Lighting the Christmas Tree + Beautiful Perfume Bottles Draw

Silent Night Painting by Viggo Johansen

Some people have visions of sugarplums (or new iPhones) dance through their heads; we dream of Christmas trees decorated with beautiful perfume bottles as ornaments. Nothing would be more breathtaking than flacons shimmering and glistening like a star from on high.

Mon Parfum Crystal M.Micallef

Golden Glow: Every Christmas tree needs glowing, bright, sparkling lights. We love M. Micallef for their beautiful perfume bottles so choosing one is difficult. We would gladly create scented garlands with all of them, but a current  favorite is M. Micallef Mon Parfum Crystal (2013) with its rose gold stoppered and pink Swarovsksi crystal studded flacon. Martine Micallef, Geoffrey Nejman and Jean-Claude Astier composed a new twist on the signature Mon Parfum, accentuated the rose, dripping toffee on the dewy petals to ramp up the vanilla facet of the original. Notes: Cinnamon, pink berries, Bulgarian Rose, Madagascar vanilla absolute, toffee, amber, musk.

Parfums Delrae Eau Illuminee courtsey of Parfums DelRae

Let there be light: The joyous and uplifting Parfums Delrae Eau Illuminee (2002) by Creative Director DelRae Roth and maître perfumer Michel Roudnitska is a modern classic and the flacon is elegant in its simplicity and sophistication. Eau Illuminee opens with bergamot, but the luminous quality is not from the citrus rather the the aromatic perfection of basil, lavender and an icy iris. Oakmoss and labdanum adds refinement to Eau Illuminnee’s radiance which brings to our minds sunlight dancing on dewy fern leaves. It is hard to believe that this  ode to light was created 15 years ago. Notes: Bergamot, basil, French lavender, wild aromatic herbs, vanilla, tonka bean, and orris

Wallis Simpson and her Cartier Flamingo Brooch inspired Deco Diamonds

Dazzle: For a touch of vintage Christmas glamour, adorn your scent tree with Dawn Spencer Hurwitz of DSH perfumes Deco Diamonds (2015) from her Brilliant Collection, collaboration with the Denver Art Musuem. This “brilliant white” floral,  inspired by the Duchess of Windsor’s diamond brooch, the many facets of Deco Diamonds blaze with white-hot  brilliance  that explode with aldehydes and set against an “animalic chypre backdrop”.

 Deco Diamonds by DSH Perfumes

This is a big perfume and  even if you have the smallest of Christmas trees, it’s a perfect way to "bling" in the holidays. Notes: neroli, peach, galbanum, aldehydes, jasmine sambac, gardenia, tuberose, honeysuckle absolute, oakmoss, sandalwood, civet, and ambergris.

Pacific Northwest Mountain and Forest Heather Siellaf©

The Tree: Artisan perfumer Laurie Erickson captures every facet of deep, evergreen forest in Sonoma Scent Studio Pacific Forest (2015), an all-natural perfume; it isTammy's favorite of her entire body of work. Pacific Forest is a riff on 2012's  Forest Walk and opens with deep, rich hemlock spruce.  Pacific Forest is absolutely superb, very distinctive, and Tammy has  not experienced anything like it in any other fragrance. Notes: Fir balsam, hemlock spruce absolute, clove bud absolute, western red cedar, Virginia cedar, Texas cedar, pine, New Caledonia sandalwood absolute, frankincense, labdanum, oakmoss absolute, oakwood CO2, patchouli, earthy notes, natural heliotrope isolate, natural violet ionone isolate, benzoin absolute, cocoa absolute, vanilla.

We wish you a wonderful Christmas with beautiful perfume bottles filled with wonderful scents tucked under your tree.

Disclosure:  From our own collections or sent as samples

Tammy Schuster, Senior Contributor and Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief

Art Direction: Michelyn Camen.

In Memorium Tama Blough: a photo of  one of her Christmas trees she named Henry

Merry Christmas and for our beautiful perfume bottles draw open  to three registered readers. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LOG-IN TO REGISTER FOR OUR SITE IS RIGHT BELOW OUR AWARDS ON THE UPPER RIGHT  

Worldwide: Merci M.Micallef for 100 ml of M.Micallef Mon Crystal Parfum

Worldwide: With gratitude to Dawn for 10 ml of DSH Perfumes Deco Diamonds Voile de Parfum Pulse roller

USA: From the lovely DelRae Roth of Parfums Delrae 50 ml of Eau Illuminee

Please leave a comment telling us what you liked most about Tammy’s and Michelyn’s  perfume choices for adorning a Christmas tree, where you live and which you would like to win.  Which beautiful perfume bottles would you like to wake up to Christmas morning? Draw closes 12/26/217

We announce the winners only on our site and on our Facebook page, so like Çafleurebon and use our  blog feed…or  your dream prize will be just spilled perfume.

