Tom Ford Neroli Portofino Body Scrub

Where are you holidaying? Capri?  Crete?  Cornwall?

Even if you're not going away, this to us is a vacation-in-a-jar.  Tom Ford Neroli Portofino is just about the most exquisite orange blossom eau de Cologne-style fragrance we've ever spritzed (also available as a new Eau Fraiche Body Splash) - and this is our favourite way to enjoy it.

It's brilliantly body-buffing, nourishing skin with a blend of grapeseed oil, olive fruit oil and date seed extract, so that you don't really need to moisturise afterwards.  And for hours, you get wafts of the heavenly Tunisian neroli, Sicilian lemon, mandarin, bergamot and rosemary scent.  (Which also has a teensy undertone of warming amber, to soften the zestiness.)

We concede that the whacking great jar is almost as expensive as an Easyjet flight to Italy - but this sublime scrub is definitely on our 'Dear Birthday Fairy' list...

UK readers find Tom Ford Neroli Portofino Body Scrub at www.johnlewis.com/£50 for 200 ml - just click here US readers find it at www.niemanmarcus.com/$80 for 6.7 oz - click here