Gift Ideas?

Quote from late apex:

...The gift: The harder it is to obtain or replicate, the more personalized to the receiver and the less practical, the better. Those are some general principles for gift-giving to affluent women, and people. Now, a few suggestions along those lines:

1) Your best bet is to make it yourself or have it made for her. Something one-of-a-kind that will hopefully strike a personal chord. Perhaps an art work or an antique map. Absolutely nothing store-bought, no matter what it is or what kind of store.

2) An alternative would be something rare found in nature, not (wo)man-made. Maybe some exotic feathers, corals, seashells, flowers. Hey, no endangered species, please. If it happens to be indigenous to a small island nation in the Pacific no one's ever heard of, even better.

3) A third option might be a bottle of a Grand Cru from a significant (to her, not to the wine) year. The year of her marriage, for example -- preferable to the year she was born ...
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Good advice.
 
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When Sylvie Chantecaille launched her company's most expensive product in 2004, she worried that it wouldn't sell. Chantecaille "biodynamic lifting cream," which claims its special "botox-like" ingredient relaxes facial contractions, was priced at $295 for 1.7 ounces.

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The best gift idea:

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I'd go with a combination of the burberry scarf/hat/gloves. It'll be less personal and more professional than the perfume or bag - if thats what you're looking for.
 
Specifically, this is one place you can get nice custom perfumes:
http://aftelier.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4

If you're in NYC, they say that they have a boutique in Henry Bendel's at 5th Ave and 56th St.

If it's a big account, $900 will get you a really nice treat (little 1/4 oz of custom perfume). Those oils are sooo fun and to die for, and they include real scents as used by Cleopatra and other historical characters (thus the price). Just the blending process is fun and special (yes, I have some).

Um... burberry is what you'd get someone with a $50,000 account. Not a billion dollars.
 
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