All You Need Is Love (and a gift you REALLY like)

Looking to impress? Belle About Town has just what you’re after this Valentine’s Day to really set hearts on fire. Here’s our exclusive Gift Guide for your special someone with impeccable taste…

Chococo Gift Box & Heart – Dorset-based chocolatiers Chococo craft exquisite luxury chocolate gifts with origin chocolate and local, seasonal ingredients (and no additives, preservatives or added sugar!), so they are truly pure and delicious. This Gift Box with chocolate heart is perfect for any fine choc lover and is priced at £20 from the Chococo website.

2. ELEMIS Rose Cleansing Balm – Love your skin this Valentine’s Day by gifting yourself a fragrant new edition of an ELEMIS cult classic. The Pro-Collagen Rose Cleansing Balm combines English Rose Extract and Rosehip Seed Oil to soothe and hydrate skin leaving it smooth and radiant and perfect for a date night this Thursday. Pro-Collagen Rose Cleansing Balm – 105g ­- £43

3. Ultimate Ears Speaker – This cashmere pink waterproof speaker is the perfect gift for a style savvy Valentine who takes music with her wherever she goes. Portable, waterproof yet surprisingly loud, we love this wireless Bluetooth speaker from Ultimate Ears – the WONDERBOOM! It boasts a good 10 hours battery life, comes with a 2-year guarantee and is designed to emit room-filling 360-degree sound in all directions. Buy from John Lewis for £59.99.

4. Pinkster British Gin – Valentine’s Day doesn’t mean everything has to be pink, but this gin is so tasty it has to be included whatever the colour (and just so happens to be pink). £36.00 buy here.

5. His & Hers pillows – Nanu offer a pesonalised pillow service so you can put in your exact requirements and order bespoke His & Her pillows. £35 per pillow from the Nanu website.

6. Hazelnut Chocolate Truffles: A mouth-watering combination of hazelnut and chocolate, these truffles are rich, indulgent and simply delightful. Presented in a traditional clip top tin, this is the way to your Valentine’s stomach, if not heart! £10 from Cartwright & Butler.  

7. Tear Catcher – While flowers, chocolate and champagne are the most well-known romantic gifts on Valentine’s Day, why not invest in something a little more unique, such as a tear-catcher from Chiswick Auctions? According to folklore, ancient tear-catchers, known as Ashkdans in Persian, are believed to have been given to new brides whose husbands were away at war for long periods in the 18^th and 19^th centuries. The deserted spouse would capture her tears in the container and on her husband’s return would measure the amount of tears shed for her partner. The measurement of tears indicated how much they’d missed them and were an expression of their love for their partner. Ancient origins suggest that they were inspired by the biblical book of Psalms where David says of God: “You have kept count of my tossings; put your tears in a bottle.” Estimated to fetch £400-£600, these items won’t be on sale until May, so perhaps an IOU is in order in the meantime…

8. Firefly Love Potion – A quirky little extra to ensure your Valentine’s night goes with a bang! Buy a bottle of this seductively special limited edition blend of juice and botanicals, which comes wrapped in a flirtatious design that we love. With a sensual blend of passion fruit and blueberry spiced up with nature’s naughtiest botanicals like cacao and Angelica (pssst: Mother Nature’s aphrodisiac…), use the intoxicating elixir to get your Valentine in the mood for love. We like it served with strawberries and poured over a good gin! £1.55 per bottle, available in-store exclusively at Harvey Nichols and online from Ocado.

9. Lovers Cleanse – Support your soulmate through a Chris James 12DAYS Cleanse and kickstart your health plans together with this offer for lovers to buy one and get the second half price (£147 total). Support each other at meal times by preparing and sharing delicious recipes from the 12 Day menu guide that comes with your pack. Motivate each other through the more challenging moments!  After all, what is love for anyway if it’s not getting healthy togther?! Offer available until February 14 at the Chris James Mind Body website.

10. Lolita Coupe glass – Funky and intricate designs adorn this range of hand-painted wine and cocktail glasses. Lolita started out in the US in 2004 and her product’s popularity has now spread worldwide. Priced from £18 per glass from Gift Giving All Wrapped Up.

11. Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Flight with Champagne for Two – There’s no better way to appreciate the true beauty and serenity of the English countryside than to slowly glide at a steady 2000 feet across rolling hills and winding landscapes from a hot air balloon. Choose from a selection of handpicked locations dotted around the country – taking off at dawn for awe-inspiring views of the sun as it rises from the East. Sounds magical, right? Well, it’s made all the better with a glass of champagne each to enjoy the picturesque flight even more. Soak up views unparalleled to any other form of flight and toast to a breath-taking day out up in the clouds. £259 from RedLetterDays.

12. Seranata Flowers – nothing says “I love you” quite like a beautifully arranged bouquet of fresh blooms. This Scarlett Pimpernel bouquet from SerenataFlowers.com is the perfect way to tell that special someone just how much they mean to you. Priced at £39.99 including delivery, and hand delivered the next day.

13. Eclat Mon Parfum –   Inspired by centuries of French romance, Oriflame’s Eclat Mon  Parfum is authentically Parisian, containing two of the most  precious and expensive raw materials in perfumery: the rare White Orris flower and the exclusive Boudoir accord from iconic fragrance house DeLaire – a liberty it shares shared only with luxury scents from Chanel and Guerlain before now. RRP £41.00 and available from uk.oriflame.com

14. Great Bearded Expectations – This elegant, and brilliantly named, travel pack for bearded men is a great gift idea. Great Bearded Expectations contains carry-on sizes of all the essential products a man needs to remain well-groomed over the course of a romantic long weekend.  £40 from Murdock London.

15. Solevari Reserve Pinot Noir 2017 – Forget the fizz, this medium-bodied, rich and ripe Pinot Noir is light and elegant and ideal to drink together on a romantic night in. Available online at Virgin Wines for £11.99.