how to start a perfume brand from scratch

What is the minimum order quantity for a custom perfume?

Large fragrance houses often require 50 to 100kg of compound, which is too much for most new brands. Independent perfumers and boutique houses will work at far smaller volumes, sometimes a few hundred units of finished product. The AJ Cosmo Labs marketplace lets you filter fragrance suppliers and contract fillers by MOQ, so you can match a partner to your actual launch size instead of being forced into industrial minimums.

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