Screw Neck vs Crimp Neck: Which Closure Is Right for You?
One of the first decisions in setting up a fragrance line isn't about the liquid at all — it's how the pump attaches to the bottle. The two most common options are crimp neck and screw neck, and each has a genuinely different fit, filling process, and equipment requirement.
We've just added four new screw neck fragrance bottles to the range — the Clayton, the 50ml and 100ml Charlotte, and the Everest — along with a matching SNI15 gloss silver atomiser pump. So it felt like the right time to break down how the two closure types compare.
How Crimp Neck Works
A crimp neck bottle has a metal collar that sits over the pump's collar and is mechanically crimped — squeezed and folded — onto the glass neck using a crimping tool. It's the traditional method used across much of the fragrance industry, particularly for higher-end and larger-scale production.
How Screw Neck Works
A screw neck bottle has a threaded glass neck that a matching threaded pump collar screws directly onto — no tools, no crimping, just twisting on by hand.
Pros & Cons, Side by Side
Crimp Neck
Screw Neck
- Secure, permanent seal once fitted
- Industry standard for premium fragrance
- Harder to remove without visible damage
- No crimping tool required — fits by hand
- Faster changeovers on smaller runs
- Easy to adjust or swap without damaging the bottle
- Lower barrier to entry for in-house filling
- Requires a crimping tool and some practice to use it well
- Adds a manual step to filling, slower on short runs
- Hard to adjust once crimped — mistakes are difficult to correct
- Less tamper-evident — can be unscrewed by hand
- Fit depends on accurate thread matching
- Not yet the default with every fragrance filler
"Neither closure is objectively better — they solve different problems."
So Which One Should You Use?
Crimp neck remains a strong, well-established choice, particularly for larger runs going through established fragrance fillers where a permanent seal is expected. Screw neck is a straightforward alternative if you'd rather not invest in a crimping tool — especially for smaller batches, in-house filling, or when you want the flexibility to swap pumps easily.
Crimp neck isn't going anywhere, and we'll keep supplying both. Our new range — the Clayton, 50ml Charlotte, 100ml Charlotte and Everest bottles, paired with the SNI15 gloss silver atomiser — simply gives you a screw neck option with a pump and bottle already matched for a reliable fit, if that's what suits your process.
Shop the Screw Neck Range
Four new bottles and a matching atomiser, all designed to twist on and off by hand. Get in touch if you'd like samples to test the fit yourself.
View the RangeUK stock · Matched pump and bottle threads · Samples available on request
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