 

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40 comments

  • fazalcheema says:

    I learned that M.Micallef Mon Crystal Parfum is a new twist on Mon Parfum, adding more gourmand touch to the original DelRae’s Eau Illuminee is about 15 years old but still feels modern and illuminous. My choice will be

    M.Micallef Mon Crystal Parfum
    DelRae Eau Illuminee

    I would like to wake up to Cartier Pasha on Christmas morning. I am in the US.

  • roxhas1cat says:

    What a great idea for empty perfume bottles, especially the mini ones! I do not choose a perfume based on the bottle, I only have 3 in my small collection that are a joy to admire. I would have to say I’d put the Katy Perry cat bottles on my tree because we are cat lovers, I don’t know about what is inside of them, I’ve never smelled them. I will not be waking up to perfume on Christmas morning, my husband knows I am very “selective”. I did some pre-Christmas shopping during the Twisted Lily sale though. I would love to win the Mon Parfum Crystal. I’ve never smelled it, but others from that line are amazing. Happy Holidays to all!

  • Carol Webb says:

    I love the idea of adding perfume bottles to your Christmas tree! I am definitely guilty of purchasing perfume based on how beautiful the bottle is.
    I’m in the US/Michigan, and I would love to wake up to either Aura or Les Exceptions. Or 50 others on my wishlist!
    If I won, I would choose Eau Illuminee.
    Thank you, and hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.

  • GrandmaGaga says:

    I’m an avid perfume mini-bottle collector; wouldn’t a tree decorated with all sorts of precious mini-bottles be stunning! If I am lucky enough to win, I’d love to see that M. Micallef Mon Parfum bottle waiting for me! I don’t think I’d buy a perfume based solely upon the bottle but I think I’d be likely to avoid a perfume in an ‘ugly’ bottle. Thank you for the chance and thanks to all at Cafleurebon for wonderful articles and reviews each and every day to look forward to. Happy Holidays! I am in the US.

  • Chocolate Marzipan says:

    I love this idea of perfume bottles adorning a tree and I especially like Michelyn’s and Tammy’s choices. I would love to win Mon Crystal Parfum or Eau Illuminee. I reside in the USA.

  • Maya says:

    I never would have thought of decorating the tree with perfume bottles. It’s a great idea, but to actually do it would require mini-bottles – at least for my tree. All 3 perfumes are good choices but M. Micallef Mon Parfum Crystal would be my choice. It is the most festive one. I will add that the Cartier Flamingo Brooch would also make an excellent ornament. 🙂 We open our gifts on Christmas Eve. I would love to see Sogno Reale by Mendittorosa under the tree for me. Live in USA.

    Wishing everyone a lovely holiday and wonderful and scented new year.

  • Patsi says:

    Deco Diamonds is the perfect choice for adorning a Christmas tree – its bright and pretty and shines like the star of fragrance it is.
    I live in the UK and would love to win DSH Deco Diamonds.

    For me, its more about the fragrance than the bottle!

    I hope everyone at Çafleurebon towers has a happy and peaceful holiday.
    Thank you for all the giveaways throughout the year.

  • Roxana says:

    I think “Deco Diamonds” just winked at me. It sounds wonderfully, so this I would like to win. But I also liked “Eau Illuminee” which appears to be a herbal concoction, something that I enjoy; too bad it is available only to the USA readers.
    Even if I had not told anybody, I would be happy to find “Fiori di Capri” by Carthusia under the Christmas tree.
    I live in the E.U. Thank you.
    Happy holyday.

  • Gigigirl says:

    I do love the look of the Micallef bottles and would love to have Mon Parfum Crystal if I were lucky enough to win! I’m in Canada and appreciated the nod to these aspects of the holiday.
    Wishing everyone a joyful holiday!

  • Richard Potter says:

    Actually, I would like to smell the tree, Laurie Erickson’s Pacific Forest. Otherwise, I crave the Micallef.

  • Livia says:

    What a sweet post. The bottles are so pretty and in our family ornaments are past down. I think
    Thierry Mugler Angel would be the top ornament
    I would love the mon Parfüm Chrystal
    Live in LA
    No white Christmas here

  • Elizabeth T. says:

    MMM, those are indeed beautiful! What a generous draw, thank you!!! I agree most with Pacific Forest (for the sole reason being it’s the only one I’ve tried)… I’m blessed to have a travel size waiting for me under the tree, in fact, from a wonderful relative.

