Should I Approve Every New Fragrance Oil Through a Separate Burn Test?
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Minimum approval: 3 candles, 14 days Mango Coconut 50 g ₹250.00 150 g clear jars, 10 for ₹944.00
Approve every new oil · test before you stock
Burn-test each new fragrance oil in your own wax, jar and wick before it reaches a customer.
★★★☆☆
"Warm comforting fragrance"
M AVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Autumn
★★★★★
"Ordered soy wax, fragrance oils, wax and thermometer — everything was great quality! Gilli Mitti and Pumpkin Spice scents are amazing and authentic. Packaging was secure and delivery was on time. Highly recommended for candle makers! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
RenuVerified buyer · Jul 2026
Gilli Mitti (Patchouli)
★★★★★
"The jars were of good quality"
Soumili GopeVerified buyer · Mar 2026
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram)
★★★★☆
"Hey, the fragrance is so nice. Can’t wait to use in my candles!! A must buy item!!"
S.A.Jun 2024
Jasmine Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"I am really happy with this fragrance.Its absolutely overwhelming fragrance. I used it in champagne candle and received a very positive review from my customer."
Ranjita RAOVerified buyer · Feb 2026
Orchard Pear
★★★★☆
"Good product and I fully satisfaction with my end result"
Urvashi PatelVerified buyer · Aug 2026
Sacred Sandal Ember Fragrance Oil
★★★☆☆
"Warm comforting fragrance"
M AVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Autumn
★★★★★
"Ordered soy wax, fragrance oils, wax and thermometer — everything was great quality! Gilli Mitti and Pumpkin Spice scents are amazing and authentic. Packaging was secure and delivery was on time. Highly recommended for candle makers! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"
RenuVerified buyer · Jul 2026
Gilli Mitti (Patchouli)
★★★★★
"The jars were of good quality"
Soumili GopeVerified buyer · Mar 2026
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram)
★★★★☆
"Hey, the fragrance is so nice. Can’t wait to use in my candles!! A must buy item!!"
S.A.Jun 2024
Jasmine Fragrance Oil
★★★★★
"I am really happy with this fragrance.Its absolutely overwhelming fragrance. I used it in champagne candle and received a very positive review from my customer."
Ranjita RAOVerified buyer · Feb 2026
Orchard Pear
★★★★☆
"Good product and I fully satisfaction with my end result"
Urvashi PatelVerified buyer · Aug 2026
Sacred Sandal Ember Fragrance Oil
Reviews collected and published through Judge.me on candlemakingsuppliesindia.store. They are general reviews of the products named on each card, not assessments of the advice set out below. Wording is unedited.
✓ Prices verified 25 September 2026, out-of-stock sizes flagged ✓ MSDS and IFRA documentation on request on WhatsApp ✓ Raw materials only — CSI does not sell finished candles
CSI Troubleshooting · Commercial
Yes, every new oil. Not because suppliers cannot be trusted, but because oils differ and only your candle can say how this one behaves. Here is the smallest test we would trust, what it costs, and when a shorter check is enough.
₹731.62
the lowest-cost three-candle approval in this post (Honeydew Melon 50 g plus consumables) · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
Should every new fragrance oil get its own burn test? Yes. Every oil you have not poured in your own wax, jar and wick is unapproved, whatever its page, its reviews or its price say. The test is small; skipping it is not.What is the minimum test? Three candles poured from one melt: the new oil on your house wick, the new oil on one wick size up, and an oil you have already approved as the reference. Pool log at day 3, blind burns at day 7 and day 14. Add a fourth, never-lit candle for colour if you pour pale wax.
How much does it cost? A 50 g bottle plus three candles' worth of wax, jars and wicks: ₹764.50 for Mango Coconut, ₹962.50 for Gilli Mitti. The 1 kg of the same oils, bought untested, is 5.2 to 9.3 times that.
When is a shorter check enough? A reorder of an oil you already approved, from the same supplier, needs one confirmation candle beside your kept sample, not the full test. A new supplier, wax or jar means a new approval.
The short answer
The rule: no oil reaches production without a burn test in your own wax, jar and wick. Pages, reviews and bottle smell are not approval.
The minimum test: three candles (new oil on house wick, new oil one wick up, approved reference), 24 g of new oil, 14 days.
