Love is in the air, and this close to Valentine’s Day, you can find a treat for your significant other even at grocery and retail stores. If you’re not a destination shopper, you’ll find boxes of candy and cut or potted roses at your neighborhood Foodland or Safeway.
But if you don’t mind searching farther afield for the sake of expressing your love, here are a few places to look:
Jewelry is a timeless gift that promises to endure as long as your love. Tiffany offers gifts ranging from a Paloma Picasso Love and Kisses pendant of X’s and O’s ($175) to Paloma Picasso miniature Loving Heart earrings of 18K rose gold with round brilliant diamonds ($2,700). See them at the stores, 2100 Kalakaua Ave. and Ala Moana Center.
At Tory Burch in Ala Moana and Royal Hawaiian centers, hearts grace the Embellished Continental Wallet ($250) and matching iPhone 6 case ($70) as well as a bird-shaped coin case ($115).
Na Mea Hawaii at Ward Warehouse is offering designer Nake‘u Awai’s “Ai” shirt, meaning “love” in the Japanese and Chinese languages, at $25 each, ranging from sizes medium to 2XL.
Lush Cosmetics at Ala Moana Center is offering a handful of limited-edition products to share in the bath, including Roses All the Way soap, an indulgent treat made with a fresh rose infusion and rose oil, $7.95 for a 3.5-ounce bar. Available at lushusa.com or Ala Moana or Front Street, Lahaina, shops.
Show your love in the home with a “Happily Ever After” pillow by Alexandra Ferguson, $100 at Bloomingdale’s..
In addition to its signature “Bag Bugs” creatures with leather and fur color-block inlays, Fendi is offering a Pompom bag charm in red and pink with gold-finish spring clip and engraved Fendi tag for $600. Fendi stores are at Ala Moana and Royal Hawaii centers.
Wear your heart on your sleeve with Kate Spade’s quilted leather bag with 14K gold-plated hardware, $348 at the Royal Hawaiian Center store.
At Pierre Marcolini a tin containing seven of the chocolatier’s Coeurs Framboise raspberry hearts is $27. Three words: Best. Chocolates. Ever. Look for the shop on the third level of Ala Moana Center’s new Ewa wing.
Lanikai Bath and Body is offering a complimentary lau hala bag and Valentine’s gift tag with any purchase, while supplies last. Consider the Valentine gift trio of 2.2-ounce bottles of lotion and body wash with a 4.5-ounce bar of soap for $16.50. Choose from its line of fragrances: plumeria, orchid vanilla, Tahitian gardenia, pikake, mango coconut, sandalwood or coconut lime verbena. Lanikai Bath and Body is at 600 Kailua Road.
