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Serious Impact: The ForbesLife Ultimate Luxury Gift Guide
Forbes Life, Forbes Staff
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Check out the best in luxury giving this season with our full list of the latest and greatest in every category from food & spirits and style to wellness, adventure and children’s gifts.
The Best Luxury Gifts From Michter's Bourbon To A Patek Philippe Watch
+ show moreSense of Celebration: Food & Drink
Clockwise: Stone Cottage Wine Bags, Pol Roger 1999 Cuvee Winston Churchill Champagne, Baccarat "Variations" Champagne Flute, Cook's Illustrated The Science of Good Cooking, Emanuel Andren Chocolates, Fiddyment Farms Sea Salt & Pepper Pistachios, Michter's 20-year-old bourbon, Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
A SENSE OF CELEBRATION
Michter’s 20-year-old Bourbon Weathering the fork in the road at 17 years old, when many barreled whiskeys take a turn for the worse: ethereal, powerful, worth the wait. $450. MICHTERS.COM
Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth Your old Manhattan may seem a lusterless imitation after trying this lip-smacking vermouth. $35. DEANDELUCA.COM
Cook’s Illustrated’s The Science of Good Cooking The hidden stuff–how high heat develops flavor; how fat makes eggs tender–that underlies the whole activity. $40. COOKSILLUSTRATED.COM
Fiddyment Farms Sea Salt & Malabar Pepper Pistachios Peppery and addictive, from California. $6. FIDDYMENTFARMS.COM
Emanuel Andren Chocolates Andren, scion of generations of Swedish patissiers, fills his confections with everything from Champagne to foraged forest berries. $98 for four. EMANUELANDREN.COM
Stone Cottage Wine Bags Bright, hand-sewn fabric gift bags. $12. STONECOTTAGEBAGS.COM
Baccarat “Variations” Champagne Flutes From designer Patricia Urquiola, sophisticated mix-and-match glassware with an appreciable weight in the hand. $150–$175. BACCARAT.COM
Pol Roger 1999 Cuvee Winston Churchill Champagne This robust and elegant Champagne is perfectly at-its-moment; a connoisseur’s wine, it doesn’t take a genius to appreciate. $280. POLROGER.COM
SENSE OF WONDER
Goose Creek Rockers These wooden rockers have reportedly found their way to the children of Ivanka Trump, John Travolta, and Victoria Beckham. Maybe they appreciated the parental input: Customers choose the animal (pictured: Milo the Pig, $1,100), then the colors and designs to customize their child’s ride. GOOSECREEKENTERPRISES.COM
Mood NYC Skateboards Two Brooklyn designers collaborate with artists to trick out their hardwood boards, but their own lightning-bolt design (above) ramped it up. $50. MOODNYC.COM
Jacadi Winter Wraps You are never too young to get a smile from French style. For him: a double-breasted canvas field coat with detachable hood ($199). For her: a flared wool coat with pleats and a subtle bow ($289). JACADI.US
Hansa Life-Size Kangaroo Almost uncomfortably close to taxidermy at first blush, this 44-inch marsupial has been carefully modeled on the real thing, from musculature to swishy tail, with hand-sewn coat and leather paws. $439. POSHTOTS.COM
A SENSE OF STYLE: FOR HIM
Patek Philippe Reference 5146J Watch Keep track of time as the New Year approaches with this Patek Philippe annual calendar and moon-phase timepiece, in 18-karat yellow gold. $42,400. PATEK.COM
Santiago Gonzalez Briefcase Travel in style this holiday season with this suede-lined, crocodile-skin briefcase. $4,100. MRPORTER.COM
John Lobb x Paul Smith Dress Shoes Traditional meets quirky in this British collaboration, which pairs the fine footwear of John Lobb with the splash and dash of menswear label Paul Smith–even the shoe trees match. $1,295. JOHNLOBB.COM
Etro Scarf Add a subtle splash of color to your winter ensemble with this textured, striped wool scarf. $275. MRPORTER.COM
Louis Vuitton Tie Get down to business with this burgundy silk tie with sartorial polka dots. $205. LOUISVUITTON.COM
Prada Glasses Feast your eyes on your holiday season spoils with these retro tortoiseshell frames. $265.ILORI.COM
Montblanc Cologne The Legend cologne mixes masculine notes like oakmoss and sandalwood with pineapple and lavender. $72 for 3.3 FL. OZ. BLOOMINGDALES.COM
Sevan Bicakci Cuff links Inspired by his Turkish heritage, Bi?ak?i designs jewelry with images like these mosques carved into smoky topaz. $15,700. STUDIO-PR.COM
William Henry Pen From the knife designer, a unique pen made from dinosaur bone. $2,050. WILLIAMHENRYSTUDIO.COM
Bottega Veneta Belt Bottega’s signature woven Intrecciato leather has been a brand signature since the ’60s. $520. MRPORTER.com
Talarico Umbrella Available stateside for the first time, these umbrellas have been handcrafted in Naples by the Talarico family for more than 150 years.$375. BELLUCCINAPOLI.COM
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