ÇaFleureBon Holiday Perfume Gift Guide 2022 + Cyber Monday Giveaway Part 2

Best Perfumes Holiday Gift Guide 2022

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

v by Elise Vernon Pearlstine

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

What are the Best leather fragrances for men and women

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 best fragrances Holiday Perfume Gift Guide 2022

 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

This year every one of the offerings in our Holiday Gift Guides  are for draw and all are sponsored are independently owned.  Please support them by buying directly from each.

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36 comments

  • I think that her choices were absolutely perfect and very helpful I 100% agree with them. I live in Trzebnica, Poland, EU. I hope to win the Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set, Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance and a ÇaFleureBon Leather Weather Discovery Set.

  • I really love how everything was really detailed and scents really described. Id Like to win the Scent book, Rouge P. Discovery Set and 7Scents Discovery Set. Im from eu

  • Michelyn comes again to inspire us with great gift ideas- I’ve already marked a few and plan on ordering for friends.

    What a wonderful surprise would be for me to win one of the very well curated products for this holiday giveaway:
    Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set,
    Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance and
    ÇaFleureBon Leather Weather Discovery Set.

    I live in Portugal/EU

  • Wonderful choices by Michelyn for this year’s holiday gift guide. I would hope to win Scent or Kelly + Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense. I live in the USA.

  • Excellent gift ideas by Michelyn. I am reading the book by Elise Pearlstine so don’t need to be considered for the draw for this book (lovely, very readable book). Since I am in the United States, I would like to be considered for the following:
    Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set
    Kellly + Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense
    Sarah Horowitz Parfums Holiday Room Sprays

  • I loved how Michelyn came up with so many suggestions and detailed them thoroughly. Not a chance to go wrong with such varied and well explained choices!
    I would like to win “Scent, a natural history of fragrance”, the Rogue Perfumery discovery set or the 7scents Leather weather discovery set.
    Commenting from the EU.

  • Oh, my! Some fabulous ideas here as well as some very affordable perfume-alternatives! I love to burn incense and my sample-habit is ongoing, so those would be my favorites to receive, though I wouldn’t say no to the snow room scent either! I live in the US.

  • The rogue perfumery gift set sounds amazing as does the Sarah Horowitz room sprays.
    Bummed that the leather sampler isn’t available in the USA, I would be willing to buy, but we get more offers than the rest of the world I can’t be too mad.
    Thanks for the selections.
    Oklahoma USA

  • Lovely choices, again! I admit I may have started drooling while you were talking about the two discovery sets. I am eligible for thé book Scent: a natural history, the Rogue discovery set, and the 7scents leather set. Thank you for the giveaway, writing from the EU.

  • The Rogue discovery set is what caught my attention. I
    Please count me in as I have never tried anything from Rogue. Thanks
    Eu

  • I always thought that incense sticks are Indian 🙂 and now I am curious about Kelly + Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense.
    I am eligible for Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance, Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set and 7Scents Leather Weather Discovery Set.
    Hugs from Romania

  • I think these choices are great for a wider audience. They would make great gifts. INew Jersey, USA

    Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set
    Sarah Horowitz Parfums Holiday Room Sprays
    Kellly + Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense

  • I have been wanting to try Rogue perfumery since every reviewer loves the fragrances. Please enter me for the discovery set and I would also like the room sprays
    There’s never snow in the desert where I live
    USA

  • These are some fantastic, varied choices. What caught my attention is the 7scents ÇaFleureBon Editors Leather Weather Discovery Set. I’ve had my eyes on Anubis by Papillon Artisan so I’m very glad that you make this possible. So if I win I’d love to have that (7scents ÇaFleureBon Editors Leather Weather Discovery Set) and the Rogue Perfumery Discovery set. Thank you so much, once again.

    I live in Sweden/EU.

  • Great choices, Michelyn. I’d love myself some incense, as I’ve recently gotten into that a whole lot, but sadly, I do not live in the USA. With that in mind, if I were to win this, I’d like to win the ÇaFleureBon x 7Scents Leather Discovery Set Box and Rogue Perfumery Discovery set.

    Writing to you from Sweden, EU 🙂

  • These are some fantastic choices. Great job with these picks, Michelyn. My mother is into fragrance history so I think I’ll pick up that book for her as a christmas gift. If I were to win this, however, I think that I’d like to have either the 7Scents Leather Discovery Set Box or the Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set, or better yet, BOTH, haha. Thank you for this awesome giveaway.

    I reside in Sweden/EU.

  • I love that these gift suggestions include so many different ways to enjoy and think about our sense of smell! I’d love to win the book “Scent, a Natural History of Fragrance”, and the Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set.
    I live in the USA.

  • Lovely choices for the holiday season! I’m a big fan of Rogue Perfumery and would love to have the Discovery Set. Sarah Horowitz Parfums is a long time favorite and I would also choose the room sprays. MD, USA.

  • Michelyn!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ You must be Amazing at gift giving!!! What a list!! I would purchase Everything on here for my friends & family! ❤️ I’ll definitely be shopping this list for the holidays. It’s perfection! ❤️❤️❤️ Please enter me in the giveaway for everything!
    (well, everything except the 7scents gift box, which is to-die-for, but I am so lucky to have one on the way to me! ❤️) USA

  • Thank you for the great ideas!!! I love the cold weather and all the holidays that come with it!!!! Nothing better to have my house smelling delicious!!!! If I could I would pick the
    Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set and/or
    Sarah Horowitz Parfums Holiday Room Sprays… I’m from Massachusetts, MA.