Pass: full pool by hour 3 to 4 on one of the two wicks, no sweating at day 14, no soot, doorway score close to or above the reference.
The cost: from ₹731.62 per oil in our examples; four oils at once with one shared reference, ₹683.39 per oil.
In this guide
- Straight answer: yes, and here is the minimum
- Why every new oil, even from a supplier you trust
- What counts as "new", and when a shorter check will do
- The minimum approval test: three candles, fourteen days
- Is it actually the fragrance oil? Reading a failed approval
- What approval costs, per oil and for four at once
- What to buy: 50 g samples and test jars
- New scents for Christmas, 25 December 2026
- Frequently asked questions
The approval test against the kilogram it protects. For the four CSI oils shown, the full three-candle test costs between ₹731.62 and ₹962.50 in materials; the untested kilogram costs 4.6 to 9.3 times as much. The dearer the oil per gram, the stronger the case for testing it first.
The exposure case · 50 g ₹448.00
Gilli Mitti: flat ₹8.96 per gram, so the 1 kg rewards nothing but confidence
Test vessel · pack of 10 ₹944.00
150 g clear jars: approve in the jar you sell in
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Send your list of new oils; we will confirm 50 g stock and share documents
Straight answer
Should I approve every new fragrance oil through a separate burn test?
Yes. An oil is approved when it has burned well in your wax, your jar and your wick, at your load, beside an oil you already trust. Nothing else counts: not the page's load range or throw wording, not a review, not how strong the bottle smells, not the fact that the supplier's other oils work for you. Oils differ in structure, density, vanilla content and stated load window, so a new oil can need a different wick or behave differently at your house load even when your other scents are fine. The minimum approval is three candles from one melt: the new oil on your house wick, the new oil one wick size up, and an approved reference oil. Log the pool at day 3, score blind at the doorway at day 7 and day 14, and check the surface. It uses 24 g of the new oil, so buy 50 g, not 15 g, and costs from ₹731.62 to ₹962.50 in materials for the oils in this post. A reorder of an approved oil needs only a confirmation candle; a new supplier, wax or jar needs a new approval. The full qualification with documents, a load ladder and a cost check is a separate, longer process.
One line: no oil is approved until it has burned in your jar beside one that already is.
Buy 50 g, not 15 g, for approval. The minimum test needs 24 g of the new oil (36 g with a shelf candle); a 15 g bottle makes one candle and no wick twin. Autumn 50 g ₹271.40, Gilli Mitti 50 g ₹448.00, Mango Coconut 50 g ₹250.00, all in stock on 25 September 2026.
Buy Autumn 50 g — ₹271.40
Why every new oil, even from a supplier you trust
A supplier can tell you what is in the bottle. Only your candle can tell you what it does in your jar.
The temptation to skip approval is strongest when things are going well. Your first five oils from a supplier worked, the new one's page states a sensible load range and says "Strong throw", and a customer review calls it lovely. None of that is evidence about your candle. Here is what each of those signals is, honestly, and what it cannot tell you.
What each signal is worth · judgement
Reasons makers skip the test, and why each falls short
| Reason to skip | What it does tell you | What it cannot tell you |
|---|---|---|
| "The supplier's other oils work for me" | The supplier's wax or quality suits you in general | This oil's structure, density and wick needs, which differ from oil to oil |
| "The page states 7–11% and Strong throw" | The intended window; the page's own description | Performance in your wax. Throw wording is a claim on the page, including on CSI's pages; CSI publishes no measured throw data |
| "A review says it is lovely" | One customer liked it, in their system | Your jar, wick and room; some reviews are written before the oil is ever poured |
| "It smells strong in the bottle" | The top notes are concentrated at your nose | Hot throw; strong cold throw does not predict hot throw |
| "It is the same scent as one I sell" | The character may be similar | A different oil is a different formulation, even under the same name |
The review row is not hypothetical. One published review on CSI's store, for a jasmine oil, reads "Can't wait to use in my candles": a sincere, positive review written before the oil had been in a candle. Reviews are worth reading and worth one test candle; they are not approval. Why oils that share a formula still behave differently is set out in the hub for this cluster.
Argued against our own interest: we would sell more if makers ordered new oils by the kilogram on the strength of our pages. Do not. Buy 50 g of every new oil, including ours, and approve it in your own candle first. The 50 g costs more per gram; the untested kilogram costs more in every other way.
