For your mama: scented gifts!

My mom used to be pretty easy to buy for – a gift set of Bath and Body Works’ Juniper Breeze kept her in her favorite scent for a year. But Juniper Breeze is discontinued, and adventurous daughters like to keep mom hip and pampered. Gift sets, whether full sized or trial-sized, pack a lot of great smells into a tiny package. One that’s caught my eye recently is this set from Korres. At $25, this is a good value – According to Sephora:

Set includes Korres’ bestsellers: 1.69 oz Basil Lemon Showergel (a freshly-scented, creamy, foaming shower gel), 1.69 oz Vanilla Cinnamon Showergel (a woody/sweet, vanilla-scented, creamy, foaming shower gel), 1.69 oz Guava Body Butter (an extremely rich, soothing cream), 0.34 oz Wild Rose Moisturizer (an extraordinary 24-hour moisturizer for normal and dry skin), .17 oz Evening Primrose Eye Cream (a light reflecting, fine line, and dark circle-banishing eye treatment), and an 0.31 oz Yoghurt Cooling Gel (an ultra cooling, soothing cream for instant hydration).

No doubt even those of us who haven’t had children could deal with this kind of luxury. My introduction to Korres was much simpler – I purchased the Coriander shower gel on a whim at Sephora. Soon, the Guava Body Butter and Bitter Almond Body Milk made their way into my stash as well. And I really love the bilingual (Greek/English) packaging with its graphic, clean labels! After the sun I got last weekend, I wished I had some Yoghurt Cooling Gel around!