Men are hard to shop for for a variety of reasons. Most of the men that I know are difficult because if they want something, they’ll just buy it for themselves anyway, and that leaves few gifts to purchase when the holidays roll around.

As far as I can tell, the best way to handle men like that is to go off script. Don’t get them something that they’d buy themselves – get something that they’d never think to buy. Pamper them a little bit.

For most men, high-end shaving products fall squarely into the category of what they might have never thought about. In fact, I bet a lot of them don’t even know they exist. For those guys, try something from the Acqua di Parma Collezione Barbiere.

The products are ultra luxurious and it might help him make the boring chore of shaving just a bit more enjoyable.

Neiman Marcus, $40-$73.