CandleScience

CandleScience is an online supplier of candle making and soap making materials based in Durham, North Carolina. Brothers Dan and Michael Swimm founded it in 2004, according to a 2016 WRAL TechWire profile, after learning candle chemistry from their father. CandleScience Inc. runs the store, which prices in US dollars and serves hobbyists as well as makers who sell their own candles.

What CandleScience sells

• Fragrance oils for candles, soap, reed diffusers, room and linen spray and wax melts, including CleanScent-labeled scents, seasonal collections and a 30-oil Luxury Collection
• Candle waxes such as SimplySoy Artisan, CocoSol soy pillar wax, Coconut Apricot, Golden Brands 464, 444 and 454, EcoSoya, IGI 6006 paraffin/soy blend and beeswax
• Wicks in the Aroma-Lite, CD, ECO and LX series, spooled wick, candle dye, and seamless pillar, votive and tart molds
• Jars, tins, lids and tealight cups, including Sonoma tumblers and limited holiday vessels
• Goat's milk and clear melt-and-pour soap bases, micas, soap molds and EcoBase perfume bases
• Candle, soap and reed diffuser making kits for beginners

For people turning a hobby into a business, the site publishes a Maker Business Hub with guides on wholesale selling and craft fairs, a wick guide and a candle batch calculator, and it sells soy wax by the case.

Delivery and returns

Parcel orders to the contiguous United States ship under ShipSure, a flat-rate scheme where the size of the order sets the shipping tier; the policy page lists no dollar rates. Freight orders are handled separately, and the homepage says every candle making kit ships free. UPS transit times are explained in the help center.

The refund page describes a 60-day guarantee covering products ordered in the past 60 days. CandleScience refunds damaged or defective items in full and pays their return shipping, while customers cover postage on other returns. Clearance, discontinued and backordered items are excluded, and requests start in the reimbursement section of the customer's account page.

Ways to save at CandleScience

Registered customers can join the CandleScience Rewards program, and the site keeps a Clearance section alongside free shipping on candle making kits (checked October 2026).