Posh adult "stocking" presents

[CurlewKate]

I need some posh small presents. 4 for men and 4 for women. Maybe 10/15 quid each? I want them to be a bit out of the ordinary-and something they won't want to recycle immediately. The recipients are between 23 and 28.Any ideas?

@Chestnut134 what is wrong with the Yeti travel mug? Are they totally uncool? I love the one I've been borrowing off my husband!

I'd love soap!
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Hi there I like following

white company fragrance oils/ votive in Christmas fragrances and soaps
Rituals lip balms/ shower gels/ hair products/ minis
Posh hair bands / lip balms
L'occitane balms soaps mini stockings
Posh choc from anywhere
Whittard hot chocolate/ teas

Silk hair scrunchies go down very well.

I love posh bar soap, and so do my posh, quite glamorous 20 something dds.

(My English teacher would have been horrified by the lazy use of 'nice' on this thread (she still controls me 50 years down the line) and I personally can't stand 'girlies')
As you were......

Yes to posh bar soap from me and my twenty somethings. But it has to be proper posh (ie French!).

I love the meal planner journal. Can you give me an idea where to get one?

Liberty print padded clothes hangers

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/761046706/set-of-two-liberty-print-hangers-in-this?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=padded+clothes+hanger&ref=sr_gallery-1-22&cns=1&sts=1&local_signal_search=1&content_source=618789565a4873250acb8b313eb29e57129b8f58%253A761046706&organic_search_click=1

https://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/neapolitan-macarons.html

@Chestnut134 One of the people I'm buying for gave me earrings from Fable last year!

I'm looking for beautiful jigsaws, any recommendations?

Have you looked at the Wentworth Puzzles website? They are wooden, high quality, lots of lovely designs.

Absolutely love this thread. Thanks for some great ideas
My 23 yr old loves a detailed paint by numbers

These also make wonderful gifts and are decidedly posher than Hotel Chocolat. They featured in the FT’s how to spend it and Courtney Love revealed she has a box in her fridge at all times!
mademoisellemacaron.co.uk

for anyone that travels

packing cubes
luxury black out eye mask
travel jewellery box
refillable deodorant with subscription for refills (its not liquid)
airplane phone holder
https://uk.dockandbay.com/pages/shop-bags?shop=bag-all&product=foldable-bag-beach-travel-get-wavy fold away beach bag

These jigsaws are beautiful (in my opinion), but they are out of the price range of this thread!

simplykaty.co.uk/collections/jigsaw-puzzles

He was once, many years ago.

Thanks, they are lovely.

Lovely, thank you.

Tickets to an exhibition if they're into going to exhibitions? Or to some kind of 'experience' or 'taster class' in something they're interested in? Then they can moan that you are fuddy duddy for buying them a ticket for an Unspontaneous Activity, but secretly be pleased that you were organised enough to think of them.

Axe throwing can be expensive, but only women have suggested axe throwing to me, so I assume it's a unisex activity. Archery? Dance class, or dance event with 'taxi dancers'?

Possibly the worst present I was given in my 20s was a flat metal cat silhouette figurine. Or (from an ex) a bouquet of nightshade (discount flowers -- he was cheap and the florist was clueless) that ever so slightly poisoned me.

If they've set up home in some way, how about one of those things 'everyone' seems to have if they've had a big wedding or generous family, but really very few people have? Pretty nutcrackers, honey sticks, chopsticks, cocktail stirrers, a funny animal draught excluder, a lovely tiny painted key cupboard/spice cabinet.

Most spot on tips I’ve read in years. Thank you.

I bought a lovely Liberty London cracker last year that was around that budget.
If the person does a craft or is crafty a mini crochet kit or a handmade crochet hook- (Etsy)
A silk pillowcase.
Nice gifty things on Lisa Angel or Not on the high street.
Holly & Co is a good place to find gifts from independent designers.
If they're into music- Rough Trade records has some good merch. They also sell mini 'dolls' like Mattel type things in famous musician styles like sex pistols, Jimi Hendrix etc..bit odd but different.
Musician- cd's, vinyl record cleaning cloth, guitar plecs, chord book, Plec cutter (like a hole punch to make your own plecs)
Cool music related book I had my eye on 'us and them' is about Hipgnosis the company that designed loads of famous album covers. It's on the Rough Trade website.
Emma Bridgewater 1/2 pint mug.
If they like trains the London transport.museum has good stuff on their website shop.

if you have a millennial daughter who was a Jacqueline Wilson fanatic as a child then Wilson has brought out an adult book called “think again” which is a follow up on the “girls” series where the characters are now adults

Wow thanks dd2 will love this

Agree about the personalized glasses. Pick the glass that goes with their fave drink and get it engraved with their name as minimum.
Always gone down well when I've given them

If they are a cocktail drinker, get a pack of various cocktail adornments and dried fruit slices. With or without the appropriate glass.

What I would love is wine, better than the ones I normally buy at around the £8 mark and small batch chocolate, happy with any chocolate tbh, but I do like to try exclusive ones.