Delight all senses this Valentine’s Day

Love is experienced through all five senses – sight, smell, touch, sound and taste. If you’re stumped for ideas to spoil your loved one this year, fall back on one of the senses to spark your imagination, or better yet – an interesting gift hamper that offers something for all five senses. For that, here is your ultimate Valentine’s Day gift guide.

Your ultimate sensory Valentine’s Day gift guide 2023

Sight

Something visible to the naked eye is the easiest of all five sense-related gifts. You can be literal about your selection or add a specific and unique spin to your gift. Think along the lines of:

• A framed picture
• House plant 
• Blue Light Blocking Glasses

However valuable the sense of sight may be, the demands of modern life necessitate a near-constant engagement with electronic displays that strain our eyes – making these blue light-blocking glasses the perfect gift for sight.

Smell

There is no denying that the power of smell can transport you to another place and time with the slightest whiff of a nostalgic scent. Create a new memory to be taken back to by gifting your loved one with something to capture his (or her) sense of smell. Your special someone would appreciate a:

• Scented candle
• Essential Oil Air Diffuser
• Fragrance

Playgirl VIP Paris EDT would make a lovely gift for the lady in your life. It has sweet and refreshing notes of almond, and bergamot is a scent befitting the world’s romance capital. Playboy VIP New York EDT is an excellent gift for the man in your life. Its top notes of lemon and cardamom harness the power of attraction.

Touch

Touch is the most tangible and sensitive of humans’ five senses. Explore textures for this gift, or buy your loved one something to nurture the hands with gifts such as:

• Gown
• Manicure/Pedicure Gift Voucher
• Pottery Classes

Channel your inner Patrick and Demi by booking a couples pottery class. It’s an opportunity for you to do something new and creative together. This reflective, artistic endeavour might help you unwind and clear your mind of outer concerns.

Sound

Love is translated through sound and music. This is why the gift of sound is both romantic and practical. 

• Headphones
• Waterproof speakers
• A digital mixtape

“If music is the food of love, play on.” – William Shakespeare

Create a special playlist with all of your favourite music. Songs from when you first met, when you ate takeaways in the back of the car or when you first said ‘I love you.”

Taste

Taste gift ideas are unquestionably the simplest of the five sense categories as it comprises everyone’s favourite thing – food! 

• A cooking class
• Cheese making kit
• Chocolate

The OG of Valentine’s gifts! You truly can’t go wrong with chocolate!

There’s no doubt that the language of love is complex and nuanced, so take the chance this Valentine’s Day to appeal to every one of the senses.

Consider selecting several gifts that uniquely express your affection for the particular person in your life rather than spending hours attempting to find the one ideal present. You can excite each of your love’s five senses with small gifts or larger indulgent ones through this unique gift-giving experience.