Magnetic Rigid Gift Box
Two rigid boards with magnets set into the lid and the base, wrapped edge to edge so the closure disappears and the whole surface stays available for your artwork.
- MOQ100 pcs
- Indicative @500 pcs$1.50 – 2.30
Perfume & fragrance · MOQ 100 pcs on rigid boxes, 300–500 pcs on cartons
Start from the bottle, not the box
Fragrance is the one category where the packaging is designed outwards from the contents. A filled bottle is a few hundred grams of glass whose centre of gravity sits above its base, so the insert has to hold the neck rather than just the bottom — and whether the cap ships fitted decides the box height. Magnetic rigid boxes run $1.50 – 2.30 per piece at 500 pcs; lid and base runs $1.20 – 1.80.
Range
Built around the bottle, not around the box
Fragrance is the one category where the packaging starts from the contents and works outwards. The bottle's centre of gravity, the neck diameter and whether the cap ships in the box decide the insert, the insert decides the box height, and the box height decides the carrier. Choosing the box first gets all four wrong.
Magnetic Box with Foam Insert Tray
The magnetic shell from our standard rigid range, with an insert die-cut to the product's own outline so nothing moves in transit and everything sits at the height you want it seen.
- MOQ100 pcs
- Indicative @500 pcs$1.50 – 2.30
Lid & Base Rigid Box
Two rigid pieces — a base tray and a lid that sits over it with a friction fit.
- MOQ100 pcs
- Indicative @500 pcs$1.20 – 1.80
Navy Rigid Gift Box with Gold Foil Logo
Same shell as our brushed-edge box; what changes is where the metal goes.
- MOQ100 pcs
- Indicative @500 pcs$1.50 – 2.30
Cream Rigid Gift Box with Gold Edge Trim
Our own cream box, built as a friction-fit lid and base rather than a magnetic shell — which is why it sits on the lower published band, indicative $1.20–1.80/pc at 500 pcs.
- MOQ100 pcs
- Indicative @500 pcs$1.20 – 1.80
Luxury Ribbon-Handle Paper Bag
Printed art paper with a matte or soft-touch lamination, a folded and glued top edge, a board base and a ribbon handle threaded through a reinforced panel.
- MOQ300 pcs
- Indicative @500 pcs$0.43 – 0.73
What this industry actually needs
Start from the bottle, not the box
Every other category starts with a product and finds a box. Fragrance starts with a heavy glass bottle whose centre of gravity sits above its base, and the whole structure has to answer to that before it answers to anything else.
1. Support the neck, not just the base
A filled 50ml bottle is a few hundred grams of glass with a high centre of gravity. An insert that only cradles the base lets the bottle lean and strike the lid, which is how caps chip in transit. Constrain the neck or the shoulder as well, and the bottle stops being able to move at all.
2. The cap decides the box height
Whether the cap ships fitted or separately is a marketing question with a structural answer. Fitted means a taller box, a taller insert and more shipped volume. Separate means a shorter box and a kitting step at the other end. The two versions are not interchangeable, and changing your mind late costs a new die.
3. The box is opened in front of someone
In fragrance more than anywhere else, the opening is part of the product. A magnet releases with resistance and reads as weighty; a friction lid is slower and quieter. That difference is worth $0.30 a piece to some brands and worth nothing to others — which is a decision, not a default.
| The variable | What it changes | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Where the bottle is supported | The neck and shoulder, not the base alone. | A filled fragrance bottle is heavy glass with a high centre of gravity. A base-only cradle lets it lean and strike the lid, which is how caps chip in transit, so the insert should constrain the bottle around the neck or shoulder as well as underneath. |
| Whether the cap ships in the box | Changes the box height, and therefore the insert and the carrier. | If the cap travels fitted, the box has to clear it. If the cap is packed separately, the box can be shorter and the insert simpler, but someone has to fit it at the other end. This is usually the single biggest structural variable in a fragrance project and it is decided by a marketing question, not an engineering one. |
| Single bottle or a set | Changes the insert from a cavity to a tray. | A set — bottle plus travel spray, or bottle plus body product — needs a compartment layout, and the compartments must be sized from the largest item rather than the average. Ask for the full contents list before the insert is designed, not after. |
| Weight of the finished pack | Drives the board and the carrier. | Glass is heavy, and it is heavy before any packaging is added. Tell us the filled weight, not just the dimensions, because the board grade and the carrier spec both depend on it. |
| Closure and format | Indicative ex-works | When it is the right choice |
|---|---|---|
| Magnetic rigid box | $1.50 – 2.30 @500 pcs | Opened in front of the recipient, and the one that reads as a gift rather than as a carton. The closure does the work: a magnet releases with resistance, which reads as quality. |
| Lid & base rigid box | $1.20 – 1.80 @500 pcs | A friction-fit lid gives a slower, quieter reveal and costs less. Where volume matters more than the moment of opening, this is the sensible tier. |
| Folding carton with an insert | $0.05 – 0.65 @500 pcs | Retail and travel-retail formats. The cheapest per piece and the easiest to ship, and the right answer when the carton is not part of the gift. |
| Carrier | $0.43 – 0.73 @500 pcs | Cheapest part of the order and the last thing touched. Worth specifying deliberately rather than defaulting, because it is the piece that walks out of the store. |
Pricing
Indicative pricing for this range
The ranges below show what each specification lands in at each quantity tier. Your quote will be itemised against your own size, board or fabric, finishes and insert.
