The autumn & christmas production planner

Plan your batches, costs, labels and launches — for candle and home fragrance makers.

August gets busy quickly when autumn launches and Christmas prep overlap. This seasonal mini guide walks you through seven steps — choosing your range, working backwards from launch dates, batching early, checking your true costs, getting labels ready, spreading production and a final checklist — so the season is planned rather than panicked.

1. Choose your seasonal line-up

Start with the range before you start making.

✓ Pick your autumn scents and your Christmas scents
✓ Decide which products each scent will be in
✓ Keep best sellers and seasonal extras realistic
✓ Choose what needs testing first

2. Map out your launch timeline

Work backwards from the date you want to be selling.

1 Testing
2 Curing time
3 Labels and CLP
4 Photos and content
5 Packing and dispatch / market prep

August gets busy quickly when autumn launches and Christmas prep overlap.

3. Create batches early

✓ Decide what needs making first
✓ Set realistic batch sizes for each scent
✓ Note dates, batch numbers and recipes
✓ Spread production instead of leaving it all to the last minute

4. Check your true costs

Know your numbers before you set a seasonal price.

✓ Include wax, fragrance and dye
✓ Add boxes, labels and seasonal packaging
✓ Cost before you launch or discount
✓ Know which products are worth making again

5. Get your CLP labels ready

✓ Don't leave labels until launch week
✓ Check the correct fragrance and product
✓ Print before the packing rush
✓ Keep compliant details easy to find

6. Don't make it all at once

✓ Build finished stock gradually through August and beyond
✓ Make your most popular scents first
✓ Leave room for repeat batches if something sells fast
✓ Avoid one huge making week before markets or launches

Small steady batches can feel much more manageable.

7. Quick final seasonal checklist

☐ Seasonal range planned
☐ Testing done or booked in
☐ Costs checked
☐ Batches scheduled
☐ CLP labels ready
☐ Packing materials ordered

Where Pour & Track helps

Keep your seasonal recipes, batch records, costings and CLP labels in one place — so when the making weeks arrive you already know what to make, what it costs and which labels are ready to print.