Petalby
Soft daylight on stone in a quiet spa room.

Curated Collections

Unwrap the unexpected

Gifts composed by hand

Choose a Curated Collection

The Selection

New to the shelves

Choose a piece yourself, or let us compose a gift for you and keep what is inside a surprise until it is opened.

Curated collection New arrivals
Everything in stock
Previous 2 of 62 of 63 of 6 Next

Three sizes of the same standard

We choose the pieces. Nobody tells the person opening it. The same four questions decide every piece, whichever size you choose; what changes is how full the box is.

An example box, photographed for illustration. Each box is put together by hand, so the contents vary.

The Bud Petalby mystery gift box — example composition with a soy candle in a corked jar, an amber reed diffuser, a pressed-flower wax tablet, a rolled cotton cloth and a wrapped soap

The Bud

£22

A thank-you, a Secret Santa, or a first Petalby. Chosen with the same care as the largest, and no less considered for it.

The Bloom Petalby mystery gift box — example composition with a bath dust pouch, an amber reed diffuser, a soy candle, an exfoliating mitt, a rolled cotton cloth and a wrapped bath block

Our signature composition

The Bloom

£42

A birthday, or an occasion that should feel like one. Composed to work as a set rather than as separate pieces, and still entirely unrevealed.

The Bouquet Petalby mystery gift box — the fullest composition, with bath salt, an amber reed diffuser, two candles, a lavender eye pillow, a wooden comb, an exfoliating mitt and body lotion

The Bouquet

£74

A milestone, or a gift several people give together. The fullest spread, with one piece reserved for this size alone.

  1. The Bud£22
  2. The Bloom£42
  3. The Bouquet£74

Composed and packed by hand in the UK. Secure payment by Stripe. Free UK delivery, and 30 days to change your mind.

We post the next working day. Royal Mail 2nd Class aims to arrive within two to three working days — an aim, not a guarantee.

Sending it to someone? Add the handwritten card at checkout and we write your message out by hand.

Gifts by occasion

Short guides to the shelf, each written the same way: start with the person, and let the gift follow.

An open box with its lid raised, folded tissue inside, and a card that reads From Petalby, with love x, with a loose ribbon trailing across an oak table.

What’s inside a Curated Collection

Every collection is composed by hand, so no two are quite alike. What stays constant is the standard each piece is chosen against, and that none of it is revealed until the box is opened. Choose a size.

A card goes in with every one. Ours reads “From Petalby, with love x”.

Eight departments behind one box

Everything in stock

A paper parcel tied with a ribbon on a hall table beside a painted door.

The Petalby Standard

Every piece answers four questions before it earns its place

  1. Good of its kind. Not adequate — good, judged against the alternatives we set aside. A piece we made ourselves is held to it just as strictly.
  2. Something we would be glad to receive ourselves. If the answer is not an immediate yes, it does not make the cut.
  3. Sits well beside the others. A composition, not a container.
  4. Never filler. A smaller box of three good things over a fuller one padded with a fourth that doesn’t belong.

The Standard, in full

Three hand-cut bars of soap laid side by side on a linen cloth, beside a shallow ceramic bowl on a weathered oak block

Who chooses what goes in

Chosen with care and consideration.

Some of what goes in a Petalby box we make ourselves, by hand and in small numbers. The rest we choose, against the same four questions — and a composition that does not hold together is taken apart rather than packed.

Laura is no longer working alone: her daughter has joined her at the bench where the making happens and at the table where every composition is laid out. All stock is handpicked.

Read our story

A paper-wrapped parcel with a loose ribbon and a eucalyptus sprig on a stone shelf.

Choose a size

When you are ready, it starts with a size

The Bud £22The Bloom £42The Bouquet £74

Choose your size