Re: Re: Candles -- who's got them?*

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At 06:41 PM 12/2/2006, you wrote:

>I never knew there were so many risks in involved in making naturally

>scented candles. In my experience they either smell awful (cos they

>are not really natural) or they hardly have any smell at all.

There have always been complaints that EOs are too faint in candles,

and/or it's too expensive to try to use them in candles for that

reason. I remember Butch or someone recommending soaking the wicks in

EOs to help boost the scent.

I saw somebody give a good tip about making scented candles with EOs

recently. I think it was on Chris' group.

You get ready to pour the candle by putting a thick straw, like a

" milkshake " straw, over the wick, held upright. Pour in regular wax,

unscented, around the straw. Let it harden, pull out the straw. THEN,

pour the highly-scented wax with the EOs in the hole left by the

straw, around the wick. Make a really, really concentrated oil/wax

mix for this part.

When you burn it, the scent is supposed to be really strong because

it's all concentrated around the wick. Anybody ever use this method?

Sounds reasonable.

Anya McCoy

Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com

Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org

Natural Perfumers Chat Group

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From: " Shea " <goblinboy60660@...>

Reply-

Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:39:51 -0000

Subject: Re: Candles -- who's got them?*

I was just wondering, could floral waxes be used to make naturally

scented candles? OOoo, a tuberose candle-how decadent!

, I do know that floral waxes are used in candlemaking. Perhaps someone

who has used them successfully could chime in. I think the wick would have

to be special so that it doesn't clog up. Again, what would the percentage

be?

Dorothy

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At 10:23 PM 12/2/2006, you wrote:

>From: " Shea " <goblinboy60660@...>

>Reply-

>

>I was just wondering, could floral waxes be used to make naturally

>scented candles? OOoo, a tuberose candle-how decadent!

>

>

>, I do know that floral waxes are used in candlemaking. Perhaps someone

>who has used them successfully could chime in. I think the wick would have

>to be special so that it doesn't clog up. Again, what would the percentage

>be?

>Dorothy

I've been waiting for our mod and candle maven re: floral

waxes to check in with us, but she's MIA. She asserts that floral

waxes are the bomb for scenting candles, especially rose. Can make a

great rose candle for a fraction of what using the absolute or EO

would cost. She just did a huge, and I mean huge floral wax buy that

should be delivered Monday. None left for sale, it was all on a

prebuy for customers. It was announced here. I suppose most here got

the waxes for solid perfumes, but the candle making aspect is also primo.

Anya McCoy

Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com

Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org

Natural Perfumers Chat Group

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