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Ladies First

She’s the love of your life. Your girl of the moment. Your one-night stand. Whatever the case, if you’re hoping for any kind of future at all, you’ll need to make good with the holiday gift.

The Wife
She deserves something glam for picking up your socks, so fetch her a sparkly new Marc Jacobs watch — preferably the diamond-encrusted steel number with the black grosgrain strap (81 Newbury Street; 617-425-0707). Saving up for a house? Snag a bottle of locally made Westport Rivers 2001 CuvĂ©e RJR and you’ll earn high marks for fabulousness, at a fabulously humble price.

in flight!The Girlfriend (of More than One Year)
Prove you think she deserves to hang with the globe’s most beautiful people and book a weekend at the ever posh, utterly sleek 101 Hotel in Reykjavik. (Quit whining: It’s only a five-hour flight.) Hide the plane tickets in a gorgeously wrapped in-flight kit by Fresh (121 Newbury Street; 617-421-1212).

The Girlfriend (of Less than One Year)
Your love life is on fire — literally. So fork over a Nars Shangri-La candle, infused with sultry, seasonal scents like rose, clove, nutmeg, basil, jasmine, and black tea.

booty call!The Booty Call
If she’s going to do the walk of shame, she deserves a killer bag to stash her undies in. M. Flynn’s Buzios tote is just the thing, in pretty canvas trimmed in snazzy leather. (It doubles as a sweet laptop bag — not that you care how she spends her days.)

The Stalkee
Of course, we don’t advocate stalking, silly. But if you’re going to do it, do it right with a package of all-natural body products — passion fruit creams and washes by Alba, cinnamon/ylang-ylang bath foam by Aura Cacia (Whole Foods, 15 Washington Street, Brighton; 617-738-8187). She’ll smell nice when she walks by — totally oblivious to you.


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