    I would most love to see Eau Illuminee under my tree – Parfums Delrae are so exquisitely crafted, I would love any of them! I’m in the USA. Thank you for the list of beauties. 🙂

  • yukon1 says:

    Those micallef bottles would be great choice for a tree beautiful rounded sparkly bottles they already look like ornaments ,i think the midnight in paris bottle would be another stunner on the tree,as well as antique Czechoslovakian fragrance bottles seen a bunch at a auction they were absolutely brilliant .

    And I’d love to wake up to a flacon of Tom Fords Plum Japonais ! Or a
    flacon of vintage amber absolute,either would get er done 🙂

    Im in Canada would love to win first the 100 ml of M.Micallef Mon Crystal Parfum,second choice Deco Diamonds Voile de Parfum Pulse roller.

    Thanks for another fab giveaway cafleurebon,and Merry Christmas

  • Alen says:

    A christmas tree with perfume bottles as ornaments, now that’s a really cool ideea! The bottle of M.Micallef Mon Crystal Parfum is just gorgeous and i would love to win it 🙂 This is a great giveaway so i thank you for the chance, i live in the EU. Happy Holidays everybody!

  • minorlionz says:

    I loved Tammy and Michelyn’s inspired choice of a Sonoma Scent Studio frag as a stand in for the tree. I live in Montreal and if I could wake up to any perfume under the tree, I would choose a bottle of vintage Bal a Versailles parfum. If I were to choose I’d also love to try the Dawn Spencer Hurwitz perfume or the M. Micallef.

  • tiffanie says:

    It makes my heart glad that these perfume choices focus on the lights on the tree. The ornaments are wonderful, but it is the sparkling lights that mean the most to me this time of year.

    I am in the US and would most like to try Eau Illuminee. Lavender and aromatics are among my most favorite notes. Thank you for the generous draw and the fragrant holiday fun.

  • Nat says:

    I love the idea to decorate Christmas tree with beautiful perfume bottles as ornaments. I would love to try M.Micallef Mon Crystal Parfum.
    Thank you for the another generous draw! I live in Europe

  • Laurentiu says:

    I like the bottle of M. Micallef Mon Parfum Crystal for I perceive it as a simple, yet somehow sophisticated bottle that has some sort of grace to it – probably the combination of colours. Another plus – it looks like a Christmas tree globe or a snowglobe. Really nice!

    I would like to wake up to a bottle of vintage Egoiste from Chanel.

    I am from Europe and my choice would be the Micallef if I were to win.

    Thank you!

  • Timea says:

    Beautiful article. I always loved the beautiful perfume bottles. I would like to wake up to a bottle of Shalimar 90th Anniversary Exceptional Edition Flacon c2015. You all know which one. The dark blue bottle with the two little love birds. That bottle is the most beautiful to me. 😀
    If I would be as lucky to win, my choice is 100 ml of M.Micallef Mon Crystal Parfum. Thank you very much for the chance. I live in Europe.

  • Cynthia says:

    These are creative choices for Christmas. The bottle I would most like to see is the iconic Guerlain bee bottle. These all seem like great choices so I would be happy with any. I am familiar with Dawn’s Deco Diamonds and it is defiinitely glittering and festive. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

  • Dosva says:

    Great article and great idea to decorating the tree with perfume bottles. I would choose for decorati g bottles of Ramo Monegal,
    M. Mical

  • Renee says:

    This article really puts me in the mood for Christmas eve. I have a tiny tree, and I have some mini perfume bottles that I will use as ornaments. I would like to wake up to the new aura by Mugler. so pretty
    USA and DSH deco diamonds and Eau illuminee sound gorgeous. I loved the opening painting by Viggo Johansen

  • Dosva says:

    I have to continue my previous review because I could find way to edit my faile review.
    I find very interesting and creative to decorating Christmas tree with nice perfume bottles as Ramon Monegal, Micallec, Memo, Moresque bottles.
    I would like to win Micallef Mon Parfum Crystal or DSH deco diamonds.
    Armenia

  • sillage8 says:

    Perfume ornaments is a terrific idea, those of us who hoard our empties finally have an excellent annual use for them. An entire tree adorned with various Lolita Lempicka apple bottles would be wintery forest fantasy.

    Santa, if you’re reading, I would very much like to wake up to a bottle of Olympic Orchid’s Blackbird tomorrow morning. I’ve been a good girl.

    I’m in the USA and I’d appreciate the M.Micallef Mon Parfum Cristal, please.

    Merry Christmas!

  • esz says:

    I would love to win the Micallef or the DSH perfumes please.

