How Long Do Scented Candles Last?

How Long Do Scented Candles Last?

With the improvement of people's living standards, people's contact with fragrance products has also increased, many people like to use scented candles, but there are also many small partners on some of the use of scented candles are not very clear. How long can scented candles be lit? There is a lot of detail in this!

Scented Candles


1. How long is the first use point?
When using an aromatherapy candle for the first time, it is generally required to burn for at least an hour, and then extinguish it after the aromatherapy candle burns out a flat wax pool. In this way, when the candle is used in the future, it will burn steadily and smoothly, and there will be no unattractive wax pool, resulting in waste.
2. How long do you light scented candles every day
When using scented candles daily, the burning time is more than 20 minutes and less than two hours is very good. The time is too short, only 5 to 10 minutes each time, the fragrance will not be completely distributed, and the peripheral wax is not melted, the middle has been burning down, and the cup is not burned around the side, so it will shorten the service life. The time is too long, because some scented candles are loaded with glass, more than three hours, the heat resistance of the glass is not so good, and it will have a certain impact.
Generally speaking, the burning time is better in twenty minutes to forty minutes, when the room will be full of fresh and fragrant taste, but it is recommended not to burn more than four hours, because after all, candle burning needs to consume oxygen, long-term burning candles in a closed environment is prone to hypoxia and other situations.
3. Secondly, the material of the candle is also very important when using scented candles
Many cheap scented candles are made of paraffin wax, which releases potentially harmful chemicals when lit. The expensive plant-based soy wax and beeswax options are safe and harmless and can be used for a long time. There are manufacturers in order to save costs and the use of industrial flavor, industrial flavor contains a lot of limonene, limonene in the air and ozone oxidation reaction, will become formaldehyde, a lot of volatilization, organic matter is also released at the same time, these volatile substances are also harmful to the body. Plant essential oils are extracted from the flowers, roots, leaves, bark, fruits, resins of herbs by distillation and pressing. It has been proved to purify the air, promote metabolism, activate blood channels and collaterals, and relieve nervous tension.

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