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Aromatic candles heighten the ambience of any room in the house. If you’re a warm and romantic type of person, you will appreciate the aroma of scented candles. You and your guests will be intoxicated with a sense of well being. As you will appreciate, the flickering glow of any candle heightens the elegance of a room.

Even before it is lit, the subtle fragrance of a scented candle will heighten your energy level,. So when you come home worse for wear, the glow and aroma of a scented candle tends to unwind you & elevate your level of energy.

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

1. Pick Your Fragrance For Candle Making

Fragrance oil can be purchased in most craft shops. Also, you may buy it online. Select a good quality fragrance oil instead of going whth a cheap water or alcohol 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. Pick Your Wax

The basics of making a scented candle are more or less the same as for ordinary wax candles. Start by choosing 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. You’ll want to decide on the aromatic intensity for your candles before choosing your wax. For example, lower density wax holds less fragrance than wax of a higher density.

3. The Art of Scented Candle Making

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

The first job is to melt the 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. You’ll need a thermometer to ensure the wax is not burnt. The temperature should be maintained at 170-180 degrees Fahrenheit.

Once your wax has melted, insert a wick in the mold & take the wax away from the heat source. Next add your fragrance oil. A mixture of 1 ounce of fragrance oil to 1 pound of wax will create a fragrance level equal to 6% of candle density. Be aware that greater amounts of fragrance will cause the candle to burn out sooner owing to higher liquid density of the candle.

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

Congratulations! You’re finished!

4. Try Different Things as You Go

You will develop expertise in all aspects of the candle craft when 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 homemade scented candle knowing that they will find the fragrance both relaxing and invigorating.