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Fragrance gifts for Mother’s Day 2009, part 1

Posted by Robin on 26 April 2009 38 Comments

Mother's Day is May 10, and it's coming up fast...here are a few gift suggestions to get you started.

Ormonde Jayne engraved bottleTom Ford White Patchouli travel set

From Ormonde Jayne, an engraved bottle (shown above left): "Ormonde Jayne will engrave your mother's initials onto the gold and glass stopper of our iconic Pure Parfum bottle and have it delivered in a beautiful shagreen box." The service takes about 5 working days (not including shipping), and a 50 ml bottle is £130; you can order online at the Ormonde Jayne website.

From Tom Ford for the Mom-on-the-go, a travel atomizer set in Tom Ford White Patchouli (above right): "This elegant, fluted gold case with white cabochon detail is the ultimate in luxurious purse accessories. Includes two gold-capped fragrance vials to ensure your favorite scent is just a spray away." $160 at Nordstrom.


Cire Trudon Odeurs Royales votive set

Does Mom deserve a gift fit for a queen? Check out the Odeurs Royales collection from Cire Trudon: "...contains three exquisitely scented candles including Roi Soleil, Trianon and Mademoiselle de la Valliere. Presented in a beautiful gift box, each glass is hand-blown and embossed with the company's gold crest. The votive candles burn approx. 30 hours each. A perfect gift." $145 at Aedes.


Orange marmalade soapOrange zest soap

Want to give Mom something homemade (and reasonably priced!), but don't have the time to do-it-yourself? Don't forget Etsy! Here are 2 citrus-y soaps worth checking out: Orange Marmalade soap, with sweet oranges, warm cinnamon and cloves (shown above left; $5.75), and Orange Zest soap, with mango, tangerine and spiced orange (shown above right; $5.25). Both can be found at the Dancing Zebra shop at Etsy.

We'll have more Mother's Day gift ideas later in the week...

Filed Under: fragrance shopping
Tagged With: bar soap, candle, cire trudon, collector bottles, etsy, gifts, mothers day, ormonde jayne, tom ford

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  1. boojum says:
    26 April 2009 at 11:43 am

    Wow, I really AM low maintenance…the soaps are far more appealing to me than the pricey perfume.

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    • Robin says:
      26 April 2009 at 11:49 am

      I would really like one of those OJ bottles, but yeah — those soaps look lovely!

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      • Daisy says:
        26 April 2009 at 12:50 pm

        No kidding! those soaps look fabulous! hmmm bet they’d go nice with my Le Labo…..heheheh
        I wish my mom was into perfume! It’d be easier to find her fragrance gifts than something “horse related”…..sigh…

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        • sweetlife (ahtx) says:
          26 April 2009 at 5:19 pm

          Well, there’s always Brandy — the apple-scented perfume for horse lovers and their horses (no kidding)! It’s actually pretty good…

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        • Joe says:
          27 April 2009 at 12:05 am

          Daisy, Hermès was a saddlery & tack company, if you really want to stretch it and get mom something “horse related.” HA!

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          • Daisy says:
            27 April 2009 at 9:46 am

            Too funny! Hermes….my mom would fly in from her environment-friendly semi-subterranean home in the moutains and clobber me up side the head for that one!
            Seriously —my mom is like the original Amazon….so I either need to find something extremely USEFUL in all natural fibers or my other favorite gift plan (I’m serious here people) —I call the local feed store and have them “surprise” her with shipments of sweet grain…. I know, you all are just shaking your heads….I’m doing that too… if I didn’t resemble my dad so much, I’d swear there was a case of baby-switching. Either that or my mom is an alien but she’s hidden her pod verra well

        • sacre bleu says:
          27 April 2009 at 11:45 am

          Daisy –
          Pacifica has fabulous body butters – surely even if she’s an earthy-crunchy type, she still hydrates her skin with ORGANIC good-smelling smoothing emolients?! I recommend Pacific Mountain Temple body butter and for a light summery scent Brazilian Mango Grapefruit. They run about $18. They also have edt to match those scents for $22.

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          • Daisy says:
            27 April 2009 at 12:08 pm

            Sacre, that is a good idea. As much as I hate to interfere with her “warrior” reputation, (so I’d never tell, shhhh) she does use (unscented) body cremes…in fact I make an organic, all natural shea body butter for her ….but you’ve reminded me that it’s time to whip up another batch and send her some.
            You all are so lucky to have moms who actually like girl stuff.
            My mom is great—she’s just unusual.

    • Aparatchick says:
      26 April 2009 at 2:09 pm

      They really do look good, don’t they? I’m going to have to look at that site.

      These days I find myself wishing that I could adopt a mom for mother’s day. I really enjoyed finding just the right thing for Mom, even when my budget as a nine-year-old only allowed for Avon!

