My recent purchase also came with a big (kind of ugly) plain, heavy, white cardboard box. My SA asked if I wanted it, but said most people don't, because it is so big and bulky. I took it anyway, but it was incredibly annoying to carry home.My SA has told me that the cotton club ligne came in large white boxes (I think it sounds similar to the boxes for the coco cabas) and they threw those boxes away.