Father’s Day is simply across the nook (Sunday June 18th, to avoid wasting you having to Google!) and this 12 months Boots are celebrating all of the various kinds of dads and father figures with their Love for All Dads marketing campaign.
They’ve an enormous choice of Father’s Day Gifts accessible on-line at boots.com and to indicate you a few of the big selection (and offer you a little bit of gifting inspo) I believed that I’d select presents for a few of the most well-known fathers the world has ever recognized:
Father Time, The Godfather and… Father Christmas.
Don’t say I by no means provide you with something. Right here goes.
Father Time
I’ll admit I knew little or no about Father Time; I needed to do some in-depth analysis on him earlier than deciding on an applicable present. I learn that he was usually depicted as an aged bearded man and in order that did throw up a little bit of a quandary: who would respect a beard-trimmer extra? Christmas or Time? Then I came upon that Father Time generally had wings and I believed that maybe one thing to easy his feathers may be a great shout; he additionally carries a scythe – bit delinquent – and so I puzzled whether or not a little bit of vibrant hair dye, possibly pink, would possibly make him look much less menacing and a bit extra approachable.
However no. I didn’t need to get too carried away along with his Father’s Day current and select one thing he’d then should return. Even when he does have the entire time on the earth, he doesn’t need to waste it traipsing backwards and forwards to the submit workplace with the entire undesirable issues I’ve gifted him. The packets of pink hair dye or – and this was my different thought – the cross-body bag during which to securely carry the hourglass and clock he has to cart about with him – must be relegated to the rejects pile.
In the long run I picked out one thing I knew he’d respect – anybody who’s been alive for greater than twenty years would welcome this onto their rest room shelf and he’s been alive for, nicely, eternally. It’s No7 Men Protect and Perfect Advanced Serumdesigned to focus on deep strains and wrinkles. No7 serums are famend for delivering anti-ageing outcomes and this one isn’t any completely different. Slides on rapidly and simply beneath any moisturiser or sunscreen, it’s the final word no-fuss big-results addition to any skincare routine. In the event you can persuade him to have one… it’s £24.95 at Boots.
The Godfather
Do you know that Boots have an entire choice of actions and experiences to purchase as items? All the pieces from supercar driving to aeroplane classes, helicopter rides to clay pigeon capturing. No person of their proper thoughts would belief Don Corleone with an precise gun, so Clay Pigeon capturing was out, however I believed that maybe Paintballing can be an acceptable (and protected) different. The Godfather and three of his pals can select a handy paintballing location after which hearth at one another to their hearts’ content material, realizing that they’re not going to start out a New York mob battle.
I feel that there’s an expertise present for nearly each kind of father, on the Boots web site. It’s an absolute superstore of actions. So you can be good, and get one thing that the recipient will really like (a soothing afternoon tea, maybe, if that’s their jam), or you can actually sew them up and purchase them an expertise match for under probably the most excessive adrenaline junkie. The selection is yours.
Paintballing for four is £20 at Boots.com
Father Christmas
I don’t suppose anybody would have purchased Father Christmas a beard trimmer earlier than. It’s a bit presumptuous, isn’t it? Everyone knows he likes to maintain it lengthy and fluffy over the vacation interval. However – aha! What concerning the instances in-between? Do you actually suppose he needs to cart round that monstrosity one year a 12 months?
Step ahead the Philips Series 9000 Prestige Beard Trimmer with Steel Precision Technology and BeardAdapt Sensor. Now look: that is no odd beard trimmer. It’s just like the Rolls Royce of beard trimmers. Modern, steel-bodied, expensively weighty within the hand. Simply sliding it from its carry case is a sensorial expertise, actually gratifying, even for me and I don’t have a beard. A lot.
That is what Santa wants from December twenty sixth till the Autumn. To trim all of it off. He’ll discover that his beard, come the next Christmas, can be much more shapely and fluffy because of his annual shearing.
However this isn’t a trimmer reserved completely for Father Christmas: mere mortals may additionally witness the fashionable prowess of the 9000 Status. It’s £109.99 at Boots – one for the entire boys who’ve been very, superb.
(And when you’re on the lookout for one thing apart from a shaver, this Gifts for Him web page has all of the choices in a single place, from skincare to aftershaves and extra.)
In order that’s the three most well-known fathers catered for. However what about the entire different dads? The place to start out?
Effectively truthfully, I’ve exhausted myself with all of this pondering however I’ll provide you with a bonus advice for the entire fashionable fathers on the market: Gucci Responsible Pour Homme. Particularly the Fragrance.
The Parfum is so glossy and horny. The bottle is a little bit of a showstopper – it has a particular “if Batman wore scent” vibe – and the perfume itself is heat, woody and manageably unique. It’s a crowd-pleaser however in a massively refined manner – and who doesn’t need one thing a bit luxurious and trendy from the Home of Gucci? Daddy, Daddy Cool.
Gucci Guilty Pour Homme Perfume is £83.30 at Boots.
And when you’re nonetheless caught for concepts then try this Gifts for Dad information for extra inspiration.
Costs are right at time of writing and whereas shares final.
Proper, I’m going to cease there. There’s an actual threat that a few of my present concepts would possibly backfire on me. I need to state this proper now: I can’t be held completely accountable if Santa turns up clean-shaven for Christmas 2023…
Picture credit Boots and Unsplash
