Hello,

I have not made candles, but I noticed that you are heating up the recipe to 150F or so. I would think, if you are adding the scent at this temp, then the scent would burn off.

Make sure that you are using the correct fragrance for candles, vice my favorite, soap.
Try adding the scent later in your method, which equals a cooler temp of the wax?

Others may pipe in with a more accurate diagnosis, but this is my $.02 worth.

I could also be the fragrance oils. I use EZ Soy and I have found (from experience) that some fragrance oils just do not perform well in soy wax. Now, I make sure I buy fragrance oils that have reviews and that say they throw well (and strongly) in soy wax. If it isn't given a review that says it has a strong scent throw in soy, then I don't buy it.

I heat wax to about 170-180, add fo as soon as I remove from the heat source. Cool slightly and pour (for containers).

You are using WAY to much oil..and it will counter balance the scent throw. Instead of more throw you get NO throw.

Try 15 oz of wax and .8 oz of fo...

It is a myth that the scent burns off when you pour it into hot oil.

Heat wax to 170-180, remove from heat (double boiler method works best....) cheap pour pot ~ spaghetti sauce can or other "1lb" size can, cleaned well..set in an inch and a half of simmering water. (don't use a good pot..you'll never use it again for cooking! LOL)

~add in fragrance oil..stir well... set aside....stir well...set aside..stir well..pour when the wax STARTS to thicken, and to go one step further..has tiny bits of solidifying wax starting in it. (flakes, floaters)

Can you tell me what size cotton core wick?

tarts will smell because you aren't using a flame to melt the wax..you can get the same results from just putting the fragrance oil directly in the tart burner as you do putting with wax...but wicking and combustion is a precise sceince..

Not much to add, because the previous post is spot-on. But the one thing the OP didn't say was what actual FO was being used. I have had better results with some that with others. When you buy them, check to see if they are actually recommended for use in candles. I have had good results with some oils from Majestic Mountain Sage (thesage.com) and Candle Science (candlescience.com).

I was told by my wax supplier to add fo at 185, hope this helps.

I wait until the wax has cooled to around 100 degrees. It has already started to become slushy. You want the wax to cool so that it doesn't burn off your FO. My candles have a very strong scent throw. Hope the helps.

I have very minimum scent throw when I heat to 185, 150, 135, etc., then adding my FO and stirring for 2 minutes and cooling before I pour. I'm going to try melting to 180 then cooling the wax to 100 and adding my FO as stated above and see what happens. I'm using an 8 oz Libbey Interlude glass container and an HTP 93 papercore wick. Burn quality is great and slow but the scent throw.... ugh!

Hi, sorry to jump your post ..I have the same issues and need help..I use things in cups and ml as I find it easier ..So I make up a batch for small candles with 1 cup of soy wax and 10ml of fo ..the melts are strong everytime, but candles are hopeless ..I really would be gratefull for some help too..Thanks

You need to tell us what oil and what company you got it from. Many companies may make the same type of frafgrance, but they do not all work equally well. When I was starting out, I bought a lot of sample size oils from different companies and kept a notebook, recording which ones got good or bad results.

I use aromatix FO..i use a meat temp thing so go by the C so I add FO at 54 c , I will re try and do it again .

I have not used that company's oils, so I can not say anything about the quality. have you compared them to similar oils from other manufacturers? Sometimes, different versions of the same scent have surprisingly different amounts of throw.

Ive found the throw can be hit or miss depending on the actual fragrance oils you use. We've always done 8% FO at 185 high temp, then cool to 135 then pour. Experimentation is always important, even if it takes time to get it right. As a graphic designer, I keep my wax supplies and melting rig right next to my computer, so I can do tests while I work. Experimenting and testing new scents as we speak :) Check out our new site.

That's it , I give up ..Only 2 scents worked , mulled wine from 2 different suppliers , all other scents hate me and it's really hard to get some of the US scents in the UK too, so can't even try them.Has the OP had any luck yet? x

oh , I have just checked the test candle with no scent throw in the cb 135 wax..and now that it's cooled down , where it has burn't it is light brown ..Not sure if me and 135 are going to get on.

Are you curing your candles at 2 weeks of your wax's recommendation? This makes a huge difference.