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Showing posts with label good valentine's day gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label good valentine's day gifts. Show all posts

Wearing Words From The Heart. The Love Letter Ring by One Origin.




Here's a very romantic piece of jewelry. One Origin jewelry will take your wedding vows, love letters or any words from the heart and bind them together in a custom ring that can be worn upon your finger.

The I(Thou) Ring is perfect for celebrating special occasions such as Valentine's Day or your first year anniversary, for which the tradition just happens to be 'paper.'



The ring is a simple silhouette crafted of sterling silver designed to hold the folded love letter Once you have placed your order you will be contacted within 24 hours with detailed instructions on how to submit the text that you would like to be printed out and inserted into the ring.

For obvious reasons, take it off when washing your hands, showering, bathing or swimming.



Price $200.
Order it here. 

Thanks to General Valentine for bringing this to my attention via materialicious

The Perfect Sexy Gift For Both Of You This Valentine's Day. The Adore Me Pleasure Set from LELO.



70% of men admit they only want sex on Valentine's Day, while 80% of women feel their partner does not make any effort in choosing a Valentine's gift or preparing a special celebration for the occasion, according to original research done by LELO, the makers of high end intimate apparel and pleasure items for men and women.

Limited Edition Swarovski Embellished Bond No. 9 Fragrances




Perfume and fragrances always make nice gifts. These limited edition versions of some of the best-selling scents from Bond No. 9 make great gifts. With a price range spanning $350 to $7500, the following limited edition Bond No 9 bottled scents are embellished with Swarovski crystals and elements that will make anyone's eyes sparkle.


New York Musk Emerald Swarovski Shooting Star

For all those collectors and connoisseurs who fell in love with last year’s exquisite, richly textured clear-diamond superstar bottle studded with crystals, the good news is: we’ve done it again—only this time with a network of emerald stars. The scent? Our brand new New York Musk. Consider this bottle just the second in our growing Shooting Stars series
Notes of: grapefruit, black currant, osmanthus flower, green lilies, nutmeg, musk, patchouli, sandalwood and vetiver
100ml — $1,000.00

The Fantasy-Stone Fountain of Peace

This year’s official, unabashed extravaganza gift is our now-perennial 42-ounce spigoted amphora vitrine, filled with the Scent of Peace, its gracefully curvaceous exterior glistening everywhere with a new Swarovski crystal design: a profusion of stones in varying sizes and shapes, carefully pieced together onto a surface as intricate and tactile as an incandescent moon-glow tapestry. True, perfume containers have always had an element of fantasy. But this one is ultimo in every way.
42oz — $7,500.00

The Swarovski Crystallized Amphora

Their outsized 42 oz amphora vitrine, breathtakingly covered with 16,500 hand-applied platinum Swarovski stones. Not to forget the bottle top—an elliptical mirror with honeycomb base. And while they were at it, they added the Bond No. 9 signature and a handy golden spigot. Contents? Your choice among our Bond No. 9 eau de parfum (exclusions apply). This bedazzlement comes in a white patent leather gift case, also adorned with crystals
— $3,500.00

The Scent of Peace Incandescent Shooting Super Star

The Scent of Peace is likewise the eau de parfum chosen for the classic Bond No. 9 superstar bottle that’s been decked out all over with those Swarovski fanci-crystals—the moonlit exterior emphasizing the preciousness of the contents. Even the oval cap and the keepsake silver-toned presentation box are studded with stones.
Notes: Grapefruit, black currant, lily of the valley, musk
100ml — $1,000.00

Central Park West Limited Edition with Swarovksi

For gardenia devotees with a sense of fashion elegance, this is the ultimate gift of gifts: A 100 ml. limited-edition bottle of Central Park West whose houndstooth surface has been rendered with 2,500 sparkling Swarovski gems, its edges bordered in vivid lime green, its cap encircled with tiny stones.
580 — $580.00

