The holidays are a great time to try out new fragrances. Many companies offer mini-sizes in singular scents or an assortment set like the one below from Calvin Klein. It holds .5 oz bottles of Obsession for Women EDP, Eternity For Women EDP, Euphoria Women EDP, Secret Obsession EDP, CK One EDT.
Of course, it would also make a great gift, as that’s the intended use. I’m including the notes of each fragrance below.
Calvin Klein
Women’s Holiday Coffret
$35 at Drugstore.com
*Obsession For Women fragrance notes: Plum, Jasmine, Tuberose, Burnt Amber, Cashmere Woods, Mace, Vanilla, Sandalwood
*Eternity for Women fragrance notes: Freesia, Mandarin, Sage, Muguet, White …read more

Early gift shopping…. Check out this adorable clutch-type makeup bag that comes with the Miss Dior Gift Set. I love the big, silver Dior “D.” 
The rest of the gift set consists of a 1.7 ounce Eau de Parfum Spray, a 1.7 ounce Moisturizing Perfumed Shower Gel, and a 1.7 ounce Perfumed Body Moisturizer. Miss Dior Cherie is an updated version of the original Miss Dior fragrance.

Miss Dior Cherie Gift Set
$ 76 at Sephora
Some of the notes listed  are new to me. For example, there’s a “caramelized popcorn” note.  (Yum, I think I’ll make some.)  This fragrance is classified by Sephora as …read more

Did you see the Old Spice Gift Set that I wrote about the other day?  You did? Good news! I’m going to be giving away 5 of those babies. The giveaway is for the Swagger fragrance and it contains the following:
…full-size versions of Red Zone products; Body Spray, the Deodorant, the 8 Hour Body Wash, a “Deck Scrubber” shower tool, and a small size of the 16 hour Odor Blocker Body Wash.

I’m not a fan of overly man-scaped men (why do they insist on messing with their eyebrows?).  I do, however,  appreciate a man who smells good and has nice …read more

While waiting for trick-or-treaters to come to my door, I decided to do a little shopping. The cutest little bottle of Juicy Couture’s Travel Eau de Parfum – Strawberry caught my eye.  The bottle is a one ounce size with a little strawberry charm hanging off the side of the top. Adorable. After seeing her reaction to the bottle of Mally, I know a certain teenager who would love to find this bottle come the holidays.
Since Juicy girls are always on the move, Pamela and Gela wanted them to have their Juicy Couture wherever they went. That’s why they created …read more

The Old Spice of today is very different from the Old Spice my Grandpa used. With a quirky-cool new ad campaign and a new product line with scents like Swagger and  After Hours.  My teenage son has used the Swagger line – the body wash, body spray, and deodorant. The products smell good and work effectively, which is an important selling point where a teenage boy is concerned. Hey, sometimes teens are stinky, this makes them not stinky, good-smelling even.
Old Spice sent me this huge gift set yesterday. It holds full-size versions of Red Zone products; Body Spray, the Deodorant, the …read more

Have you had the opportunity to try any Sabon skin care of bath products?  I use their Organic Serum all the time.  It’s made with ingredients like Macadamia Nut Oil. Really nice stuff.  All the Sabon products are made of good quality ingredients and they come in the cutest containers – like apothecary jars and bottles.
I was looking at some of the items in their online gift shop section and they have a line of fancy soaps for men and women.  The Chocolate Dream soaps are wrapped  and would look great as part of a gift basket of bath products.

 
Chocolate Dream …read more

I’m a big fan of L’Occitane’s Verbena scent. It’s now available as part of a collection of Shea bath and body products that is only available at Sephora.  The All Shea All Day set is priced at $24.
Shea butter is known for it’s deep moisturizing benefits. Other skin-soothing ingredients include Vegetal Wheat Proteins, Apricot Oil, Honey, Sweet Almond Extract, Glycerin, Marshmallow, Lavender Essential Oil, and both Almond and Soy Milk. The limited edition set contains small sizes of shea verbena shower cream, shea body lotion, shea hand cream, shea foot cream, and a shea milk soap.
Natural beauty lovers will appreciate …read more

I’m writing with a bit of an AVON theme in mind today.  I covered mineral makeup at Pretty By Nature, then some clearance products at the Bath and Body section. Now I’ve got a few gift sets for some timely pre-holiday shopping.
First on the list is Sweet Honesty. Suited for a young lady, this floral fragrance was created back in 1973. It’s a classic with notes of honey, musk, vanilla, hyacinth, lemon, lily-of-the-valley, and rose. The gift set includes a Cologne Spray, a Perfumed Skin Softener, and a Shimmering Body Powder.

Sweet Honesty 3-Piece Fragrance Set
$9.99, a $21 value
Haiku is a …read more

I wrote about AVON’s big one day only sale at Pretty By Nature today, so I thought I’d take a look and see what good buys there were to be had in the bath and body section, as well. It turns out that there’s a good selection of items specially priced for clearance. Get free shipping on any order today, October 20, 2009 if you use the saving code 1020FSD at checkout.
Now on the to the shopping….

Enjoy the SKIN SO SOFT Soft & Sensual in a foaming Oil Body Moisturizer. Aerating pump turns oil into a light foam that you …read more

Estee Lauder announced that their Holiday Fragrance Gift Collections are now available for purchase.  Today only – October 19th, 2009 – you can get free shipping when you purchase one of these sets. Simply use the code ONEDAYSETS at checkout. All gift collections are limited edition sets.
Here are three of the sets. You can see more at the Estee Lauder website.

Beautiful Romantic Destination
$79.50, a $110 value
Contains Eau de Parfum Spray, Perfumed Body Lotion, Bath and Shower Gelee, and Eau de Parfum Travel Spray.
Beautiful fragrance notes: Lily, Rose, Mandarin, Tuberose, Marigold, Orange Flower, Muguet, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, Sandalwood, Vetiver, Amber

Estee Lauder Pleasures …read more