This Lehman’s bayberry candle scent is the dedicated fragrance oil for the traditional Christmas-scented candle. Bayberry — the wax-rich berry of the bayberry shrub — has been associated with American Christmas candle traditions since colonial times, when actual bayberry wax was the premium candle material. Now the same scent profile is captured in a fragrance oil that you add to whatever wax base you’re using.
Add the scent to your candle wax just before you pour or dip your candles. The hot wax dissolves the fragrance evenly throughout the candle body, and as the candle burns the scent releases gradually into the room. The 1 oz amber glass bottle is enough for many candle batches — typical use rate is 1/2 to 1 oz of fragrance per pound of wax, depending on how strongly scented you want the finished candles.
For households making seasonal candle gifts, year-round bayberry-scented candles, or running market-craft operations producing scented candles for sale, this is the right scent to have on the shelf. Pair with Lehman’s soy wax, candle molds, and wicking for a complete bayberry candle-making kit. Lehman’s catalog selection.