What counts as "new", and when a shorter check will do
"Every new oil" needs a definition, or it becomes every candle.
The question in the title has a practical edge: approval takes 14 days, and a busy maker cannot re-approve everything every time. The rule we suggest is simple. Anything that changes the oil, the wax or the jar triggers a new approval; a repeat of an approved combination needs only a confirmation that nothing has changed.
When to run which test · editorial judgement
Situation, test required, and where the detail lives
| Situation | Test | Why |
|---|---|---|
| An oil you have never poured | Full minimum approval (3 candles) | No evidence yet in your system |
| The same scent name from a new supplier | Full minimum approval | A different formulation, whatever the name |
| An approved oil in a new wax | Full minimum approval, and check the new wax's ceiling | Wax changes pool, ceiling and temperatures |
| An approved oil in a new jar size | Wick twin in the new jar | The jar sets the pool; see retesting the wick after a change |
| An approved oil at a new load | Load comparison beside the old load | Load changes pool and surface |
| An approved oil reordered, same supplier and size | One confirmation candle beside your kept sample | Checks the new bottle matches; see the small-test-versus-bulk post |
| An approved oil ordered at 5 kg | Confirmation plus repeat-batch checks | See the 5 kg order tests |
| A new dye colour for an approved oil | A never-lit shelf candle for colour | Dye and fragrance can interact visually |
Two habits make this workable. Keep 20 to 30 g of every approved sample, sealed and labelled, so a confirmation candle has something to be compared with. And keep one line per approved oil: wax, jar, wick, load, date approved. A new supplier or jar then shows up as a line that does not exist yet.
The minimum approval test: three candles, fourteen days
Three candles answer three questions: does it burn, which wick, and is it as good as what you sell now?
This is the smallest test we would trust for putting an oil into production at your house settings. It deliberately does not try to find the oil's best load; it asks whether the oil works at the load you already use, inside the lower of its page maximum and your wax page's maximum. If you want the oil at a different load, or you are deciding whether to stock it at all, that is the full qualification in How to Qualify a New Fragrance Oil Before Adding It to Your Candle Business.
Minimum approval layout · 150 g at 8% (12 g oil + 138 g wax) · one melt
Each candle answers one question
| Candle | Oil | Wick | Question |
|---|---|---|---|
| N1 | New oil, 12 g | House wick (C1 in the example) | Does it work on your current settings? |
| N2 | New oil, 12 g | One size up (C2) | If N1's pool falls short, is the fix a wick? |
| R | An approved oil, 12 g | That oil's approved wick | Is the new oil as good as what you already sell? |
| S (optional) | New oil, 12 g | House wick, never lit | For pale wax or vanilla-bearing oils: colour and sweating on the shelf |
New oil used: 24 g for three candles, 36 g with the shelf candle, leaving 26 g or 14 g in a 50 g bottle for one confirmation candle later. A 15 g bottle covers N1 only, which is why 15 g is a sniff test, not an approval.
1
Day 0 — read the page, then pourWrite the oil's stated candle load (or "not stated"), notes and any vanillin or cure wording on the approval line. Confirm your 8% is inside the lower ceiling. Pour N1, N2, R (and S) from one melt, each weighed separately, oil added at your wax page's temperature, same stir time. Label bases.
2
Day 3 — pool logBurn N1 and N2 for up to 4 hours on separate sessions, logging pool width and depth hourly. You now know which wick the oil needs in this jar. Note flame height and any soot.
3
Day 7 — first blind comparisonBurn the winning N and R on separate evenings in the same closed room, fan and AC off. Someone else carries them in; score the doorway at 30 minutes and 2 hours, 1 to 5.
4
Day 14 — verdict burn and surface checkRepeat the blind comparison. Inspect N1, N2 and S for sweating, wet spots or oil on the surface, and S for colour against a plain candle of the same wax.
5
Decide and write it downApprove (with the winning wick), approve with a condition (a wick or jar exception), or send it to the full qualification. Record wax, jar, wick, load and date on the oil's approval line.
