The percentage needs a denominator
CandleScience defines fragrance load relative to base wax. Candle Shack’s specific Temptress RCX recipe lists 198 g wax and 22 g fragrance: arithmetic makes this 10% of the 220 g finished blend, or about 11.111111% of wax. These describe the same amounts with different denominators. Use the convention in your recipe.
CandleScience: fragrance load terminology ↗
Candle Shack: Temptress RCX recipe ↗
Capacity and the target order are separate scenarios
With 4,800 g wax and 1,000 g fragrance, a 198 g + 22 g recipe supports 24 candles. A separate target of 30 needs 1,140 g more wax. If wax is sold in 1,000 g packs, two packs cover that shortage. The planner starts both scenarios from the stock you entered; it does not subtract a completed maximum batch before calculating the target.
Enough wax does not mean enough complete candles
If the ingredients support 24 candles but you have 18 containers and 25 compatible wicks for a tested two-wick recipe, the available supplies support only 12 complete candles. A separate target of 30 needs 12 more containers and 35 more wicks: two six-container packs and two 20-wick packs. Five wicks remain after the order. Extra ingredient preparation does not multiply the container or wick counts.
Read the net mass or count on each supply pack
Supplier packaging varies by product. Enter 800 g for an 800 g wax pack, 4,800 g for 4.8 kg, or 12,500 g for 12.5 kg. Enter fragrance in grams as well; converting a bottle’s millilitres needs its actual density. Containers and wicks use counts per pack instead of mass. Every pack size is editable; no supplier prices are assumed.
Separate restock spending from the materials used
Turn on Include your pack prices and fill in your own prices in one currency. Prices start blank; intentionally enter zero only when you want to exclude that cost. The purchase budget multiplies the whole packs needed by those prices. The materials estimate instead values everything required for the target, including stock already on your shelf, at the same entered rates. In an invented example with pack prices of 10 for 1,000 g wax, 6 for 100 g fragrance, 12 for six containers and 4 for 20 wicks, the 30-candle two-wick order above needs 52 currency units in new purchases. Its included materials are valued at 5.70 per candle, or 171 for the order. Neither number is full production cost or profit. Labor, packaging, delivery, taxes and other business costs must be considered separately; do not add the same charge again if you included it in a pack price. CandleScience discusses the broader costs involved in pricing.
CandleScience: understanding candle-making costs ↗
Use a tested candle recipe and the product’s permitted fragrance load. Container and wick counts are optional inventory checks, not recommendations for wick size or burn safety. Testing, lids, labels, packaging, spare units and production time remain separate parts of the order.