Mother’s Day – the one day of the year when we moms know that we’re going to feel as much love and appreciation as possible. And we’ll embrace all of that adoration, even if it means pretending to absolutely love getting a crayoned portrait of the family dog that resembles a half-eaten corn in the cob.
If you’ve left your crayoned artwork in the past, you’re in luck. Here are some winning gift choices, all pretty much guaranteed to make mom smile.
Does chocolate really ever miss the mark with Mom? Doubtful. Especially when it’s a selection like the Spring Botanical Bon Bons ($75 on flamingoestate.com), a limited-edition chocolate box made for Flamingo Estate by Twenty Four Blackbirds in Santa Barbara using certified organic cocoa beans from the Dominican Republic. Expect flavors like honey ganache, rosemary caramel, and lavender blossom. It’s all artfully created in small batches and entirely by hand, with just the kind of love and care Mom gave you all those years. (And yes, you can use that line when you hand them to her!)
She keeps talking big about taking up a new fitness regimen, but it may take something as huge as the national pickleball trend to get her really in the mix. Get her off to a running start with The PCKL Starter Bundle ($64.99 on amazon.com). It comes with two premium pickleball paddles and four crack-proof PCKL Optic pickleball balls. Designed specifically for new players, the paddle has both power and control, thanks to its wide-body design that makes hitting easier — in a sweat-resistant material, no less.
Last year for Christmas you gave her Chanel No. 5. The year before that for her birthday, you handed over Chloé Eau de Perfume. And who can argue with those. Certainly not her — until you surprise her this year with a bottle of Aqua Allegoria Harvest Rosa Rossa ($165 on neimanmarcus.com). In short, this is spring in a bottle — and the most gorgeous fragrance she hasn’t heard of yet. It’s positively blooming with the scent of fresh-picked Bulgarian and Turkish roses, citrus, lychee, and blackcurrant notes. Years from now, she’ll be asking you when you’re going to give her this one again.
If she loves to entertain — and do some discerning snacking along the way — then the Food Lovers’ Charcuterie Bundle ($49.99 on truestoryfoods.com) is your ticket to winning her heart. Created especially for Mom’s Day by a family-owned company, this package includes two packs of prosciutto and Genoa salami, and a pack of Kurobuta (basically the wagyu of pork) uncured bacon. And just to make sure the love comes across — it all comes with a heart-shaped bamboo cutting board.
I can’t recommend Golden Goose’s chic-as-can-be, Italian-made sneakers enough. Their new Running Sole Smoke ($575 on gretta.co) is as comfy as walking, jogging, running — or just chasing after your kids— gets. Their upper suede toe and leather star in cream are balanced by an unapologetically flashy sparkle heel. Go ahead: Try to find her something more rad to give her to put on her feet. You won’t.
