Enter your fill weight, fragrance load and supply prices. See exactly how much wax and fragrance oil each candle uses, what one candle really costs (including your time), and suggested retail and wholesale prices.
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Fragrance load math only. Always check your wax's maximum load and your fragrance supplier's IFRA certificate and SDS, and test-burn. Not fire-safety or compliance advice.
Want this for every SKU at once? The workbook (Excel + Google Sheets) has catalogs for waxes, fragrance oils, vessels, wicks and labels, costs each SKU, suggests retail and wholesale prices, builds boutique quotes, and tracks orders and monthly profit. No macros. Built and formula-tested by an AI.
See the workbook on PayhipWax per candle = fill weight ÷ (1 + load). Fragrance per candle = wax × load. Fragrance as a share of the whole blend = load ÷ (1 + load), so an 8% load is 7.4% of the finished candle's weight.
Materials = wax oz × (wax price ÷ (lb × 16)) + fragrance oz × (oil price ÷ oz) + vessel + wick + labels + lid/other. Total cost = materials + overhead % + (hours × wage ÷ candles). Price = total cost ÷ (1 − margin), done separately for retail and wholesale.
Fragrance load is usually stated as a percent of wax weight. Wax ounces = fill weight / (1 + load), and fragrance ounces = wax ounces x load. At 8% load, a 7.2 oz fill is about 6.67 oz wax and 0.53 oz fragrance oil.
Use the maximum your wax manufacturer rates the wax for and check the fragrance oil's IFRA certificate for the candle category. Many container waxes are rated around 6 to 10 percent, but always test-burn. This calculator only does the math; it is not safety or compliance advice.
Start from a cost per candle that includes your labor and overhead, then set a wholesale price that still leaves you a profit and a retail price high enough that a shop buying at wholesale can mark it up. This tool applies separate target margins for each.
No. An 8 oz jar is usually named for its liquid volume, and wax is lighter than water, so most 8 oz jars hold about 6.5 to 7.5 oz of wax by weight. Weigh a filled test candle for your real number.