I Need to Scale a 30 g Test Fragrance Blend to Enough Material for 1,000 Candles — How Do I Preserve the Exact Ratios?

I Need to Scale a 30 g Test Fragrance Blend to Enough Material for 1,000 Candles — How Do I Preserve the Exact Ratios?

 

30 g test → 16,968 g production Scale factor 565.6× Weigh tests to 0.1 g or finer
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A 30 g test blend is a recipe written in grams at the wrong scale. To carry it to 1,000 candles, convert each gram figure to a percentage of the test, then apply those percentages to the production total. The ratio only survives if the test was weighed precisely enough to be worth scaling.
565.6×
scale from a 30 g test to 16,968 g of blend for 1,000 × 200 g candles at 8% + 10 QC candles + 5% loss (200 g is this page's assumption)
Quick answers — read this first
How do I scale a 30 g test blend to 1,000 candles? Divide each oil's test weight by 30 g to get its percentage. Work out the production total (candles × weight × load, plus allowances). Multiply each percentage by that total. For a 15 / 10.5 / 4.5 g test: 50% / 35% / 15%.

How much blend do 1,000 candles need? Assuming 200 g at 8%: 16,000 g net. With 10 QC candles and 5% loss: 16,968 g, which is 8,484 g, 5,938.8 g and 2,545.2 g of the three oils.

How precisely do I need to weigh the test? To 0.1 g or finer for small components. A whole-gram reading on a 4.5 g component can be 0.5 g out, an 11.1% error in that oil, which becomes 282.8 g at production scale. See precision.

Should I scale the grams I intended or the grams I weighed? The grams you actually weighed. If the test that passed was 15.2 / 10.4 / 4.6 g, that is your formula, not 15 / 10.5 / 4.5. Record both at the time.
The short answer
Method: Test grams ÷ test total = percentage. Production total × percentage = production grams. Never multiply test grams by a rounded factor.
Example: 15 / 10.5 / 4.5 g of Bergamot Amber, Neroli, Palo Santo = 50 / 35 / 15%. × 16,968 g = 8,484 / 5,938.8 / 2,545.2 g.
Precision: Scale resolution ±½ reading. On a 4.5 g component: 1 g reading ±11.1%, 0.1 g ±1.1%, 0.01 g ±0.11%. Weigh production in master lots (for example 1 kg) rather than candle by candle.
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In this guide
Scaling a 30 g test blend: grams → percentages → production grams, never grams × a guess 1 · The test you weighed 2 · The formula, by weight 3 · Production run Bergamot Amber 15 g Neroli 10.5 g Palo Santo 4.5 g Total 30.0 g Bergamot Amber 50% Neroli 35% Palo Santo 15% Total 100% Bergamot Amber 8,484.0 g Neroli 5,938.8 g Palo Santo 2,545.2 g Total 16,968 g ÷ 30 g × total Total = 1,010 × 200 g × 8% × 1.05 = 16,968 g → the test has been scaled 565.6 times A 0.5 g misreading on the 4.5 g component is an 11.1% error in that oil — 282.8 g at production scale. Weigh the test on a scale that reads 0.1 g or finer, record what you actually weighed, and scale the percentages.
The test's grams are converted to percentages of the test total, and the percentages are applied to the production total. Nothing else carries over. The scale factor, 565.6 here, is a result of that calculation, not a number to round and multiply by. The candle weight (200 g) and allowances are this page's stated assumptions.
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Straight answer
I need to scale a 30 g test fragrance blend to enough material for 1,000 candles. How do I preserve the exact ratios?
Scale the percentages, not the grams. First, divide each oil's weight in the test by the test total. A test of 15 g Bergamot Amber, 10.5 g Neroli and 4.5 g Palo Santo is 50%, 35% and 15% by weight. Second, work out the production total. The question gives no candle size, so this page assumes 200 g at 8%: 16 g of blend per candle, 16,000 g for 1,000 candles, and 16,968 g with 10 QC candles and a 5% pour-loss allowance (both working assumptions). Third, multiply: 8,484 g, 5,938.8 g and 2,545.2 g. That is the test scaled 565.6 times. The ratio survives only if the test was weighed precisely. On a scale that reads whole grams, the 4.5 g component could have been anywhere from 4.0 g to 5.0 g, an 11.1% error that becomes 282.8 g at production size. Weigh tests on a scale that reads 0.1 g or finer, record the grams you actually weighed and scale those, and mix production in weighed master lots rather than candle by candle.
One line: divide by the test total, multiply by the production total, and weigh the small component to a tenth of a gram.
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Grams to percentages

A test blend is a ratio disguised as a weight. The first job is to take the disguise off.

