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Wax: 464 Wick: Premier 735 Container: 6 oz Jam Jar FO% 8 CT 7/10 HT 7/10 Cure Time: Two weeks, as normal for 464. One of my favorite scents, though I have a hard time describing the notes. Masculine, kind of woodsy, a light sweet scent.

I really like the Cacao & Coffee Bean from WW. Every other Coffee scent I've put in a candle or melt just smelled like burned coffee to me.

Just in case anyone is interested, I finally was able to get a candle that burned safe with a CD-6. Other scents have had other, even smaller wicks that worked, like a CD-4 for my Strawberry Shortcake.

I appreciate the response. By a hard to burn wax do you mean like a beeswax or a different soy blend?

So I've known the basics on how to make candles for a while but now that I'm attempting to make candles that are actually safe, I've been running into some issues. Several of the wicks have had no issues until it got towards the bottom, where it got way too hot. Several of them failed pretty quickly when I blew them out and the embers stuck around on the wick. Now, I do realize now that I made a mistake when setting up my testing by starting with things with fragrance oil (VC Creme Brulee at 8%) vs starting with unscented candles to establish a baseline. But I figured since I started that way I needed to continue that way to be consistent. Everything else has been consistent as far as method is concerned. I'm using an 8 oz jelly jar from a local candle supply store. So far I've tested the following LX-14 LX-16 LX-18 CD-8 CD-10 CD-12 ECO-10 ECO-12 I know I still have some I can test (Premiers and smaller wicks of the ones tested) but I've never gotten the sense that it was that hard to find a wick that passed a basic safety test. I've started to wonder whether or not the fragrance oil is having an outsize effect on the ultimate test results and if I should just start over. Or have I just been unlucky so far? Would appreciate any thoughts.