Essential oils are extremely flammable so we are limited to how much oil we can use to scent our candles. Without the chemicals used in traditional fragrances, it is nearly impossible to make an essential oil candle that is as strong as a fragrance oil candle. We do market all of our candles as "lightly scented" in relation to the strength of a traditional fragrance oil candle. We added the scent strength indicator to help establish a level of reference for the hot scent throw. Even our "strong" options will smell light in comparison to most fragrance candles. Our hope is the indicator will better assist customer's in selecting the scents that will best meet their expectations.