Bling from Bond No. 9: Scent of Peace, Chelsea Flowers and Nuits de Noho in ‘Swarovski Stars’ limited editions. The 50 ml bottles run $550 — oops, make that $500! — each and can be purchased from the Bond No. 9 website.
From Annick Goutal, a (bargain!) gift set in Les Nuits d’Hadrien. Includes 50 ml Eau de Toilette Spray + Body Cream and Shower Gel; $59.90 at Beautyencounter.
From Jo Malone, Dark Amber & Ginger Lily Bathing Soak: “Created as a modern interpretation of Kohdo, an ancient Japanese incense ceremony, Dark Amber & Ginger Lily Bathing Soak is a sensual and calming blend that encourages a sense of tranquility. Dark Amber & Ginger Lily Bathing Soak encourages harmony. This effervescent soak relaxes and pampers the skin.” $75 for 285 g at the Jo Malone website.
For a personal touch, candles from Le Labo with your mother’s name right on the label. Available from Luckyscent (allow 2 extra days for the personalized label) in Anis 24, Figue 15, Pin 12, Santal 26, Petit Grain 21 or Calone 17, $70 each.
From Givenchy, Ange ou Démon Scented Diamond Body Dust: “For its Diamantissime edition, Ange ou Démon comes in a new solid perfume form. With beautifully sparkling glitter particles, this scented wax will lend a subtly flattering sheen to the skin surface.” £38 at Harrods in the UK.
More gift ideas coming soon, and if you missed it, see Fragrance gifts for Mother’s Day 2009, part 1.
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Wow! I don’t know anyone (I think) whose mother would wear scented sparkle-glitter body wax, but that sure would be one fabulous mom!
Probably the same mom that would find a bejeweled Bond No. 9 bottle an acceptable Mother’s Day gift. Sparkle time!
Joe, ha, perhaps you are right. I do not like Ange ou Demon in any case, but I did love the look of that compact.
Rolling my eyes at the Bond No. 9s. If somebody’s spending $550 on my Mother’s Day present, for heaven’s sake, I want PEARLS. Real ones.
And I’d take a bottle of PdN Le Temps d’Une Fete, if anybody’s listening… anybody? (Who am I kidding – I’m getting that PdR Rose d’Ete as a combination anniversary/MD gift, along with the standard “Why in the heck do you need so many bottles of perfume?”)
Trying to think of what I’d want for $550. Maybe a perfume buying fund? That would cover me for most of the year.
I have the Dark Amber & Ginger Lily Bath Oil, but am not clear what “bathing soak” is!
I assumed it was essentially bath salts — but couldn’t swear to it! All I know is I’d like some
I think I would pass if it was bath salts – they always seem to collect at the bottom of the tub like a layer of gravel.
Well, bear in mind that I don’t know if they are or not
I’d like some of that “bath soak”, too, but it seems oh-so-expensive for a bath product!
Yes, it really is!! I’d never spend that on a bath product, I don’t think. Ok, maybe on some Frederic Malle soaps, if I was really flush.
The Givenchy is rather fab, but seriously, if someone was contemplating spending $500 on a single Bond bottle for me, I’d tell them to go & buy me half a dozen of the Ormonde Jaynes instead – & I’d be happy to give them a list of plenty of other options which are less about the outside bling & more about what’s inside the bottle.
I’m not much of a bling person either…I liked some of the earlier “crystallized” bottles from Bond w/ only a few crystals here & there though.