Can I make scented candles with fresh herbs?

Question

I grow rosemary, lavender, and other fragrant herbs. How can I put that fragrance in a candle? If, when melting the wax before pouring the candles, I dump in a handful of fresh herbs, will they make the candle produce a strong enough fragrance after it's finished and I light it? Or do I need to do something else?

Answer 1

You need the oil from those herbs, which you can purchase at a store, then use the oil to add to your candles.  The actual herbs might be useful for decorating the candle.

Answer 2

you must be carful to many hurbs they can burn and amell bad and even catch fire but a few sprigs will be fine

Answer 3

Fresh herbs would rot in the candle, and dried are a fire hazard. If you can extract the essential oils from the herbs that you grow, then you can use that. Otherwise, stick with commercial scents.