About our Candle Fragrance Strength

Zionsville Candle Company prides itself on producing a truly natural soy candle product.

As we don't add artificial stabilizers and scent strengthening ingredients, we are truly reliant on the natural properties of the fragrance oils, the soy bean wax, the wick or "fire power," and the color.

These are the only items we put into the candle. As a result, some of our candles are stronger than others.

Many candle companies claim to be "triple scented," "saturated," etc. Well, the fact is, soy candle wax can chemically only hold a certain amount of fragrance before it becomes saturated like a sponge.

In fact, candles that are "over fragranced" can even "leak" or "sweat." Some research has backed that over-scented candles can become fire hazards.

Zionsville Candle strictly follows our fragrance manufactures' guidelines on the total amount of fragrance to mix per pound of wax.

We add the max safely allowed, and using our "Perfect Pour Method," make certain the fragrance is consistently mixed through-out our soy candles.

But guess what, everyone is different, so we've found that heavier versus lighter fragrance choices is a positive! Not everyone likes an "overpowering candle," and for some people, too much fragrance is never possible.

I am crazy about your candles...the scents are incredible! Lynn Reno, NV

How we rate our candles

We "score" our candles based on two properties: 1) the "sniff test," and 2) the "throw test."

The "Sniff test" is the "strength" a Zionsville Candle has to your nose prior to burning. Your sense of smell is as unique as your fingerprint, so everyone is different.

But we estimate the Sniff test on a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being lightest, to 5 being heaviest.

The "Throw test" is the strength a Zionsville Candle has as it's burning. Some of our candles are very light, and some will fill an average house!

As a rule of thumb, the size of the candle has a lot to do with the throw, but different fragrances pack different punches as far as "throwing" the fragrance.

So a Zionsville Candle can have a max score of 5 for Sniff, and 5 for Throw.

If you're in the market for a heavy fragranced candle that you don't even need to light to smell, go with a hi Sniff score.

If you're looking for a light candle fragrance, whether it's lit or not, go with a medium to low Sniff and Throw score.

And if you want maximum fragrance, go with a high Sniff and Throw score!

Here's a list of our fragrances. We offer over 60 currently, and some seasonally throughout the year!

lt = "light"

Fragrance	Color	Description	Sniff	Throw
Airport Cinnamon Buns	white	Cinnamon Buns	4	2
Annie's Spring Rain	lt. blue	Spring and Airy	4	4
Apple and Oaks	white	Apple-ish	3	3
Bath Time	white	Baby Powder	3	3
Bonfire	lt. orange	Fire-Woods	4	4
Brick Street Cabernet	cabernet	Cabernet	5	5
Bump and Crunch Pumpkin Cake	brown	Pumpkin/Gingerbread	5	5
Bushel of Berries	blue	Berries	5	4
Butter Cream	tan	Butter Cream	2	2
Cafe Caramel	Caramel	Caramel	3	2
Candy Cane Lane	white	Peppermint	5	5
Carrot Cake	orange	Carrot Cake	5	4
Chocolate Covered Cherries	red/brown	Chocolate Cherries	5	4
Christmas on East 5th	purple	Spicey and Sweet	4	4
Citrus Fresh Odor Eliminator	green/yellow	Lemon and Lime	4	5
Clothesline Breeze	blue	Fresh Laundry	5	5
Coffee in Your PJ's	tan	Fresh Coffee	3	3
Cool Springs	blue-green	Summer/Spring	4	3
Daffodil Fields	yellow	Daffodil	3	3
Date Night	blue	Men's Cologne	5	4
Ever Evergreen	green	Pine	5	5
Everyone Loves Lavender	lt. purple	Lavender	5	4
Eve's Juniper Breeze	lt. green	Fresh Floral	4	2
Eve's Tempting Apple	red	Apple Pie	4	5
Fresh Cucumber Melon	lt. green	Cucumber Melon	3	3
Fresh Cut Grass	lt. green	Fresh Cut Grass	5	4
Fresh Pear	green	Fresh Pear	4	1
German Chocolate Cake	red/brown	Chocolate Cake	4	5
Ginger Peach	lt. orange	Ginger Peach	4	3
Gingerbread Island	brown	Gingerbread	5	5
Hawaii	white	Gardenia	3	3
Holiday Gifts	purple	Holiday Fragrance	3	3
Honeysuckle	white	Honeysuckle	2	2
Hot Cocoa Cold Day	brown	Hot Cocoa	5	5
Hot Fudge Brownie	brown	Hot Fudge	5	5
Jelly Bean	purple	Jelly Bean	3	2
Karl's Green Tea	green	Green Tea	5	5
Kathleen's Spiced Apples	tan	Spiced Apple	3	2
Leather Boots	white	Leather	5	3
Lemon Pucker	yellow	Lemons	5	5
Lily of the Valley	white	Lily	2	2
Mom's Lilac Bush	lt. purple	Lilac	4	4
Movie Hot Buttered Popcorn	yellow	Buttered Popcorn	5	1
Nuts About Hazel	tan	Hazelnut	4	4
Patchouli	purple	Patchouli	5	4
Pina Colada Cruise	white	Pina Colada	3	3
Pure	white	Pure (no scent)	0	0
Rose's Victorian Rose	pink	Victorian Rose	4	4
Sage & Citrus	yellow/green	Sage & Citrus	5	4
Snow Flake	white	Floral-Holiday	2	1
Spearmint	lt. green	Spearmint	4	3
Spicy, Dicey, Santa	green	Sweet/Spicy	4	4
Strawberry Champagne	pink	Strawberry Champagne	3	4
Sugar Cookie	tan	Sugar Cookie	2	2
Sunday Morning Hotcakes	yellow	Blueberry Hotcakes	5	5
Tangerine Dreams	orange	Tangerine	4	3
Tulip	red/pink	Tulip	3	3
Vanilla Silk	tan	Vanilla	3	3
Warm Banana Nut Bread	yellow	Banana Nut Bread	5	5
Wild, Wild, Wolfeberry	purple	Mulberry	4	4

Again, remember that everyone's noses are different! these are scores based on our staff's opinions.

check out our soy candles, and scented soy candle products here.

you can purchase our spa soy candles in any of the above fragrances, but our pet line of soy candles only come in vanilla at this time.