A custom corporate candle can be a branded gift you order, a candle each person makes at a team workshop, or a live candle bar where guests make one at your event. Which one fits depends on who the candle is for, and on whether the gift or the experience is the point. Here is how each works in Singapore, what can carry your brand, and how to plan around the year-end rush.
Why candles work as a corporate gift
Most corporate gifts get filed away. A candle gets used, and it sits on a desk or a shelf where it stays in view for weeks.
It also suits a Singapore office better than food does. A hamper has to work for colleagues who eat halal or vegetarian, avoid beef or alcohol, or have allergies, and one wrong item undoes the gesture. A candle skips that check entirely, which matters when the list runs to a whole department or a client roster.
Three ways to brand a candle for your company
Corporate clients have included ST Engineering, NUS, LG, Mediacorp, LinkedIn and Shiseido. The format depends on whether you want the candle sent out, made by your team, or made by guests at an event.
1. Branded candles as gifts
For clients, partners or a whole department, corporate gifting is available on enquiry. Corporate orders can carry branded labels and packaging, with a fragrance chosen to suit the theme. This route suits year-end gifts, client thank-yous and welcome kits for new hires, where the candle goes out without anyone attending anything.
2. Candles your team makes at a workshop
Here the gift and the team activity are the same thing. Everyone blends a scent and pours their own soy candle with an instructor guiding, and every participant takes their candle home. Sessions run at the studio or at your office, hotel or off-site venue, for groups from 5 up to 500 in a single sitting. Our guide to candle making team building covers how a session runs.
3. Live candle bars at events
For launches, conferences and brand activations, a staffed live candle bar lets guests make a candle at your stand and leave with something they made, which gives people a reason to stay and talk. The team handles setup and teardown, and live stations have run for events of up to 2,000 guests. The live stations page shows the typical build.
What can carry your brand
- Labels, packaging and signage. Branded labels and packaging, so the candle arrives looking like it came from you, and signage for a live station.
- The fragrance. A themed fragrance and material selection, so the candle can match a launch, a season or the tone of your event.
- The setting. At events, multi-station setups and photo-ready styling for the stand itself.
For smaller thank-yous where branding is not needed, a candle decorated at our Bugis Street DIY bar travels well in a gift bag.
Planning for year-end
Christmas Day falls on Friday 25 December this year, and November and December are when most companies want both gifts and parties at once. Enquire as soon as you know your headcount and date. Tell the team the headcount, date, venue, and what you want the gift or session to feel like, and a quote with a format recommendation comes back within 24 hours.
If the candle is part of a year-end party, our guide to year-end team workshops covers booking, and our personalised candle gift guide covers gifts for individuals rather than whole teams.
What is the candle for?
Pick one for a starting point.
Pick an option above.
Frequently asked questions
Can you put our logo on the candles?
Yes. Corporate orders can carry branded labels, packaging and signage. Say what you need when you enquire, and the team will recommend a format.
Can our team make the candles themselves?
Yes. At a team workshop everyone blends a scent and pours their own soy candle, then takes it home. Sessions run at the studio or at your venue, for 5 up to 500 people in a single sitting.
How early should we enquire for year-end gifts?
As soon as you know your headcount and date. November and December are the busiest months for corporate bookings, and a quote with a format recommendation comes back within 24 hours.