Custom Home Fragrance Packaging

Essential Oil Boxes

Custom essential Oil Boxes produced to your size and substrate, with printing and finishing handled in one run.

Minimum order
100 units
Production
3–5 business days
Construction
folding carton
Delivery
US, UK, Canada, Australia

No obligation

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Name, email, phone and what you are packing and the finish you have in mind. Attach artwork if you have it. We reply with a specification and a written price, usually within one business day.

The more detail you give, the more accurate the quote.

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    What essential oil boxes have to cope with

    Essential Oil Boxes hold a small amber or cobalt glass bottle, usually 10 to 30 ml, with an orifice reducer under the cap. That is the starting point for the specification, because the coloured glass is doing the light protection, not the carton. What the carton has to do is stop the neck striking anything.

    In service they are used for aromatherapy retail and multi-bottle sets, where a range of sizes shares one shelf and one brand system.

    Where essential oil boxes are actually used

    Essential Oil Boxes are specified for aromatherapy retail and multi-bottle sets, where a range of sizes shares one shelf and one brand system. The coloured glass is doing the light protection, not the carton. What the carton has to do is stop the neck striking anything.

    • Aromatherapy retail and multi-bottle sets, where a range of sizes shares one shelf and one brand system
    • Shelf display in specialty retail
    • Subscription and gift sets
    • E-commerce inner packaging

    The substrate for essential oil boxes

    16pt SBS with a fitted collar, or a partitioned carton where several bottles ship together.

    The options we would consider for this format are below; the coloured glass is doing the light protection, not the carton. What the carton has to do is stop the neck striking anything.

    • 12pt SBS paperboard
    • 14pt SBS paperboard
    • 16pt SBS paperboard
    • 18pt kraft board
    • recycled CCNB board

    Printing essential oil boxes

    Botanical name, dilution guidance and safety copy are expected in this category and take more room than the brand usually anticipates.

    Offset lithography, Digital press, Flexography are all available for this format. Run length usually decides which is cheapest: digital removes the plate cost on short quantities, offset and flexo overtake it at volume.

    Finishing essential oil boxes

    Botanical name, dilution guidance and safety copy are expected in this category and take more room than the brand usually anticipates.

    The finishes below are quoted line by line. Each is an additional pass, so dropping one is a real saving rather than a rounding difference.

    • Gloss lamination
    • Matte lamination
    • Soft-touch lamination
    • Spot UV
    • Foil stamping
    • Embossing
    • Debossing
    • Aqueous coating

    Sizing essential oil boxes

    Small and tall relative to its footprint, around 1.25 × 1.25 × 3.25 in for a 15 ml bottle.

    Send the contents rather than a box size. One carton is ordered across a range that runs 10 ml to 30 ml, so most of the range is packed in a box that is too large for it.

    Getting artwork press-ready

    Supply artwork on the dieline we send you, with 3 mm bleed past every trim edge and all text held 4 mm inside the fold lines.

    Supply a print-ready PDF or vector file with fonts outlined and images at 300 dpi. Our prepress team checks every file before a proof is issued. The check that catches most files is type sitting too close to a crease, which is easier to move at layout than at proof.

    What we need from you

    Send the product dimensions, the quantity and your deadline. What comes back is a board grade, a structure, a print method, a lead time and a written price — not a number on its own.

    A dieline template follows, sized to your product. Prepress checks your artwork against it and issues a proof; nothing runs until you sign that off.

    Proofing before the run

    Foil, soft-touch and deboss all read differently in person than on a screen, so we recommend a printed prototype rather than a digital proof alone for anything finish-led.

    Sample costs are normally credited against the production order.

    Reference

    Essential Oil Boxes at a specification level

    ProductEssential Oil Boxes
    CategoryCustom Home Fragrance Packaging
    ConstructionDie-cut, creased and seam-glued
    Board thickness12pt – 18pt depending on product weight
    Ships asFlat-packed, glued one seam
    Materials12pt SBS paperboard, 14pt SBS paperboard, 16pt SBS paperboard, 18pt kraft board
    PrintingOffset lithography, Digital press, Flexography
    FinishesGloss lamination, Matte lamination, Soft-touch lamination, Spot UV, Foil stamping
    Minimum orderMinimum order is 100 units on any format, and unit cost falls sharply as the quantity rises.
    Lead time3 to 5 business days after artwork approval
    ShippingAcross the US, UK, Canada and Australia

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    Specify Essential Oil Boxes in under a minute

    Set what you know, leave the rest. Everything here travels with your request, so nothing gets retyped.

