Thirty millilitres is the size that decides whether a fragrance line can afford to be discovered. It is the bottle that goes in the travel bag, the one that carries the roller-stand trial, and increasingly the one that appears in subscription and discovery sets. The XY-6 is a stock 30 ml cylinder built for that job: a rounded barrel with a softly domed shoulder, a thick base with a shallow internal punt, and a ribbed black overcap that keeps the assembled height compact.
The engineering detail that matters commercially on a 30 ml body is not the glass — it is how many pieces fit in a carton. At 192 bottles per carton the XY-6 packs at more than twice the density of a 100 ml flacon, which changes your freight per unit by an order of magnitude. That arithmetic is laid out in full below.
XY-6 Specifications
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Model | XY-6 |
| Fill capacity | 30 ml |
| Neck finish | 15mm crimp or screw – confirm on quote |
| Bottle weight | 65 g |
| Glass | Clear flint soda-lime glass |
| Body shape | Rounded cylinder, domed shoulder, thick base with shallow punt |
| Units per carton | 192 pcs |
| Net glass weight per carton | ≈ 12.5 kg |
| Gross weight per carton | 13.5 kg |
| Carton dimensions | 52 × 35 × 14 cm |
| Cap and pump | Fine-mist sprayer; ribbed overcap per stock photo |
| Height / diameter | Per family photo; formal drawing on request |
Note the neck line: crimp or screw, confirmed at quotation. That single choice determines whether the XY-6 can be sold as a refillable travel bottle or must be treated as a sealed retail unit, and it is worth deciding before artwork because the collar height differs between the two.
Shape: A Barrel That Sits Down
The photo shows the family — 30 ml, 50 ml and 100 ml — so you can read the proportions before committing. The 30 ml stands about 9 cm tall on a 3.8 cm diameter, and the profile is a cylinder that swells very slightly at mid-height before turning into a short, rounded shoulder. There is no hard edge anywhere on the body except the base ring, which gives the bottle a soft, almost cosmetic-jar character rather than the clinical look of a straight-walled column.
The base is the interesting part. It carries a thick glass pad with a shallow concave punt, visible in the photo as a curved reflection at the bottom. Two things follow: the bottle stands firmly because the contact ring is wide relative to a 65 g body, and light passing through the punt produces the concentrated highlight that makes clear glass photograph well. On a 30 ml bottle, which is small enough to disappear on a shelf, that highlight is doing real merchandising work. Base thickness goes deeper into when extra glass is worth paying for.
The black ribbed cap in the photo is a stock accessory, not a design bespoke. Its horizontal ribs read as grip rather than decoration, which is appropriate for a travel-size product where the customer’s hand is small and the bottle is handled wet.
Suits: discovery and sample programs, travel-retail trios, men’s EDT in a compact format, and gift-with-purchase units. If the plan is a 30/50/100 ml range on one silhouette, the same family covers it — our 30 vs 50 vs 100 ml size guide explains how the three slots are usually positioned, and travel size perfume bottles covers the commercial case for the smallest slot.
Packing Density: The Real 30 ml Advantage
This is where a 30 ml body earns its place in a container plan.
| Metric | 20 GP | 40 HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Carton volume | 0.0255 CBM | 0.0255 CBM |
| Cartons by cube (28 / 68 CBM usable) | 1,098 | 2,668 |
| Cartons by payload (25 / 26 t) | 1,851 | 1,925 |
| Practical cartons | 1,098 | 1,925 |
| Bottles | 210,816 pcs | 369,600 pcs |
| Gross weight | 14.8 t | 26.0 t |
Read those bottle counts against the 100 ml bodies in the same program, which land around 121,000 pieces in a 40 HQ. The XY-6 carries roughly three times as many units in the same container. That is the whole economic case for small formats: the glass itself is cheaper, but the freight per bottle falls far faster than the glass cost does.
