513.40 (₹5.03/g), 1 kg ₹5,026.80 (₹5.03/g); Vanilla Bean Fragrance Oil 15 g ₹130.00 (₹8.67/g), 50 g ₹410.00 (₹8.20/g), 100 g ₹790.00 (₹7.90/g), 500 g ₹3,840.00 (₹7.68/g), 1 kg ₹7,646.00 (₹7.65/g); Dark Vanilla the same at every size; Sacred Sandal Ember 100 g ₹799.00 (out of stock), 500 g ₹3,999.00, 1 kg ₹6,999.00 (out of stock); CSI's perfume-grade sandal listing 50 g ₹442.00, 100 g ₹885.00, 1 kg ₹8,848.00; Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) 10 ₹59.00 (out of stock), 20 ₹118.00, 50 ₹295.00; Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40, 100 ₹944.00, 1,000 ₹9,440.00; Cotton Braided Wicks Ready Made 10 ₹120.00, 50 ₹600.00, 100 ₹1,200.00, 500 ₹6,000.00, 1,000 ₹12,000.00; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 500 g ₹260.00, 1 kg ₹507.40, 5 kg ₹2,537.00, 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Wick Centering Device (Pack of 5) ₹118.00. Per unit = price ÷ grams or units, two decimals.
Non-price figures: load is a percentage of total candle weight, applied to the blend (200 g at 8% = 16 g blend + 184 g wax; 50:50 = 8 g of each; the standard 150 g candle at 8% = 12 g oil + 138 g wax). The 8.0 cm inside diameter (50.27 cm² of pool) and the 200 g fill are labelled assumptions for the reader's own jar. Ceilings are as the pages state (Vanilla Bean and Sandalwood up to 10% for soy; CSI 464 up to 10%, pour 80–90°C): formulation limits, not regulatory ones. The component results used as an example, the approval thresholds, the 5% allowance, the 100-candle month and the 10-day lead time are editorial judgement and worked examples. Melt-pool times and depths are commonly cited rules of thumb. Costs exclude jars, labour, freight, packaging and GST. Diwali 8 November 2026 is a calendar fact.