Custom Fragrance Boxes
Custom fragrance boxes for perfume, cologne, body mist and solid scent — a heavy carton or a rigid box with an insert for the bottle, foil and soft-touch, cellophane-ready — sized to your bottle from 100. Dieline and price the same working day.
The category where the box is expected to cost more than most products
- Board
- 20–24pt coated boxboard; wrapped grayboard 1.5–2 mm rigid
- Builds
- Heavy carton with platform, crash-lock carton, rigid lift-off or clamshell, discovery box
- Insert
- Platform with base hole and shoulder collar; flocked or foam in rigid
Get a price for Fragrance Boxes
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
Products across the fragrance range
| Eau de parfum, 30–100 ml | Heavy carton with platform, or rigid; the flagship |
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| Cologne and aftershave, 50–200 ml | Heavy carton; a crash-lock base for the larger bottle |
| Body mist, 150–250 ml | A lighter carton; a window; a lower price point |
| Solid perfume, tin or compact | A small carton or a slim rigid box |
| Discovery and travel set | A slim box with a slotted platform for vials |
Holding the bottle
A fragrance bottle is glass, heavy at the base and often top-heavy with a cap. A die-cut board platform holds the base in a hole and a collar meets the shoulder; a flocked or foam insert does the same in a rigid box. The cap is clear of the lid; the atomiser is never pressed. Send the bottle with the cap on. Our folding perfume boxes with a platform and our clamshell and rigid formats are the builds this range draws on.
Quiet on the outside, a serif and a foil
- A single color or a natural board, matte or soft-touch, the name in a serif.
- Foil or a blind deboss on the front; the name on the top so it reads in a drawer.
- Inside print or a colored liner, seen on opening.
- Square corners and a flat top, for the cellophane overwrap.
Cellophane, seals and retail
Retail fragrance is overwrapped in film with a tear tape, which seals the box and keeps the finish clean on the shelf. The carton is designed for it — no protruding tabs, a flat top. Online sales use a tamper sticker instead. The barcode goes on the base or the back, on a matte patch, under the wrap.
The regulated panel — ingredients, volume, batch, warnings — goes on the base or the back in a reserved area sized to the longest market list.
Ranges and the shipper
A fragrance house runs several scents in one bottle: one die, a print change per scent, a color per family. Cartons ship flat with the platform; rigid boxes ship assembled; both in a divided shipper of 12 or 24 so the finish is not scuffed. The foil die and the print system are kept.
Fragrance Boxes — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Board
- 20–24pt coated boxboard; wrapped grayboard 1.5–2 mm rigid
- Builds
- Heavy carton with platform, crash-lock carton, rigid lift-off or clamshell, discovery box
- Insert
- Platform with base hole and shoulder collar; flocked or foam in rigid
- Finish
- Matte or soft-touch; foil or deboss; inside print or liner
- Retail
- Cellophane-ready; tamper sticker for online; barcode on matte patch
- Regulatory
- Panel reserved on base or back per market
- Minimum
- 100 boxes
On every job
- Print process
- The wrap is printed offset as a flat sheet and applied to the board, so the print quality is that of a sheet rather than a box.
- Color
- CMYK on the wrap with spot colors for a brand match. A textured or soft-touch wrap mutes a solid color slightly.
- Tolerance
- Board cut plus or minus 0.5 mm. Lid fit is set on a sample and held on the run, with an allowance for the delivery climate.
- Tooling
- No cutting die on the box itself. The tooling is the wrap print and any foil or emboss die, made once and kept.
- Food contact
- A food-grade liner or an inner tray where a rigid box holds unwrapped food.
- Sustainability
- Board and paper recycle together. Magnets, ribbon and foam come out first, and the spec says which the box has.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build fragrance boxes on
A rigid box is two materials: the grayboard that holds the shape and the paper wrapped around it. The board decides the feel; the wrap decides everything a customer sees and touches.
Grayboard 1.2–1.5 mm
The light rigid box: jewelry, small cases, card boxes. Heavy in the hand for its size without thick walls on a small cavity.
