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As summer weekends in the Hamptons and the Catskills, on the Vineyard or the Cape, and everywhere in-between begin their sunny swing, the annual hostess-gift conundrum arises. Sure to please every time—and as appropriate for a best friend as a new friend: the boutiquey guest soap. Useful, luxurious, always in a pretty package, and not bank-breaking to boot, here is _Vogue’_s list for the quintessential gift of gratitude, for every possible personality:
For the Garden-Obsessed, **Mistral’**s petite triple-milled soaps look like artisanal chocolates in their rustic wooden box printed with the Provençal flowers that inspired them. $20; Mistralsoap.com.
Haute Hippie Boho types are sure to love **Panpuri’**s organic cream soaps, made in Thailand with crisp, summer-friendly scents like Mint and Wild Lime Ginger, and packaged in ornate boxes that bear keeping. $16 each; Panpuri.com.
The hand-crafted, olive oil–based soaps, individually wrapped in charming, ink-stamped paper at Saipua, the tiny Brooklyn boutique that doubles as a flower shop, are tailor-made for the old-fashioned Girlie Girl. $8 each; Saipua.com.
**Caswell-Massey’**s 6-Piece Luxury Mini Soap Sampler is a perfect match for Polished Preps and the yachting set, in their crisp, primary-color boxes with classic whipstitch detailing around the border. $40; Caswellmassey.com.
For the Francophile, **L’Occitane’**s chic stack of miniature Honey Lemon Hexagonal soaps smacks of summer in Provence. $7; usa.loccitane.com.
And for the Constant Hostess, for whom every weekend is an event, **Claus Porto’**s (above) classic reigns supreme: rainbows of single-use soap discs, delicately wrapped in skinny, bakery-style boxes, like 15 candy pastilles. $19; lafco.com.