Tea Lights vs Electric Burners
We set up four burners, two Tea Light Burners from our range and two Electric Burners that use a Halogen lamp to melt the wax, one of these had three settings. We put the same melts in each and recorded the temperature of the wax pool once it had fully melted and here are the results:
Pearlescent Glass Tea Light Burner - 255ºF / 124ºC
Dalmatian Glass Tea Light Burner - 240ºF / 116ºC
Electric Burner (Large Green Crock/Glass) - 157ºF / 69ºC
Dimmable Electric - Level 1 - 139ºF / 60ºC
Dimmable Electric - Level 2 - 178ºF / 81ºC
Dimmable Electric - Level 3 - 195ºF / 91ºC
As you can see the temperature of the wax pool in the Tea Light Burners was considerably higher than the Electric Burners so, as the temperature of the pool is key to the 'throw' of the scent, this was the answer as to why the lady had less fragrance from her second melts purchase. She subsequently switched to a Tea Light burner and commented that she could now smell the new melts "just as much as before".
Obviously we were pleased to have got to the bottom of the problem but this has highlighted to us how important your choice of burner can be to the fragrance coming off your melts and we hope it helps you too.