How to Use Our Products

We love to help as much as possible with questions from our fellow makers. Although we do have years of experience in the industry, we have not worked with every type of product/waxes/wicks out there and will only attempt to give guidance on things that we know and are familiar with. We STRONGLY recommend that customers perform their own extensive research and testing to ensure compatibility, safety, and desired results. We are not responsible for your understanding or use of our supplies.

It is also strongly recommended that you purchase smaller amounts of our oils (2 oz test size) before buying larger amounts to ensure that you are satisfied with the performance in your products.  Please be aware that fragrances often smell very different out of the bottle (OOB) than they do in your product.  

Midwest Fragrance Company is not responsible for unsatisfactory results from using any of our products in any of your recipes. We will not accept returns or exchanges of our fragrance oils for any reason. Our products are carefully tested and packaged to ensure accuracy and quality prior to leaving our warehouse.

We love to help as much as possible with questions from our fellow makers. Although we do have years of experience in the industry, we have not worked with every type of product/waxes/wicks out there and will only attempt to give guidance on things that we know and are familiar with. We STRONGLY recommend that customers perform their own extensive research and testing to ensure compatibility, safety, and desired results. We are not responsible for your understanding or use of our supplies.

It is also strongly recommended that you purchase smaller amounts of our oils (2 oz test size) before buying larger amounts to ensure that you are satisfied with the performance in your products.  Midwest Fragrance Company is not responsible for unsatisfactory results from using any of our products in any of your recipes. We will not accept returns or exchanges of our fragrance oils for any reason. Our products are carefully tested and packaged to ensure accuracy and quality prior to leaving our warehouse.

We do own a retail candle company and use 100% soy wax. We typically use around 8% FO load to start testing and increase from there! Through our own extensive testing, we have noticed that sometimes less is more with our fragrance oils as they are formulated to be the strongest concentration possible.

Other things to consider would be what wick you are using, wax, container size you are testing in (if it’s a smaller size, say 8 oz, these are intended for smaller rooms so test accordingly), olfactory fatigue, and the overall testing process! If you have specific questions beyond this, we recommend reaching out or heading to our Community Facebook Group here to ask the makers.

This is a great question- however the answer is it’s mostly a personal preference!

There are lots of different types of waxes: soy, parasoy, paraffin, beeswax, coconut, coconut apricot, and lots more! Some questions to ask yourself when making this decision are: Are you going for more of a natural feel for your products? Or just trying to achieve a strong throw? Personally, we own our own candle company and have chosen to go the soy wax route. It can be very challenging to work with, especially as a newbie, but once you become familiar with it and do all your testing it can be a great wax!

MWFC sells a variety of waxes. Ceda Serica and C55 are coconut apricot blends that are quite popular.  Maker’s Blend 100 and 150 are parasoy blends, mixing soy and paraffin waxes for the best of both worlds. We also sell Golden Wax 444, 464, and 494 as well, which are 100% soy waxes.

Our fragrance oils work with all of the options, but you will want to perform your own testing to make sure it is safe and has the desired throw for your preference!

Yes! Most of our fragrances work well with cold process soap. We utilize a soap tester who tests each new fragrance and provides their findings. Please keep in mind that results will vary depending on recipe and individual processes. Soap testing is ongoing, and results are listed on the fragrance listing on the website. Here is the link to find the fragrances with testing results: https://midwestfragranceco.com/collections/frontpage/cp-soap-test-notes 

We also recommend joining our Community Facebook group if you have Facebook! We have many soapers in the group who share how MWFC fragrances behave in soap!