Candle making fragrance oils come from a variety of different places. Much of what you choose will
have to do with the type of candle you are attempting to produce. Most of us learned very early that oil
and water do not mix. This simple rule should stay in the back of your mind as you decide the candle
making fragrance that you are choosing to use.
First, if you are attempting to make candles for use in aromatherapy, your candle making fragrance will
come from essential oils because this is the only way to receive the benefits of aromatherapy. These oils
are naturally based plant extractions, or “virgin oils”. That is important when you remember that wax,
and the fragrance and dye that you put in it is a suspension. As such, essential oils will not work well
with anything other than a naturally occurring wax. This will limit your wax choices to soy, beeswax,
and palm wax. Conversely, if you are using an oil that has been chemically produced to smell good like
the ones they use in the big factories, then paraffin may be the most suitable and economical base.
And this highlights the next point about candle making fragrance and candle production in general.
Before you begin any venture, you must decide what the end product will be. Candle making fragrance,
wax, and dye work together. If you don’t plan ahead, you can marry together 2 or more materials that
are not intended to interact with one another and your candle will not be a success. In the same way that
you must learn the science of how candles work before you produce one, you must also learn what
material works best with what product. If you want to make a pretty candle that smells pleasant, it may
not be necessary to go the more expensive route of using all natural products. On the other hand, if you
intend to use the candle as therapy, you should begin with the fragrance oil and build to the right type of
wax.
Another thing to consider when discussing how wax and candle making fragrance coincide is the
“throw”. The throw