For Him: Burning Love
Archipelago Botanicals Destinations candles, $30, candledelirum.com, are sure to give your guy just the nudge he needs to start planning your honeymoon—the collection features scents inspired by top vacation spots around the world. Weighing in at a strapping 13.5 oz., each candle promises 90 hours of burn time and comes with a matching luggage tag. Experience the luxury of a chalet on a cliff with the line’s newest scent, Positano, which combines white nectarine with sweet persimmon and pomegranate. Other scents include Dubai, Havana, Mediterranean and Tuscany. —Cari Wolfert
For You: Write Stuff
Perfect for wedding planning or jotting down all your favorite honeymoon hot spots, these Mini Travel Notebooks by Graphic Image, $100, vivre.com, keep you organized in the cutest way. The bright hues and hand-stained Italian leather binding don’t just make a chic style statement, they create a treasured keepsake too: Hand the journals off to your younger sister or engaged attendant—she’ll love all your helpful notes and tips!
For Him: Ho-Ho Haring
Santa never looked—or, um, tasted—so good! The design of renowned '80s pop-culture artist Keith Haring adorns these bright red Keith Haring Christmas Chocolates, $32, 212-206-1272. The collectable metal box, filled with 18 dark and milk chocolates, makes a perfect stocking stuffer for your first holiday together.
For You: Travel Companion
Say no to itchy airplane blankets and take the chill off with White + Warren’s luxury travel trio, $495, whiteandwarren.com. This 100-percent cashmere set includes a blanket that doubles as a chic wrap (and which at 81" by 31" is big enough for en-route snuggling with your sweetie), a woven eye mask and suede-soled slippers. Packed together in a silk sack, these items will keep you cozy whether you’re on your way to Aspen or Aruba.
For Him: Time for Style
Sleek simplicity and sophisticated style combine with an irresistible design in Kikkerland’s Block Clock, $175, vivre.com, which was originally crafted by Japanese designer Kouji Iwasaki, who was rewarded for his work at the Asahikawa International Furniture Design Fair in 2002. Its modern, masculine style is the perfect touch for your new home.
For You: Cozy Confection
Enjoy cupcakes without the guilt! Juicy Couture’s Cupcake Couture Boy Shorts, $45 for set of three, juicycouture.com, might not taste as good as the real thing, but they just look so darn cute. The low-rise boyshorts in green, yellow and pink feature back and side logos, and the comfy cotton and spandex blend make them perfect for lounging around your honeymoon suite.
For Him: Perfect Perfume
Assure him that he’s the one for you with the Vera Wang Perfect Partner gift set, $70, saks.com. The eau de toilette spray and aftershave splash, featuring a seductively fresh blend of leather, nutmeg, sandalwood and tobacco, will keep him smelling irresistible all night. Whether he saves it for the big day or wears it right away, this one’s a keeper—just like him!
For You: Pucker Up
Accessorize your new diamond ring with Lancome’s Precious Carat Lip Gloss Jewel, $40, lancome.com. Tucked into a diamond-shaped compact made of Swarovski crystals, the transparent lip gloss will bring as much sparkle to your lips as that rock you’re sporting on your finger. Wear it alone or over your favorite lipstick for a lustrous finish. After all, there’s no such thing as too much bling!
For Him: Dice, Dice Baby
Have your honey roll in style with the new Paul Smith Poker Dice set, $25, paulsmith.co.uk. Signature multicolor stripes adorn the leather box containing five colorful dice. And if they’re a hit with him (as they were with the dudes in our office), we say give them as groomsmen gifts too!
For You: Aromatic Airmail
Send more than just a holiday greeting to your family and friends this season. This scented stationery, $48 per set, neimanmarcus.com, comes in a variety of fragrances, such as Orange Blossom, Green Tea and Rosewood, and includes 24 note cards printed on recycled paper, charcoal-color envelopes and a perfume refresher vial. Use them as place cards for a garden-theme shower or send them out as thank-you notes to your guests.
For Him: Coffee-Table Creatures
You’ll score points with your animal-loving fiancé by giving him Andrew Zuckerman’s new book, Creature, $48, barnesandnoble.com. This New York–based photographer and film director showcases 175 wild animals from around the world in an adorable, stunning collection. The natural creatures posed against sleek white backgrounds create a striking contrast, certain to liven up any coffee table.
