Discover The Best Summer Essential Oil Candle Blends With A Printable Chart
Discover the best summer essential oil candle blends with a candle scent list of printable candle scent recipes for summertime.
According to the calendar, it’s officially summer! We’ve quickly settled into summer mode and have been enjoying all it has to offer this month. I think most of us look forward to spending much of our day outdoors during this sunny, warm season. Whether that’s tending the garden, a long walk after dark, dining alfresco, relaxing at the beach or poolside – summer has a lot to offer.
And since it’s now officially summer, it’s the best time to discover sizzling summer essential oil candle blends.
I don’t know about you, but I’m a sucker for a great essential oil blend. Every holiday and season I return to my favorites and test out new scent recipes.
These candle scent recipes capture the essence of summer! You’ll find candle scent combinations to evoke days at the beach, carnival treats like cotton candy, fireworks, and weekend getaways.
Enjoy all the best scents of the sunny season in this ultimate list of summer essential oil candle blends!
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What are good summer candle scents?
Each season brings its own unique vibes and scents to candles, perfume, room sprays, and more. This season is no exception – there’s a lot to love about summer! Fruity scents like lime and tangerine top the list of summer scents. Others include fresh herbal scents such as eucalyptus and exotic scents including sandalwood and palo santo.
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What candle scents go well together for summer?
We can support this season’s vibrant, fun vibes from June to August with essential oil candle scents that go well together for summer. And when we use essential oils versus synthetic fragrances we can soak up their aromatherapy benefits too!
This means we can lift our mood and make our home smell incredible at the same time. But, these candle scent blends aren’t just good for indoors; they work well outdoors too! Create floating candle centerpieces for your outdoor dinner parties or create candles to repel gnats and mosquitoes with scent recipes that include citronella and lemongrass.
Rather you choose a summer candle scent blend that brings back good memories of summer’s past or try something completely new to you, I know you’ll find several you can’t help repeating!
How Much Essential Oil Do You Need?
If you’re making summer scented candles with essential oil, you’ll need a lot more essential oil than diffuser recipes. However, unlike a diffuser blend recipe that typically has a one-time use, a candle scent blend can be enjoyed for months to come.
For scented candles, you want to aim for a 6 percent fragrance load. This equates to 1 ounce of essential oil per pound of candle wax. I’ve broken this down into printable charts in the Oily Chic Library, but I’ll share it here too.
To make a standard 8-ounce candle with essential oil you’ll need:
- A total of ½ an ounce of essential oils
- ½ oz of essential oil is equal to 1 tablespoon
- 1 tablespoon is equal to 3 teaspoons of essential oil
- 3 teaspoons of essential oil is equal to 300 drops
- There are 300 drops of essential oil in a 15 ml bottle
I find it’s easier to create essential oil candle blend recipes when you break the tablespoon into 3 teaspoons like this:
- First Scent: 1 teaspoon = 100 drops of essential = 5 ml bottle
- 2nd Scent: 1 teaspoon = 100 drops of essential = 5 ml bottle
- Third Scent: 1 teaspoon = 100 drops of essential = 5 ml bottle
If you want an essential oil to shine through in your candle, use 2 teaspoons instead of one and add less of the others. If you want to include more than three essential oils, split the third scent into two scents of a ½ teaspoon each.
There are a lot of ways you can go about it! To make it easy, I’ve created a list of done-for-you summer essential oil candle blends to help you mix scents together into incredible scented candles.
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The Best Summer Essential Oil Candle Blends
Are ready to discover the best summer essential oil candle blends and take home a printable candle scent list? This is the place! Use these candle scent recipes to make a standard 8-ounce candle.
If you’re new to candle making – follow the instructions here to make an essential oil candle from start to finish!
Beach Vibes Candle Blend:
This essential oil blend of sandalwood, lime, and lemongrass calls to mind that relaxed bohemian beach feeling we all gravitate to during the summer.
1 teaspoon sandalwood essential oil
1 teaspoon lime essential oil
1 teaspoon lemongrass essential oil
Tangerine Creamsicle Candle Blend:
Sticky, melting tangerine creamsicles and ice cream sandwiches are as fundamental to childhood summers as bike rides and campouts.
2 teaspoons tangerine essential oil
¾ teaspoon vanilla essential oil
¼ teaspoon bergamot essential oil
In Full Bloom Candle Blend:
We all can recall a summer past when we truly came into full bloom. This earthy floral blend is all about blooming.
1 teaspoon lavender essential oil
1 teaspoon geranium essential oil
½ teaspoon sage essential oil
½ teaspoon chamomile essential oil
Ocean Mist Candle Blend:
Do you crave the sun, sand, and surf? Bring the ocean mist to you with this coastal essential oil candle blend.
2 teaspoons palo santo essential oil
½ teaspoon eucalyptus essential oil
½ teaspoon cypress essential oil
Endless Summer Candle Blend:
Feel the warm rays of the sun without the need for sunscreen. This sun-shiny blend of essential oils smells like an endless summer day.
1 teaspoon jasmine essential oil
1 teaspoon lemon essential oil
1 teaspoon tangerine essential oil
Cotton Candy Candle Blend:
Do you remember the state fair or summer carnival on the beach? Re-create this carnival treat with essential oils.
½ teaspoon grapefruit essential oil
2 teaspoons vanilla essential oil
½ teaspoon ylang ylang essential oil
Under the Stars Candle Blend:
This warm, exotic essential oil candle blend of sacred mountain and citronella is everything a night under the stars should be. And you can’t beat the fact that it repels mosquitoes and gnats. You may just want to bottle it up into a DIY perfume!
2 teaspoons sacred mountain essential oil
1 teaspoon citronella essential oil
Weekender Candle Blend:
Everyone in the city lives for the summer weekends. This energetic candle scent recipe is just what you need to help you get through the week in the office.
1 teaspoon lavender essential oil
1 teaspoon lime essential oil
½ teaspoon juniper essential oil
½ teaspoon lemongrass essential oil
Fireworks Candle Blend:
Be it the fourth of July, a baseball game, or a carnival – we can count on seeing fireworks every summer in the states! Why not make a fun fireworks candle?
1 teaspoon lime essential oil
1 teaspoon grapefruit essential oil
¾ teaspoon blue spruce essential oil
¼ teaspoon black pepper essential oil
Beach House Candle Blend:
Picture yourself on a beach vacation waking up to the sand and sea with this beach house candle blend. It’s a calming, uplifting blend with a splash of sunshine. Bottle up in a room spray to enjoy even more!
½ teaspoon eucalyptus essential oil
½ teaspoon jade lemon essential oil
½ teaspoon cypress essential oil
½ teaspoon lavender essential oil
Summer Nights Candle Blend:
What is it about a summer night that keeps outside long past the sunset? I can’t put a pin on it, but I can pin this summer candle blend recipe.
1 ½ teaspoons citronella essential oil
1 ½ teaspoons jasmine essential oil
Porch Swing Candle Blend:
This charming blend will remind you of swinging on the porch with the smell of fresh-cut grass in the air and a glass of lavender lemon in hand.
½ teaspoon rosemary essential oil
1 teaspoon lavender essential oil
½ teaspoon lemon essential oil
Carpe Diem Candle Blend:
Isn’t carpe diem the quintessence of summer? If not in summertime, then when shall we make the most of the present time and live for the moment?
1 teaspoon vetiver essential oil
1 teaspoon stress away essential oil
1 teaspoon valor essential oil
Find each of these summer essential oil candle blends in printable charts for candle scent recipes inside the Oily Chic Library. It’s an easy answer to which essential oils are best for summer candle scents and how much essential oil you need to make a candle.
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