Vanilla & Anise Fragrance Oil

Floral-gourmand with soft citrus, gentle florals, warm spice, creamy vanilla, amber, and musk. Top notes: lemon. Heart: florals, spice. Base: amber, musk, vanilla. It’s inspired by a well-known designer fragrance – see which one in our designer dupe chart.

Use 5–10% of the candle’s total weight. For a 200g candle that’s 10–20g of Vanilla & Anise (about 10–20ml). There is no IFRA limit for candles. The calculator above works it out for any size.

Use 5–10% – that’s 5–10g of fragrance oil for every 100g of finished melts. Check the maximum your wax can hold.

We don’t recommend it. The IFRA maximum for reed diffusers is only 13.33%, which is too low for a good scent throw.

• Soap: yes – 3–6% (IFRA maximum 13.33%)
• Body lotion: yes – 0.5–1.5% (IFRA maximum 25.82%)
• Face cream: yes – 0.1–0.5% (IFRA maximum 3.11%)
• Perfume: yes – 5–20% (IFRA maximum 44.41%)
• Lip balm: not suitable

Soap, lotion and perfume are cosmetics, so each one needs a safety assessment (CPSR) before you sell it.

Undiluted, Vanilla & Anise is classified under GB CLP with the signal word Warning:

• H315 Causes skin irritation.
• H317 May cause an allergic skin reaction.
• H410 Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects.

Candles, wax melts and diffusers you make with it may need their own CLP label. Full details are in the Safety Data Sheet.

No. Its flash point is 93°C, so it isn’t classified as flammable. Like any fragrance oil, keep it away from naked flames.

It may. Vanilla & Anise contains vanillin (0.45%), which can turn wax, soap and other bases cream to brown over time. Test before bulk pouring – see our vanillin guide.

Vanilla & Anise is inspired by a well-known designer fragrance. Find out which one in our designer dupe chart.

Yes. Our free CLP label creator makes a ready-to-print label for candles and wax melts made with Vanilla & Anise. Safety Data Sheets, IFRA certificates and label files are in the documents above.

Yes. All are 100% vegan with no animal-derived ingredients.

Most can. Where suitable:

• Electric diffusers – add a few drops to the water, adjusting to taste.
• Oil burners – mix 50/50 with dipropylene glycol (DPG), or add a few drops to water in the well.

They include a blind plug to prevent leaks in transit. Either pierce the centre with a pin or biro to use it as a dropper, or remove the stopper, pour, and replace the plug.