Even before it is lit, the subtle fragrance of a scented candle will heighten your energy level,. When you arrive home tired and worn out from the day, the aroma & warm glow of a scented candle tends to loosen your tightness & lift your energy level.

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 virtually any craft shop. You can also shop for it online. I would suggest that you opt for fragrance oils rather than going for cheap water or alcohol based fragrances. Your wax mix will be oil based, so your fragrance should 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. Pick 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. 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, in case of gel candles, gel wax with less density holds less fragrance compared to gel wax with higher density.

3. The Art of Scented Candle Making

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

The first step is to melt your wax. I suggest using a double boiler. That means place the wax in a small pot and, in turn, put that container into a slightly larger pot containing water. Now heat the H2O. Use a thermometer to avoid burning your wax. The temperature must be kept between 170 &180 degrees F.

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. A mixture of 1 ounce fragrance oil to 1 pound wax will produce a fragrance that permeates your candle up to 6% of its density. Greater amounts of fragrance oil will cause the candle to burn out quicker.

Now pour your melted wax/fragrance mix into it’s mold. The only job remaining 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 candle making technique and thoroughly enjoy the process.

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