    Well Christmas is here already in Australia and I was given a bottle of Yesterday Haze by Imaginary Authors for xmas and I just love it so much!!

    I dont usually do a tree – we dont have kids so I dont really see the point 😉

    I am in Melbourne Australia

  • peppermoon says:

    Thanks for letting me know about Pacific Forest, I love Olympic Forest so I’ll have to check out this new one 🙂
    I’d love for Santa to bring me Mon Precieux Nectar!
    I’m in the USA. I’d love to enter for the Mon Parfum Crystal M.Micallef

  • NiceVULady says:

    I love all your choices. I would love to win the M. Micallef Mon Parfum Crystal, the Eau Illuminee, or Pacific Forest. Any of these would be wonderful to wake up to. Happy Holidays. Thanks for the draw. I’m in the USA

  • kaitracid says:

    I like the idea with the Micaffef bottles to create scented garlands 🙂
    Thanks for the draw, I would be very delighted to win M.Micallef Mon Crystal Parfum. I live in the EU.

  • doveskylark says:

    I love the description of Pacific Forest. I like to wear perfumes that smell like Christmas tress, and even better if they are all-natural.
    I’d love to wake up to a vintage bottle of Caron’s Nuit de Noel, complete with the tasseled box.
    I’d love to win Mon Perfum Crystal or Eau Illuminee.
    I live in the USA.

  • Natalie says:

    Merry Christmas to all
    Opened my gifts last night with the family and a bottle of vintage joy was one of my gifts. The bottle was beautiful. I loved this article and I would love to win Dsh deco diamonds or parfums DelRae eau illuminee

  • Ginny M says:

    Beautiful choices. After the Micallef, I love Tammy’s choice of Pacific Forest as the representation of the tree! (I live in Seattle and grew up in SE Alaska, so those smells are so familiar to me.) It’s hard to say what I’d like to have under the tree (we didn’t even have a tree this year due to our new roommate, a large, boisterous adolescent cat), but I’ve always wanted to experience vintage Hypnotic Poison — which, come to think of it, is rather ornament-shaped! I love cinnamon so would love to win the Micallef, but any of the three ornamental prizes sound absolutely amazing. I live in the US and thanks for the draw! Happy holidays! (I hope this isn’t a dupe post — I’m having some trouble with the Captcha code!)

  • dreamer says:

    Merry Christmas!! Oh that’s a great idea to decorate Christmas trees with perfume bottles. I would live to win an amazing bottle of M.Micallef Mon Crystal Parfum.

    Thank you! I live in the US

  • mihaela_i says:

    Mon Parfum Crystal looks gorgeous! Maybe I’ll be able to decorate my Christmas tree with M. Micallef bottles one day…

  • Amy Maloney says:

    Holiday greetings! Lovely article. The thing I enjoyed most about it was seeing Tama’s tree. If I could choose a beautiful perfume to wake up to on Christmas, it would be Guerlain’s Metallica in the bee bottle. I’d love to win Mon Crystal parfum by Micallef. Thanks so much for the draw. I live in the U.S.

  • rodelinda says:

    I’d love seeing bottles like M. Micallef Mon Parfum Crystal adorning my tree! It practically looks like an ornament already. Tama created a wonderful tree. There was a bottle of Guerlain Shalimar Souffle de Parfum waiting under my tree today. I’m in the US, and I would choose M. Micallef Mon Parfum Crystal or Parfumes DelRae Eau Illuminee. Thanks and merry Christmas!

  • Gay says:

    A terrific christmas decorating idea! I love their perfume choices.
    Mon Crystal Parfums is my pick.
    Thanks
    Australia

  • SandiL says:

    This post gave me wonderful ideas for next years tree.. What a delightful way to adorn the holidays. Would love the MM Mon Parfum Crystal. Henry is adorable

  • Hasib says:

    Perfume bottle ornaments, a creative idea. I think that’ll look good too
    Especially if the bottle is beautiful. Would go with Mon Parfum Crystal
    Thanks you for the giveaway. U.S.

  • Claudia says:

    Sparkling perfume bottles adorning the Christmas tree would be amazing especially if they are the Micallef bottles with the beautiful svarowski crystals all over them. The sparkle would be amazing. I received Mad et Len Petits Papiers under the tree which is what I was hoping for. Thank you for the opportunity.

  • Diana D says:

    Such a creative way to decorate for the holidays! I love pretty perfume bottles and keep most of them displayed on my dresser after they are used up.

    I’d love to get DelRae Roth of Parfums Delrae 50 ml of Eau Illuminee – I live in the U.S.