How to make sand candles with powdered sand wax
By Scent DNA
Sand wax is candle wax in dry granules: pour it into a vessel, add a wick and light it. How to make a sand candle, scent and colour it, and...
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How to make gel candles at home
By Scent DNA
What gel wax is, how to melt and pour it safely, where to put embeds, and how to stop the gel setting cloudy or full of bubbles.
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Types of candle wax: which wax to use for which candle
By Scent DNA
Which candle wax to use for jars, pillars, clear gel, sand candles and wax melts, how to blend waxes, and how soy compares with paraffin.
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Ambroxan crystals vs liquid ambroxan: which one are you buying?
By Scent DNA
Ambroxan is sold as pure crystals and as a 10% liquid. How to tell which one a listing is, why the crystals go further, and how to dissolve them yourself.
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What is a chypre fragrance? The fragrance families explained
By Scent DNA
What a chypre smells like, how it differs from a fougère, and a short guide to each fragrance family.
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What is an inspired perfume?
By Scent DNA
How inspired perfumes are made, how they differ from the original, and how to choose between oils, sprays and quality grades.
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How to make a reed diffuser at home
By Scent DNA
The right ratio of fragrance oil to base, how many reeds to use, and how to fix a diffuser you can't smell.
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Perfume bottle sizes: how big is 30 ml, 50 ml and 100 ml?
By Scent DNA
How many sprays each perfume size gives, how long a bottle lasts, and which sizes to choose for your own perfume.
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How to make perfume oil at home
By Scent DNA
A first batch from start to finish: materials, a 10 g test blend, how strong to make it and how long to let it rest.
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What is DPG in perfume?
By Scent DNA
What dipropylene glycol does in perfume, how much to use, and how it compares with DPM, IPM and carrier oils.
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Perfume fixatives explained: Ambroxan, Iso E Super, Galaxolide and Hedione
By Scent DNA
What a fixative does, how Ambroxan, Iso E Super, Galaxolide and Hedione compare, and how much of each to start with.
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Candle Tunnelling 101
By Divyanshi Kothari
Candle Tunnelling can be frustrating, but fear not! We have a straightforward solution that will keep your candles burning beautifully. Prevention is key, and it starts with the very first...
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How to make soy votive candle
By Divyanshi Kothari
Soy Votive Candle: Step 1 - Measure out the wax in step one. Weighing out the necessary amount of wax is a good idea. Per pound of wax, around eight...
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