Custom Home Fragrance Packaging

Home Fragrance Boxes

Home Fragrance Boxes built to your specification — your dimensions, your board, your print.

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

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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 home fragrance boxes have to cope with

    Home Fragrance Boxes hold candles, diffusers and room sprays across one brand range, with little in common dimensionally. That is the starting point for the specification, because fix the board, the print method and the finish once across the range, then let only the dimensions change. That is what makes a collection look deliberate.

    In service they are used for home and gift retail, where a customer buys across the range and the collection has to read as one thing on a shelf.

    Where home fragrance boxes are actually used

    Home Fragrance Boxes are specified for home and gift retail, where a customer buys across the range and the collection has to read as one thing on a shelf. Fix the board, the print method and the finish once across the range, then let only the dimensions change. That is what makes a collection look deliberate.

    • Home and gift retail, where a customer buys across the range and the collection has to read as one thing on a shelf
    • Shelf display in specialty retail
    • Subscription and gift sets
    • E-commerce inner packaging

    The substrate for home fragrance boxes

    One board grade held across every format, even where a lighter one would do on the smaller items.

    The options we would consider for this format are below; fix the board, the print method and the finish once across the range, then let only the dimensions change. That is what makes a collection look deliberate.

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

    Printing home fragrance boxes

    Choose one finish for the whole collection. A matt candle box next to a gloss diffuser box reads as an error rather than as variety.

    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 home fragrance boxes

    Choose one finish for the whole collection. A matt candle box next to a gloss diffuser box reads as an error rather than as variety.

    Every finish listed here is its own pass through the line, so each one is priced on its own rather than folded into a single figure.

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

    Sizing home fragrance boxes

    Specified as a family of two or three footprints sharing one board and one visual system, rather than as a single size.

    Send the contents rather than a box size. Each product is quoted on its own as it launches, so the decisions that would have held the range together are never made at all.

    Preparing artwork

    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.

    How an order runs

    Start with dimensions and quantity. If you already run something similar, a physical sample tells us more in a minute than a specification does in a page.

    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.

    Seeing the finish first

    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

    Home Fragrance Boxes at a specification level

    ProductHome Fragrance 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

    Specification builder

    Specify Home Fragrance 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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    Box style
    Quantity
    Colour
    Material
    Printing
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      What you get

      What you get with this format

      Sized to the contents

      Specified as a family of two or three footprints sharing one board and one visual system, rather than as a single size.

      The failure worth avoiding

      The range arrives looking like three separate brands, because each format was specified at a different time against a different budget.

      The setting it is built for

      Specified for home and gift retail, where a customer buys across the range and the collection has to read as one thing on a shelf.

      The detail that matters

      Fix the board, the print method and the finish once across the range, then let only the dimensions change. That is what makes a collection look deliberate.

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

      Answers

      Ordering home fragrance boxes: the usual questions

      Specification, minimums and lead times for home fragrance boxes.

      How do I keep a fragrance range looking consistent?

      Lock the board grade, print method and finish across the whole range at the first order, then vary only dimensions. Ranges specified product by product drift, because each one gets optimised for its own budget on the day.

      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 home fragrance 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 home fragrance 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.

      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 home fragrance 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.

      Can you hold the specification for repeat orders?

      Yes. Once a first run is approved we hold the board, structure, dimensions, print method and finishes against your account, so a reorder references the same specification exactly rather than being re-derived. That includes the ink formulation, which is what keeps a brand colour consistent between runs rather than drifting a shade each time.

      Do you offer recycled or recyclable options?

      Recycled grades are available across most of the substrates we run for folding cartons. Recycled content, kerbside recyclability and certified compostability are three different claims though, so tell us which one you intend to print.

      What file format should I send artwork in?

      A print-ready PDF or a vector file, with fonts outlined and any raster images at 300 dpi at final size. We supply the dieline to design onto, and prepress checks bleed, safe area and crease clearance before issuing a proof. The dieline we supply carries the crease positions, so keeping type clear of a crease is easier to solve at layout than at proof.

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      Start on Home Fragrance 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.