How do I add fragrance when making homemade candles?

taco_truck_tom

I am attempting to make homemade candles for Christmas this year and I want them to have a nice relaxing lavender smell to them. The first time around I used about 10 drops off lavender essential oils in 12 oz of hot wax, but that didn't seem to do the trick. The fragrance is barely there. Is there any way to do this with essential oils? I would like to know how I can use essential oils to make a candle smell good while burning?

Originally asked by Cory Hom-Weaver on Stack Exchange (crafts) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Yes, you can use essential oils to to make homemade candles. Make sure you add it into the wax mixture when creating it and never add it directly on the top of a pre-made candle because essential oils are flammable. From my quick searches of 'essential oils for homemade candles' their recommended essential oil drops are between 30-45 drops. Then I do see blogs focused around aromatherapy suggesting 80-100 drops. 10 drops might not be enough. Trial and error are probably the best thing that could be done since it is several weeks before Christmas. It will give a couple weeks to try them out and see if it is the fragrance you are looking for. In the blog by runtoradiance they mention about...

Full answer by Lyssagal: https://crafts.stackexchange.com/a/10745 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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