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.

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