The Art of Making Scented Candles – 4 Steps to Aromatic Beauty

Aromatic candles will enhance the ambience of a room. 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 frazzled, the aroma & flickering glow of a scented wax candle will relieve your tightness & lift your spirits.

Scented candles serve as wonderful gifts for any occasion and every season especially when they are made by your own hands.

1. Choose Your Candle Fragrance]

Fragrance oil is available in most craft shops. You can also shop for it online. I would suggest that you opt for fragrance oils rather than going for inexpensive alcohol or water based fragrances. Since your wax mix will be oil based, use a fragrance that is also be oil based. Why? Well, as oil and water do not blend, the water from a water based perfume tends not to mix with the melted wax.

2. Choose Your Wax

The basics of {making a scented candle} are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Begin by choosing your wax type. These days the market offers a versatile range of wax, starting from natural waxes made from beeswax, palm or soy and on to gel or paraffin wax. Decide on the aromatic intensity of your candles before making a wax selection. For instance, wax with less density holds less fragrance than higher density wax.

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. You may now heat the water. Use a thermometer to ensure the wax is not burnt. The temperature should be maintained at 170-180 degrees Fahrenheit.

After the wax is melted, insert a wick into the mold and remove your wax from it’s source of heat. Now add the fragrance oil that you have chosen. One ounce fragrance oil to 1 pound wax will create a 6% fragrance. Appreciate that larger portions of fragrance oil means the candle to burn out sooner.

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

Congratulations! You’re finished!

4. Try Different Things as You Go

You will gain great expertise in all phases of candle making once you start experimenting. 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 gift your loved ones with a {scented homemade candle} knowing that they will find the fragrance both relaxing and invigorating.

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