Newdawn Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Good morning, I'm a newbie to the group although I been following the group for more than a month now. I have a question and I need so help. THANK SO MUCH for any comment or suggestion in advance.I just start making my candle the other day. I was using a blend of 4625/4630/444. I added my FO at 170, stir for 3 minutes and poured. It been curing for a week now and I'm burning it and melting it and there are no scent on the HT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 How much scent did you add? It's really hard to "burn off scent" unless you have your wax at high temps for a very long time. Have you been exposed to your scents for a long time? Maybe you can't smell them because you have what we chandlers refer to as "candle nose" which basically means if you are over exposed to a scent you can lose the capacity to smell it. Are these container candles? Just curious as you have a pillar wax in your blend. It would be helpful to know the percentages of your blend also, to help hone the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joym Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Perhaps you didn't add enough fragrance oil? (How much did you add to how much wax?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newdawn Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 I used 3oz (4625), 2oz (4630), and 5oz (444) with 0.70oz of FO. This is a small container candle with some wax tart for leftover. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joym Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Have you melted the tart? And, if so, can you smell it? (I agree that you didn't heat high enough/long enough to burn off the fo) The amount of fo added to wax seems OK. Even tho you added a pillar wax (4625) to the mix, that wax does usually have a great scent throw, and would affect how the candle burns more than the fragrance throw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newdawn Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 I melted the tart already. I keep walking pass it and I can't really smell anything. There maybe a very very slight scent of the FO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindym Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 What was the fragrance, where did you buy it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newdawn Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 I used Vanilla Ice Cream from Rustic Escentual. I'm going to pour it again tonight, maybe with tart first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldGlory Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 There are numerous factors that will effect a scent throw - the FO is weak, the FO doesn't work in your wax, maybe you have a head cold or allergies, or maybe you are a smoker, or maybe you have anosmia, maybe you have a fan blowing or central air on and it is recirculating the scent too quickly... and the list goes on. In other words, it could be YOU or it could be your INGREDIENTS. So, change it up until you can determinne which it is.I would suggest that you try a different fragrance that is known to work in at least one of the paraffin waxes AND the 444 wax. I would suggest something like Blackberry Sage from Aztec, which works in 464 and 6006. 464 and 444 are very similar, and 6006 is a soy and paraffin blend. If not that fragrance, look thru the archives in Fragrance Discussion and see what FOs are known to work in your waxes.Good luck! It takes a lot of testing and a lot of patience to make a great candle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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