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Top Ten Perfume Gifts for Mother's Day

Give Mom the Gift of Fragrance on May 8th 2011

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What Mom doesn’t love to smell pretty? Treat her this Mother's Day - that's May 8, 2011 - with one of these beautiful fragrances.

Prada Infusion de Rose Perfume for Women by Prada

Prada Infusion de Rose Perfume for Women by PradaGoogle Images

Mom will love this sophisticated and modern take on a classic scent. Prada's gorgeously unique floral composition mingles varietal roses with mandarin, peppermint and beeswax, evoking fresh rose petals smothered in honey. Yum.

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Reveal Perfume for Women by Halle Berry

Reveal Perfume for Women by Halle BerryGoogle Images

Mom Halle Berry's third fragrance is a fresh chypre-floral with seductive undertones. Juicy red and orange fruits mingle with airy florals, over a sultry base of vetiver, woods and skin musk. A soft, fresh scent that's great for everyday wear.

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Cool Water Woman Perfume for Women by Davidoff

Cool Water Woman Perfume for Women by DavidoffGoogle Images

Refreshing and youthfully sweet, this iconic oceanic-floral scent melds top notes of ozone and water lily with tropical fruits and berries. The effect is sparkling and bright. The water-drop shaped bottle will look pretty on mom's vanity, too.

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O de l’Orangerie Perfume for Women by Lancome

O de l’Orangerie Perfume for Women by LancomeGoogle Images

Launched this spring, Lancome's fabulous update on their classic "O" fragrance evokes a walk through an orange grove. Zesty and intoxicating, the update blends orange blossom with white flowers over a cedar-and-benzoin base, for a soft and sophisticated version of the ubiquitous springtime fruity-floral.

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No. 5 Perfume for Women by Chanel

No. 5 Perfume for Women by ChanelGoogle Images

When it comes to gifts for mom, you can't go wrong with a classic. The world's most iconic fragrance is an elegant blend of luxurious florals and warm base notes, including ylang-ylang, rose, iris, neroli and vanilla. She'll know you spent a bundle on it, too.

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Toujours Glamour by Moschino for Women

Toujours Glamour by Moschino for WomenGoogle Images

Gift your mom with a fragrance that celebrates her glamorous side. Moschino's perfume is a captivating mix of red currant, green violet leaves, white flowers and bitter almond, layered atop a sex-bomb base of heliotrope, benzoin and musk.

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I Love Carrots Perfume for Women by Honore de Pres

I Love Carrots Perfume for Women by Honore de PresGoogle Images

Organic-minded moms will appreciate this natural fragrance from Honore de Pres. Crisp and fresh, the perfume is redolent of carrot peelings, with undertones of other root vegetables and citrus zest. An inspired choice of gift for the woman who told you to eat your veggies.

Cashmere Mist Perfume for Women by Donna Karan

Cashmere Mist Perfume for Women by Donna KaranGoogle Images

As a busy mom herself, Donna Karan is expert at creating fragrances that are wearable for work and play. Cashmere Mist is one of her best, a powdery chypre-floral scent blend built on jasmine, sandalwood and vanilla notes, that mom can wear to the office or after hours.

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Lovely Perfume for Women by Sarah Jessica Parker

Lovely Perfume for Women by Sarah Jessica ParkerGoogle Images

SJP's first-ever fragrance from 2005 is more Sarah Jessica than Carrie Bradshaw. While it nods to the actress' Sex and the City character with apple martini in the middle notes, the overall effect is one of understated elegance, achieved by floating sheer florals over a woodsy base accord.

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Happy Perfume for Women by Clinique

Happy Perfume for Women by CliniqueGoogle Images

Mom will love this best-selling fragrance from Clinique, which truly smells like happiness in a bottle. Vibrant and fresh, this sparkling scent opens with a burst of citrus fruits, and softens over wear into a feminine floral accord. A refreshing scent for mom this Mother's Day.

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