lamp oil...can it be fragranced?

[Cari]

I had a lady ask if she can put refresher oils 60:40 (DPG:FO) in the lamp oil. She bought a wine bottle that another lady had painted and put an oil wick in and wants it to smell good. Any idea?

TIA

C

[Beth-VT]

I believe the answer is no. Any FO added woould simply burn off in the flame. A candle scents because of the melt pool: the wax containing FO becomes liquid thus releasing it into the room. With an oil lamp, there's no pool, just an ignition source, at which point are combustibles are burnt off.

[Cari]

well now i wondered if it would throw any scent or not. Ok thanks. I'll tell her it won't work. She had been looking for a scented lamp oil, I was thinking that there was such a thing, but i guess not.

Thanks!

C

[babyrn]

Well I don't know if this is what ya'll are talking about, but a few years ago I got this lamp for Christmas that looks like a large pillar, but it has a cavity that you fill with parrafin lamp oil and it has a small wick. You can add a few drops of fo or eo, and it will scent while it is burning. I believe it was purchased at a Hallmark Gift store.

[Cari]

Babyrn....that sounds really neat. i think BCN might have the part for that, or like that. http://www.candlesupply.com/oilcandles.html these are the parts to make the wine bottle and mason jar candles. But I can't find anywhere about scenting them.

C