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BN 2015 GIFT GUIDE VOLUME #2: BEAUTIFUL DELIGHTS FOR MIND & BODY NOW

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The BN 2015 Gift Guide is featuring 10 gorgeous gifts for the mind and body today, with spectacular treasures to warm, clean, scent, and adorn someone really special. Check them out below.

1. CHUNKY BLANKET -- OHHIO

We love, love, love this super chunky knitted blanket, by Ohhio. Made from 10 lbs of 100% merino wool, each single stitch is 3” long. The blanket’s overall thickness is a phat 2 inches! Talk about a “heavy blanket!” It makes a perfect gift for someone with whom you might want to cuddle!

Available at Ohhio.

2. CHINESE PEARL BROOCH -- NAOMI SARNA

Award-winning designer Naomi Sarna’s brooch is a pastel dream. It features a delicate peach Chinese freshwater pearl set in 18K yellow gold, surrounded by a confetti of multicolored diamonds and sapphires. You also can find Sarna’s designs on display at the Smithsonian's Permanent Collection of American Gems.

Available at 1st Dibs.

3. BAROQUE BACKPACKS -- KONSTANTIN KOFTA

A Baroque Arxi backpack, designed by Ukrainian designer Konstantin Kofta, is a perfect way to carry things beautifully. Inspired by sculptural 16th century architectural forms and lines, they look like they are made of grey stone, but in fact, are light as a feather.

Available at Konstantin Kofta.

4. PERSIAN TURQUOISE GOLD CUFF BRACELET

This gorgeous rustic Persian turquoise & gold cuff bracelet can rock a formal gown, but it can also look amazing with your most ripped up and ragged jeans. It was made in Italy, circa 1950s, with Persian turquoise cabochons and little white diamonds set in 18k gold.

Available at 1st Dibs.

5. VOULEZ-VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI -- KILIAN

Here’s a beautiful two-fer to give. Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi is a luxurious fragrance, with an intoxicating blend of gardenia and sandalwood, that looks all black and naughty in it’s cleanly lined bottle. It is available now as a set with a drop dead snake-embellished clutch. All by Kilian.

Available at Kilian.

6. JEWELRY -- MAISON AUCLERT JEWELRY

Maison Auclert, founded by gemologist and designer Marc Auclert, is filled with treasures, any one of which would make a stellar gift -- but why stop at just one?

These pieces are all unique, featuring antiquities, collected by Auclert, in modern mountings. Each artifact is preserved intact -- no soldering, gluing, piercing or alteration allowed.

Check out the pair of tri-cylindrical cuff bracelets in 18-karat satin-finished gold, set with rare Mesopotamian Kassite tricylinder-shaped ribbon agate beads from the 2nd millennium B.C.

Or the Roman Motif ring in 18-karat pink gold and nielloed silver, set with a late Roman gold and garnet motif, from the 3rd-4th century, edged in rubies.

Available at Maison Auclert.

7. SUN OF GAIA COLLECTION -- THE HOUSE OF LALIQUE

The House of Lalique & Al Fardan Jewellery partnered to create a new fine jewelry collection, called Sun of Gaia, inspired by myths and nature.

Check out the Gaia ring, made with yellow gold, opal triplets, hematites, diamonds, spinels, and mother-of-pearl.

Available at The House of Lalique.

8. BLACK PEARL BRACELET WITH TIGER HEADS

No one will mind if you regift them with this magnificent bracelet! We are confident. It was originally given to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,

The black pearl bracelet clasp features with adjoining tiger heads, detailed with black and yellow Jaipur enamel, accented by foliate motifs in red, white and green enamel, set with table-cut diamonds.

Available at 1st Dibs.

9. FLOWER BANGLE & COROLLA -- SOEUR EMILE

If you’re looking for a sweet stocking stuffer, these bangles and corollas, by Soeur Emile, are a beautiful idea. Made from tiny dried Limonium sinuatum, statice, and gypsophila flowers, they offer the hope of springtime in the dead of winter.

Available at Rakuten.

10. FOLLY SOAPS -- STUDIO PELLE

Beautiful Folly Soaps, designed by Studio PELLE, look like little sculptures. Made in Brooklyn, by Jean and Oliver Pelle. They are all made from natural products, such as sea sponge and activated charcoal.

Available at PELLE.

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IMAGE CREDITS:

Image: Courtesy of Ohhio. Chunky Blanket.
Image: Courtesy of Ohhio. Chunky Blanket.
Image: Courtesy of 1st Dibs. Chinese Pearl Diamond Sapphire Gold First Wave Brooch, by Naomi Sarna.
Image: Courtesy of Konstantin Kofta. Arxi Backpack.
Image: Courtesy of 1st Dibs. Brutalist Persian Turquoise Gold Cuff Bracelet.
Image: Courtesy of Kilian. Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi Fragrance and Snake-Embellished Clutch
Image: Courtesy of Maison Auclert. Roman Motif ring. 18-karat Pink Gold and nielloed Silver set with a late Roman gold and Garnet motif with a delicate granulation pattern, 3rd-4th century, further enhanced by Rubies.
Image: Courtesy of Maison Auclert. Pair of Tri-Cylindrical cuff bracelets. 18-karat satin-finished Gold, set with rare tricylinder-shaped ribbon Agate beads, Mesopotamian Kassite art, 2nd millennium B.C.
Image: Courtesy of The House of Lalique. Gaia ring. Yellow Gold, Opal triplets, Hematites, Diamonds, spinels, Mother-of-pearl, Lacquer.
Image: Courtesy of 1st Dibs. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Tigers' Heads Bracelet.
Image: by Junko Yokoyama. Flower Bangle & Corolla, by Soeur Emile.
Image: Courtesy of PELLE. Gift Set of Folly Soaps + Cast Moon Dish.
Image: Courtesy of PELLE. Folly: Grey, Black and Pink Dome soaps.
Image: Courtesy of Maison Auclert. Apollo Intaglio ring in 18-karat gold set with a 17th-century Cornelian intaglio.
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Image: Courtesy of Konstantin Kofta. Arxi Backpack.