Heavy oils

Hi, I have a stupid question. How do you know if a fragrance oil is "heavy" or "light"? There are many references to heavy oils that need to be wicked up but how does one determine if it is indeed heavy? They are sold by weight and not volume. Do you do a side by side comparison of the amount in the container?

Thanks for your help,

Hi, I have a stupid question. How do you know if a fragrance oil is "heavy" or "light"? There are many references to heavy oils that need to be wicked up but how does one determine if it is indeed heavy? They are sold by weight and not volume. Do you do a side by side comparison of the amount in the container?

Thanks for your help,

You can weigh one FO then another if you get less volume in one than others, that weigh the same, then that oil is heaver than the other oils but may not be heavy enough to have to wick-up.

If you order from a supplier that sell their FO's by weight, and you order in 1LB sizes and the bottle is simi transparent, look at the fill leveals when you get them. The bottle with less oil will be a heaver oil but not always a heavy enough oil to have to wick-up.

To help with heavy oils here are some common ones...

Vanilla or any blend that has a lot of vanilla in it,

Patchoulli,

Nag Champa,

Leather

These are the ones I know of but there are others out there.

Candleman, Thank you for your response. I will look at the fill levels from the same supplier and test, test, test.......

perhaps the suppliers can give you the specific gravity of the oils.... that's more or less the density. i seem to recall seeing it on supplier websites. 1~water, I think - lower is lighter than water, higher is denser than water....

For me, I always have to wick up on heavily spiced scents (lots of cinnamon or clove, for example), and I always have to wick up on heavily perfumey scents, such as Drakkar. So to me, "heavy" fragrances do not mean weight -- they mean heavy in the sense of "strong" scents. LOL Just the way my weird brain works.

Yes what the others have said thicker/heaver density would be the ones to wick-up on. To find out this info. you will need to contact the supplier you get your FO's from.

Are heavy oils usually darker?

Dixie

I tend to "wick up" on oils that have a lot of vanilla in them, cinnamon or clove. Also....the perfume ones. HTH