New and Noteworthy’s Holiday Gift Guide

We know; you are stressing as you search for the perfect gift this holiday season for your ever growing gift list. NO! NO! NO! Please don’t (yawn) get anyone a boring bottle of wine, a Starbucks Gift card or web e-certificate. Give something FRAGRANT. Yes, fragrance is very personal, but that is part of its appeal. BN‘s short on time (just like you), but long on ideas to please even the most difficult people on your gift list. And we didn’t cop out by recommending anything that smells like a candy cane!!!

Family and Best Friends can be more difficult to buy gifts for, because you know them so well. Pick a fragrance that brings back a special memory. While dates and mates come and go, only your mom truly cares if you are happy! With Clinique Happy’s new custom photo bottle, you can personalize your gift with a picture of you and your mom on the bottle. For each personalized photo bottle sold, Clinique will make a $1 donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters, a program that changes the lives of disadvantaged children and gives them a better chance of success ““ up to $10,000. Simply enter offer code HAPPY07 at checkout on. www.clinique.com www.clinique.com and they will do the rest.

For Your BFF, who has seen you at your best and “¦well, she’ll never tell; gift her with L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Sautes d’Humeur”¦Mood Swings. The red satin case contains five fragrance named after moods; Joyful, Jealousy, Anger, Spiritual and Lazy. Available at www.lartisanperfumer.com

Remember the summer, she taught you how to swim. Or was it the summer, she tattled that you were kissing the cutest boy from camp? Well, you both have grown up, and it was quite a summer; for your sister, give her Summersent by Marjorie Midgarden, a fresh white floral in one of the most beautiful bottles we have seen. Available at Takashimiya and at www.summersent.com

Eight to 12+ hours , five days a week are spent working. Co-workers can present challenges even to the most savvy gift giver. Is it too personal, cheap or (horrors) unoriginal? BN has some great gift solutions. Jo Malone’s Holiday Fragrance Gift Set, features five of Jo Malone’s best selling scents inside the creamy yellow and black signature box. EVERYONE loves Jo Malone, including your hard to please boss. Available at www.jomalone.com

Where would you be without her? Where would she be without you? Your assistant is your right hand and left hand, but probally would prefer to be sunning on a Greek Isle than working overtime yet another night. No budget for the trip? Give her Elizabeth Arden’s Mediterranean 3 Pc Gift Set, a sensual floral with aquatic notes. Available at www.elizabetharden.com and Fine Department Stores.

It’s the annual Holiday Office Party and you are her Secret Santa. EVERYONE gives Starbucks and I-Tunes cards, Dare to be different. Pacifica’s Mexican Cocoa Soap smells divinely decadent and has the most beautiful packaging. Available at www.pacificacandles.com.

The true blessing of every holiday season are the special people in your life. And we have gift ideas for even those with “special” or “hard to please personalities. Is there anyone more difficult than a tween? One part budding woman and six parts little girl, your favorite tween is bound to love anything that smells sweet and fruity. For $4 each and a free Christmas stocking to put all of the treats into, BN recommends E.L.F.’s Bath and Body goodies in Mango-Pineapple. Available at www.eyeslipsface.com.

You talk on the cell and blackberry each other for hours. Problem is you never see her. She is your favorite frequent flyer, and she is sure to appreciate Space NK’s Fragrant Traveler is available in five fabulous fragrances. This beautifully boxed set contains all the must have Bath & Body ingredients for a stays at the closest airport hotel; includes 50ml Body Wash, Body Balm, and Bath Oil, 50g Travel Candle and 2 Bath Tablets in a stylish, limited edition wash bag. Available at Space NK, New York and www.spacenk.com

Every new date, “˜may be the one””¦ She may live in a dream world, but for the True Romantic Annick Goutal’s Petite Cherie Gift Set, surrounds her in a fragrant blend of freshly cut grass, musky rose, peach, and vanilla. This luxurious set just may be her fragrance dream come true. Available at www.bergdorfgoodman.com.

They club every night; she”˜s a material girl and he is about to be signed by Def Jam. For the “playa” couple, Diesel’s Fuel for Life Limited Bling Edition Spray for Her and for Him, are sure to appeal to their sensual and creative sides. So “bling” in the New Year…Available at www.diesel-fragrances.com

The perfect present for the Fragrance Aficionada, this sybaritic set from Space NK is called (for good reason) the Luxury Collection. She’ll get a full bath, body and personal scent experience in any of Space NK’s three best selling scents, ““ Laughter, Enrapture or Compelling. The ULTIMATE gift; 50ml Eau de Toilette, 100ml Body Cream, 200ml Body Wash, 200ml Hand Wash, 200ml Hand Lotion, 70g Candle and 100ml Bath Oil. Available at Space NK, NY and www.spacenk.com.

She has everything. But not this. For the woman who has everything, BN recommends Antica Farmacista’s Bellisimo Crystal Decanter Home Ambience Diffuser in the newest fragrance, Champagne. Bellisimo indeed! Available at www.anticafarmacista.com.

“˜Twas the night before Christmas and you are FREAKING OUT… you haven’t finished shopping? For Last Minute Gifts, we love Macys Herald Square, a.k.a Fragrance Gift Set Heaven. According to Micheline Jordaan, Vice president and Divisional Merchandise Manager for Fragrance, Macy’s East, “Gift Sets drive Holiday fragrance business”. Jean Paul Gautier’s “Classique” For Her Set and Fleur de Male Set are classic scents that are sure to please. For the Starstruck on your list, M by Mariah Carey is one of the latest celebrities to put her name on a fragrance.

Available at Macy’s East and www.macys.com.

And now for th last person on your list. We found the perfect fragrance, sealed with a BIG KISS…the one for YOU. The Perfect Kiss Gift Set by Creative Scentualization, is an indulgent trio of body crème, eau de parfum spray and perfume mini roll-on, in one of the most delicious fragrances available. Perfect Kiss is a favorite of Jennifer Garner Affleck’s and is an all out sexy, come-hither meeting of night blooming jasmine, creamy sandalwood and warm amber that is made even more inviting by a hint of dark chocolate. Indulge, after all that shopping, you deserve it! Available at www.creativescent.com.