Fragrances blended into different types of candle wax can have a stronger cold throw (not lighted) than hot throw (burning). Most synthetic fragrances in paraffin wax seem to have stronger hot throws, that is, the smell is stronger when the candle is lighted.
We sell candles with a fragrance technology that ensures maximum hot throw with our all vegetable palm wax candles. Ideally, at some point in burning your palm wax candle, a large, wide pool of melted wax will form at the top of the candle. In general (at the same fragrance concentration), the wider and deeper the wax pool the stronger the hot throw will be.
Because taper candles and most pillar candles do not create wide and deep pools of wax, they are not as good a source for fragrance as votives or jar candles. If a particular pillar, votive or jar candle is not as fragrant as another candle, it could also be because not enough scented oil was used in the manufacturing process, or because the fragrance oil was of inferior quality.
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Typically, "cheap" candles are not as fragrant, because the fragrance is the most expensive material in the candle, and the candle maker saves cost by using less. For example, inexpensive synthetic perfumes sold at mass market retailers don't throw as well (or last as long) as the more expensive designer perfumes that still contain some pure essential oils.
