Creative brief
Tell us about your brand, the products you plan to make and the direction you have in mind: notes, moods, references. Before any work begins, we confirm the sampling plan and scope with you.
Custom fragrance development
$900 per fragrance direction
For brands that want a signature scent for the products we manufacture for them. The fee covers developing one fragrance direction: a creative brief, interpretations and evaluation samples coordinated with our fragrance partner, and refinement of the direction you select toward a production-ready fragrance.
You can start development and sampling before you place a production order. We confirm the sampling plan and scope with you before any work begins.
At a glance
| Development fee | $900 per fragrance direction |
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| Production credit | $200 per approved fragrance, applied to your first production order that uses it |
| Order first? | No. Development can start before any production order |
| Exclusivity | Reserved for products we manufacture for you |
| Formula | Owned by Poured Goods and kept confidential |
| Quoted separately | Finished products and everything that goes into them |
Details on the credit, ownership and production costs are in the questions below.
How development works
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Interpretations and evaluation samples
We coordinate interpretations of your brief and evaluation samples with our fragrance partner, so you can compare directions and choose one to develop.
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Refine, approve, then quote production
We refine the direction you select toward a production-ready fragrance. Candle burn and fragrance-performance testing are addressed for the production configuration you approve. Once approved, the fragrance is kept on your account, and we quote your production order in full before you commit.
START A DEVELOPMENT INQUIRY ↓
Submitting an inquiry does not place an order or commit you to anything. We follow up to talk through your project, then confirm scope and the sampling plan before any work or payment.
Looking for something else? For candles made with our house fragrances, see private label candles. To design the whole product, from vessel to retail box, see contract manufacturing.
Prefer to talk it through? Call us at (904) 789-1570.
Custom fragrance questions
How does the $200 production credit work?
Each approved fragrance earns one $200 credit. It is applied to the full invoice of your first finished-product production order with Poured Goods that includes that fragrance.
Credits are tracked separately for each fragrance, cannot be transferred, and cannot be applied to an order that does not include their fragrance. For example, if you develop three fragrances but produce only one at first, that order receives one $200 credit. The other two credits stay available for the first orders that use those fragrances.
What is quoted separately from the $900 fee?
Who owns the fragrance?
Do I have to place a production order first?
How many samples and revisions are included, and how long does it take?
Can the fragrance be used in room sprays or reed diffusers?
Can I share a fragrance I already love as a reference?
Start a custom fragrance development inquiry
Tell us about your project. This is an inquiry, not an order: nothing is reserved, scheduled or charged. We will follow up to talk through scope and next steps.