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      • Robin says:
        26 April 2009 at 7:33 pm

        Feel free to adopt me and send me a present, LOL…

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  2. Daisy says:
    26 April 2009 at 12:13 pm

    Nice but OJ is too late—my Mother’s Day goody arrived via Fedex yesterday —- Le Labo Fleur d’Oranger 27—- I even convinced the family that it should be kept in the refrigerator and I’ll leave it alone until Mother’s Day…..yeah right!

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    • Robin says:
      26 April 2009 at 12:55 pm

      Congrats — nice present!

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      • Daisy says:
        26 April 2009 at 3:05 pm

        well, I AM an exceptional mother…..everyone seems to know it too, why, people shout it at me all the time : “you MOTHER…!” ( j/k )

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        • Robin says:
          26 April 2009 at 7:34 pm

          🙂

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  3. RusticDove says:
    26 April 2009 at 12:17 pm

    I already purchased Tom Ford White Patchouly for my mom cause that was her latest craving. I had to test it myself, then ordered another bottle for me. lol Mom always receives her perfumes missing a spritz, but she’s down with that since I pretty much keep her well stocked! 😉

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    • Daisy says:
      26 April 2009 at 12:46 pm

      yup, like a service fee or delivery tax! Your mom knows she has it good.

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      • RusticDove says:
        26 April 2009 at 12:54 pm

        hehe

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    • Robin says:
      26 April 2009 at 12:55 pm

      Sounds like my Christmas shopping…I order something for someone else, then decide I need one too 🙂

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      • RusticDove says:
        27 April 2009 at 8:27 am

        Aren’t we bad? 😉

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  4. Tama says:
    26 April 2009 at 3:04 pm

    My Mom would murder me if she found out I spent $145 on 3 VOTIVE candles!! I mean, really, that is steep!

    Those soaps are really pretty!

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    • Robin says:
      26 April 2009 at 7:34 pm

      They aren’t cheap! Everyone I know who has tried the Cire Trudon candles has loved them though.

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  5. flittersniffer says:
    26 April 2009 at 4:06 pm

    Well, Mother’s Day was back in March for us, and I don’t even have one, sadly, but the soaps do look nice!

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    • Robin says:
      26 April 2009 at 7:34 pm

      Buy yourself a pretty soap then 🙂

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  6. sweetlife (ahtx) says:
    26 April 2009 at 5:20 pm

    Robin (or anyone) do you have any good recs for Etsy candlemakers?

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    • Robin says:
      26 April 2009 at 7:35 pm

      I don’t, sorry!

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  7. Mediterana says:
    26 April 2009 at 6:22 pm

    Wow the soaps look gorgeous! And my mom loves orange marmalade… but she’s getting a bottle of Andy Tauer’s Incense Rosé this year 🙂

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    • Robin says:
      26 April 2009 at 7:35 pm

      Lucky her!

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  8. merenguehips says:
    26 April 2009 at 6:42 pm

    I’d be thrilled if my husband bought me anything other than tea…*cough…OJ sampler set…cough*…it’s only $50-something, and I’m spending $100+on his father’s day present…

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    • Robin says:
      26 April 2009 at 7:35 pm

      LOL…it all depends on your perspective — I’d be thrilled if my husband bought me some tea!

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      • Daisy says:
        27 April 2009 at 9:48 am

        do you have enough room in your pantry for MORE tea??

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        • Robin says:
          27 April 2009 at 10:48 am

          Probably not! But there’s always the hall closet.

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          • Daisy says:
            27 April 2009 at 12:09 pm

            wonderful! that’s what I like, a house with plenty of tea space…er, I mean : closet space.

    • boojum says:
      26 April 2009 at 7:56 pm

      You could always do what I did this year….buy something you want, hand it to him and tell him to put it away for “an upcoming gift-giving occasion”. 😀

      I must say, my husband is really *quite* good at selecting gifts, not only for me, but for other people he’s only just met. It’s just that this time I had something specific in mind.

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      • Robin says:
        27 April 2009 at 7:49 am

        I do that from time to time, esp. at Christmas.

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  9. krokodilgena says:
    26 April 2009 at 9:14 pm

    my mom is getting mulch

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    • Robin says:
      27 April 2009 at 7:49 am

      A practical present!

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  10. Blimunda says:
    27 April 2009 at 5:20 am

    The next time I have £1000 to spare, here’s what I’ll buy………one of the limited edition Roja Dove scents in his Harrods Boutique (I do love that place). I think there are 8 in all. The lovely, enthusiastic and knowledgable sales assistant allowed me to sniff all of them. They are wonderful. Such incredibly high quality ingredients. I had no idea which one I would choose!! And once they’ve sold a scent to 50 people, they take it off the market. And for the rest of their lives, only those 50 people can buy that particular scent. Now THAT’S a mother ******* GIFT!!!

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    • Robin says:
      27 April 2009 at 1:59 pm

      Hope you’ll get one!

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