Gypsum diffuser stones
Ø 45–90 mm · 12–40 g
Plaster and ceramic works · Aveiro · est. 2013
The body that carries your scent, made on the Atlantic coast
Gypsum stones · ceramic bodies · hanging pieces · vessel sets · tablets
Unscented, on purpose
We make the carrier. The scent stays yours.
Every piece leaves here unscented unless a client asks otherwise. A brand's oil is the part customers pay for, and it belongs in the brand's control — not blended into a body by a supplier who cannot smell what it will sit next to on a shelf.
Where a client does want us to load and cure their oil, we do it under a separate written agreement, with their formula and their dosage.
What can be customised
Range
Six product families
Gypsum stones | Ceramic bodies | Hanging pieces | Vessel sets | Tablets | Testers
Unglazed ceramic bodies
Ø 40–120 mm · fired twice
Hanging car pieces
20–45 g · cord options
Vessel and lid sets
80–200 ml · matched lids
Room and drawer tablets
60 × 40 mm typical
Sample and tester pieces
Ø 30 mm · bulk packed
In house
Six things we do under this roof
Tooling, casting, forming, firing and finishing all happen here. Cord braiding and printed packaging come from two suppliers within the district, and we name them when asked.
Form development
Model making from a sketch or a physical sample, then silicone tooling cut in house. Two sample rounds are standard.
Plaster casting
Vacuum-mixed gypsum poured into silicone. Our line runs 2400 pieces a day across four pouring benches.
Ceramic forming
Slip casting and press forming in porous stoneware, fired in our own kiln to a controlled absorption spec.
Surface and finish
Sanded, tumbled or left as cast; embossed logos, debossed marks and hand-applied colour washes.
Scent loading
Unscented as standard. Where a client supplies oil we load, cure and seal to their dosage under separate agreement.
Packing and export
Blister, sachet, box or bulk, with EUR.1 certificates and the transport documents for shipments leaving the EU.
Absorption
A diffuser body is a specification, not a shape
Two stones that look identical can hold oil for a fortnight or for two months. What decides it is porosity, and porosity is set at the mixing bench — water ratio, cure time and, for ceramic, the firing curve. We publish the numbers because a brand needs them to write its own instructions.
- Gypsum absorption 18–24% by weight
- Ceramic absorption 12–16% by weight
- Firing 1180 °C, single controlled curve
- Batch record Held for five years per lot
Est. 2013in Aveiro
500piece minimum run
6product families
1180 °Cceramic firing temperature
Who we produce for
Three kinds of order, three different conversations
We do not publish client names or marks. What we can describe is the shape of the work.
Fragrance houses
Ordering bodies to pair with their own oils, usually across three or four forms and a stock colour.
Retail and gift brands
Private label programmes with printed packaging, where the piece and the box are quoted as one item.
Hotel and spa suppliers
Repeat runs of a single form in large volumes, with tight tolerances on weight rather than on looks.
The works
One building, four pouring benches, a kiln that runs twice a week
Aveiro has made ceramics since the eighteenth century and the district still supplies everything we cannot do ourselves. The building holds model making, tooling, casting, firing, finishing and packing along a single line.
- Capacity Around 2,400 cast pieces a day
- Kiln Two firings a week, 1180 °C
- Tooling Silicone cut in house, 8–12 days
- Inspection Sampled by lot, weight and absorption