Check out our guide to the season’s best luxe splurges that you won’t have to knock over a liquor store to afford.
1. VIKTOR & ROLF FLOWERBOMB EAU DE PARFUM EXTREME - AMETHYST BOW EDITIONThe limited-edition bow bottle holds an intensified version of the Dutch designers’ signature scent.
$130,
saksfifthavenue.com 2. SEPHORA METALLIC BAG COLLECTIONMidas you’re not, considering how every paycheck you touch turns not to high-yield bonds but $13 drinks and a closet full of H&M dresses with the tags still attached. But hand over this gilded set and you’re golden.
From $14,
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3. SPACE NK FRAGRANT COLLECTION ENRAPTUREThe limited-edition collection is a boxed-set of Space NK’s best scent: a blend of tuberose, ylang ylang, blackcurrent bud, and orange blossom.
$80,
spacenk.com4. DIPTYQUE NARCISSUS CANDLEDiptyque’s Narcissus scented candle shows that you love her almost as much as she does.
$55,
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5 & 6. M.A.C. ROYAL ASSETS EYE PALETTE AND HEIRLOOMS BRUSH SETM.A.C.’s holiday collection is worthy of a gold digger.
Royal Assets Palette in Warm Eyes, $36, Heirlooms Canister Brush Set, $45,
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7. LANCOME’S PRECIOUS CARAT LIP GLOSSWhoever said size doesn’t matter doesn’t know a thing about diamonds—or anything else, for that matter. But if a trip to Cartier is out of the question, Lancome’s shimmering gloss housed in a Swarovski-topped diamond is the next best thing.
$40,
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