Refining and reading your generated candle recipe
When Ellie generates a candle recipe, you can read it over and talk it into shape — and your own form picks always win over her numbers, both in the preview and when you save.
When Ellie finishes a candle recipe, you're not stuck with her first draft. You can read it over, talk it into shape, and save it when it's right. And the things you chose in the wizard — your wax, your vessel, your fragrance load — stay yours the whole way through.
Reading what she made
The generated recipe lays out the parts of your candle in order: the wax and its weight, your fragrance (or a blend, with each oil's share), any colorant, the pour temperature, and the steps to follow. If the recipe carries any Additives, they're listed too.
Two safety numbers are worked out from your pantry, not guessed by the model — the fragrance flash point check and the fragrance weight for your batch. If a pour temperature meets or exceeds the flash point, Ellie flags it. For what those numbers mean, see Your candle pantry.
For a field-by-field walk through the finished recipe, see Reading a candle recipe.
Your picks always win
Here's the part worth understanding: Ellie writes the prose, the steps, and the additives, but the picks you made in the wizard are the source of truth for the actual numbers. When your recipe is built, Ellie stamps your selections back over anything the model guessed — so the recipe you see, and the one you save, carry your choices.
That covers your:
| Your pick | What it overrides |
|---|---|
| Wax and wax weight | The model's wax and batch size |
| Batch count | How many candles the weight is split across |
| Vessel or mold | Whichever one your format uses |
| Fragrance (or hand-built blend) and load % | The model's fragrance choice and dose |
| Pour temperature | The model's suggested pour temp |
| Colorant | The model's colorant, or none if you chose none |
| Wick | A wick you confirmed from your pantry |
Good to know: this stamping happens both when the preview is drawn and again right before the recipe is saved. So the numbers on screen match what lands in your library — the model's guesses never quietly slip through.
One nuance on fragrance: if you left the fragrance up to Ellie (deferred the pick), her proposed oil or blend is preserved. If you hand-picked a different oil or built your own blend, that override wins instead. Either way, your overall load percentage is kept.
Adjusting it
Under the recipe there's a Refine box. Tell Ellie what to change in plain language — "softer throw," "swap to a coconut wax," "lower the pour temp" — and tap Ask Ellie to adjust. She reworks the recipe and folds your note in. It's a real back-and-forth, so you can ask a question or think out loud, not just fill in a field.
Your original picks survive each rework — Ellie re-stamps them after every pass, the same way she did the first time. Sometimes she'll ask a clarifying question before making a change; answer it in the same box.
Each rework is another generation against your monthly session count. If you're refining a lot, the wizard tier you're on affects how much you're steering by hand versus asking Ellie — see Wizard tiers.
Save or start over
When the recipe is right, tap Save this recipe to keep it in your library. If a pour temperature still meets or exceeds the fragrance flash point, the save is held back with a note so you can lower it first — that's a safety stop, not a bug.
Not happy with it? Start over takes you back to the beginning of the wizard. From there you can adjust your brief and generate fresh.
Once a recipe is saved, you can log a batch against it, add notes and photos, and dial in your wick over successive burns — see Wicks and Curing your candles.