While it’s true that the best of friends will never seek anything more from you than just your companionship, you can’t go wrong with splurging a little on them. Here is a list of six of the most perfect luxurious gifts you could get your close friends.
Home Cooking, Simplified
The perfect gift for the health fanatic or aspiring cook, the Brava was created to empower everyone to eat healthier, give back time, and bring joy and confidence back to the kitchen. Brava is a great cooking solution that will quickly become a go-to for stress-free and consistently great tasting food. Brava pairs revolutionary Cooking with Light technology with a chef-powered service to bring out the best of the ingredients. The device requires no preheating and can cook up to three ingredients at different temperatures at any given time, making cooking at home easier, faster, and tastier than ever before.
Price: USD 1,495 (OMR 576)
Stylish and Soft
The perfect gift for a fashionista, this supple variation of an icon, the Antigona handbag from the House of Givenchy, is designed to accentuate the mood of relaxed elegance that permeates the Fall 2020 ready-to-wear collections by Artistic Director Clare Waight Keller. The Antigona Soft is a supple iteration in smooth calfskin that retains the signature geometry and distinctive triangle patch of its elder sibling while offering a serene, nonchalant counterpoint to the sleek, architectural construction of the original Antigona.
Price: From EUR 1,450 (OMR 657)
Mind Bending Visuals
The perfect gift for that gamer or tech-savvy friend, Samsung’s latest Odyssey G9 monitor is an absolute beast, one that we are sure they will absolutely love. The 49-inch G9 is the world’s first Dual Quad High-Definition (DQHD; 5120×1440 resolution) gaming monitor that offers an industry-first, deep and immersive 1000R curvature. It also delivers a rapid 1ms response time with a 240Hz refresh rate and crystal clear QLED picture quality. The Odyssey G9 is also the first monitor certified to support HRD10+, enabling it to deliver games and content in groundbreaking quality. It is also NVIDIA G-SYNC compatible.
Price: Approx. USD 1,700 (OMR 655)
Hand-Crafted Essences
The perfect gift for any collector of fine scents, the Royal Cabinet can be filled with either 28 or 45 crystal flacons containing 15ml of essence from the heart of the Henry Jacques collection: its fifty ‘Les Classiques’. In crafting the Royal Cabinet, several art forms intertwine with French expertise. The Perfumier and Malletier work hand-in-hand to create this masterpiece. Materials are of the finest quality; the outer cabinet is made from the finest lamb leather and the inside, filled with magnificent velvet. The Royal Cabinet is quite literally a work of art that encapsulates Henry Jacques’ craftsmanship and commitment to excellence not only in the olfactory sense but the visual.
Price: AED 65,040 (OMR 6,816) and AED 74,325 (OMR 7,790) for 28 pieces and 45 pieces respectively
Horological Masterpiece
The ultimate gift for any knowledgeable and discerning collectors of horological masterpieces is one of the coveted grand complications from Patek Philippe, especially one of its exquisite timepieces with tourbillons. The latest of these is the breathtaking Ref. 5303R-001 Minute Repeater. This new complication for enthusiasts of repeater timepieces stands out with its open architecture without a conventional dial. The repeater mechanism – for the first time with the hammers and gongs – can be admired in action without removing the watch from the wrist. This unique timepiece is a testament to the brand’s artistry, elegance, and manual finissage, complemented with the unique sound that is typical of Patek Philippe repeater timepieces. Price: Approx. CHF 600,000 (OMR 252,642)
Audio Heaven
When only the best turntable will do for your audiophile friend, the Rega Planar 10 is the one you want. The Planar 10 turntable itself is made of exotic materials, carefully selected to reduce mass and improve rigidity throughout the design. It also features the new RB3000 tonearm fitted with an improved, low mass, precision bias housing. Perfectly complementing the Planar 10 is the new Apheta 3 cartridge, which was developed alongside the Planar 10 and uses Rega’s most advanced “Fine Line” diamond profile. Together, the Rega Planar 10 with an Apheta 3 MC cartridge easily sets new accuracy standards in retrieving information from the record groove, making this a truly ‘state of the art’ player.
Price: Approx. GBP 4,499 (OMR 2,268)