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Can´t Make a Pheromone Candle? Think Again….

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Can´t Make a Pheromone Candle? Think Again….

No pheromone candles you say? We beg to differ. It has been asserted by other organizations that pheromone candles will not be successful based on an arbitrary number that somehow the structural integrity of the molecule will somehow be sacrificed around 155 degrees farenheit. In order to show this assertion is not accurate, it is necessary to have an understanding of how candles function, the molecular structure of hormones, and diffusion. Candles:

First, lets explain how a candle works. Candles really are an amazing lighting system — the fuel itself is the package. There are two parts that work together in a candle:

The fuel, made of some sort of wax
The wick, made of some sort of absorbent twine
The wick needs to be naturally absorbent, like a towel, or it needs to have a strong capillary action (as in glass fiber wicks used in oil lamps). If you buy a length of un-waxed wick at a craft store and play with it, you will find that it feels like soft string and absorbs water very well. This absorbency is important in a candle because the wick needs to absorb liquid wax and move it upward while the candle is burning. When you light a candle, you melt the wax in and near the wick. The wick absorbs the liquid wax and pulls it upward. The heat of the flame vaporizes the wax, and it is the wax vapor that burns. You can prove that it is wax vapor, rather than liquid wax, that is burning with two experiments:

If you place one end of a metal or glass tube (shaped like a thin straw, 4 to 6 inches / 10 to 15 cm long) into a candle’s flame at a 45-degree angle, you can then light the upper end of the tube. The paraffin vapor flows up the tube and is the fuel for this second flame.
When you blow out a candle, you notice a stream of white smoke leaving the wick. This stream is paraffin vapor that has condensed into a visible form. It continues to form as long as the wick is hot enough to vaporize paraffin. If you touch a lit match to the stream, a flame will run down it and re-light the wick.
The reason the wick does not burn is because the vaporizing wax cools the exposed wick and protects it. You may have seen the camping trick of boiling water in a paper cup. The cup does not burn because the water inside cools it. The liquid wax does the same thing for the wick.”

Aromatic Candles:

In aromatic candles, scented oils or other ingredients are added while the wax is in liquid state before it’s poured or shaped into its mold (glass jar, etc). When the candle is lit, heats up, and wax melts, a liquid pool is formed around the wick. Nearly all of the scent released from an aromatic candle is from this liquid pool through diffusion. Diffusion works through the intermingling of molecules in gases and liquids as a result of random thermal agitation. In other words, the wax changing states from a solid to a liquid through heat releases the aromatic scent into the air. It is not the burning of the candle that releases the aroma into the air, rather, its just the opposite and little of the aroma is destroyed through burning.

Hormones and Heat:

In the simplest sense, pheromones are simply hormones secreted by the body through various glands (sweat mostly). In fact, most human pheromones detected have common molecular structures to those of androgenic hormones. Sparing the complexities of this, if you examine androstenone, androstenol, and androsterone, you find that their melting points are well above 100 degrees celcius. In fact, for hormones used in human beings, it is common sterilization practice to heat a preparation to over 300 degrees. Pheromones can endur quite a bit of heat without loss of molecular integrity.

The Point:

We have established how candles function and the importance of diffusion for aroma. Clearly, pheromones are not broken down when the wax changes from a solid to a liquid. Ever dip your finger in hot wax…exactly. Because pheromones will diffuse with the aroma of your candle, little is sacrificed through the actual combustion process.

Want to make a pheromone candle?

Easy enough. Take any candle you have. Dump or scrape the wax out into a pot and apply heat from a stove. When the wax melts, simply add your pheromones (usually in an oil based product) to the pot. Mix thoroughly and pour the liquid wax into whatever container you would like making sure push a wick through before the wax solidifies.

Can´t Make a Pheromone Candle? Think Again….

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