Screen-Free Luxury Gifts for Fashion and Beauty Lovers

The best screen-free luxury gifts for fashion and beauty lovers are leather stationery, fashion books, scented candles and jewelry boxes from names like Smythson, Trudon and Sophie Bille Brahe. They are things to read, light, store and display rather than plug in. The guide is split into three groups: read, write and play; light and scent; and keep and display.

Quick answers What suits a beauty lover? The candles and incense, which turn a routine into a ritual. What suits a fashion lover? The Sandy Liang and Nadia Lee Cohen and Martin Parr books and the leather stationery. What if they already own a lot? Choose consumables like candles or incense, or storage like the jewelry boxes.

Candles and incense are the safest luxury gift for someone with a full wardrobe, because they get used up rather than stored. Trudon and Astier de Villatte are Paris names known for candles, L'Objet is the statement piece, and the Binu Binu set pairs incense with a holder.

For someone who collects jewelry or likes objects on a shelf, these are the gifts that stay visible. Three are jewelry boxes in velvet or leather, and the black glass candle holder from Completedworks doubles as sculpture on a table.

The leather notebooks and jewelry boxes are the longest-lasting gifts here, and the candles and incense are the most personal to the person's taste, so pick scent carefully. The two books are the most specific to fashion readers and are less obvious gifts than another bag or scarf. The playing card set is the most playful and the least practical. Choose a gift they will touch, light or display daily, not another thing for the closet.