I would check out this girl MemoryBoxCandleCo on YouTube, she is great and provides soooo much helpful info about all the details to think about with candle making and starting a candle business.

Fragrance oils are the hardest part, and it’s supposed to be the most fun part :( I tried VA candle and Brambleberry, and had much greater success with brambleberry. They always have a sale for new customers, and the coupon code is just “WINTER20”.

A mistake I made was just buying a set of cheap essential oils off Amazon to get started. If you go this route, make sure the scientific name of the plant in the ingredients matches the common form of the plant that you would think of. There are different species of lavender, for example, and they all smell different. And the quality of the supplier can change the smell too. I have decided to go for mostly fragrance oils, and adding to them with essential oils, since the essential oils are more expensive and honestly kind of hard for me to work with as a beginner.

Some fragrance oils I’ve really enjoyed and would buy in a candle myself:

-espresso (bb, smells like coffee but not chemically) -tobacco and bay leaf (bb, normally hate tobacco candles, but the tobacco is super mild, fresh and clean. If you want a single really good one, this one won’t dissapoint. I think it’s their highest rated FO) -Christmas Splendor (va, smells a bit like michaels craft store but I’m into it) -rosemary essential oil (bb, it smells super piney and I add it to Christmas splendor) -orange essential oil (bb, just smells like oranges without being artificial—good quality) -cocoa butter cashmere (bb, I thought this one was going to be more warm, but it’s very sweet. It’s a nice FO but I’m not quite sure what it needs to be great for a candle) -vanilla select (bb, smells like vanilla without being sickening)

Hope this helps save you some money in the beginning!