The best gifts for girlfriends that are at the top of her wishlist in 2025

The Sol de Janeiro takeover of birthday wishlists has been swift and absolute.

I'm in the habit of recommending a new Lounge set for each season, so consider this your autumn/winter pick.

Twenty perfect red roses presented with sincerity have worked for a hundred years and will likely work for a hundred more.

Feeling lavish? Buy her a set of eight tumblers so they can spell out ‘I love you’ on the kitchen counter.

A pair of simple but beautiful keepsake earrings that straddle the lines between day and evening, drop and stud.

Another one of Chelsea Peers' powerful dressing gown statements, this fleece robe features a tableau of moons, suns, stars and… zebras.

A Sundae whipped body wash is the stocking filler that everyone wants this year; to see it graduate under the tree as a present “proper”, make it a bundle.

Even though it came out in 2023, Chappell Roan’s The Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess goes toe to toe with Charli XCX’s Brat as the most influential pop album of the year.

Show her you understand that sex is sometimes a solo endeavour with the viral rose-shaped clirotal suction sex toy.

The Mejuri bandwagon is starting to buckle under the weight of enthusiastic customers, and I'm sitting up front with the driver.

An anti-ageing marvel straight out of Ex Machina, Currentbody's super-mega popular LED face mask has had an upgrade.

Cutter & Squidge, of biscuit/cake mash-up biskie fame, also deals in more obvious sweet treats. I am, of course, talking about chocolate.

One of the most-wanted frivolities of this season: a double mirror lipstick case by Guerlain, which should fit most lipstick tubes inside.

The ancient legends of capitalism foretell of one loungewear brand to rule every three to four years. For the period commencing winter 24/25, that brand is White Fox Boutique.

A new frivolity from the Rolls Royce of water bottles.

A miniature oven that roasts, bakes, air fries, grills, reheats and even toasts… all while looking like a perfect dolls house prop.

Loop is partly responsible for the uptick in those wearing ear plugs at gigs and clubs, and now it’s set its sights on its next target: bedrooms.

One of these jumpers is impossible to get wrong as a gift: a sweatshirt for the gym girlies and a knit for the fashion followers.

Samba and Gazelle adjacent, the Adidas Spezial was one of this summer’s shoe obsessions. Bright and pastel colours are still in the mix for winter.

Kindle readers: we guess you're out of luck.

Not content in only creating one of the most popular lip glosses (or “tints” as Rhode calls them), Hailey Bieber’s brand also went ahead and invented one of the most covetable accessories in recent memory.

Ugly? Maybe. But covetable? Absolutely.

As far as celebrity alcohol brands go, Kendall Jenner has one of the best with 818

No more scrabbling around in her makeup bag for a tiny mirror or working out how to travel with a ring light: Beautifect solves both problems while providing a comprehensive place for her to store her cosmetics and tools.

The trio of products responsible for some of the best-looking — and juiciest — lips going: Charlotte Tilbury's makeup is no passing phase or overhyped trend.

Infused with honey and formulated from an old family recipe, Gisou’s hair oils have gotten highly popular among people with long hair they work hard to keep in good condition.

Even if, to you, it seems as though they’re drowning in makeup tools, beauty obsessives could always, always do with more quality brushes.

Everyone’s hair gets thirsty, but if your gf has highlights or bleach in her tresses, she’s in even more need of follicular moisturisation.

An optional but wholly thrilling skincare experience to add to a routine, a facial steamer makes it feel like your bathroom is in fact a very ritzy spa.

Eau Rose, which uses (you guessed it) roses as its classic olfactory muse, is a devastatingly perfect example of a floral scent.

Charlotte Tilbury makes your shopping errands as simple as “Add to Bag” and “Checkout”.

It’s hard out there for haircare brands what with the impossible-to-pronounce but unceasingly popular Ouai topping everyone's wish lists.

The heart ring: a styling stalwart in all sorts of genre and sub-genre. For the vintage, book-loving woman of elegance: this “Electric Love” piece by Rachel Jackson.

Need another candle suggestion? I’ve got you!

Anyone who could qualify for the Instagram or TikTok Olympics ought to know — and revere — the easygoing prints available at (influencer-founded) Djerf Avenue.

Half the price of other designers, Coach's bags have just as much cachet.

I don't like to discriminate between chocolate formats, but if my hand was forced and I had to choose a favourite, it might have to be the molten kind.

Ever been to a forest and thought it could do with more mirror balls? You and Urban Outfitters both. It's like if Alice in Wonderland micro-dosed.

The new hype in stationery-based must-haves? The reading journal.

TikTok's gift guide community is very large, and in it there are myriad women noting that they'd love a fleece or faux fur blanket this year. I like this Urban Outfitters one a great deal.

A sort of naughty alternative to the mature stationery of Smythson.

The iconic North Face Nupste puffer coat, now in inevitable sell-out tote bag form.

Our Condé Nast sister magazine Glamour knows a thing or two about skincare and makeup. Its newly-launched beauty box, then, is a shoo-in for a beauty loving girlfriend.

Wool and the Gang doesn't only provide materials, such as yarns, for experienced knitters. It also helps newbies get started with a series of kits.

TikTok’s underconsumption trend has shown us that we should favour a smattering of unique pieces over a cupboard full of matching bone china crockery.

The opportunity to listen to music without all the messages and emails that come through on the phone she usually stores her tunes.

Percussive massage therapy at home is becoming routine for those who suffer from DOMs — or people who sit curled up like a cooked shrimp while working at their desk.

Do you talk late into the night about all of the adventures you want to have together? Then you, my friend, need to take a look at putting some of that daydreaming to paper.

Calling the newly in love, the still in love and the downright soppy!

A throw pillow straight out of a kitsch daydream, this needlepoint soft furnishing has been imbued with the most enduring lyric from Taylor Swift's album Midnights.

Not much can beat the high of leaving the cinema after having seen an exhilarating new film, and this subscription lets her see them all.

Over 160 years old and still one of the most appealing and original love stories ever put to paper.

Hollywood glamour meets contemporary design in Gilda & Pearl, the women-owned lingerie brand creating smalls for a utopian wardrobe.

For my money, these are the best non-studio headphones available anywhere.

A mattress may be a little extravagant a gesture, but the matching Hybrid pillows are almost as life changing when it comes to sleep hygiene.

There are a bunch of champagne brands that deserve the spike in sales they receive come anniversary season, and Laurent-Perrier is one of them.

Want to graduate to our gift guide for wives? You're going to need two things: a proposal plan and a rock.

Kind on the hair and skin, silk pillowcases are beauty heroes as well as decadent sleep kit. Happily, for you, they also make for excellent gifts.

Nothing to see here… just the Fender Strat of everyone's dreams.

New this year from the luxury fragrance house rumoured to have been a favourite of Queen Elizabeth II and Frank Sinatra: Creed’s sumptuous Queen of Silk.