Nuits de Noho Chandelier

This downtown beauty goes out A LOT. So they’ve given it a wardrobe change. A lacquer-smooth, basic-black-for-the holiday’s bottle, accented with Bond No. 9‘s new chandelier treatment: See through prism necklace and matching jaunty cap
Notes: Jasmin, creamy vanilla, sheer patchouli
100ml — $380.00

Astor Place Swarovski Limited-Edition

Our Mesmerizing New Eau de Parfum, Inspired by New York’s Most Vibrant Arts-and-Style Intersection.
Notes: Violet Leaf, Mandarin Zest, Freesia, Red poppy buds, Orris (iris root), teakwood, Musk and Amber
100ml — $300.00

The Swarovski All-Stars

They’ve gone overboard and embellished three more of their most coveted scents with the tiniest and most reflective of all the Swarovski stones—five thousand of them per 50ml bottle. The pearlized milk glass Eau de New York bottle (citruses-cyclamen-jasmine-vetiver) is studded with diamond-colored aurora borealis stones. Chelsea Flowers (peonies-magnolia-rose) is decked with emerald-colored stones. Chinatown (peach-gardenia-tuberose-sandalwood) features ruby-colored stones.
Eau de New York - 50ml — $650.00
Chelsea Flowers - 50ml — $650.00
Chinatown - 50ml — $650.00

Shop for these and more here.

Romance That Floats On Your Fingers. Miniature Worlds in Resin Rings by Shannnam.




above: a preview of the The Cupid & Pysche Valentine's Day Rings in the making

Not everyone can afford to spend two month's salary on a diamond ring for their significant other on Valentine's Day (sorry DeBeers). So here's a much less expensive alternative that may be a novelty but it will still make your loved one's heart go a-flutter.



Hong Kong-based handmade accessories designers Shannnam (chan io yau riyo and kwong ho sun howard) have encapsulated miniature worlds in resin to wear upon your finger. For this coming Valentine's Day, they've released a new limited edition collection, Cupid & Psyche, which consists of eight limited edition rings in which sweet couples, young and old, bask in the comfort of one another's company.

“Cupid and Psyche” Valentine’s Day Limited Edition Rings

Until We Don't Meet Again and the Path We Went Through:


The Promise (in four possible variations; Child, Autumn, Maple, Sakura):

Smell The Taste and Until we Don't Meet Again (Spring):



Other views of the Cupid and Psyche Valentine's Day Rings:









The rings are 100% handmade and come in two sizes, small and medium. Presently Shannnam has two collections, Fragmented Chronicles and the limited edition Cupid and Psyche rings.

Their Citizen Rings, shown below, are not yet available for sale:



The Fragmented Chronicles Rings Collection:












You can customize the tiny narratives by choosing from their miniature figures, making them even more personal.


above: The cast of characters from whom you can choose


all images courtesy of Shannam.

Shop their online store

An affiliated shop who sells the rings:
M O O I Shop
G/F NO.25 Haven Street,
Causeway Bay Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2882 1384
Mon-Sun 13:00 - 20:00

Happy And Not So Happy Valentine's Day Gifts.





Valentine's Day gifts for both those who are head over heels and those who have loved a heel.


Great and hip Valentine's Day gifts for those in love:
Here are over 100 gifts that truly are unique, memorable, hip or collectible. Many are custom, one of a kind and all are romantic. No crappy gold-filled jewelry or heart soaps on here. Just the good stuff.


Shop for the gifts above and over 100 romantic gifts from my Seriously Good Valentine's Gifts list here

Anti-Valentine's Day gifts for those who'd rather celebrate the massacre:
Valentine's Day isn't all hearts and candy for everyone. With the single population higher than ever, divorce rates increasing and those who's hearts are on the mend, here are some products for those who'd rather celebrate the St. Valentine's Day Massacre than the holiday.


Shop for these and see over 30 Anti-Valentine's day gifts on my I Hate Valentine's Day list here

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