Grams only mean something at the scale they were weighed at. Percentages mean the same thing at any scale. So the first step is always the same: divide each component's weight by the total weight of the test. The percentages should add to 100%. If they do not, a figure has been copied wrongly, and you want to find that out now, not after buying 17 kilos of oil.

Example 30 g test blend · by weight
From test grams to a formula
Oil Test weight Working Share of the blend
Bergamot Amber 15 g 15 ÷ 30 50%
Neroli 10.5 g 10.5 ÷ 30 35%
Palo Santo 4.5 g 4.5 ÷ 30 15%
Total 30.0 g 100%

Those three percentages are now the formula. Write them on the formula card together with the load and the load convention, because the percentages describe the blend, and the load describes how much of the blend goes into the candle. The two are separate numbers. "50:35:15 at 8% of finished weight" is a complete formula; "15 g, 10.5 g, 4.5 g" is not.

Percentages by weight, never by ml
If the test was measured with droppers or a syringe in millilitres, the percentages are volume ratios, and oils of different density do not convert one-to-one to weight. No density is published for any CSI oil. Re-make the test by weight before you scale it.
Multiplying the grams by a rounded factor. A maker decides "1,000 candles is about 550 times my test" and multiplies 15, 10.5 and 4.5 by 550: 8,250 g, 5,775 g and 2,475 g. The ratio is preserved, but the total is 16,500 g, not the 16,968 g the run needs, and the order runs short by 468 g. Work out the production total first; the factor is a result, not an input.

The production total

The question gives the number of candles but not their weight, so this page states its assumption: 200 g candles at 8% of finished weight, the default in this series. Each candle holds 16 g of blend. Add 10 QC candles for development and retained samples, then a 5% pour-loss allowance. Both are working assumptions; use your own measured figures.

1,000 × 200 g (assumed) · 8% · 10 QC candles · 5% pour loss
The production blend, oil by oil
Oil Share Per candle Net for 1,000 With QC + 5%
Bergamot Amber 50% 8 g 8,000 g 8,484.0 g
Neroli 35% 5.6 g 5,600 g 5,938.8 g
Palo Santo 15% 2.4 g 2,400 g 2,545.2 g
Total 100% 16 g 16,000 g 16,968 g

The wax is a separate calculation: 1,010 × 184 g × 1.05 = 1,95,132 g, about 195 kg. That is well beyond CSI's largest listed container wax bag (10 kg), so ask CSI on WhatsApp for a quote at that quantity; no volume discount is published. 1,000 × 200 g candles including test batches and wastage works the wax side of this run in full. If your candle weight is not 200 g, multiply the blend total by your weight ÷ 200: a 150 g candle needs 0.75 times these figures.

Precision: where ratios really drift

The ratio is only as exact as the smallest weighing in the test. At 565 times scale, a half-gram becomes a quarter of a kilo.

Every scale rounds. A scale that reads in whole grams shows "5 g" for anything from 4.5 g to 5.49 g, so each reading can be up to half a division out. On a 15 g component that barely matters. On a 4.5 g component it is a large fraction of the whole. Here is what each common scale resolution means for the smallest oil in this blend:

Smallest component: 4.5 g in the test, 2,545.2 g in production
How scale resolution becomes production error
Scale reads to Possible reading error Error in the 4.5 g component Same error at production scale
1 g ±0.5 g ±11.11% ±282.8 g
0.1 g ±0.05 g ±1.11% ±28.3 g
0.01 g ±0.005 g ±0.11% ±2.8 g

A whole-gram scale is fine for weighing wax and the production blend in kilos. It is not fine for the test itself. Weigh test blends on a scale that reads 0.1 g at least, and 0.01 g if your smallest component is under about 2 g. Check the resolution of the Candle Making Weighing Scale (₹354.00) on its product page before relying on it for a test blend; resolution is not stated in our data. Whatever scale you use, weigh the smallest component first, into a tared container, so any overshoot can be corrected before the larger oils go in.

The CSI principle
The smallest component sets the precision you need.
Choose the scale for the test by its smallest weighing, not its largest. A test that cannot be weighed accurately should be made bigger (60 g or 100 g instead of 30 g), so every component is a weight the scale can read reliably.
Make the test bigger instead
If you only have a whole-gram scale, make a 100 g test instead of a 30 g one: 50 g, 35 g and 15 g. Each reading is then within ±0.5 g of a larger number, and the smallest component's error falls from 11.1% to 3.3%. The extra oil is not wasted; it scents test candles. A 100 g blend at 8% is 1,250 g of finished candle, six 200 g test candles with 4 g to spare.