1.2–1.5 mmGrayboard 2–3 mm
The full rigid box. Resists crushing, bends poorly — thickness is chosen from box size so a wide lid does not sag.
2–3 mmArt paper wrap
Printed coated paper, matte or gloss laminated. Full color, photographs, any design. The most flexible wrap and the least tactile.
128–157gsmSoft-touch wrap
A velvet-feel laminate over printed paper. Reads expensive, shows fingerprints on white, and scuffs at the corners before anywhere else.
128–157gsm laminatedLinen and textured wrap
Texture woven into the paper, so it cannot scuff off. Takes foil and deboss beautifully; breaks up a solid print.
120–140gsmLeather-grain and specialty
Embossed grain papers, metallics and colored stocks. One color and a foil mark, not a photograph.
120–160gsmFlocked and velvet liners
A short-fiber or woven pile for the interior and the insert. Holds a product without marking it and sets the color the piece is seen against.
Applied to board or foamMagnets and hardware
Neodymium magnets under the wrap, ribbon pulls, and hinges built from the wrap itself. Each is a line on the quote.
Per closureNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
- 01
Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
- 02
We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
On a rigid box the wrap is the finish, and the corners are where it is judged.
Soft-touch wrap
Velvet in the hand. The category default, and it scuffs at the corners first.
Linen and laid
Texture woven into the paper; hides marks and cannot rub off.
Hot foil
Stamped into the wrap. Small block, cheap die, large effect on a lid.
Blind deboss
Shape with no ink. On a textured wrap it is the quietest premium mark there is.
Spot UV on matte
A gloss shape on a matte field; a pattern that only shows at an angle.
Colored liner
A wrap on the inside face, seen for a second as the lid lifts. The cheapest thing that changes an opening.
Leather-grain
Embossed grain paper. One color and a foil mark, never a photograph.
Ribbon and hardware
A pull under the product, magnets under the wrap, a hinge built from the paper.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing a rigid box, where the wrap is part of the wall: fragrance boxes
A rigid box is built up rather than folded, so the internal size is set first and the board and wrap are added outside it. The lid is then made to fit the base, and that fit is the thing people judge.
- Internal dimensions
- The product plus its insert, at the widest point. Everything else is built outward from this number.
- Wall build-up
- Each wall is the grayboard plus the wrap on both faces — roughly 2.5 mm on a 2 mm board. A small box gains noticeably in outside size.
- Lid clearance
- A few tenths of a millimeter. Set on a plain sample: a slow, air-cushioned lift, not a lid that drops off or has to be prised.
- Insert depth
- The tallest item plus 2 mm. On a two-layer box, this sets the total height and the ribbon lift.
- Humidity
- Board takes up moisture and a lid set snug in a dry factory can bind in a damp shop. We allow for the delivery market.
- Tolerance
- Plus or minus 0.5 mm on a rigid box, tighter than folding board because nothing springs back.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Build your Fragrance Boxes in 3D
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a board and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about fragrance boxes? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
Can the box hold my bottle?
Yes. Send it with the cap on and the platform or insert is cut to hold the base and the shoulder with the cap clear of the lid.
Carton or rigid?
A heavy carton with a platform for the range; a rigid box for a flagship or a gift set. Many houses run both.
Is it made for cellophane wrapping?
Yes, with square corners and a flat top so the overwrap sits cleanly.
Where does the ingredients text go?
On the base or the back, in a reserved panel sized to the longest list among your markets.
What is the minimum order?
100 boxes.
Can one box serve several scents?
Yes, one die and a print change per scent.
Can I have soft-touch and foil?
Yes, both, and the foil die is kept.
Does it ship flat?
Cartons do, with the platform. Rigid boxes ship assembled.
Do you make discovery sets?
Yes, a slim box with a slotted platform for vials.
Do you make boxes for body mist?
Yes, a lighter carton with a window at a lower price point.
Do you supply the shipper?
Yes, divided for 12 or 24, so the finish is not scuffed.
Do you ship outside the US?
Yes, to the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, quoted in the delivery currency.
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