  • I am intrigued by Michelyn choices really amazing and outside the box. If I am lucky love to win the following Worldwide: Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance.

    USA, EU and UK: Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set. Thanks a million from the UK

  • Intrigued and fascinated by Michelyns choices. If I am successful would like to win Worldwide: Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance.

    USA, EU and UK: Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set. Thanks a lot from the UK

  • Great part two of the gift guide following on the theme of independent perfumers and looking at scent beyond just perfumery. Scent is such a personal thing, gifting a bottle isn’t always the best idea – but these other types of products might be more welcome as gifts! If selected for the draw, I’d love to explore the Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set or read Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance. Best wishes from the US!

  • Michelyn has proven again she has great taste! I’d like to win ‘Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance’ book, and Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set. I live in the EU.

  • Great suggestions for non perrfjme afficionados as well. The two discovery sets are just that- an invitation to discover for anyone.
    I’d li ke to win either Rouge Perfumery or 7scents Leather discovery set or the Scent, A natural history of Fragrance book.
    I’m in eu

  • I never gift perfume, however I do decant to my Mom and friends. Once someone in Ulta commented on my fragrance and I had the decant vial in my bag and I gave it to her. Fun to spread the fragrance love. I didn’t know Manuel was a chef, interesting. I’d love to win the Cafleurebon curated samples or Sarah’s room sprays. Those notes in the room sprays sound amazing. Happy Holidays to all. USA.

  • Regis Monkton says:

    I think that all of Michelyn’s picks would good to have. For a while now, I’ve been interested in reading/owning this book by Elise Vernon Pearlstine. I hope that my local library will have it available if I can’t win it. It seems like a good reference book for some of my favorite things to learn about. If I win, then I choose (most desired being first): Dr. Elise Vernon Pearlstine’s book “Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance”, Sarah Horowitz Parfums Holiday Room Sprays, Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set, Kelly + Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense. I live in the U.S.A.

  • wallygator88 says:

    Once again, this is a fantastic collection of gifts. They are well priced, easy to use and full of intrigue.

    I would love to win either the Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance. or the Kelly Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense.

    Cheers from WI, USA

  • I love the previous days to holidays because I get the Christmas spirit everywhere and I star doing my shoppings. I love the choises here and I hopefully will try some of the choises here.
    I hope to win Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set, since they all look amazing, but please enter me in all the giveaways
    USA here.

  • Thanks for sharing more holiday gifting ideas! Unlike Michelyn, none of my favorite bottles are anywhere close to being tapped and there arent any other perfume aficionados in my family, so I’m focused on the other stocking stuffers on this list. The Kelly + Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense caught my attention; I read your recent review of the perfume line and wonder how they translate to incense. Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance also jumped out; everybody loves a beautiful, informational, well-written coffee table book. Your ÇaFleureBon Editors Leather discovery set curated box is really cool and I know from personal experience that the Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set is exceptional, and Manuel Cross has added a few since I last sampled (namely A’Oud Ancienne, Rostracto, and his new leather fragrance). Wonderful list!

    I’m in the midwest, USA. I’d love to win the Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance book, the Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set, the Eau de Mezcal Incense, and the Sarah Horowitz Parfums Holiday Room Sprays.

  • Inspiring gift ideas and lovely – almost (but not quite) discouraging words: don’t offer fragrance as a holiday gift ;p
    For me discovery sets are almost safe gift idea, especially if they are curated as ÇaFleureBon Editors Leather discovery set curated box, sounds very good.

    I live in the EU and would like to win:
    – ÇaFleureBon Editors Leather discovery set curated box,
    – Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set.

  • Michelyn describes so well these products and she gives very interesting gift ideas, it helps a lot! Thank you very much. Because of that I would like to offer wonderful perfumes samples to my family and friends so they can taste new scents for Christmas! I would love to win ÇaFleureBon x 7Scents Leather favorites, or the Rogue perfume discovery set. I am from EU. Thank you 🙂

  • Every year I look forward to these posts. I appreciate the time and effort put into them—some fantastic choices here Michelyn.
    I would love Sarah’s room sprays and Elisa’s book, even though I have one. I am in the US.

  • Those all sound like fun choices! I know I’d be happy to receive any of those as a gift. I think many of them work even for non-fragrance obsessed friends.

    I’m interested in entering the drawing for:
    Sarah Horowitz Parfums Holiday Room Sprays
    Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance.
    Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set

    I live in the USA. Thanks for the giveaway!

  • sephrenia300 says:

    Wonderful article Michelyn! I thought Michelyn’s choices were very inspired and I particularly like how she took location and season into account when choosing the Sarah Horowitz Parfums Holiday Room Sprays. I have many friends in California that always say they long for a little bit of the New York winter and holiday season – although not too much! While I would always long for a blast of the tropics and warm weather. Apricity for me and my New York friends, while Frost for my California friends, covers all my bases – thank you for the suggestion Michelyn!
    I live in the US. I would love to win in the following order of preference:

    1) Rogue Perfumery Discovery Set
    2) Sarah Horowitz Parfums Holiday Room Sprays
    3) Scent, A Natural History of Fragrance
    4) Kelly + Jones Eau de Mezcal Incense