Pass criteria · minimum approval · editorial judgement
All five must pass on the same wick
| Check | Pass | Fail means |
|---|---|---|
| Melt pool at hour 3 to 4 | To the glass, roughly 0.5 to 1 cm deep (a commonly cited rule of thumb, not CSI data) | Wick question; see the failed-approval table |
| Flame and soot | Steady flame, no soot on the glass | Over-wicked or load too high for this oil |
| Surface at day 14 | No sweating, wet spots or pooled oil | Load may be above what the wax holds with this oil |
| Doorway score at day 14 | Within one point of R, or above | Oil, load or wick; not yet a verdict on the oil alone |
| Colour (pale wax, shelf candle) | A shade you are willing to sell | Jar or dye exception, or a white-wax "no" |
Is it actually the fragrance oil? Reading a failed approval
A failed approval is a result, not a verdict. The reference candle tells you which.
The reference candle R is what turns a disappointing test into information. If R also performed badly, your system had a bad fortnight, and the new oil has not been tested fairly. If R was fine, the failure belongs to the new oil in these settings, but not necessarily to the oil in every setting.
Reading the three candles · same melt, wax, jar and room
What each pattern means, and what to buy (or not)
| R (reference) | N1 (house wick) | N2 (one up) | Meaning | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | — | Approved at house settings | Write the line; buy stock at the size your volume justifies |
| Good | Short pool, weak | Full pool, close to R | Approved with a wick exception | Record C2 for this oil; nothing else to buy |
| Good | Weak | Weak, full pool | The oil underperforms at this load in your system | Full qualification (load ladder within the ceiling) or reject |
| Good | Sweating or soot | Sweating or soot | This oil at 8% may be too much for the wax, or the wick too hot | Qualification at a lower load; do not approve yet |
| Weak | Weak | Weak | The system, the room or the day failed, not the new oil | Buy nothing; repeat with a fair room and fresh nose |
The last row matters most for your wallet. If your reference oil, which you sell happily, scored weakly in this test, the fault is in the test, and replacing the new oil would repeat the fault with a different bottle. How to stop a genuinely poor oil before it becomes stock, and the kill criteria at each stage, are in How to Reject Poor-Performing Fragrance Oils Before They Become Expensive Inventory.
Mistake: approving on the day-3 burn because the pool was full and the room smelled good, then pouring 40 candles. Why it fails: day 3 tells you about the wick, not about throw after cure or the surface at day 14. Fix: the pool log is day 3; the approval is day 14. Several CSI oil pages state a soy cure of 48–72 hours before burn testing, and day 7 and day 14 is common practice beyond that, not a rule.
What approval costs, per oil and for four at once
Approval is a line item. Budget it like one.
Per oil, the cash is the 50 g bottle; the rest is wax, jars and wicks you would have bought anyway. For the four oils in the chart, with CSI 464 at ₹0.51 per gram (10 kg price), 150 g clear jars at ₹94.40 and Eco wicks at ₹5.90 (C1) and ₹9.44 (C2):
Minimum approval cost per oil · CSI live pricing, 25 September 2026
50 g oil + ₹514.50 of wax, jars and wicks (three candles; reference oil from your stock)
| Oil | 50 g | Approval test | 1 kg bought untested | 1 kg as a multiple of the test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mango Coconut | ₹250.00 | ₹764.50 | ₹3,964.00 | 5.2× |
| Honeydew Melon | ₹217.12 | ₹731.62 | ₹3,398.40 | 4.6× |
| Autumn | ₹271.40 | ₹785.90 | ₹5,428.00 | 6.9× |
| Gilli Mitti | ₹448.00 | ₹962.50 | ₹8,960.00 | 9.3× |
Adding the shelf candle adds one more candle's wax, jar and wick: ₹684.82 of consumables instead of ₹514.50. Honeydew Melon is not a pick card here but is in the chart as a second low-cost fruity oil: like Mango Coconut, its page states no candle load, and its 100 g (₹4.35 per gram) costs slightly more per gram than its 50 g (₹4.34). Figures exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST; jars can be cleaned and reused after the test.
Approving four oils at once
If you are adding several oils, pour them in one melt with one shared reference candle. Four new oils need nine candles instead of twelve: two per new oil and one R. With Mango Coconut, Honeydew Melon, Autumn and Gilli Mitti, the four 50 g bottles cost ₹1,186.52, the nine candles' wax, jars and wicks ₹1,547.05, a total of ₹2,733.57, or ₹683.39 per oil approved. Sharing the reference saves ₹510.96 in wax, jars and wicks over four separate tests. The same four oils bought as 1 kg each, untested, would be ₹21,750.40.
