Candles

Custom Branded Candles Australia | Sense2

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

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

Best for

• 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.

Curated kits

The Signature Scent Gift — Premium client thank-you moments, end-of-year partner gifts, VIP welcome 200ml soy candle in frosted glass, foiled wrap label, debossed kraft gift box with a handwritten card From AU$28-$42 per kit at 100qty

The Hospitality Welcome Set — Hotel suite welcome gifts, launch events for hospitality and property brands 180ml soy candle in amber apothecary glass, matching reed diffuser and a printed scent-story card in a linen-wrapped rigid box From AU$65-$95 per kit at 100qty

The Studio Moment — Agency press drops, launch gifting designed for social, considered staff thank-yous 200ml coconut-soy candle in matte ceramic vessel, branded matchbook and a seeded-paper scent-notes card From AU$38-$58 per kit at 100qty

What clients say

"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

"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

"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

Frequently asked

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.

"Find it. Love it. Keep it."