Well, Black Friday is laying behind us and Cyber Monday is ahead! Christmas sales have officially kicked of and surely its high time to think about what to give to your family and friends this Christmas. As much as I love gift giving I usually feel its a rather easy tasks as the present should reflect the personality of the presenter as much as the personality of the recipient! I don’t have a rational explanation but whenever I start to make up my mind about Christmas presents the first thing that comes in is fragrances. However, over the years I finally got some experience on how to find the perfect fragrance present? So what to keep in mind when buying fragrances for your loved once?

Some inspirations on fragrances as Christmas presents!

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10 days until mothers day – Don’t forget its approaching super fast! A scented candle, particularly a new limited edition – Doesn’t that seem like the ideal present for your mom? Well I thought the same way until I received a little witty birthday invite from a friend some time ago. It read “…PS: Scened candles are not allowed to the party!”. First it made me angry and second it made me think for a while. It was true I had presented her with a Diptyque oriental candle for Christmas, an Astier De Villatte Cabourg candle from Paris, a Memo Marrakech Kiss from Rome, a Jo Malone Peony and blush suede for birthday and on it goes? I loved them all but purchased them for her, because I knew that she is so much more fragrance addicted than me. So what  was her problem?

Is there anything more beautiful than a perfectly smelling home? photo@http://erikabrechtel.com/2012/03/28/more-from-the-glitter-guide/

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