Fragrance Oil Safety & Usage Guide

Customer handout for fragrance oil use, adult-controlled workshops, candles, and maker products.

Part 1 — Must Read Before Use

1. Safety First

Concentrated raw material — not a finished product. Do not use directly on skin, ingest, burn directly, smell from the bottle, or add to food, drink, vape, lip products, medicine, or therapeutic products. Use only diluted in a suitable finished product and within the correct limits.

2. Workshops & Children

Adults only may handle fragrance oils, hot wax, heating equipment, and tools. Children must not measure, pour, smell directly, touch, or handle concentrated fragrance oils or hot wax. Not a toy. Not a children's craft material. No unsupervised child access.

Asthma, allergies, fragrance sensitivity, pregnancy-related sensitivity, or medical concerns: avoid direct exposure and tell the workshop leader before participating.

3. Emergency / Accidental Exposure

4. Handling & Storage

Wear gloves. Eye protection is recommended when measuring, pouring, or teaching workshops. Use ventilation. Avoid eyes, face, mouth, and skin. Keep bottles closed. Store sealed, upright, in the original labeled container, away from heat, sparks, flame, hot surfaces, sunlight, food, drink, children, and pets. Clean spills immediately. Do not pour fragrance oil into drains, sinks, soil, or water.

5. Usage Labels & Recommended Percentages

TLVSC Label	Meaning	Recommended Use
Body Possible	May be considered for body-product formulas only when the fragrance-specific IFRA document allows the exact category. Not for direct skin use.	General TLVSC range: 1–3%, only if IFRA and the base allow it. If IFRA is lower, the lower limit controls.
Body / Candle Possible	May be tested for body products and candles only within the correct IFRA category and after finished-product testing. Not automatically suitable for sprays, diffusers, perfumes, or lip products.	Typical testing point: up to 3%, unless IFRA, the base, or testing requires less.
Candle Safe	Suitable for candle testing in candles, wax melts, and similar wax products. Not automatically suitable for body products, sprays, perfumes, or diffusers.	Start at 1–5%. Higher levels, up to 10%, only if wax guidance, IFRA, and burn testing allow it.

Measuring note: about 25 drops = 1 gram of fragrance oil — an approximation only. Drop size changes by oil, bottle/dropper, and temperature. For accurate formulas, especially products sold or repeated, measure by weight using a digital scale.

ALWAYS FOLLOW THE LOWEST LIMIT: TLVSC recommendation, fragrance-specific IFRA maximum, wax/base manufacturer limit, local law, and finished-product testing. More fragrance oil is not always better and can create safety or performance problems.

6. Customer Responsibility

TLVSC supplies fragrance oils as raw materials. The customer is responsible for correct dosage, formulation, finished-product testing, safety labels, warnings, storage, use, resale, workshop control, and legal compliance for every finished product made, sold, gifted, or used in a workshop.

Finished candles require burn testing and their own warning label. Body products require cosmetic compliance. This guide does not override the latest fragrance-specific SDS, IFRA document, allergen declaration, product label, or applicable law. If there is a conflict, the strictest requirement controls.

7. Quick Candle-Making Instructions

Adult use only. Adults handle fragrance oil, hot wax, melting equipment, thermometers, vessels, and tools. Children do not handle fragrance oil or hot wax.

Ingredients

• Container candle wax
• TLVSC fragrance oil marked for candle use
• Pre-tabbed wick
• Heat-resistant candle jar
• Wick sticker or wick holder
• Optional: wax-approved candle dye

Equipment

• Digital scale
• Thermometer
• Wax melter or double boiler
• Heat-resistant pouring jug
• Stirring tool
• Gloves and eye protection
• Finished candle warning label

Before You Start

Work on a stable, heat-resistant surface. Keep children, pets, food, drinks, paper, fabric, and flammable items away. Do not leave melting wax unattended. Do not use food tools again for food after candle making.

Order of Operation

1. Prepare the jar. Clean and dry the jar. Center the wick and secure it straight.
2. Weigh wax and fragrance. Use a digital scale. For beginners, start at 1–5% fragrance oil. About 25 drops = 1g only as an approximation.
3. Melt wax slowly. Use a wax melter or double boiler. Do not heat standard container wax above 90°C. Follow the wax supplier if their limit is lower or more specific.
4. Cool before fragrance. For this simple TLVSC method, add fragrance oil at 60–70°C. Some waxes require different temperatures, so wax-specific instructions control.
5. Stir gently. Stir slowly for 1–2 minutes until the fragrance is fully mixed. Do not whip, shake, or stir aggressively.
6. Pour the candle. Pour slowly into the prepared jar. General pour range: 55–70°C, depending on wax. Follow the wax supplier's exact pour temperature when available.
7. Cool slowly. Let the candle cool at room temperature, away from drafts, fans, air conditioning, windows, and direct sun. Do not move while liquid. Do not put in a fridge or freezer.
8. Trim and cure. When solid, trim wick to about 5–6 mm. Cure at least 48 hours; for stronger scent performance, test 7–14 days when the wax requires it.
9. Test before sale or workshop use. Test the exact wax, wick, jar, dye, fragrance percentage, and method. Do not sell or distribute untested candles.
10. Label the candle. Every finished candle needs its own warning label: burn within sight, keep away from things that catch fire, keep away from children and pets, use a stable heat-resistant surface.

Important limits: do not exceed the lowest limit between TLVSC guidance, fragrance-specific IFRA, wax manufacturer fragrance load, wick/vessel safety, local law, and your burn-test results. More fragrance is not always better: too much can cause sweating, separation, poor burn, high flame, smoke, weak scent throw, or unsafe candles.

Part 2 — Extra Information for Makers

Final safety reminder: this is a general customer guide. It is not an SDS, IFRA certificate, safety assessment, legal opinion, insurance review, or approval of any finished product. Use fragrance oils carefully, document your work, and follow the strictest applicable requirement.