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Custom Branded Candles

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Find it. Love it. Keep it. Branded candles are the gift that stays lit on the bedside table long after the campaign closes — the scent that brings your brand back into the room every time someone strikes a match.

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Find it. Love it. Keep it. Branded candles are the gift that stays lit on the bedside table long after the campaign closes — the scent that brings your brand back into the room every time someone strikes a match. Sense2 has been briefing custom candles for Australian agencies, hospitality groups and luxury brands for 30 years, with soy-wax pours, custom scent profiles, considered glass vessels and belly-band print work that earn the mantelpiece, not the cupboard. Loved for 30 years, backed by thousands of 5-star Google reviews.

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Typical MOQ:
50-100 units for stock vessels with branded label; 250-500 for custom scent blends and bespoke vessels
Lead time:
10-18 business days standard; 3-5 day express available on stocked soy candles with label branding
Vessels:
frosted glass, amber apothecary, matte ceramic, concrete, tin, recycled glass (180ml-400ml)
Wax:
soy wax, coconut-soy blend, rapeseed, beeswax — all clean-burning, vegan options available
Branding:
direct screen print on glass, full-colour wrap labels, foiled belly bands, debossed kraft boxes, custom rigid gift boxes
Price range (100qty, branded label, 200ml soy):
AU$14-$38 per unit depending on vessel and packaging

Best for

Choose custom branded candles if your moment is premium client christmas gifts, hotel and hospitality welcome moments or launch and press gifting.

Premium client Christmas gifts

A 200ml soy candle in a frosted glass vessel with a foiled belly band and your brand's seasonal scent story — cedarwood for a law firm, bergamot and neroli for a hospitality group. The gift that lives beyond December and keeps the brand in the room through January.

Hotel and hospitality welcome moments

A signature scent across amenity-tier travel tins and in-room 180ml vessels — the opening moment guests remember. We blend to brief with our Australian fragrance houses so your scent is yours alone.

Launch and press gifting

A ceramic or concrete vessel with a tone-on-tone deboss on the kraft box — designed for social, designed for the unboxing reel. Pair with a seeded-paper card that tells the scent story.

Staff thank-you and milestone gifts

A mid-tier 200ml soy candle with a wrap label carrying the tenure or milestone — the piece that carries the brand warmly on the kitchen bench long after the all-staff email.

Our launch candles landed beautifully boxed the day before our press event and three editors photographed them for their Stories without being asked. The scent was exactly what we briefed — warm, considered, unmistakably us.

Camille · Head of Brand
Melbourne luxury property developer

We've reordered our signature candle with Sense2 for three Christmases running. They remember our scent brief and our foil spec beautifully, and every year they suggest something fresh for the packaging. Delivered on time, every time.

Harriet · Marketing Manager
independent hospitality group

The ceramic vessel felt like something I'd buy for myself — which is the highest compliment for a corporate gift. The Sense2 team understood the register immediately.

Zara · Creative Director
Sydney professional services firm

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Premium client Christmas giftsA 200ml soy candle in a frosted glass vessel with a foiled belly band and your brand's seasonal scent story — cedarwood for a law firm, bergamot and neroli for a hospitality group. The gift that lives beyond December and keeps the brand in the room through January.
Hotel and hospitality welcome momentsA signature scent across amenity-tier travel tins and in-room 180ml vessels — the opening moment guests remember. We blend to brief with our Australian fragrance houses so your scent is yours alone.
Launch and press giftingA ceramic or concrete vessel with a tone-on-tone deboss on the kraft box — designed for social, designed for the unboxing reel. Pair with a seeded-paper card that tells the scent story.
Staff thank-you and milestone giftsA mid-tier 200ml soy candle with a wrap label carrying the tenure or milestone — the piece that carries the brand warmly on the kitchen bench long after the all-staff email.

Make it a Brand Kit

Pair these together for a coordinated rollout — we’ll kit, brand and deliver everything together.

The Signature Scent Gift

200ml soy candle in frosted glass, foiled wrap label, debossed kraft gift box with a handwritten card

Best for: Premium client thank-you moments, end-of-year partner gifts, VIP welcome

From AU$28-$42 per kit at 100qty

The Hospitality Welcome Set

180ml soy candle in amber apothecary glass, matching reed diffuser and a printed scent-story card in a linen-wrapped rigid box

Best for: Hotel suite welcome gifts, launch events for hospitality and property brands

From AU$65-$95 per kit at 100qty

The Studio Moment

200ml coconut-soy candle in matte ceramic vessel, branded matchbook and a seeded-paper scent-notes card

Best for: Agency press drops, launch gifting designed for social, considered staff thank-yous

From AU$38-$58 per kit at 100qty

Find it. Love it. Kit it.

