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Candle label examples

Published 27 September 2026; rules last checked 25 September 2026. A labelling reference, not legal advice.

Four candle labels, each built in the candle and wax-melt tool from a classification entered the way a supplier's CLP data would give it. The classifications here are made up for illustration: yours comes from your fragrance supplier's document for your fragrance at your load, and it decides everything on the label. Building and previewing a label is free; you pay only to export it.

What changes between them is the classification: a skin sensitiser brings the exclamation mark and Warning with its sensitisers named after the product name, Aquatic Chronic 2 brings the GHS09 pictogram, a candle with only the EUH208 line has no pictogram and no signal word, and Aquatic Chronic 3 adds a hazard statement without a pictogram. Every label keeps the product identifier and the supplier's name, address and telephone number.

Candle classified as a skin sensitiser

Skin Sensitisation 1 is a common classification for a scented candle. It brings the GHS07 pictogram, the signal word Warning and H317. The sensitisers are named straight after the product name, as part of its identifier (Article 18(3)(b)), and the EUH208 sentence is left off: that is only for a product not classified as a sensitiser (Annex II, section 2.8). In the EU and Northern Ireland a health hazard also needs a UFI; the one shown is the worked example from ECHA's UFI developers manual.

What went into the candle and wax-melt tool

Region

European Union

Classification (from the supplier's data)

Skin sensitisation, Category 1 (incl. 1A/1B); Hazardous to the aquatic environment, Chronic 3

Sensitisers to name

Linalool, Coumarin

Precautionary statements chosen

4, from the supplier's data

UFI

GMTT-2SQN-6FDD-6TV1 (the worked example from ECHA's UFI developers manual)

What the tool put on the label

• Pictograms: GHS07 (exclamation mark)
• Signal word: Warning
• Product identifier: Lavender & Tonka Candle, followed by "Contains: Linalool, Coumarin" (Article 18(3)(b))
• Hazard statements: H317 May cause an allergic skin reaction; H412 Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects
• Precautionary statements:
  • P101 If medical advice is needed, have product container or label at hand.
  • P102 Keep out of reach of children.
  • P333 + P313 If skin irritation or rash occurs: Get medical advice/attention.
  • P273 Avoid release to the environment.
• UFI: GMTT-2SQN-6FDD-6TV1
• Supplier: Your Brand Co., 1 Rue Example, 75000 Paris, France, +33 1 23 45 67 89
• Nominal quantity: 220 g

Candle with the environment pictogram (UK)

Aquatic Chronic 2 adds the GHS09 environment pictogram and H411, still with no signal word. In Great Britain the label must be in English (GB CLP Article 17(2)), and there is no UFI duty: GB CLP omitted it from 31 December 2023.

What went into the candle and wax-melt tool

Region

Great Britain (UK)

Classification (from the supplier's data)

Hazardous to the aquatic environment, Chronic 2

Sensitisers to name

Eugenol, Limonene

Precautionary statements chosen

4, from the supplier's data

What the tool put on the label

• Pictograms: GHS09 (environment)
• Signal word: none
• Product identifier: Orange & Clove Candle
• Hazard statements: H411 Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects
• EUH208: Contains Eugenol, Limonene. May produce an allergic reaction.
• Precautionary statements:
  • P101 If medical advice is needed, have product container or label at hand.
  • P102 Keep out of reach of children.
  • P273 Avoid release to the environment.
  • P391 Collect spillage.
• UFI: none; Great Britain has no UFI duty
• Supplier: Your Brand Co., 1 Example Street, Exampletown EX1 2MP, +44 1632 960000
• Nominal quantity: 220 g

Candle with the EUH208 line only

The candle is not classified, but two sensitising substances in its fragrance are present at or above the level in Table 3.4.6 of Annex I, so Annex II, section 2.8 puts the EUH208 line on it: "Contains ... May produce an allergic reaction." With no hazard statements there are no pictograms, no signal word and no precautionary statements, but Article 25(6) still asks for the product identifier and the supplier's name, address and telephone number.

What went into the candle and wax-melt tool

Region

European Union

Classification (from the supplier's data)

Not classified as hazardous

Sensitisers to name

Linalool, Coumarin

Precautionary statements chosen

None: there is no hazard statement to answer

What the tool put on the label

• Pictograms: none
• Signal word: none
• Product identifier: Fig & Cedar Candle
• Hazard statements: none
• EUH208: Contains Linalool, Coumarin. May produce an allergic reaction.
• UFI: not required for this classification
• Supplier: Your Brand Co., 1 Rue Example, 75000 Paris, France, +33 1 23 45 67 89
• Nominal quantity: 180 g

Candle classified Aquatic Chronic 3

Aquatic Chronic 3 carries a hazard statement, H412, but no pictogram and no signal word. The candle is not classified as a sensitiser, so its sensitisers are named on the EUH208 line. No UFI is needed: Annex VIII asks for one only where a mixture is classified for a health or physical hazard, and this one is classified for the environment only.

What went into the candle and wax-melt tool

Region

European Union

Classification (from the supplier's data)

Hazardous to the aquatic environment, Chronic 3

Sensitisers to name

Linalool, Coumarin

Precautionary statements chosen

3, from the supplier's data

What the tool put on the label

• Pictograms: none
• Signal word: none
• Product identifier: Lavender Fields Candle
• Hazard statements: H412 Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects
• EUH208: Contains Linalool, Coumarin. May produce an allergic reaction.
• Precautionary statements:
  • P101 If medical advice is needed, have product container or label at hand.
  • P102 Keep out of reach of children.
  • P273 Avoid release to the environment.
• UFI: not required for this classification
• Supplier: Your Brand Co., 1 Rue Example, 75000 Paris, France, +33 1 23 45 67 89
• Nominal quantity: 220 g

Contains: after the name, or the EUH208 line?

It depends on the classification. A candle classified as a skin sensitiser (H317), like the first example, names the substances that cause the classification as part of its product identifier (Article 18(3)(b)), so they follow the product name, and any other sensitiser at or above the Table 3.4.6 level is named on the label too (Annex II, section 2.8, second paragraph). The EUH208 sentence, "Contains ... May produce an allergic reaction", is for a candle that is not classified as a sensitiser but contains one (the first paragraph of the same section).

Size, language and the rest

• For a package of up to 3 litres, Table 1.3 of Annex I asks for a label of at least 52 × 74 mm where possible, and a pictogram of at least 10 × 10 mm (16 × 16 mm where possible). Each pictogram covers at least a fifteenth of the label area given to the Article 17 information, and never less than 1 cm² (Annex I, 1.2.1.3). The examples use 100 × 60 mm and 60 × 100 mm stock for that reason.
• The label is written in the official language or languages of each Member State where the candle is sold (Article 17(2)); in Great Britain, in English.
• Precautionary statements come from the supplier's document, six at most unless more are needed (Article 28(3)). Annex I also lists P501 for the aquatic classes (Table 4.1.4), and its wording is completed by the supplier with where the contents or container go ("Dispose of contents/container to ..."), so take it from that document too.
• Words such as "non-toxic", "non-harmful", "non-polluting" or "ecological" may not appear on the label or the packaging (Article 25(4)).
• From 1 January 2028, a label placed on the EU market or in Northern Ireland must also be printed in black on a white background, in a single sans-serif font, with line spacing of at least 120 % and an x-height of at least 1.2 mm on a package of up to 0.5 litres (Regulation (EU) 2024/2865, with the date set by Regulation (EU) 2025/2439). Great Britain has adopted none of this. The examples follow today's rules.

The UK candle CLP guide walks through each element, and the CLP hazard statement pages give every statement and pictogram the tools use.

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