For You: Listen Fashionably
Take your music on the go and outfit it too with this MP3 case complete with speakers, $95, neimanmarcus.com. It’s perfect for filling your house with tunes for the holidays or playing your favorite jams for your DJ when requesting music for your big day. The case, offered in bronze or gold leather, also includes battery-operated speakers and a mesh pocket for headphones. Rock on!
For Him: Do the Duffel
Make sure your honey honeymoons in style with J. Crew’s Soho Patchwork Traveler’s Duffel, $395, jcrew.com. Each English wool square is hand-cut and hand-placed creating a one-of-a-kind bag every time. More than two feet long, this bag is big enough to hold all of his essentials—plus everything you couldn’t fit into your suitcase!
For You: Bee Season
These little candy critters by John & Kira’s created quite the buzz in our office. Handpainted salted caramel with sweet honey makes up the set of Delicate Caramel Bees, $32. And a dark chocolate shell covers raspberry, mint and honey lavender ganaches in the Magical Ladybug Gems, $32, johnandkiras.com. Each set comes packed in a wooden gift box, perfect for storing notes or recipes once all the bugs are gone.
For Him: Soft Stripes
Does your guy need a cure for the winter blues? This punchy multicolor scarf by Paul Stuart, $347, paulstuart.com, will deliver an instant pampering treatment each time he ties it on. It’s also the perfect thank-you present for spending the holidays with your parents.
For You: Stick It
We went crazy for these lipstick-size solid perfume sticks by Crazylibellule and the Poppies, $18 each, 201-222-2472, luxefaceandbody.com. And with seductive scents like rose (In Love) and white-flower-jasmine (On Cloud Nine), your sweetie is sure to as well. Apply them to your neck or wrists for everyday wear or behind your knees and around your belly button for a fun, flirty treat.
For Him: Potted Tie
A guy who sports a tie deserves a classy way to store it. Enter Bill Amberg’s Luxury Leather Tie Pot, $80, thomaspink.com. A standout item in the collection, this tie pot with accent blue lining will keep your man stylish and neat while on the road. For the complete classic look, dress it up with the Sandby stripe woven silk tie ($100), silver Shield cuff links ($135), and silver collar bones ($80), all thomaspink.com.
For You: Gorgeous Gaming
Don’t let him have all the fun! Forget his Halo 3 and try out Beautiful Katamari, $40, bestbuy.com, for the Xbox 360. In the fourth installment of the Katamari series, colorful animated graphics and a girl-friendly storyline have made this talked about pastime the perfect first installment to your video-game library.
For Him: Drink Responsibly
Stay hydrated in the most responsible way with a SIGG water bottle, $20, mysigg.com. These reusable, 100-percent recyclable bottles include a water-based lining with a nontoxic coating that is baked into the interior walls and remains flexible and crack resistant for the life of the bottle. Available in a variety of designs and colors, this easy-to-clean one-liter Lifestyle Red Alert bottle will be his best man when he starts hitting the gym in preparation for the big day.
For You: Dynamic Duo
Go bold in gold this winter with 14k-gold-plated cuffs by Isaac Manevitz for Ben-Amun. Show off your love of color with the multistone style in amythest, green and blue ($150), or make a solo statement with one oversize ruby ($250), 866-921-2686 to special order. Now that's the type of royal treatment we're talking about!
For Him: Sleek Slide Show
Keep your engagement photos rolling all day long with the Pure eMotion 7-inch Digital Photo Frame, $80, sharperimage.com. The sleek, lightweight design plays photos straight from your camera’s memory card. Collect pictures that tell the story of your romance and have it on display for guests to view at your wedding.
For Him: The Coolest Way to Say Cheese
Have your guy put a punk twist on your holiday pictures with the Lomography and White Stripes Diana + "Meg" edition camera package, $180, lomography.com. Both practical and pretty to look at, in the band’s classic black, white and red colors, the set includes the "Nobody Knows How to Talk to Children" edition Lomography Ringflash, a custom peppermint mask filter and a Diana Vignettes hardcover book.
