Holiday Coffret from Tom Ford

For anyone who claims to be a fragrance-o-phile, this set is for you.



Fragrance designers has notoriously kept their favorite scents under wraps from the public eye. Aerin Lauder continued in her grandmother's legacy by launching a Private Collection line of fragrances. These all started from her secret scents that she would only have mixed for herself. I'm sure there is a long standing tradion with perfumers to create a special private fragrance collection for themselves. The more exclusive the fragrance, the more entrancing the notes.



Tom Ford has a beautiful boxed set sampler of ALL of his Private Blend parfums.

The set is 220, which is a great way to sample all of the scents and mix and match ''till your hearts desire.

Originally Tom Ford Private Blend scents come in only a 1.7oz for $180 or 8.4oz for $450.

The holiday box set has 2ml roll ons for each of the 12 scents.

I am a Ford-o-phile and have been ever since he took on the Gucci design position a few years back. Black Orchid then further fueled my adoration.

These scents as a whole smell very worldly and have a European undertone. What I mean by that, is that these are not your fashion fragrances from Escada, or your light and fluffy florals. Each scent has a story behind its creation and unveils its depth as it matures to its dried down ephemeral nature.

Usually the Tom Ford Private Blend collection is exclusive to Saks, Neiman Marcus, Bendel's and Bergdorf's. The coffret collection is now at Nordstroms as well. I am also assuming that it is a test run. Depending on how well the coffret collection sells, they would consider placing the Private Blend line in the store.

Thanks to my beautyphiles and fragrance-o-philes.

- The Go to Girl