Yazhini ManimudiIt’s hard to figure out the right gifts for the festive season. Something special and generous that the recipient can appreciate for a long time to come. If you want to treat yourself or show someone your love, festive times are the perfect excuse. A perfume gift set offers more than a single bottle and is often cheaper than if you bought the contents separately. Here are a few perfume gift sets that you might want to know about:
Swiss Arabian Shaghaf Collection
Price: AED 300
Size: 3 x 75 ml
This Swiss Arabian collection includes three of their famed Shaghaf collection fragrances:
- Shaghaf Oud EdP
- Shaghaf Men EdP
- Shaghaf Oud Aswad EdP
The advantages of this collection is that you get three full sized perfumes unlike a lot of gift sets that include miniatures. Each fragrance costs AED 150 individually, so with the gift set you’d be paying only AED 100 for each, which means you’re basically getting a full bottle of perfume for free. The box is good enough, although not the most premium looking. However, Swiss Arabian have put the real value into what is within, making up for the simple appearance of the gift box.
Haramain L’Aventure Collection
Price: AED 500
Size: 4 x 100 ml
This Al Haramain collection includes four of their wonderful L’Aventure collection perfumes:
- Haramain L’Aventure Femme EdP
- Haramain L’Aventure EdP
- Haramain L’Aventure Rose EdP
- Haramain L’Aventure Gold EdP
Just like the Swiss Arabian collection, this set gives you full sized bottles. Out of the gift set, each bottle costs between AED 130 to AED 200, the price varying by perfume. If you were to buy them all separately, you’d be spending AED 650. While the perfumes themselves are of great quality, the box is quite old-fashioned and if the aesthetics matter to you, it may not be the best looking gift. It’s the only drawback here, and I’d say if appearances don’t matter, this is still a good gift.
Amouage Escape Miniature Set
Price: AED 830
Size: 4 x 7.5 ml
This is the most luxurious gift set on this collection and if someone gets me this for Diwali, they will have my undying love forever. The set includes four perfumes from their Escape collection:
- Amouage Search
- Amouage Lineage
- Amouage Purpose
- Amouage Guidance
This is a miniature set unlike the others on this list, but still has great value for those of us (most of us, honestly) who love the quality artistry behind Amouage fragrances but can’t afford it. Diwali is a good time to give someone this luxurious experience or simply indulge in fragrance ourselves. This is a Diwali gift for the true perfume fanatic. If the price is too steep but you feel that an Amouage gift would be the best for them, you could go for their smaller and less expensive (AED 185) discovery set with the same perfumes in 2 ml vials.
Packaging is never an issue when it comes to Amouage. Even the quaint discovery set comes in a fabric-lined box that delivers a premium experience.
Arabian Eagle Premium Unisex 6Pcs Set
Price: AED 999 (Discounted from AED 2,415)
Size: 6 x full sized products
Arabian Eagle’s gift set includes 6 unisex products from their collection:
- Arabian Eagle Valor EdP
- Arabian Eagle Zyair EdP
- Arabian Eagle Bukhoor Sticks
- Arabian Eagle Bukhoor Oud Al Jebal (90 gm)
- Arabian Eagle Bukhoor Oud Al Hilal (120 gm)
While the Amouage set is luxurious for the brand name and their highly coveted fragrances, the Arabian Eagle set is more luxurious for just how much it offers. It’s a holistic fragrance experience with two perfumes, two bukhoors and a pack of bukhoor sticks. The Oud Al Jebal bukhoor is absolutely heavenly and is my favorite in the set. The box is luxurious and gorgeous, a very special gift for someone you want to show your appreciation to.
Laverne Miss Laverne Garden Collection
Price: AED 218
Size: 7 x various sizes
The Miss Laverne Garden Collection includes an impressing range of full size and miniature perfumes:
- Miss Laverne Garden (200 ml)
- Miss Laverne Garden Hair Mist (50 ml)
- Miss Laverne (10 ml)
- Miss Laverne Bloom (10 ml)
- Musk Garden (10 ml)
- Lady Rose (10 ml)
- Lady Rose Bloom (10 ml)
I’d say this is the most value you’re going to get in terms of quantity (not the best way to measure the value of something so subjective) for the least amount of money spent. You’ll get a total of 300 ml of fragrance for AED 218 (not including shipping and duty if you’re ordering from the UAE). You get the satisfaction of gifting a full bottle of perfume while also giving someone the chance to sample other Laverne fragrances through miniatures.
They may not be able to start wearing the full bottle immediately as it is more of a spring-summer fragrance, but three of the miniatures are seasonally appropriate.
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