Best Lancôme gift sets

Top pick: the Lancôme Holiday Beauty Box — the classic holiday set, with 7 full-size products plus 4 travel sizes in a cherry velvet vanity. It's the one gift that covers skincare and makeup in one box, and it's the set most people mean when they ask for a Lancôme gift.

Who the others suit:

• Absolue Longevity MD set — for someone who already loves premium skincare and wants a rose-scented, all-skin-types routine.
• Best of Lancôme mini fragrance set — a low-risk way to give fragrance: four minis to try, no full bottle commitment.
• La Vie est Belle or Idôle gift set — for a confirmed fan of that scent; the Idôle set pairs the perfume with a body lotion.
• Monsieur Big & Le Crayon Khôl set — for a mascara-and-liner person who wants the everyday essentials.
• Miracle 5-piece — a small, purse-friendly sampler.

If you know their scent preference, the fragrance sets are the safer gift; if not, the Beauty Box is.