Scent Notes Balancing Session
This class is olfactory first. We still pour a small candle, but the arc is about reading a blend at wax temperature—not at room temperature from the bottle.
Citrus lifts off hot wax faster than vanilla-heavy bases. I set up paired stations so you smell the same blend at five percent and eight percent in identical jars—participants usually mis-guess which is stronger until they wait ninety seconds. That pause matters: volatile notes spike early, then settle.
Common mistake: adding oil at the coolest possible temperature to “preserve” top notes. Sometimes the wax seizes before full incorporation, and you get pockets that bloom later. I show a narrow band that works with our soy lot.
Home variation: if your kitchen runs hot in September, subtract a degree from your pour window compared to our sheet; elevation is not the only variable in LA microclimates.
Pros and cons
Pros: take-home scent worksheet; three micro-blends in sample tins; honest talk on supplier batch variance.
Cons: not suited if you dislike strong smells in a closed room; we run a fan between rounds but it remains aromatic.
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