(Review, Giveaway) December 2011 Holiday Gift Guide Giveaways: FRAGRANCE

It’s that time again my fellow fragrance lovers. It’s time for the fragrance gift guide guaranteed to make the perfumistas in your life light up with perfectly scented holiday joy. Read on for gifts from high to low including a fun jewelry piece along with a very Happy giveaway.


Sephora Collector’s Edition Fragrance Sampler for Her ($ 75)

A set for the person who loves choices. She can have it all and in cute mini sizes. Not only do you get all the minis,10 total, but a voucher to choose one of the scents and redeem for a full size bottle. The set includes Dior Addict to Life, Thierry Mugler Angel, DKNY Golden Delicious and Paco Rabanne’s new Lady Million.

Clinique Complete Happiness Set ($37.00)

Most everyone loves Happy and we all want to be happy right? This set has 5 versions of Clinique’s best selling fragrance for a little variety, including Happy, Happy Heart, and Happy in Bloom, Happy Wealth of Flowers and Happy Hint of Citrus. So, make someone happy this Christmas. It’s all anyone could ask for.

Bobbi Brown’s Bobbi’s Party ($60)

When it’s called Party, you know it’s right for the season. And in true Bobbi Brown tradition , it’s beautiful and subtle. Party, the fragrance, is a soft woodsy scent that surrounds you with a cloud of cozy spices and soft rose. It’s the pashmina of perfumes.

Fan di Fendi set ($92)

One of the most striking bottles of the year and a pretty floral fragrance of jasmine and rose with hints of the leather of the brand’s famous bags. Fan di Fendi is perfect for the cold weather ahead. Set includes perfume, shower gel and body lotion.

Pacifica Take Me There Island Vanilla Set ($18.00)

A gift set ready to transport your giftee, at least via her nose, to the tropics with it’s sweet and fruity but not heavy, vanilla scent. You get TSA approved sizes of perfume roll on, body butter and a lip tint. So if she does want to take the vacation, your gift can go along.


Elie Saab Le Parfum Set ($90)

One of the hottest fragrances of the year, now housed in an elegant gift set. The Le Parfum set has a 1.7 oz perfume, body lotion and shower cream of this elegant woodsy scent that wraps the wearer in a cashmere embrace with it’s blend of cedar and patchouli, along with a touch of rose honey and orange blossom.

Bath and Body Works Be Enchanted Mini Pop Up Box ($20)

Everyone loves Bath and Body Works making it hard to go wrong with a gift from there. This adorable and re-usable gift box contains a mini travel lotion and 3 oz EDT of their newest signature fragrance, the frosty, sweet floral Be Enchanted.

Lisa Hoffman Perfume bracelet ($65)

For the perfumista who has everything, or thinks she does. She most likely won’t have this, a bracelet that scents all day with perfumed wooden beads housed in a decorative gold ball. Reusable, it goes with everything and comes in all of Lisa Hoffman’s five pretty fragrances like the clean herbal French Clary Sage and the soft white floral Madagascar Orchid.

To make your Christmas a little brighter we have 2 bottles of Clinique’s original Happy fragrance to give away. Clinique recently paired with up and coming filmmakers to share what makes them Happy for their Facebook and YouTube pages. We want to know from you, what makes YOU Happy? Leave it in the comments below for your chance to win.

Diane Artzberger, The Beauty Alchemist