Custom Printed Cylinder Perfume Boxes with a Lift-Off Lid

They touch the walls at four points and roll between them, and the corners of the box are wasted space.

A cylinder box wraps the bottle in a tube of the same shape. There is nowhere to roll, the walls are close all the way round and the box looks like the bottle it holds.

It also stands out on a shelf of cartons. A row of rectangular boxes with one tube among them draws the eye without any extra print.

Glued inside its top edge is a slightly narrower collar that stands proud by 10 to 15 mm.

The lid is a short tube, the same outside diameter as the base, that slides over the collar and stops when it meets the base rim. The join is a thin line, which is why many brands pick it out with a foil or coloured band.

Lift the lid and the collar shows, as in the charcoal and gold boxes pictured. A collar in a contrast colour is a cheap way to make the opening feel deliberate.

Roll-on and oil brands use a slim tube for 10 ml bottles.

Candle makers who have added a room spray or a solid perfume often already use tubes and like the match across the range. Barbers selling a cologne at the chair pick the tube because it stands on a narrow shelf.

The perfume oil, dropper and roll-on boxes page covers the slim 10 ml formats in carton form if a tube is more than you need.

• Niche perfume houses with round or stubby bottles
• Roll-on and perfume oil brands with 10 ml tubes
• Candle and home fragrance makers adding a room spray
• Barbers and grooming brands selling a cologne
• Bath and body brands with a round body mist

Add about 5 mm to the diameter and 8 mm to the height.

A 50 ml round bottle of 48 mm across and 110 mm tall ends in a tube about 55 mm across and 120 mm tall outside. A base disc of foam or card takes a little of that height.

Keep the lid proportion in mind. A lid about one third of the total height looks balanced. A very short lid looks like a cap, and a half-height lid looks like two boxes.

It is stiffer against crushing than a flat box of the same board, because a curve resists pressure from the side.

The printed wrap is a flat sheet, laminated if you choose, then rolled around the tube and glued along one seam. The top and bottom edges are turned in or capped with a disc.

Textured and linen wraps suit a tube well, since the texture hides the seam. Board, rigid and finish options are available on request.

The seam is placed at the back, so keep the name and any pattern repeat away from one edge of the artwork.

Type reads best running horizontally around the curve, in a band the eye can take in without turning the tube. Vertical type on a tube is fine for a short name only.

Foil stamping, spot UV and embossing are all options on the wrap before it is rolled. A foil band on the collar or the lid rim is the detail most brands add. Our foil, spot UV and embossing guide shows them on board.

A foam disc with a cut-out holds the base still; a plain card disc just lifts it off the floor. Either is on request.

For a roll-on or oil bottle that is much narrower than the tube, a foam plug with a central hole keeps it centred. It also stops the cap touching the lid.

A tube is not sealed. If the bottle will travel by post, put the tube in a mailer with padding at both ends so the lid cannot be pushed off.

1. Measure the bottle base diameter for the disc cut-out.
2. Pick foam or card, and whether the disc is coloured to match the collar.
3. Allow 5 mm of clearance between the cap and the lid.
4. Check the fit on the proof's section drawing before approval.

Place the name so it reads from the most likely angle. Repeat a small mark on the lid top for customers looking down at a counter.

A rim band in foil or a bright collar marks the join and gives the eye a line to rest on. It also hides any slight misalignment between lid and base print.

Tubes stack poorly, so plan for them standing. Three across on a shallow shelf is typical for a 55 mm tube.

Paper wraps swell a little in a humid stockroom and a lid with no clearance then needs two hands to open.

Another is a tall thin tube for a tall thin bottle with no base disc. The bottle tips inside and the cap scratches the wrap.

The last is squeezing legal text around a small diameter. A 30 mm tube cannot carry an ingredient list at readable size, so plan a hang tag or a base label.

Say how many you need; quantities are quoted per order from £0.25 per unit and confirmed on a written quote.

Our designers lay out the wrap for free and send a proof with a flat view and a rendered tube. Approve it and production takes 4 to 6 business days, followed by free tracked UK delivery in 2 to 3 business days.

Misprints or damage reported within 10 days with photos are reprinted or refunded. Begin on the cylinder box quote request page or message a photo on WhatsApp.