Size does MATTER
From a litre of scent to a 7ft teddy and even a giant jammy dodger, super-sized romantic gifts for women for whom...
THEY say Valentine’s Day is for big gestures. And what gesture could be bigger than giving your loved one a supersized gift? From gigantic bottles of perfume to veritable crates of chocolates and towering bottles of bubbly, here we share the gifts to help you go large this Valentine’s. Just be warned, you’ll need an oversized wallet to match . . .
PLUS SIZE PERFUME
Chanel No 5 Parfum Grand Extrait 900ml (£10,691, chanel.com)
DAMIEN hirst bought his girlfriend two outsized 225ml bottles this week — but what was stopping him shelling out on the biggest bottle on the market? At almost a litre of fragrance, compared to a standard 30ml bottle, you’ll never have to refill her favourite scent again.
EVER-FLOWING FIZZ
Moet & Chandon Brut NV Champagne Nebuchadnezzar, 15 litres (£1,929, drinksdirect.com) The biggest bottle size there is, at 15 litres, this nebuchad-nezzar of moet is ten times the size of a magnum and serves more than 100 glasses (the equivalent of 20 standard bottles of bubbles). Well, Valentine’s Day is thirsty work . . .
BOUNTIFUL BOUQUET
Up to 200 red roses (£1,800, wildthings flowers.co.uk)
TO REALLY fill your loved one’s arms with roses, you can buy gigantic bunches of 50, 75, 100 or 200. you may also want to invest in a gigantic vase.
BUMPER BEAR
Dark Brown Teddy Bear, 2m (£198.90, down from £499, big-ted.co.uk)
EVERYONE wants someone to cuddle up to. And sometimes that’s a huge, 7 ft teddy bear in lieu of a lover.
SUPER SWEET
Hotel Chocolat The Signature Cabinet (£180, hotelchocolat.com)
NOTHING could be sweeter than the one you love, except perhaps three drawers, measuring 44.5cm by 25cm, deep-filled with 147 luxury chocolates, weighing in at 1.5kg of cocoa.
MEGA DIAMOND
Sam Saidian yellow diamond ring (£277,600, sothebys.com)
NEVER MIND getting down on one knee, you’ll struggle to get back up again if you propose with this whopper of a ring — 16.1 carats of fancy yellow round brilliant diamond.
HOT STUFF
Adonis Grande candle (£195, meltmynudes.com)
SHOW you hold a candle for them with this weighty wax torso, standing 25cm high, 23cm wide and weighing 4.4kg.
RIVERS OF ROSÉ
AIX Provence 2020 Rosé Wine Nebuchadnezzar 1,500cl (£500, thechampagnecompany.com) your loved one will certainly be in the pink after receiving 15 litres of rosé. hic!
CUTE COOKIE
Giant Jammie ring Biscuit Shaped Chocolate (£18, notonthehighstreet.com)
GET the love of your life’s favourite biscuit supersized in chocolate form. At 15cm across, this Belgian white chocolate treat is one jammy dodger you’ll struggle to dunk in your tea.
GIGANTIC GIN
Silent Pool 9litre gin (£5,000, made to order at silentpooldistillers.com)
PREFER spirits to grape? For £5,000 you can commission a nine litre, hand-painted bottle of Silent Pool for the gin connoisseur in your life — equivalent to a salmanazar of champagne and enough for 180 g&Ts.
SUPERSIZED SLEEP
Manor House Wing at Rosewood London (from £25,000 a night, rosewoodhotels.com)
For a Valentine’s Day you’ll never forget, book in to the UK’s largest hotel suite. A sprawling 6,295sqft with seven bedrooms (you could sleep in a different one each night of the week), it’s also the only hotel suite in the world with its own postcode — not to mention a dedicated butler, chauffeured car and complimentary Fortnum & mason-stocked mini bar.
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