Holiday Sets 2014 - Part 2

by: Sandra Raicevic Petrovic

The attractive sets of almost all perfume houses are designed specially for the upcoming holidays and make the offer in perfumeries significantly richer while we are selecting gifts for our friends and family. Some of the perfume houses among which are Lancome, Guerlain, Clinique, Givenchy, Dior, will offer their most popular editions accompanied with body care products or purses, while other houses combine perfume flacons with miniatures and jewelry. We will direct our attention to holiday sets we thought were interesting in this abundance of holiday offers for this year. Among them, we’ll mention holiday sets by: Armani, Dior, Guerlain, Viktor&Rolf, Hermès, Burberry, Cartier...

Giorgio Armani presents gift set with fragrance Si available as 100 ml Eau de Parfum and a specially designed purse reflecting the Italian chic and style. This set is available exclusively at Macy's priced at $115.

Dior provides a bunch of gift sets with popular fragrances for these holidays, and among them we can choose Miss Dior, J'Adore, Dior Homme and others, even in different versions of the products hiding inside the box. For example, the Miss Dior gift set offers two versions:  Miss Dior EDP 50 ml and flacon for purse priced at $100, as well as Miss Dior 100 ml EDP, flacon for purse and miniature for $150. Both sets can be obtained at Macy's.

Also, the house of Guerlain introduced holiday sets available in outer cartons decorated in the same styles, in which one can find Shalimar, Petite Robe Noir, Insolence, and others.

Special gift set Shalimar is available in two versions, being: Guerlain Shalimar Holiday 2014 Gift Set including 50 ml Eau de Parfum and flacon for purse 15 ml (priced $105 at Macy's store), along with Guerlain Shalimar Eau de Toilette Gift Set with packaging of Shalimar Eau de Toilette 50ml, flacon for purse 15 ml and perfumed body lotion 75 ml. The price of this gift set is $85 at Macy's.

Traditionally, Viktor&Rolf launch limited editions of their popular fragrancesFlowerbomb and Spicebomb for each holiday, as well as special gift sets with perfumed body care products. Inspired by the upcoming holidays, they introduced several gift sets, such as: Flowerbomb Gift Set with a large bottle of eau de toilette accompanied with perfumed shower gel, perfumed body lotion and travel bottle (price $170 at Macy's) and gift set Flowerbomb Gift Set which includes Flowerbomb 100 ml EDP, perfumed body care 200 ml, and travel packaging of shower gel 50 ml (available at $205 at Macy's).

Besides the presented sets for all fans of fragrances and body care products of Flowerbomb collection, Macy's sends a gift—a pendant, if you purchase products of the Flowerbomb collection over $165 (while stocks last). See the link Macy's / Flowerbomb complementary gift.

Fans of Hermès fragrance will love the holiday set with four miniature flacons Jour d'Hermès Absolu eau de parfum, 7.5 ml (0.25 fl oz); Eau des Merveilles eau de toilette natural spray, 7.5 ml (0.25 fl oz); Voyages d'Hermès eau de toilette, 7.5 ml (0.25 fl oz) and Un Jardin sur le Nil eau de toilette, 7.5 ml (0.25 fl oz). Priced at $60, the set is available at Neiman Marcus.

On top of the mini flacons set, Hermès offers holiday sets, among which are 24 Faubourg accompanied with perfumed body care products, Eau des Merveilles along with perfumed body care products and other fragrances of the house. (Eau des Merveilles Gift Set includes: Eau de Toilette Natural Spray, 3.4 oz; Miniature Eau de Toilette Natural Spray, 0.25 oz; Perfumed Body Milk, 1.4 oz.; Hair and Body Gel, 1.4 oz., price $140 at Neiman Marcus)

Burberry brings this year’s edition My Burberry to center of attention. It arrives in a gift set inspired by the holidays. Gift set My Burberry includes a bottle of eau de parfum My Burberry 100 ml and body scent 100 ml. (My Burberry Gift Set, price $135,Macy's).

And last but not least, Cartier, who thrills us every year with beautiful video clips dedicated to the magic of the holidays. Cartier presents a gift set with women’s fragrance  La Panthere launched in 2014, arriving as 75 ml Eau de Parfum, with a mini flacon of eau de parfum and perfumed body care lotion 100 ml. (La Panthere Gift Set, price $135, Macy's)