Keep the batch fair
Four new oils plus a reference is nine burns per round. Do not burn them all on one evening: nose fatigue will score the ninth lower than the first. Two per evening at most, alternating order between day 7 and day 14.
Argued against our own interest, again: Gilli Mitti and Autumn are priced flat per gram from 50 g to 1 kg, so there is no per-gram saving to tempt you to skip the 50 g. On oils where the 1 kg is cheaper per gram, such as Mango Coconut (20.7% below its 50 g), the saving is real but small against the ₹3,964.00 you commit before knowing whether the oil works in your jar.
What to buy: 50 g samples and test jars
Three oils that each make a different approval point, and the jar our worked examples assume. The oils are not a recommendation to stock; they illustrate a wide page window capped by the wax, a high per-gram exposure, and a page that states no candle load. Chosen on stated load, notes, per-gram pricing and stock at every size on 25 September 2026, not on throw, which CSI has not measured. Candle counts assume 150 g at 8%.
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spiced fruity · wide page window · approve inside the wax ceiling
Autumn
A good example of why approval happens in your wax, not on the page. The page states "Recommended fragrance load 7-11% for candles", but in Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 (up to 10%) the lower ceiling is 10%, and your approval load of 8% sits inside both. Notes: "crisp red apple, cinnamon leaf, and orange zest top notes, golden maple, clove bud, and nutmeg middle notes, and warm oak, amber, and vanilla base": spice and vanilla, so add the fourth, shelf candle if you pour pale wax. The page calls it "A rich, IFRA-certified autumn harvest fragrance oil" and its throw wording is "Medium to strong throw"; both are the page's words. One review on its page is 3 stars ("Warm comforting fragrance"): one customer's view, and a reminder that approval is your job, not a review's. Flat at ₹5.43 per gram from 50 g to 1 kg, so buying bigger saves nothing per gram; the 15 g is 16% dearer per gram than the 50 g.
| Size | Price | Per gram | 150 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹94.40 | ₹6.29 | 1 |
| 50 gm | ₹271.40 | ₹5.43 | 4 |
| 100 gm | ₹542.80 | ₹5.43 | 8 |
| 500 gm | ₹2,714.00 | ₹5.43 | 41 |
| 1 kg | ₹5,428.00 | ₹5.43 | 83 |
Approval test ₹785.90; with the shelf candle ₹956.22. Oil per 8% candle at 1 kg: ₹65.14. Buy Autumn 50 g
2
earthy / petrichor · high per-gram price · the exposure case
Gilli Mitti (Patchouli)
The strongest argument for approving before you stock, because it is the dearest per gram of the four oils in this post. The page describes "fresh rain, soft soil, natural patchouli, damp woods, and light musk. Evokes petrichor - the scent of rain on dry earth", states "The recommended fragrance load is 6-10% for candles", and calls it "A rich, earthy IFRA-certified fragrance oil" (the page's wording). A verified review on CSI's store names it among scents the customer found "amazing and authentic"; that is one customer's experience. It is flat at ₹8.96 per gram from 50 g to 1 kg, so the 1 kg is ₹8,960.00 with no per-gram reward for skipping the test; the 15 g is 4.2% dearer per gram than the 50 g. Limitation: an earthy, base-led profile is the kind that often needs a wick check, so the C2 twin matters here.
| Size | Price | Per gram | 150 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹140.00 | ₹9.33 | 1 |
| 50 gm | ₹448.00 | ₹8.96 | 4 |
| 100 gm | ₹896.00 | ₹8.96 | 8 |
| 500 gm | ₹4,480.00 | ₹8.96 | 41 |
| 1 kg | ₹8,960.00 | ₹8.96 | 83 |
Approval test ₹962.50; 1 kg untested is 9.3 times that. Oil per 8% candle: ₹107.52. Buy Gilli Mitti 50 g
3
fruity tropical · no candle load stated · approve at 8% inside the wax limit
Mango Coconut Fragrance Oil
The case where a page gives you less to go on, which makes the burn test more necessary, not less. The page describes "the sweet, juicy aroma of ripe mango with creamy, luxurious coconut", says "Strong throw" and "Clean burn in soy, paraffin", and calls it "A vibrant, IFRA-certified mango coconut fragrance oil"; those are the page's words. It does not state a candle load, so your approval load of 8% is set by the wax page's maximum, not the oil's, and anything above 8% should wait for a WhatsApp question and the load ladder in the full qualification. Least expensive at 1 kg of the three oil picks: ₹3.96 per gram, 20.7% below the 50 g; two 500 g packs cost ₹3,964.00, the 1 kg price. Limitation: no pyramid on the page, so you cannot judge base weight before the burn.
