In the spirit of giving, Su Aziz lists out a few limited edition products available in retail stores only during this holiday season to ease your Christmas shopping. Well, perhaps even for you to indulge and pamper yourself with!

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Almost blinding in their sparkling magnificence, the crystal ornaments and jewellery producer has a range of dainty and petite Christmas ornaments from their Annual Edition 2012 from RM320. Ranging from clear crystal snowflakes, hearts to stars, these are tree ornaments that will keep for generations to come and will never go out of fashion. There are also table ornaments such as green Christmas tree and blood red poinsettia for a small but meaningful gift from RM250 each. To knock the socks off a loved one, nostalgic pieces such as Santa’s sleigh or the Christmas Tree Shining Star from RM525 to RM1,750 might do the trick! Have a look at them at the Swarovski boutique in Gurney Plaza. (www.swarovski.com)

InnerScent Perfume

Care a Little, Give a Little
Before you think this is just another bottle and it’s just another scent, think again. The difference here is, each of the perfume bottle from InnerScent Perfume is hand-painted by a person with special needs. Furthermore, part of the proceeds from the sale will go to charitable organisations that assist these very people. For Christmas, they’ve got jaunty bottles painted with very loved, familiar icons of the Yuletide festivities such as reindeers, stockings and the gingerbread man. It is RM69.90 per 55ml of EDT bottle. And the fragrances are gentle, alluring and delectably lingering. For Christmas, there are cheerful RM55.90 gift boxes inclusive of body lotion and perfume. Right now, they have a booth at the foyer of Straits Quay but they are also at the lower ground floor of 1st Avenue Mall and first floor of Queensbay Mall. (+604 228 1829/ www.agift.my)

Christmas notebooks from Hitobooks

Made to Order
It may seem redundant to give a person a notebook to pencil their thoughts in these days, what with the convenient technology on hand but Hitobooks will help change that perception with their custom made notebooks, sketchbooks and even table calendars. Tasteful, high quality and bespoke, a little pocket notebook with spiral binding is merely RM12 while a table calendar starts from RM80 and a sketchbook is RM39. You may bring along your own graphics, photos and words in a thumb drive and they will have it all done for you within a week. For Christmas, they already have a lovely and elegant range of pocket notebooks but you’re welcome to bring along your funky design to pep-up a gift or two. Right now, they are located on the second floor of Straits Quay mall. (+604 898 2180/ www.facebook.com/pages/Hitobooks)

Creme de Corps Holiday Collection by Kiehl's

A Pop of Colour
This is the fourth year Kiehl’s kept up its philanthropic tradition in support of children causes. This year, their 4th Annual Limited Edition Crème de Corps Holiday Collection is by New York pop artist, Kenny Scharf and the packaging of Kiehl’s soy milk and honey toiletries is of his customised vibrant Globo Mundo. So, at all Kiehl’s outlets including the one in Gurney Plaza, this range comes in promotional packages consisting of two or more body products from RM173 to RM304. They’ll definitely give a pop of colour to any bathroom during the festive season! (+604 228 8911/ www.facebook.com/myKIEHLS)

Moka pots from Full of Beans

Brewing it Right
The coffee place on the second floor of Straits Quay, Full of Beans, normally has delectable roasts wafting out of it and for Christmas, they’ve got something else to whet your (coffee) appetite. There are a pair of limited edition moka pots from Italy are for sale at RM750 each here. Made out of fine bone china, it’s a rarity to find ceramic moka pots and both are beautifully designed and quite imperious in their elegance too. These are meaningful gifts to last generations. (+604 899 0621/ www.facebook.com/FOBSpecialtyCoffee)

Bath sets from The Body Shop

Blissful Baths
Yes, Body Shop’s already known for affordable, wonderfully scented toiletries. In fact, they were one of the first to offer bath products that smell good enough to eat. For this Christmas, they have a limited edition range of ginger sparkle, cranberry joy and vanilla bliss bath product sets from RM55 to RM199. While the cranberry and vanilla are delectably feminine, the ginger one is most suitable for both genders. These products are available at any Body Shop branches in shopping malls in Penang. (+016 226 9978/ www.facebook.com/TheBodyShopMalaysia)

Christmas cookies from Crabtree and Evelyn

Cookies and Kisses
The thing that’s truly lovely from Crabtree and Evelyn is their cookies. And Christmas brings their limited edition range of cookie flavours such as Christmas pudding, shortbread, white chocolate and ginger. Prettily packed it’s RM40 for 185gm. Might be an idea to win your man’s kisses this Christmas with a couple tins of these. If not, there’s a promotional sets of their men’s toiletries consisting of West Indian Lime or Nomad range at RM119. Also, they’d be more than happy to wrap up a Christmas basket for you consisting of five tins of biscuits, two jars of jam, two boxes of tea and Australia sparkling grape juice for RM500. (+604 229 7199/ www.facebook.com/CrabtreeEvelyn.my)

A Scent-ful Christmas Addition
Just in time for Christmas is this specially created fragrance by Joshua Lee. He has summoned all the knowledge he acquired when he studied European fragrances and cosmetics in France, and applied it to creating a unisex scent that best captured the town in which he was born and bred in. Layering the senses with citrus, bergamot, green tea, a touch of rose, hibiscus and a spicy kick of spices such as cardamom and cinnamon softened by sandalwood, musk and patchouli, the fragrance tells a story of George Town’s historical wood-carved panels and buildings and the blue-green sea that surrounds it. At first spritz, the fragrance gives the sharp tang of citrus and ends with lovely bergamot and green tea at the fourth or fifth hour. Well suited for the warm climate, it’s a scent for both men and women at RM88 for a 50ml EDT. The promotional price is valid from Dec 20 till end of April 2013. Besides www.joshleefragrances.com, it will also be available in such places as Jonathan Yun’s gallery on Armenian Street, Park Royal Hotel, Bayview Beach Hotel and Palanquinn Hotel. (+604 229 3579/ www.joshleefragrances.com)