I had my neighbor bragging about scentsy the other day. So I asked her if I could try one of the melts to see what was so darn good about this company. Actually the melt was not that bad. The wax is somewhat hard but when you press on it, it's kinda soft. Make scents? lol Does anyone know what paraffin wax would be like that? This is what they say on there site. Scentsy uses a food-grade petroleum based wax. Scentsy chose this wax because of its superior scent loading ability, melting point and firmness. Scentsy looked at their waxes, but could not find a good quality vegetable based wax that held the scents.