Scale what you weighed, not what you meant

The test that passed your burn test is the blend you actually weighed, not the one you intended to weigh. If the readings were 15.2 g, 10.4 g and 4.6 g, the total was 30.2 g and the ratio was not quite 50:35:15. Scaling the intended figures makes a slightly different candle from the one you approved:

Production total 16,968 g · intended vs actually weighed test
The candle you tested vs the candle you would make
Oil Intended Actually weighed Intended share Actual share Production from intended Production from actual Difference
Bergamot Amber 15 g 15.2 g 50.00% 50.33% 8,484.0 g 8,540.2 g +56.2 g
Neroli 10.5 g 10.4 g 35.00% 34.44% 5,938.8 g 5,843.3 g −95.5 g
Palo Santo 4.5 g 4.6 g 15.00% 15.23% 2,545.2 g 2,584.5 g +39.3 g

The neroli line alone differs by nearly 100 g. Whether that is noticeable in a finished candle is something only a side-by-side burn can tell you, and CSI publishes no data on it. The fix costs nothing: write down every reading as you weigh it, and scale the recorded figures. If the test was not recorded, re-make it to the intended figures on a finer scale and burn-test it again before scaling.

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Record the actual weight of every componentOn the formula card, next to the intended figure, at the moment you weigh it.
2
Convert to percentages to two decimalsActual grams ÷ actual total. Keep two decimals; rounding 15.23% to 15% on a 17 kg batch moves that component by 39 g.
3
Fix the production totalCandles × candle weight × load, then QC candles, then the pour-loss allowance. State the candle weight on the card.
4
Multiply and round each oil up to packsPercentage × production total, then each oil rounded up separately to real CSI sizes.
5
Make one production-scale check batchMix one master lot, pour a handful of candles, and burn them against a retained test candle before committing the full run.
6
Keep the retained sampleKeep one candle from the test and one from the first production lot. They are the reference for every later batch.

Master lots and rounding to packs

You will not weigh 16,968 g of blend in one container. Mix it in master lots of a fixed size, each weighed from the percentages. A 1 kg lot of this blend is 500 g Bergamot Amber, 350 g Neroli and 150 g Palo Santo: large, easy weighings on any production scale. The run needs 16.968 lots: sixteen full lots and one part lot of 968 g, or seventeen full lots with the 32 g remainder kept as a reference. Pour every candle from a master lot, never by weighing three oils into each candle.

Production sizes only (100 g and up) · all in stock · CSI live pricing, 24 September 2026
Rounding each oil to packs
Oil Needed Packs Bought Price Per gram
Bergamot Amber 8,484.0 g 8 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g 8,500 g ₹46,214.00 ₹5.44
Neroli 5,938.8 g 6 × 1 kg 6,000 g ₹39,931.20 ₹6.66
Palo Santo 2,545.2 g 2 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 1 × 100 g 2,600 g ₹15,646.80 ₹6.02
Total 16,968 g 17,100 g ₹1,01,792.00

The blend costs about ₹5.95 a gram at 1 kg rates, or ₹95.21 of fragrance per 200 g candle. Neroli and Palo Santo are priced flat from 100 g to 1 kg, so the kilo saves nothing per gram on them; Bergamot Amber's kilo is 2.9% cheaper than its 100 g. None is among the 24 oils with a kilo saving of 5% or more. For quantities beyond the listed 1 kg packs, CSI quotes on WhatsApp. When kilo buying becomes economical explains the pattern.

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Bergamot Amber Fragrance Oil
The largest component. ₹5.60 a gram at 100 g, ₹5.44 at 1 kg.
Pack Price Per gram
15 g ₹105.02 ₹7.00
50 g ₹280.00 ₹5.60
100 g ₹560.00 ₹5.60
500 g ₹2,718.00 ₹5.44
1 kg ₹5,437.00 ₹5.44
Order 8 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g = ₹46,214.00 Buy Bergamot Amber
2
35% of the example · floral-citrus
Neroli Fragrance Oil
Flat at ₹6.66 a gram from 100 g to 1 kg; the 15 g tester is ₹7.87.
Pack Price Per gram
15 g ₹118.00 ₹7.87
50 g ₹342.20 ₹6.84
100 g ₹665.52 ₹6.66
500 g ₹3,327.60 ₹6.66
1 kg ₹6,655.20 ₹6.66
Order 6 × 1 kg = ₹39,931.20 Buy Neroli
3
15% of the example · woody-resinous
Palo Santo Fragrance Oil
The smallest component and the one that needs the most careful weighing. Flat at ₹6.02 a gram from 50 g to 1 kg.
Pack Price Per gram
15 g ₹106.20 ₹7.08
50 g ₹300.90 ₹6.02
100 g ₹601.80 ₹6.02
500 g ₹3,009.00 ₹6.02
1 kg ₹6,018.00 ₹6.02
Order 2 × 1 kg + 1 × 500 g + 1 × 100 g = ₹15,646.80 Buy Palo Santo
Argued against our own interest, plainly. The easy advice for us is "buy the full 17 kilos now". If the blend has only passed a 30 g test, make one production-scale master lot first and burn-test it. That costs the oil for one 1 kg lot, not ₹1,01,792.00, and it is the cheapest insurance a 1,000-candle order can have.
Planning a 1,000-candle run for Diwali on 8 November 2026 or the November–February wedding season? Send CSI your three oils and the production grams for a single quote, GST invoicing and IFRA documentation for each oil. No blending service is published; CSI supplies the single oils.
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For the order sheet of a three-oil blend at 500 candles, see the 50:30:20 coffee-vanilla-sandalwood page. For the load conventions and a minor component at 100 kg, see the smallest-component page. For two oils at 100 candles, the 70:30 lavender-vanilla page. And if the blend will be one scent in a multi-scent client order, the three-size, four-fragrance requirement sheet shows how to keep the lines separate.

