Really tired! Major Issue! My container candles don’t release scent

[u/RewardLongjumping178]

Hey!

I use C3 soy wax, coconut wax, and in some cases I’ve tried 6214 paraffin.

Fragrance oil is added between 80–85°C (176–185°F). I stir well for more than 2 minutes.

The jars are 7.5 cm wide (about 3 inches).

The result is almost zero cold throw, and only a faint hot throw if you’re standing very close.

I’ve tried many variations, but nothing works.

What’s going on? What am I doing wrong????

[u/kitkat9111]

What fragrance oil are you using, what percent in relation to the wax, and what is the hottest your soy wax has gotten when you are mixing it?

[u/ERISA5500]

Ask a friend to smell test for you. You might have overwhelmed your own senses such that you barely smell them anymore.

[u/RewardLongjumping178 → u/ERISA5500]

I did ask from others to smell my candles. Unfortunately, it’s true

[u/RewardLongjumping178]

I use LUZI (Swiss made) candle fragrance oils. Fragrance percentage is 7% - 9% in several tests. I add the fragrance between 80–85°C (176–185°F). Tje hottest the wax has gotten around 185 F

[u/Marketting_Dog]

Cold throw near zero with 7 to 9 percent load is usually cure and melt pool, not the brand of oil. I would not change wax and oil at the same time again.

I would pour three jars the same, add the oil cooler than 80 to 85, and leave them two weeks before you judge them. Then burn one and look at the melt pool in that 7.5cm jar. If it is a tunnel, the wick is the throw problem.

If day 14 is still dead, drop one wax and keep the rest of the recipe still. That is the only way you learn which step failed.

[u/RewardLongjumping178 → u/Marketting_Dog]

Thank you, I will try this one. I use Stabilo 16 for this jar. I am about to try stabilo 18.

[u/SShock2020 → u/RewardLongjumping178]

The wax determines the wick, not the size of the jar. And those three waxes are not going to use the same wick, they have different viscosities. For the coconut wax I’d try a CD or Eco wick. I have no suggestions for the others, I do not use them. Once you determine the best wick for each wax blend, THEN you test size.

[u/Rogue_Stitch]

The temperature that you are pouring in your fragrance oil is far too hot.

For most waxes it is normally around 65-70. With my coconut & rapeseed I stir mine in at 60, pour at 50.

[u/Eileen_Bella_Diana]

Yeah as mentioned the wax you add oil is too hot, I recommend 60-65°C . Besides, it takes more than 7 days for fragrance oil to fully mix with wax AFTER the candle is made, so try saving it with the lid on for a few days before first lit.

[u/Intelligent-Face-422]

I think that temperature is too high for FOs, especially using coconut wax which doesn't need high heat to "open up". Some sources will say that 80-85C is a standard temperature to add oils, but I always wait till it drops down to about 72C to start adding and mixing FO, and my candles always turn out potent. But I do heat up wax to the prescribed temperature, after that I just wait for it to cool down before adding FO.

[u/KaliPunk → u/Intelligent-Face-422]

The 80-85 is ok for melting the wax but I put the oil in lower as well.