    • 100-unit minimum
    • 3–5 day production
    • Free dieline
    • No obligation
    Approximation only — proportions, colour family and finish character. Not a colour proof, and the panel shown is a placeholder, not your artwork.
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    Quantity
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      Prices start from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. Final pricing depends on size, material, printing, finishes, and quantity.

      What you get

      Where the finish does the work

      The dimensions that matter

      Small and tall relative to its footprint, around 1.25 × 1.25 × 3.25 in for a 15 ml bottle.

      What tends to go wrong

      The bottle rattles inside an oversized carton and chips at the neck, which is the thinnest part of the glass.

      Where it has to work

      Specified for aromatherapy retail and multi-bottle sets, where a range of sizes shares one shelf and one brand system.

      The detail that decides it

      The coloured glass is doing the light protection, not the carton. What the carton has to do is stop the neck striking anything.

      This format sits in our custom home fragrance packaging range, alongside 2 other made-to-order formats.

      Answers

      Specifying essential oil boxes: what buyers ask

      Specification, minimums and lead times for essential oil boxes.

      Can one box cover 10 ml through 30 ml bottles?

      Not well — a 10 ml bottle in a 30 ml carton rattles and chips at the neck. The usual answer is two carton sizes sharing one board, one print system and one finish, so the range still reads as a range on shelf.

      How do I measure a bottle for its carton?

      At the widest point, which is frequently not the base, and including the cap or pump. Send us the actual container if you can — a measurement from a drawing misses flex and applied label thickness, and both decide whether essential oil boxes close cleanly.

      How much panel space do ingredient lists need?

      More than most brands allow for. Ingredient copy and any warnings compete directly with the design, and adding them late usually forces a reflow. We block the area on the dieline before you commit design time.

      Do essential oil boxes arrive flat or assembled?

      Flat and glued along one seam, so they pop open on your packing line. That keeps freight cost down considerably compared with a pre-assembled structure.

      What is the minimum order for essential oil boxes?

      A flat 100 units on any format. Most folding cartons in this range are quoted from 100 units upward because unit cost falls sharply above that, but the minimum exists so you can validate a structure first.

      How long do essential oil boxes take to produce?

      3 to 5 business days after artwork approval, plus freight. Folding carton runs with applied finishes can take longer because each finish is a separate pass, and we confirm a firm date in writing with the quote.

      What do essential oil boxes cost?

      Prices start from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. For this format the biggest levers are quantity, print route, board grade and how many finishing passes are involved. We quote each element separately so you can see where the money is going. Finishing passes are the lever buyers most often underestimate: each one is a separate run through the line.

      Can I see a sample first?

      Yes. We can send a plain unprinted sample so you can check the fit and structure, or a printed prototype for colour and finish. Sample costs are normally credited against the production order. Ask for the printed prototype rather than the plain sample if the question is finish — soft-touch, foil and deboss all read differently in the hand than on a screen.

      Can you match packaging we already use?

      Send the current specification or a physical sample and we will quote to match it rather than proposing an alternative you would then have to re-approve internally. A physical sample tells us more than a specification sheet — board caliper and coating are usually described loosely and measured exactly.

      Where do you deliver?

      All 50 US states, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, on the same timeline everywhere: 3 to 5 business days of production after artwork approval, then 5 to 7 business days in transit. Every run is made to order and shipped directly to your address rather than pulled from stock, so you receive current production rather than whatever has been sitting in a warehouse. Freight is costed separately by weight, volume and destination. Tell us at quoting if the delivery point cannot take a pallet, and we will break the consignment into cartons instead.

      Can I order essential oil boxes in a custom size?

      Every run is cut to your dimensions — there are no stock sizes here. Send the product measurements rather than a box size and we will build the folding carton around them, then send a dieline template you can design onto.

      What happens after I approve the quote?

      We issue a dieline template sized to your product, prepress checks your artwork against it, and a proof comes back for sign-off. Nothing runs until you approve that proof, and folding cartons then take 3 to 5 business days.

      Next step

      Get a price for Essential Oil Boxes

      Send the dimensions, the quantity and the finish you want. We reply with a full specification and a written price, usually within one business day.