Choosing Fragrance Oils for your Soy Candles

By Melissa Hall

Soy candle makers are continually looking to get the best scent throw they can from their soy candles, so fragrance plays a major role in soy candle making. There are many different fragrances and suppliers of fragrance oils and it can be tough trying to find scents that throw really well in soy wax and who carries the best fragrances.

Hot scent throw is what every candle maker strives for. A candle can have an awesome cold throw, but then when you burn it for awhile it may do poorly with the hot throw.

This is why it's so important to buy the right fragrance oils. There's nothing worse than spending a bunch of money on candle fragrance oils and then finding out they do not have a good hot scent throw!

It is best to buy fragrance oils that are made specifically for soy wax or have been known to throw nice and strong in soy because not all fragrance oils work well with soy.

Below is a list of fragrance oils from several suppliers that I have tested and have had good hot throw in soy candles. I have used and recommend these oils. A lot of fragrance oil suppliers have 1oz samples you can try and it's smart to start out with those in order to test without spending too much before buying in bulk.

And remember, just because a fragrance oil from one company throws awesome, that does not mean the same fragrance from a different company will do the same! Oils will vary from company to company (though some may use the same manufacturer, so might have some of the same fragrances).

When I was looking for the best coffee fragrance oil, I purchased samples from four different suppliers and they all smelled different. The coffee fragrance from Candlesoylutions is the one I ended up going with because I thought it smelled the most true to black coffee. (I use the maximum amount since coffee fragrances don't have as strong of a scent throw)

Candle Fragrance List

Candle Soylutions Soy Candle Making Supplies

Almost Paradise

Apple Pie

Apple Spice

Apple Strudel

Birthday Cake

Black Coffee

Buttered Rum

Carrot Cake

Cherry Almond

Chocolate

Cinnamon

Cinnamon Spice

Clean Cotton

Clove

Clove Pomander

Cucumber Melon

Evergreen

Frankincense

Fresh Linen

Grape

Honeysuckle

Leather

Lemon

Lemon Cheesecake

Lemongrass

Lilac

Lilac Blossoms

Lime

Love Spell

Mistletoe

Nutmeg

Ocean

Orange Spice

Pumpkin Pie

Raspberry

Strawberry

Sugar Cookie

Sunflower

Toasted Hazelnut

Vanilla

White Cake

Wild Cherry

Candle Cocoon Candle Fragrance Oils

Brewed Jasmine

Cranberry Compote

Crushed Strawberry and Rhubarb

Melon,Fig and Apricot

Brambleberry Candle and Soap Making Supplies

Apple Pie

Blueberry

Espresso

Pumpkin Crunch

Natures Garden Candle and Soap Supplies

Fresh Cut Grass

Leather Jacket

If you know of some other oils that are great in soy, please feel free to share in the comments!

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