Top 10 Luxury Gifts for the True Beauty Addict

Clive Christian "No. 1" Pure Perfume for Women
Gifts Truly Fit for a Queen (and her King)
For the woman who truly has everything, you can bet she doesn't have this. Why get only jewelry or perfume, when you can get the equivalent of both? The lead crystal, diamond-sporting bottle is the show stopper, but the fragrance inside is luxurious to match - highly complex and rich. Clive Christian, long famous for custom furnishings and interior design, has taken over Crown Perfumes and lent his creative genius to not only the fragrance itself but also to developing custom flacons to hold it. There's probably no one more famous for bespoke items than Christian, but these treasures are beyond decadent!

For the beauty-addicted couple, Christian recommends getting the matching fragrance for men as well. It seems that when a couple wears both fragrances together, a third scent evolves in the midst of the two. In essence the couple creates their own fragrance when they're together, (making this an ideal gift for newlyweds.)

The juice is a complex bouquet of precious Indian jasmine, mandarin and sandalwood. The rare bottle is handmade of lead crystal. The neck is 24-karat gold-plated sterling silver, stamped with unique hallmarks and set with a brilliant-cut diamond solitaire. The stopper is fashioned after the original design granted by Queen Victoria.
Nordstrom.
$2,350.00

Bond No.9
Bon-Bon Box - Give the Gift of New York City

Why choose one fragrance when you can get a set of 18 of the highly sought after Bond fragrances. Each New York City neighborhood is represented in perfectly giftable pocket sprays perfect for tucking into your purse. Best of all, each of the bottles is refillable!

Gift Collection of 18 Bond No. 9 neighborhood scents, for men and women, is perfect for those who want to give the entire City of New York as a gift. Gift includes 18 travel-sized .20 ml. pocket sprays, each wrapped like candies in signature foil and presented in a gift box. Saks Fifth Avenue.
$240.00

Bond No.9
Chinatown Swarovski/3.3oz
An extraordinary package for an extraordinary fragrance! This limited edition bottle makes a gorgeous gift to keep on the vanity, while the fragrance is soft and sophisticated on the skin. But hurry - this is limited edition and only around for the holidays at Saks Fifth Avenue. The fragrance is feminine but not cloying, sophisticated, but not overly simplistic.

The bottle features 300 Swarovski crystals studding each floweret. A sensual, feminine scent is a beautiful blend of peach, peony and patchouli. Eau de Parfum, 3.3 oz." Saks Fifth Avenue.
$395.00

Six Luxurious Skin Care Gifts

La Prairie Pure Gold Cellular Radiance Concentrate Skin Treatment
This concentrate does everything but apply itself! It's firming, smoothing, plumping and reduces the appearance of lines from the first application. GCRC also helps face spots, supports skin's oxygen uptake and helps reveal vibrant skin through exfoliation, and the beautiful glow and texture of the concentrate itself. This product is highly coveted so be sure to get yours early. (at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.)
$525

La Prairie
Skin Caviar Cream Gift Collection

Get gorgeous skin in time for all those New Year's parties! Save $50 on the pair of products in this exquisite set. Any girl would be thrilled to find this under the tree - but you can only find it at Saks Fifth Avenue or www.saksfifthavenue.com. These two creams are the foundation of the La Prairie formulations - dry, thin, uneven skin will be a thing of the past.
This two-piece gift set includes Skin Caviar Luxe Cream, 1.7 oz. and Skin Caviar Luxe Body Cream, 5.2 oz.
$630.00

La Mer Miraculous Gift Collection

For the true La Mer devotee, this gift set includes:
• Crème de la Mer Grande: A luxuriously hydrating crème that's inspired a cult following. 16.5-ounce jar. (But don't worry, you still don't have to share!)
• The Lifting Face Serum: energizes and trains skin to sustain a smooth, resilient, more lifted appearance. 1-ounce bottle.
• The Lifting Intensifier: Boosts the benefits of The Lifting Face Serum where support is needed most, providing immediate visible results. 0.3-ounce bottle.
The set is resented in a beautiful hand-crafted eggshell box."
Neiman Marcus
$1485

La Mer Gift Set with Lambertson Truex Bag

The bag is fabulous - the contents, miraculous! Coveted by those in the know, La Mer and Lambertson Truex have joined forces to create the travel collection.
Inside this original Lambertson Truex design:
• Créme de la Mer, 0.5 ounces.
• The Moisturizing Lotion, 1 ounce.
• The Mist, 4.2 ounces.
• The Lip Balm, 0.3 ounces.
• The Eye Balm, 0.17 ounces.
• The Lifting Face Serum, 0.3 ounces.
• The Lifting Intensifier, 0.1 ounces.
• The Cleansing Lotion, 1 ounce.
• The Tonic, 1 ounce.
Light green pebble-grain leather cosmetics bag with silver metal hardware and suede lining.
Neiman Marcus
$450

Limited-Edition ReVive Intensite Artbox Skin Care Gift Set

She'll enjoy the outside with a gift box designed by artist Melissa Dadourian. Then, she'll really enjoy the inside - skin care developed by Dr. Gregory Bays Brown and RéVive.
Intensité Crème smoothes and exfolites, while minimizing the appearance of broken capillaries and rosacea. 2 ounces. Treat the eye area to instant hydration with Les Yeux. 0.5 ounces. Then plump and soften fine lines and wrinkles with Volumizing Serum. 1 ounce. "
At Neiman Marcus.
$990

Perricone Neuropeptide Facial Conformer Skin Treatment

Do you know someone who's considering going under the knife? Put this under the tree and she (or he) may have a change of heart. Perricone's Neuropeptide Facial Conformer improves skin's resilience, tone, and texture, while decreasing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. With continued use is also minimizes the appearance of skin discoloration, redness, and puffiness. This revolutionary formula consists of 41 different neuropeptites and DMAE. Neiman Marcus.
$570

Two Luxury Color Gifts

La Prairie Palettes

Silky, richly pigmented, coordinated shades all wrapped up in gorgeous palette compacts. Who could ask for more? Plus, La Prairie color contains skin beautifying ingredients to make her complexion glow!

Gala Luxury Color Palette
This palette has shades of Fall foliage and lush roses. Soft, radiant colors for any complexion.
Boudoir Luxury Color Palette
With roses and deeper brown-tawny eye shadows (higher contrast than Gala) all the rage going into next year, this palette is sure to be appreciated.
At La Prairie.com and Nordstrom.
$125 each