How to choose

Start with the moment, not the vessel — that's the part we enjoy most about a candle brief. If the candle is a single hero gift landing with a handwritten card, invest in the vessel and the box: matte ceramic, concrete or heavy frosted glass with a rigid gift box and foil work reads as considered and earns its place on the shelf. If the candle sits inside a broader kit (onboarding, delegate, hamper), a 180-200ml soy in a clean frosted vessel with a wrap label holds the brand beautifully without overshadowing the other pieces. Wax matters more than people expect. Soy wax is the Australian market default — clean-burning, vegan, 40-50 hour burn time on a 200ml pour. Coconut-soy blends give a smoother scent throw and a more luxurious melt pool, suited to hospitality and luxury briefs. Rapeseed is the new European-luxury standard and reads beautifully in premium retail gifting. Beeswax is niche, natural and carries an amber warmth — specify unbleached for a hero piece. Scent is the creative brief. We work with Australian fragrance houses on custom blends for 500+ unit runs, and hold a library of pre-blended stock scents (fig and cassis, smoked oud, eucalyptus and mint, sea salt and jasmine) for smaller briefs. Match the scent to the audience and the season — a Melbourne luxury property developer launching in autumn reads very differently to a Sydney tech scale-up's summer offsite. Branding method drives finish. Direct screen print on glass is crisp for one or two colours. Wrap labels on uncoated paper with foiled detail is the most versatile luxury finish. Debossed kraft boxes read warm and craft-led; rigid gift boxes with satin ribbon read formal and premium. For custom vessels — embossed ceramic, colour-matched glass — allow 500-unit minimums and 8-10 week lead times. Always order a sample. Forty-eight hours to your desk. Light it, smell the cold throw, burn it for four hours, smell the hot throw. The decision makes itself.

Pricing guidance

Pricing rule of thumb: at 100 units with a printed wrap label, a 180ml soy candle in stock frosted glass sits around AU$14-$22 per unit; a 200ml in a ceramic or concrete vessel AU$22-$38; a 300-400ml luxury vessel with rigid gift box AU$38-$75. Custom scent blends add AU$2-$6 per unit at 500+ MOQ, with a one-time fragrance development fee from AU$350. Foil stamping on labels adds AU$0.60-$1.20 per unit. Rigid gift boxes with satin ribbon add AU$4-$12 per unit depending on finish.

Delivery across Australia

Delivered Australia-wide in 10-18 business days standard — Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and Canberra. Express 3-5 day dispatch available on stocked soy candles with wrap-label branding. Free shipping on orders over AU$500. We kit candles into gift boxes with handwritten cards, split-ship to multiple state offices or home addresses, and run timed-release dispatch for launch and Christmas windows at no extra handling.

Why Sense2

  • 30 years of gift briefs — trusted by Telstra, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, LVMH, Hermès, Chanel, Sony, Warner Music, Australian Government agencies, universities and local councils for considered corporate gifting
  • In-house design studio for label artwork, foil stamping, custom box design and scent storytelling — the kind of creative wrap that turns a candle into the gift that gets posted
  • International trend-sourcing partners for vessel shapes, scent profiles and packaging trends our hospitality and luxury-brand clients come back to us for every season
  • Thousands of 5-star Google reviews — Customers consistently rate Sense2 for bringing brand thinking and warmth to every project, from brief to launch

Frequently asked questions

What's the minimum order for custom branded candles?

Stocked soy candles in standard glass vessels with a printed wrap label start at 50-100 units. Custom scent blends typically start at 500 units with a one-time fragrance development fee. Bespoke vessels (colour-matched glass, embossed ceramic) start at 500 units with 8-10 week lead times. For smaller pilot runs, we hold a curated library of pre-blended stock scents that read beautifully from 50 units upward.

How long do custom candles take to produce and deliver in Australia?

Standard lead time is 10-18 business days from artwork and scent approval. Stocked soy candles with wrap-label branding can dispatch in 3-5 business days on express runs. Custom scent blends add 2-3 weeks for fragrance development and first-pour samples. Bespoke vessels typically run 8-10 weeks. For Christmas, we recommend locking briefs by early October.

What branding methods work best on candles?

Wrap labels on uncoated paper with foil stamping are the most versatile luxury finish and suit most brand palettes. Direct screen print on glass reads crisp for one or two colours. Debossed kraft gift boxes read warm and craft-led; rigid gift boxes with satin ribbon read formal and premium. For ceramic and concrete vessels, we also offer tone-on-tone debossing and ceramic transfer printing.

Do you offer vegan or sustainable candles?

Yes. Our default is Australian soy wax — vegan, clean-burning, with a 40-50 hour burn time on a 200ml pour. We also offer coconut-soy blends, rapeseed wax and unbleached beeswax. Recycled-glass vessels, FSC kraft boxes, cotton wicks free of lead and zinc, and plastic-free packaging are available across the range. Ask for our sustainability spec sheet.

Can I develop a custom scent for my brand?

Yes, and it's the part we enjoy most. We work with Australian fragrance houses on custom scent blends from 500 units upward. The process runs 4-6 weeks from brief to approved blend: scent direction workshop, three-round fragrance samples, final sign-off. One-time fragrance development fees start from AU$350 and are often waived on larger ongoing programs.

Can I see a sample before I commit to an order?

Yes. Free samples ship Australia-wide, dispatched within 48 hours from our Sydney warehouse. We recommend sampling the vessel, the wax and a stock scent close to your brief before fragrance development begins. Pre-production samples with your artwork and custom scent are available on larger runs before the full pour.

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