For the person who already has everything.
“They have everything” is rarely true. What is usually true is narrower and more annoying: they buy whatever they want the moment they want it, so by the time a birthday comes round there is no gap left for you to fill.
Which means the usual approach — work out what they need, buy it — cannot work. You are not going to out-shop someone on their own preferences. The move is to give them something they would never have thought to buy.
Why consumables beat objects here
Someone who buys freely already has a house full of things, and another permanent object is a small burden: it needs somewhere to live, and it cannot be thrown out without guilt for about five years.
Something that gets used up carries none of that. It is enjoyed, it runs out, and nobody has to feel anything about it. That is the whole reason good chocolate and decent whisky survive as gifts long after every other category is exhausted — and the reason the gift you give someone who has everything should probably disappear.
What to look for instead
Something slightly ridiculous. People with means buy sensible things for themselves. They almost never buy the absurd one. That is the gap, and it is reliable.
Something they will be asked about. A gift that visitors comment on keeps paying out long after the day itself, which is worth more than an object that quietly matches the taste they already have.
Something with a story attached. Where it was made and by whom gives them an answer when they are asked, and that is half the pleasure of owning an odd thing.
Not another candle. They have the candle. They have several.
Where a sculpted soap bar lands
It is consumable, so it does not add to the pile. It is unmistakably not something they would have bought themselves. It lives in a bathroom, which is exactly where guests meet it unprepared. And it is hand-poured in small batches in Redmond, Washington, which gives them the answer to “where on earth did you get that.”
It is a real bar of goat milk soap rather than a display piece, so it does get used. Check the ingredients if the recipient is particular about what goes on their skin — and note that it is not vegan.
The practical bits
$23.99 a bar, free US shipping over $40, and roughly two weeks door to door once you account for pouring and transit. The gift guide has the full detail, and LeSoap is in stock now.