Bormioli Luigi has launched two new fragrance bottle designs, Axis and Pocket, both in a 10ml mini format aimed at trial-size and roll-on applications. The screw-cap bottles support internal and external lacquering, screen printing, metallisation and hot stamping, and are designed for recycling.
Why this mattersMini formats let perfume brands offer low-cost trial sizes while keeping premium glass decoration options, widening Bormioli Luigi's specialty fragrance packaging range.
- Two new bottle designs, Axis and Pocket, both hold 10ml.
- Axis has a cylindrical shape with a rounded glass base; Pocket has square lines.
- Both feature a screw-cap closure for filling and recycling.
- Both formats are compatible with roll-on applicators.
- The bottles support decoration techniques including lacquering, screen printing, metallisation, spraying and hot stamping.
- Announced 21 September 2026.
L'Oreal has selected 13 companies from eight countries for the second cohort of its L'AcceleratOR sustainability programme, backed by EUR 100m to fund pilots on climate, nature and circularity. Bormioli Luigi joins the Next-Generation Packaging & Materials category for its ultralight, resistant glass packaging. Cohort members undergo an acceleration phase led by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership before running six- to nine-month pilots with L'Oreal, with scope to scale successful projects across its global operations.
Why this mattersAccess to L'Oreal's pilot programme gives Bormioli Luigi a potential route to scale lightweight glass packaging with a major cosmetics brand owner.
- L'Oreal named 13 companies from eight countries to the second cohort of its L'AcceleratOR programme on 18 September 2026.
- The programme is endowed with EUR 100m to fund pilots on climate, nature and circularity.
- Bormioli Luigi was selected in the Next-Generation Packaging & Materials category for ultralight, resistant glass packaging.
- The cohort enters an acceleration phase led by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership focused on pilot readiness.
- Selected companies can run six- to nine-month pilot projects with L'Oreal and potentially scale solutions across its international operations.
- Other packaging and materials entrants in the cohort include France's Auressens, UK-based Arda Biomaterials and US-based Newlight Technologies.
- The wider cohort also covers ingredients, formulation and industrial processes companies such as Germany's Bioweg and India's Without.
Cosmetics packaging developer Coverpla has expanded the ecoBottle line it designed for perfume brand Violet to include 50ml and 100ml sizes, using glass from Bormioli Luigi's ecoLine range. The bottle uses 50% less material than standard designs and is built for refilling and disassembly for recycling.
Why this mattersIllustrates continued brand-owner demand for lighter-weight, refillable glass packaging in prestige cosmetics as a lower-cost route to sustainability claims.
- ecoBottle line now available in 50ml and 100ml sizes
- Glass sourced from Bormioli Luigi's ecoLine range
- ecoLine design cuts material use by 50% versus standard bottles
- Bottle has a screw-on ring enabling refilling and disassembly for recycling
- Coverpla developed the bottle, cap and design range; cover is the Paros model in gold-tinted zamak with the Precious pump
- Collection follows Violet's previous 'Cycle' line