| Size | Price | Per gram | 150 g candles at 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 gm | ₹93.22 | ₹6.21 | 1 |
| 50 gm | ₹250.00 | ₹5.00 | 4 |
| 100 gm | ₹500.00 | ₹5.00 | 8 |
| 500 gm | ₹1,982.00 | ₹3.96 | 41 |
| 1 kg | ₹3,964.00 | ₹3.96 | 83 |
Approval test ₹764.50. Oil per 8% candle: ₹60.00 at 50 g, ₹47.57 at 1 kg. Buy Mango Coconut 50 g
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jar · the test vessel · buy with the first approval
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram)
An approval is only valid in the jar you will sell in, so test in your production jar. If your range uses this jar, it is also the jar our worked examples assume. The page states a 150 g fill capacity, a height of 8 cm, an outer diameter of 7 cm, and "Safe for hot pour up to 85°C". That limit sits inside CSI 464's stated 80°C–90°C pour range, so with this jar pour in the 80°C–85°C part of it. Clear glass also lets you see colour, sweating and pool shape through the side, which suits a test. Limitation: if you sell in a different jar, test in that jar instead; a wick that passes in a 7 cm jar tells you nothing about a wider one. Browse all glass jars.
| Size | Price | Per unit | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 10 | ₹944.00 | ₹94.40 | three approvals of one oil each (3 jars each), or one four-oil batch (9 jars) with one spare |
| Pack of 20 | ₹1,888.00 | ₹94.40 | a four-oil batch (9 jars) plus shelf candles and a confirmation round |
Three jars per single-oil approval: ₹283.20 of glass, reusable after cleaning. Buy the 150 g clear jars — ₹944.00
When the right purchase is nothing: if you are not adding a new oil, a new supplier, wax or jar, you do not need an approval test at all; a reorder of an approved oil needs one confirmation candle from stock you already have. Do not buy samples to re-approve oils that have not changed.
New scents for Christmas, 25 December 2026
Christmas falls on 25 December 2026, 91 days after these prices were checked, and warm, spiced and earthy scents like the ones above suit a winter range (winter runs roughly December to February; colder in the north, milder in the south). Every new scent needs its 14-day approval before production, and a failed one needs time for a second candidate. Working back: production pours by late November need approvals finished by early November, which means new 50 g samples ordered in early October. If you are approving several oils, pour them together in one melt with one shared reference. Once an oil passes, oil per 8% candle at the 1 kg price is ₹65.14 for Autumn, ₹107.52 for Gilli Mitti and ₹47.57 for Mango Coconut; Gilli Mitti's 1 kg is 2.3 times Mango Coconut's, which belongs in the SKU's price. Dispatch times depend on your location; confirm on WhatsApp before you promise a customer a date.
Christmas 25 December 2026: order 50 g samples in early October, approve by early November, produce by late November. Once an oil passes, ask for a 500 g or 1 kg quote with GST invoice and a dispatch date that fits.
WhatsApp a Christmas quote
The CSI principle
An oil is approved in your candle, not on our page.
Three candles, one reference, fourteen days. It is cheap insurance, and the kind that pays out before the loss.
"Every oil you sell has been burned by someone. Make sure the first person was you."
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
Why trust this guide
CandleMakingSuppliesIndia sells the fragrance oils and jars named here, and does not sell finished candles. This page tells you to approve every new oil, ours included, before buying more than 50 g, and never to treat our page wording as test data. That is deliberate: an approved oil gets reordered; an untested kilogram gets regretted.
Every price and per-gram figure was verified on CSI's live store on 25 September 2026; every size shown on the pick cards is in stock on that date, and any that was not would be flagged as out of stock. Load windows, notes, IFRA wording and throw wording are quoted from product pages as the pages' claims; where a page states no candle load, we say so. Reviews are quoted as published.
