Old niche favorites in new packaging: Isabey Gardenia (shown above left, $165 at Beautyhabit, Your Cosmetics or Luckyscent in the US, Les Senteurs in the UK, First in Fragrance in Germany) and Amouage Ubar (shown above right, $250 at Aedes, Four Seasons, Luckyscent or Parfums Raffy in the US, Harrods or Les Senteurs in the UK)…
The big Tom Ford gift for 2008: the Tom Ford Private Blend coffret, with 2 ml rollerballs in each of the 12 original Tom Ford Private Blend fragrances. Says Tom, “Private Blend is my own scent laboratory; it's where I have the ability to create very special, original fragrances that are unconstrained by the conventions of mainstream scent-making. Private Blend is designed with the true fragrance connoisseur in mind.” Ok? $225 at Nordstrom or Neiman Marcus…
Well, here we are again, very nearly at the start of the mad holiday rush, although it doesn’t officially start until Friday. Are you ready? For anyone else trying to avoid entering an actual brick and mortar store between now and January, here are some ideas for fragrance gifts you can find online:
From Aedes, the Agraria Nob Hill Petit Essence set, with 4 miniature fragrance diffusers in Bitter Orange, Lemon Verbena, Lavender & Rosemary and Balsam. $125…
Agraria is a San Francisco-based company founded over 30 years ago. Its most famous fragrance is Bitter Orange (a best-selling potpourri, and now available in many home fragrance and body products). Bitter Orange is a favorite of mine: a nose-tickling, slightly powdery fragrance containing clove, bitter orange and cypress.
I thought it was time to sample another Agraria scent.
Most home fragrance fiends have probably succumbed by now and tried a perfume-oil-with-diffuser-reeds product. Agraria’s Balsam AirEssence comes in a beautiful, hand-blown heavy crystal perfume bottle with glass stopper. The bottle (almost six inches tall) contains 9.4 ounces of scented oil into which one places 20 nine-inch diffuser reeds. The reeds absorb the fragrant oil and diffuse it into the air; when you want more concentrated scent — flip the reeds.
The Balsam fragrance (as described on the Agraria website) contains: sweet balsam (no particular plant/tree is specified), California redwood, French sage, and white flowers (again, no specifics). Diffuser perfume oils are blended in a way that provides a steady stream of unvarying fragrance…
Here are a few more fragrance gift ideas for anyone who is joining me in doing all their holiday shopping online this year:
The perfect hostess gift: Bitter Orange potpourri by Agraria. $48 for a 2 liter presentation box (liquid refresher also available) at lusciouscargo…
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