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Using undiluted FO in warmers?


Darbla

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For personal use? Probably not, but it seems like that would get really expensive really fast. And the wax and carrier oils is what I assume would help them with longevity. I don't think straight FO would last very long. (don't know though, have never tried it) which again, would get pretty expensive pretty quickly. JMO though since I've never tried it. These are just assumptions based on what I think would happen. 

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I have not used pure fragrance oil, but I do dilute it in water with a tealight warmer.

 

Even small candles that are heavily scented are overwhelming to me if I burn them on my desk, so I tried wax tarts in my little tealight burner/warmer, and those were overwhelming as well.

 

SO, I fill the top with water and put about 8-10 drops of essential oil or fragrance oil in the water and light up a plain tealight.  I get a gentle scent that isn't overwhelming up close and yet fills my living room with light fragrance.  It lasts about as long as the water does, before it evaporates off, about 5 hours.  If the scent is still going and the water is almost gone I will just add a little more water.

 

I tried using the fragrance or essential oil with the carrier oils and it smelled weird with the heat from the tealight.  There was a weird scorched scent......I did NOT try it in a plug in warmer tho because mine are big, maybe a small one would work.

 

A friend told me about the water instead of using oil.  I'm not sure why I didn't think of it myself, I was messing around with the wax and carrier oil when plain water did the job great!

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Ditto above. I've been diffusing essential oils the same way for years. Just put some hot water in the bowl, let it heat up, then add drops of EO or FO. Using hot water to begin with speeds things up.

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I test out scents and scent blends in my meltor. I throw 1oz of wax into my meltor, wait for it to melt then put in a little of the FO I have blended. Not much, about 1 tsp. But then I don't burn it longer than an hour. I just want to get an idea of how the scent smells.

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I had put some el cheapo Candle Source 'Country Bumpkin' in a warmer when I first posted the above on Nov 20, and I can STILL smell it a bit after I turn the warmer on.  It was strong for days, but now it's faded enough I'm changing it out.  Making me rethink trying to frivolously and wantonly use that one up!

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1 hour ago, Darbla said:

Referring to the salt idea above:  would Epsom salt work for this?  I accidentally bought too much of that and this could be a good way to use it up.

It might work well, depending on how the magnesium salt (magnesium sulfate) reacts with the individual fragrance or essential oil :)  Plenty of bath salts are just Epsom salt with fragrance.

 

For melters, The melt point of magnesium sulfate is plenty high at >2000*F.

 

give 'er a go and let us know :D

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