Two qualifications. First, the carton is 52 × 35 × 14 cm — longer and wider than a 48 × 34 cm carton, so pallet layout differs and you will fit fewer cartons per layer on a 1200 × 1000 pallet; the pattern maths is in carton and pallet specifications. Second, a 20 GP is cube-limited at 1,098 cartons and sails at only 14.8 t, so a full 20 GP of 30 ml bottles is a light container — if you are shipping this SKU alone, a 40 HQ is the better value, and if you are consolidating, this is the body to load last because it fills cube without using payload.
Decoration on a Small Body
At 30 ml the printable area is small and every decoration decision is amplified — both in cost per unit and in how visible the result is.
- Spray coating — solid colour is the default because a 3.8 cm body does not have room for a subtle gradient to read. Matte finishes are popular for the travel segment; see matte black perfume bottles.
- Two-tone — a coloured body with a clear base window is a practical way to show fill level on a bottle where the label cannot.
- Frosting — acid etch on a small barrel gives a soft, grippy surface that suits travel use.
- silk screen printing — usually one colour, often vertical along the body. Our silk screen printing guide covers minimum text sizes on small diameters.
- Hot stamping — a single foil block on the shoulder; more than one element makes a 30 ml bottle look cluttered.
- Laser engraving — good for batch codes and “not for resale” text on tester units.
If your artwork was designed for a 100 ml bottle, expect to redraw it. A wordmark that reads at 6 cm will not read at 3.8 cm, and legal text usually has to move to a folded leaflet or the outer carton.
Pumps, Caps and Tester Configuration
The XY-6 takes 15 mm crimp or screw closures from the same accessory stock as the rest of the program: fine-mist pumps in gold, silver and black electroplated aluminium, plus ribbed, smooth and domed overcaps in ABS or aluminium. For tester programs, the common configuration is a crimp pump with no overcap and a printed “tester” collar — cheaper than a full assembly and lighter to ship.
Two technical notes specific to 30 ml:
- Pump output. A 0.1 ml-per-stroke pump gives about 300 sprays from 30 ml; a 0.15 ml pump gives about 200. On a small bottle the stroke volume is a bigger share of the total, so specify it rather than accepting default — see spray pump output.
- Dip tube length. Cut for the 9 cm body; a tube from a 50 ml specification will not reach the base.
Whether a crimp or screw finish is right depends on your refill strategy — crimp vs screw pumps sets out the trade-off, and refillable bottle systems covers the design questions if you intend to sell refills.
Compare Within the 30 ml Slot
Other stock 30 ml bodies: XY-1 30 ml for a squarer profile, XF-7 30 ml for a different shoulder, wx-020 30 ml and WX-1 30 ml for alternatives in the WX family. For the sub-10 ml end of the same strategy, see 5 ml vs 10 ml sample bottles.
MOQ, Samples and Lead Time
No tooling charge — the mould is in production. Clear stock samples ship quickly, and a decorated sample with colour and print typically takes 7–15 days from approval. Glass production runs 15–25 days after golden-sample sign-off, plus decoration time. Because a 30 ml bottle uses little glass, the MOQ economics are usually driven by your decoration setup rather than by the bottle: a plain clear order can start small, while a spray-coated order needs a batch big enough for the line. Our low MOQ note explains where that line usually falls.
Request a quote for the XY-6 with quantity, decoration, crimp or screw finish, and destination port, and we will return unit price, accessory pricing and freight calculated on the packing data above.
FAQ
What is the MOQ for the XY-6 30 ml bottle?
No tooling MOQ. Clear bottles can be sampled in cartons; decorated orders need enough volume for the spray or print run. Confirm with your actual quantity.
Is 65 g the empty bottle weight?
Yes — 65 g empty, measured on the current stock batch. Filled at 30 ml it adds roughly 30 g of juice plus pump and cap.
How many XY-6 bottles fit in a 40 HQ?
About 1,925 cartons, or 369,600 pieces, weight-limited at 26 t. A 20 GP holds about 1,098 cartons (210,800 pcs) and is cube-limited.
Can it be supplied refillable?
The stock sheet lists crimp or screw, confirmed at quotation. A screw finish allows refilling; a crimp finish is a sealed retail unit.
Is the cap in the photo included?
The ribbed cap and pump are stock accessories quoted alongside the bottle. You can specify a different overcap or supply your own with a matching 15 mm neck.