The minimum test design, the pass criteria, the "what counts as new" table and the failed-approval readings are editorial judgement; CSI has no measured throw, stability or colour data for any oil. For bulk pricing, GST invoicing, and MSDS and IFRA documentation on request, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to test every fragrance oil before selling candles?
Yes, every oil you have not poured in your own wax, jar and wick. The minimum is three candles from one melt: the new oil on your house wick, the new oil one wick up, and an approved reference, judged at day 7 and day 14.
How many test candles do I need to approve a new fragrance oil?
Three for the minimum approval, four if you pour pale wax or the oil carries vanilla (a never-lit shelf candle for colour). Approving four oils at once needs nine candles with one shared reference.
Is a 15 g sample enough to test a candle fragrance?
For a sniff and one candle, yes; for approval, no. The minimum test uses 24 g at 8% in 150 g candles, so buy 50 g. The 15 g also costs more per gram: Autumn's is 16% dearer per gram than its 50 g.
Do I need to retest a fragrance oil when I reorder it?
Not with the full test, if the supplier, wax and jar are unchanged. Pour one confirmation candle from the new bottle beside one from your kept sample. A new supplier, wax or jar size needs a new approval.
How long does it take to approve a new candle fragrance?
Fourteen days from pour: a pool log at day 3 and blind burns at day 7 and day 14. Approving on day 3 tells you about the wick, not about throw after cure or the surface.
How much does it cost to test a new fragrance oil for candles?
A 50 g bottle plus three candles' wax, jars and wicks: from ₹731.62 (Honeydew Melon) to ₹962.50 (Gilli Mitti) in our examples. Four oils at once with one shared reference: ₹683.39 per oil.
Approve before you stock
50 g of the new oil, three candles, fourteen days.
Pour the new oil on your house wick and one size up, beside an oil you already sell, and judge them blind at day 7 and day 14. From ₹731.62 per oil in our examples, against 4.6 to 9.3 times that for an untested kilogram.
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Editorial standards & sources
About this guide: part of CSI's commercial troubleshooting cluster. It answers one question: should every new fragrance oil be approved through its own burn test? It sets out why, what counts as "new", the minimum three-candle approval with pass criteria, how to read a failed approval, and what approval costs per oil and for four oils at once.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 — Autumn, Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram), Gilli Mitti (Patchouli), Jasmine Fragrance Oil, Orchard Pear, Sacred Sandal Ember Fragrance Oil. They are general product reviews, not assessments of the troubleshooting 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 — M A, Renu, Soumili Gope, Ranjita RAO, Urvashi Patel. The reviews from S.A. are published but not recorded as verified, and carry no badge. Reviews below five stars are included as published, not filtered out.
Figures verified 25 September 2026, CSI live pricing: Autumn 15 g ₹94.40, 50 g ₹271.40, 100 g ₹542.80, 500 g ₹2,714.00, 1 kg ₹5,428.00; Gilli Mitti (Patchouli) 15 g ₹140.00, 50 g ₹448.00, 100 g ₹896.00, 500 g ₹4,480.00, 1 kg ₹8,960.00; Mango Coconut 15 g ₹93.22, 50 g ₹250.00, 100 g ₹500.00, 500 g ₹1,982.00, 1 kg ₹3,964.00; Honeydew Melon 15 g ₹105.02, 50 g ₹217.12, 100 g ₹435.42, 500 g ₹1,699.20, 1 kg ₹3,398.40; all in stock. Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) pack of 10 ₹944.00, pack of 20 ₹1,888.00; Luxury Soy Wax CSI 464 10 kg ₹5,074.00; Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) 10 ₹59.00, Thick (C2) 10 ₹94.40. Per gram = price ÷ grams, two decimals.
Non-price figures: candle maths assume a 150 g candle at 8% of total weight (12 g oil + 138 g wax); the three-candle approval uses 24 g of new oil and 414 g of wax. Wax ceilings (CSI 464 up to 10%; Chunks and CSI 468 up to 13%) and the jar's dimensions and 85°C hot-pour limit are as stated on product pages. The melt-pool benchmarks are commonly cited rules of thumb, not CSI data. The test design, pass criteria and readings are editorial judgement; costs exclude labour, freight, packaging and GST; dates are calendar facts.