A small scented candle in a coloured metal tin with a lid, giving around 10 hours of vanilla-scented burn time. The tin measures 5.5 cm across and 4 cm tall, and each candle is packed in a brown carton box. Metal rather than glass makes it safe to post in volume and impossible to break in transit.

The lid seals the scent between uses and lets the candle travel in a bag or be stored in a drawer, which is why tin candles are the format used for sampling and mailings. Burn time is shorter than a jar candle, so it functions as a taste of a fragrance or a seasonal token rather than a long-life home product.

At this price it is built for volume: Christmas mailings to a full customer list, hotel turndown gifts, table favours at company dinners and weddings, and gift-with-purchase items in beauty and lifestyle retail. Non-profits use it in donor thank-you mailings where postage cost has to stay low.

The metal lid is available in black, brown, gold and silver, and takes a printed logo or an engraved mark directly on the top face. MerchRepublic brands, packs and delivers in bulk across the EU. Send quantity and artwork for pricing.