Making Scented Candles – 4 Tips for Creating Aromatic Wax Beauty

Aromatic candles heighten the ambience of any room in the house. If you are a romantic kind of person, you’ll appreciate the aroma of these scented wax masterpieces. Treat your guests to a touch of mystique and a sense of calm. As you will appreciate, the flickering glow of any candle heightens the elegance of a room.

The subtle fragrance of scented candles will pep you up, even while the candle is unlit. So when you come home tired and worn out from the day, the presence of the perfumed candles tend to unwind you and make you feel uplifted.

Aromatic candles serve as wonderful gifts for all occasions and every season, and they are particularily meaningful when crafted by your own hands.

1. Choose Your {Candle Making Fragrance}

Fragrance oil is available in most craft shops. You can also shop for it online. I suggest that you opt for fragrance oils rather the cheaper alcohol and water based fragrances. Your wax mix will be oil based, so your fragrance should also be oil based. Why? As oil & water do not mix, a water based perfume tends not to mix with oil based wax.

2. Choose Your Wax

The basics of {making a scented candle} are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Start by selecting your wax. Available in the market is a versatile range of wax beginning with naturals from beeswax, palm or soy and moving along to paraffin or gel wax. You should decide on the fragrance intensity of your candles before selecting your wax. For instance, in case of gel candles, gel wax with less density holds less fragrance compared to gel wax with higher density.

3. The Process of Making Scented Candles

Now we’ll go through the process of creating aromatic candles.

The first task is to melt your wax. For this purpose, a double boiler can be used. Meaning place the wax in a small pot & place that pot into a slightly larger container partially filled with tap water. Next step – heat the water. Use a thermometer so as not to burn the wax. The temperature must be kept between 170 &180 degrees F.

When the wax is melted, put a wick in the mold & take the wax from the heat source. Next add the fragrance oil that you’ve selected. One ounce fragrance oil to 1 pound wax will create a 6% fragrance. Be aware that greater amounts of fragrance will cause the candle to burn out sooner because it has a higher liquid density.

Now pour the melted wax mixture into your mold. The only job remaining is to let it cool before removing your candle from it’s mold.

Congratulations on a job well done!

4. Experiment as You Go

Start experimenting and you will soon become an expert in all aspects of making candles. By using different fragrances and colors, you will perfect the art of candle making and thoroughly enjoy the process.

It’s a great feeling to award your friends with a {scented homemade candle} knowing that they will find the fragrance both relaxing and invigorating.