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2. Fragrance oil - Wikipedia

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   Scented candles are produced when fragrance oils are combined with hot wax like paraffin, forming a homogenous solution. [citation needed] Fragrance oils are retained like a sponge when the wax is cooled to room temperature. Lighting the candle wick increases the wax temperature, gradually releasing an aroma through the evaporation of the ...

3. History of candle making - Wikipedia

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   'Colonial'-style tapered candle molds. With the growth of the whaling industry in the 18th century, spermaceti, an oil that comes from a cavity in the head of the sperm whale, became a widely used substance for candle making. The wax was made by crystallizing the oil, and was the first candle substance to become available in mass quantities.

4. Lavender oil - Wikipedia

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   A glass vial of lavender oil. Lavender oil is an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flower spikes of certain species of lavender. There are over 400 types of lavender worldwide with different scents and qualities. Two forms of lavender oil are distinguished, lavender flower oil, a colorless oil, insoluble in water, having a density ...

5. Essential oil - Wikipedia

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   Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetheroleum, or simply as the oil of the plant from which they were extracted, such as oil of clove. An essential oil is essential in the sense that it contains the essence of the plant's fragrance —the characteristic fragrance of the plant from which it is derived. [ 1 ]

6. Candle - Wikipedia

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   Candle. A candle in a candle stick. Tapers (long thin candles) in a church. A small ornamental candle with a gold stand. A candle is an ignitable wick embedded in wax, or another flammable solid substance such as tallow, that provides light, and in some cases, a fragrance. A candle can also provide heat or a method of keeping time.

7. Where Does Candle Wax Go When You Burn a Candle? - AOL

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   According to The New York Times, most of a candle’s matter actually ends up evaporating into the air. As the wax starts to melt and puddle around the candle’s cotton wick, it actually travels ...