ÇaFleureBon Holiday Perfume Gift Guide 2022 illustration by the brilliant Massimo Alfaioli

Today, November 28, 2022 is Cyber Monday and part two of my holiday gift guide. I continue to think outside the bottle (read part 1  for more draws) because buying a perfume for fragrance lovers can be tricky. Even if you think you know what they want, true perfumistas are likely to spring for that bottle without telling you it’s off of their “Must…Have…Now” list and they are already onto the next acquisition, (most likely something unobtainable and found only as a numbered Limited Edition and as times are tough went in on a split, so they ended up with a decant). Now my confession… although I test hundreds of fragrances a year, I wear four-five on a regular basis. My precious bottle (it shall be nameless) was down to a few drops and I gently hinted to our team, “so maybe if you want to get me a Holiday Gift…”  So, all bets are off and I am now thrilled with a bottle of one of my favorites. Now that I have almost (but not quite) discouraged you from giving fragrance as a holiday gift, I offer some scented suggestions. As in part 1, my ÇaFleureBon Holiday Perfume Gift Guide 2022 celebrates all things fragrant.

–Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief

Best Perfume Holiday Perfumes Gifts That Aren’t Perfume

The holiday season is a spiritual time for many, but it’s also time to party. Let’s grab some Mezcal and get lit! Kelly +Jones hand-infused her best-selling fragrance, Negra Eau de Mezcal into Kelly + Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense. Be transported to the mystical world of mezcal. Inspired by the aromas of agave and a trek through Oaxaca, Mezcal Negra is a blend of Smoked Woods & Mystical Spice, with clary sage for clarity. 20 Incense per box, each with a 1-hour burn time (holder not included). $24 value.

If you are like me and live in a part of the world with four seasons you tend to spend more time at home during the winter, because it gets dark so early. The days are shorter and you may be sensitive to the lack of light. A friend joked, “when the moon hits your eye like at 4:25 that’s December.” Then there are those who live in warm climates and don’t experience snow. Sarah Horowitz Parfums new Holiday Room Sprays from Sarah Horwitz Thran (I wear them as perfumes as well) have you covered. Apricity with its sunny, bright blood orange and glowing amber with vanilla and cloves, brings warm rays of sunshine to you wherever you go this holiday season, Frost kissed, smells like fresh snow glistening on pine trees. I sprayed this on today as in NYC it is a warm 55 degrees (I was running and actually broke a sweat)and sent a bottle to my cuz in Miami Beach who hasn’t seen snow in over a decade  Buy both!! Each are 30 ml and the set is $40

Fragrance, botanicals, raw materials, pollinators, and history converge in our Editor and Ethno-Botanist Dr. Elise Vernon Pearlstine’s brilliant new book Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance. Learn about incense, resins, oud, spices, flowers and aromatic herbs and there habitats as well as from their roots in ancient civilizations to modern day. Each chapter of Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance is annotated and the glossary includes hundreds of botanical nomenclature as well as historical writers and artists (Agatha Christie and Salvador Dali, for example). This is a great gift for an aspiring perfumer and for anyone who wants to know more about raw materials and not just read “marketing notes”. Available on kindle and hardcover/ 14.99 -20.99 on AMAZON.com

Best Perfume Holiday Perfumes 2022 Gifts: Perfumes

ÇaFleureBon x 7Scents Leather favorites: Rubini Nuvolari, Rania J. Cuir Andalou, Gallager Fragrances Rose Noir, Naomi Goodsir Corpus Equus, Papillon Anubis, The ZOO Club Design and Hiram Green Hyde

When our friends Ákos and Mark of 7ScentsPerfumery in Budapest (Hungary) approached me earlier this Fall about doing a ÇaFleureBon Editors Leather discovery set curated box, I was all in. Our team selected seven indie leather fragrances that range from biker- bad boy, dark and mysterious to sueded and fruity. Each ÇaFleureBon x 7Scents Leather Discovery Set Box includes a paper wrapping, more about the fragrances and a redemption code. Choose from 7 x 1.5ml 19.130 HUF (equals 48 Euro/USD) and 7 x 5ml 63.730 HUF (equals 160 Euro/USD) sample set. And there’s a 20% discount for the 7 x 1.5ml 15.000 HUF (equals 37 Euro/USD) 7 x 5ml 50.000 HUF (equals 125 Euro/USD) sets. Leather always makes the holidays a little better!

 Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set:  Go Rogue or go home! Manuel Cross of Rogue Perfumery is a self-taught artisanal American perfumer whose fragrances are created in small batches and are highly in demand. He is a former chef who once worked for Wolfgang Puck; olfactive art is linked with the culinary arts in many ways. His repertoire of perfumes may have be vintage inspired but with his own twist. They may be labeled EDTs, but they have EDP strength and longevity. Rogue Perfumery was my pick for  Best Artisan House of 2021  The Discovery Set contains thirteen samples from the Rogue Perfumery collection. Samples are 1.50 ml in mini rollerball vials. Set includes: A’Oud Ancienne, Chypre Siam, Derviche 2, Vetifleur Tabac Vert, Champs Lunaires, Derviche, Mousse Illuminee, Fougere L’Aube, Jasmin Antique Tuberose & Moss, Bon Monsieur, Rostracto /$42 (There is a Black Friday sale of 25 percent off through November 28).

–Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief

Disclosure: some of these products were sent to me for the gift guide, some are from my personal collection

Holiday Perfume Gift Guide 2022

Worldwide: Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance.

USA, EU and UK:  Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set

USA: Kelly + Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense

USA Only: Sarah Horowitz Parfums Holiday Room Sprays

 EU only If you live or have an address in the EU, 7Scents is offering the ÇaFleureBon Leather Weather Discovery Set

To be eligible for our Best Perfume Holiday 2022 Gifts Part 2 please leave a comment  what you thought about Michelyn’s choices, where you live and as many of these five you would hope to win and are eligible for, (please be sure to include at least one scented product that is not a perfume). You must be a registered reader. You can do so here,  Draw closes December 3, 2022

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