Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. His name is Frederic Malle

By Deborah Fulsang

Fragrance freaks, geeks, enthusiasts, connoisseurs and fans take note. If you haven’t yet spoiled yourself in this annual gifting season, wait no more. Frederic Malle offers up these ultimate boxed sets to sate your every scent fantasy.

THE MEN’S FRAGRANCE COFFRET, $210
This 12-vial selection includes a dozen of the French perfumer’s superlative toilettes, from Musc Ravageur and Vétiver Extraordinaire to Géranium Pour Monsieur and French Lover. There’s something to suit you and every discerning, fragrance-loving Renaissance man in your inner circle.

THE WOMEN’S FRAGRANCE COFFRET, $330
Malle has assembled a dozen of the brand’s most glamorous and refined scents in this feminine-focused collection. From the lilac-laced En Passant to the super-femme Carnal Flower and Portrait Of A Lady, this olfactory array will please the perfume-devoted woman who would no sooner leave the house unscented than fly to the proverbial moon.

THE COLLECTION COFFRET, $370
This Frederic Malle collector’s edition includes all 18 of the house’s fragrances in neatly packaged mini-flacons and dismisses any strictness of gender stereotyping as any man or woman with a passion for perfume will truly swoon.

(And just because, here is the text from the original letter to Virginia in The New York Sun, 1897. So inspiring.)

Frederic Malle Coffrets are available at www.shop.fredericmalle.com, www.holtrenfrew.com and www.Barneys.com
PHOTO: GEOFFREY ROSS