The best perfume gift for your single friend (she's doing just fine, thank you)

You know the friend. She travels when she wants, redecorates on a whim, and has never once asked anyone's permission to treat herself. She isn't waiting for anything, which is exactly why her gift shouldn't be about what's missing. Boyfriend is a gift with a wink and a point: she's great, and she deserves something that smells as good as she lives.

1. The name is a wink she'll get immediately

Boyfriend started with a breakup, and the idea behind it was that the warmth of being close to someone is a feeling anyone can have, with or without a relationship. The brand's belief is that you are the center of your own universe and shouldn't wait for anyone's permission to make yourself a priority. She already lives that way. Now it comes in a bottle.

2. It starts conversations

A good scent gets noticed. One wearer told us that everyone stops her to ask what she's wearing, and that when she says the name, they blush. A gift people ask about keeps giving long after it's unwrapped.

3. There's a scent for every side of her

She isn't one mood, and neither is the lineup:

• Original is for big days and long nights: dark plum, myrrh, and night-blooming jasmine over amber, patchouli, and musk. One of our community members wears it for important presentations, her confidence boost.
• Morning W'oud is the polished everyday scent: pink peppercorn and bergamot, a floral heart of ylang-ylang, magnolia, and iris, and a warm base of tonka bean, musk, and hazelnut.
• Down Under is the sunny one: gardenia, frangipani, white hibiscus, and lily of the valley, with vanilla and amber underneath.

4. The Rollerball Three-way: all the moods, none of the choosing ($100)

Yes, we named it the Three-way. The Boyfriend Rollerball Three-way is three oil-based pulse-point perfumes, one in each Boyfriend scent, in little glass cylinders that fit in a clutch or a desk drawer. She gets a different Boyfriend for every mood and never has to pick a favorite. It's the most fun gift on this list.

5. The Candle Ménage à Trois: for the nights she's staying in ($109)

The same wink, in wax. The Boyfriend Candle Ménage à Trois is a gift set of three candles, one in each Boyfriend scent, so her whole home gets the treatment. It's a gift that says you thought about her space, not just her skin.

Want to go bigger?

The Boyfriend 2-Piece Set ($103) pairs the Original Hand & Body Crème with the Original Eau de Parfum: the same night-blooming jasmine, dark plum, and vanilla woods scent, in a perfume and a daily ritual in one box.

She's not between anything

She's exactly where she wants to be, so give her something that smells like it. Browse our Boyfriend gift sets, or give her a full bottle of Original or the scent that sounds most like her.