| Line | Quantity | Indicative ex-works | Assumed specification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnetic rigid gift box | 100 pcs | $1.50 – 2.30 @500 pcs | Wrapped greyboard shell, hidden magnet set; the gift-tier closure |
| Magnetic box with fitted insert | 100 pcs | $1.50 – 2.30 @500 pcs | As above plus a die-cut or formed tray; sized from the bottle neck, not the base |
| Navy rigid box, gold foil | 100 pcs | $1.50 – 2.30 @500 pcs | Dark wrap with foil stamping; a common fragrance presentation treatment |
| Cream rigid box, gold edge | 100 pcs | $1.20 – 1.80 @500 pcs | Light wrap with a contrasting edge; reads softer than foil on dark |
| Lid & base rigid box | 100 pcs | $1.20 – 1.80 @500 pcs | Friction-fit lid; the cost-optimised rigid structure at volume |
| Folding carton with insert | 500 pcs | $0.05 – 0.65 @500 pcs | Retail and travel-retail format; cheapest per piece to ship |
| Ribbon-handle paper bag | 300 pcs | $0.43 – 0.73 @500 pcs | Load-tested base; the carrier for a counter purchase |
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Perfume & fragrance packaging FAQ
Before you brief a fragrance box
Neck support, cap height, sample vials and the channel split — what actually decides a fragrance packaging order.
Do we need a different insert for a 30ml and a 100ml bottle?
Almost always, yes, and it is worth assuming so from the start. A smaller bottle is shorter and usually lighter, so a cradle cut for the larger one will let it move; and if the cap sizes differ too, the box height changes as well. The practical answer is to design one insert per bottle format rather than one insert that fits all of them badly, and to treat the insert as a die in its own right. If you are launching several sizes at once, tell us all of them at brief stage — cutting three inserts together is cheaper than cutting them one at a time, and it means one box height that genuinely fits the range.
Should the cap travel fitted to the bottle?
It is a marketing decision with a structural consequence, so it is worth deciding early. If the cap travels fitted, the box has to clear the assembled height, which usually means a taller box and a taller insert, and more volume in transit. If it travels separately, the box is shorter and cheaper to ship, but someone has to fit it — either you, or your customer, or us as a kitting step. Whichever way you choose, the insert has to be designed around that decision, because the two versions are not interchangeable and a late change means a new die.
Can the box hold a sample vial alongside the main bottle?
Yes, and it is a common request, but the vial needs its own cavity rather than sharing the bottle's. A vial placed loose in the same recess will find its way under the bottle and either crack or mark it. Send us the vial dimensions at the same time as the bottle dimensions and we will design both cavities into one insert. If the vial is added later as an afterthought, the insert is a new die — which is the expensive way to do it.
Will the bottle be shipped inside the box?
Tell us if it will, because it changes what we would recommend for the insert. A box that is assembled and stored empty is a display object; a box that travels with a filled bottle inside is a shipping container as well, and the insert has to hold the bottle still through handling and to be chosen so that contact with the contents is something we have designed for rather than something we discover. We will not make claims about barrier or leakage performance for materials we have not specified for your contents — describe what goes in and how it travels, and we will specify accordingly.
Our fragrance line is sold through retailers as well as direct. Does that change the box?
It usually means two specifications rather than one. Retail channel packaging normally has to survive a shelf and a handling chain, carry whatever the retailer requires on the pack, and often arrive in a shipper that the retailer has an opinion about; direct-to-consumer packaging can be lighter, and has to survive a parcel network instead. Those are different boards and often different structures. Tell us the split between the channels at brief stage, because quoting one blended specification for both produces a box that is over-specified for one channel and under-specified for the other.
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