Development candles belong in the order, not on top of it. 1,000 × 200 g candles with development and QC samples sizes the extra oil for those, and a client who wants 20 samples before production covers whether sample materials go into the procurement calculation.

Thirty grams is a ratio. Weigh it to a tenth of a gram, write it down, and the ratio will still be true at seventeen kilos.
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Why trust this guide

CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials, not finished candles. CSI sells single oils; the scaled blend is your formula. This page recommends a one-lot production check before the full purchase, which sells less oil up front.

Oil prices are CSI live listings pulled on 24 September 2026; Bergamot Amber, Neroli and Palo Santo were in stock at every size. The Weighing Scale price is Blog 760's, verified 10 September 2026. Percentages, production grams and error figures are arithmetic, shown so you can check them.

The 200 g candle weight, 8% load, 10 QC candles, 5% pour-loss allowance, 1 kg master lot and the 15.2 / 10.4 / 4.6 g example readings are this page's stated assumptions. Scale resolution for CSI's scale is not in our data; check the product page. For quotes, GST invoicing, MSDS or IFRA documentation, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.

Frequently asked questions

How do I scale up a fragrance blend recipe?
Convert each component to a percentage of the test total, work out the production total (candles × candle weight × load, plus allowances), and multiply each percentage by that total. Round each oil up to packs separately.
How do I convert a fragrance blend from grams to percentages?
Divide each component's weight by the total weight of the blend and multiply by 100. 4.5 g in a 30 g blend is 15%. The percentages should add to 100%.
What scale do I need for fragrance test blends?
One that reads 0.1 g or finer. On a whole-gram scale, a 4.5 g component can be 0.5 g out, an 11.1% error in that oil. If the smallest component is under about 2 g, use a 0.01 g scale or make a bigger test.
How much fragrance blend for 1,000 candles?
At 8%: 1,000 × 150 g needs 12,000 g; 1,000 × 200 g needs 16,000 g. With 10 QC candles and 5% loss at 200 g, 16,968 g.
Should I premix a large fragrance blend?
Yes, in weighed master lots of a fixed size (for example 1 kg), each made from the percentages, labelled and dated. Pour candles from a lot rather than weighing three oils into each candle.
Why does my scaled-up candle smell different from the test?
Common causes are a test weighed on a coarse scale, scaling intended rather than actual weights, a different load convention between test and production, or a different wax, wick or cure. Re-check the first three with this page's method, then run a side-by-side burn.
Percentages first, then production grams
Divide by the test, multiply by the run, weigh the small oil to 0.1 g.
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About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. Product recommendations reflect the CSI range. The percentage-scaling method applies to any blend from any supplier's oils.

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Figures pulled 24 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Bergamot Amber ₹105.02 / 15 g, ₹280.00 / 50 g, ₹560.00 / 100 g, ₹2,718.00 / 500 g, ₹5,437.00 / 1 kg. Neroli ₹118.00 / 15 g, ₹342.20 / 50 g, ₹665.52 / 100 g, ₹3,327.60 / 500 g, ₹6,655.20 / 1 kg. Palo Santo ₹106.20 / 15 g, ₹300.90 / 50 g, ₹601.80 / 100 g, ₹3,009.00 / 500 g, ₹6,018.00 / 1 kg (all in stock). Container wax bags listed to 10 kg (Luxury Soy Wax Chunks ₹5,999.00 / 10 kg). Figure verified 10 September 2026 (Blog 760): Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354.00.

Non-price figures and assumptions: Blend ratios are by weight; load is a share of finished candle weight. The 200 g candle, 8% load, 10 QC candles and 5% pour-loss allowance are stated assumptions. Scale reading error is taken as ± half the displayed resolution. The 15.2 / 10.4 / 4.6 g readings are an illustrative example, not a measurement. No oil density is published. Oils are rounded to in-stock 100 g, 500 g and 1 kg sizes. CSI publishes no data on how ratio changes affect scent. Diwali 2026 falls on 8 November. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.
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