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Wax melt label examples

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

Four wax melt 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 are made up for illustration; yours comes from your fragrance supplier's document at the load you pour. Building and previewing a label is free; you pay only to export it.

Because the limits are percentages of the finished product, a melt poured at a higher fragrance load can classify where the same fragrance in a candle does not. The label follows the classification, whatever the shape of the melt.

Wax melts classified as a skin sensitiser (UK)

A common case for a scented melt. Classified as a skin sensitiser, so the substances follow the product name and there is no EUH208 sentence (Article 18(3)(b); Annex II, section 2.8); Aquatic Chronic 2 adds GHS09 and H411. In Great Britain the label is in English and carries no UFI, since GB CLP has had no UFI duty since 31 December 2023.

What went into the candle and wax-melt tool

Region

Great Britain (UK)

Classification (from the supplier's data)

Skin sensitisation, Category 1 (incl. 1A/1B); Hazardous to the aquatic environment, Chronic 2

Sensitisers to name

Limonene, Citral

Precautionary statements chosen

5, from the supplier's data

What the tool put on the label

• Pictograms: GHS07 (exclamation mark), GHS09 (environment)
• Signal word: Warning
• Product identifier: Citrus Grove Wax Melts, followed by "Contains: Limonene, Citral" (Article 18(3)(b))
• Hazard statements: H317 May cause an allergic skin reaction; H411 Toxic 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.
  • 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: 80 g

Wax melts with the environment pictogram

A wax melt is labelled like a candle: the same classification rules, the same label elements. Aquatic Chronic 2 brings GHS09 and H411 with no signal word, and the melt's sensitisers go on the EUH208 line because the melt itself is not classified as a sensitiser.

What went into the candle and wax-melt tool

Region

European Union

Classification (from the supplier's data)

Hazardous to the aquatic environment, Chronic 2

Sensitisers to name

Citral, 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: Pink Grapefruit Wax Melts
• Hazard statements: H411 Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects
• EUH208: Contains Citral, 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: not required for this classification
• Supplier: Your Brand Co., 1 Rue Example, 75000 Paris, France, +33 1 23 45 67 89
• Nominal quantity: 80 g

Wax melts with the EUH208 line only (UK)

No pictogram and no hazard statement, but still a label: the melt contains a sensitiser at or above the Table 3.4.6 level, so the EUH208 line applies, and Article 25(6) asks for the product identifier and the supplier's name, address and telephone number with it.

What went into the candle and wax-melt tool

Region

Great Britain (UK)

Classification (from the supplier's data)

Not classified as hazardous

Sensitisers to name

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: Vanilla Bean Wax Melts
• Hazard statements: none
• EUH208: Contains Coumarin. May produce an allergic reaction.
• UFI: none; Great Britain has no UFI duty
• Supplier: Your Brand Co., 1 Example Street, Exampletown EX1 2MP, +44 1632 960000
• Nominal quantity: 60 g

Wax melt bar with a UFI

Eye Irritation 2 is a health hazard, so the label gains the GHS07 pictogram, the signal word Warning and H319, and in the EU and Northern Ireland it needs a UFI from the poison centre notification (Annex VIII). The UFI shown is the worked example from ECHA's UFI developers manual; yours comes from ECHA's UFI generator.

What went into the candle and wax-melt tool

Region

European Union

Classification (from the supplier's data)

Eye irritation, Category 2; Hazardous to the aquatic environment, Chronic 3

Sensitisers to name

Limonene

Precautionary statements chosen

5, 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: Eucalyptus Wax Melt Bar
• Hazard statements: H319 Causes serious eye irritation; H412 Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects
• EUH208: Contains 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.
  • P305 + P351 + P338 IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing.
  • P337 + P313 If eye irritation persists: 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: 70 g

What every wax melt label carries

For a classified melt, Article 17(1) asks for the supplier's name, address and telephone number, the nominal quantity, the product identifier, and where they apply the pictograms, the signal word, the hazard and precautionary statements and the supplemental information, which is where the EUH208 line and, in the EU and Northern Ireland, the UFI go. A melt that is not classified but needs the EUH208 line carries that line with the product identifier and the supplier's details (Article 25(6)).

The label goes on the packaging immediately containing the melts, firmly affixed and readable when the pack is set down normally (Article 31(1)). Precautionary statements come from the supplier's document; where Annex I lists P501, as it does for the aquatic classes, the supplier completes its wording ("Dispose of contents/container to ..."). From 1 January 2028 the EU and Northern Ireland add format rules (black on white, one sans-serif font, a minimum x-height); the examples follow today's rules.

More on the rules: do wax melts need a CLP label?, where the label goes on wax melts and the UK candle CLP guide.

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