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Kilmarnock home fragrance shop crowned Scotland’s best gift store for third year

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Kilmarnock home fragrance shop crowned Scotland’s best gift store for third year

A Kilmarnock shop has been crowned Scotland’s Gift Store Of The Year for the third year running.

A Scents of Scotland owner Stuart Nairn says the hattrick of wins has left him feeling “ecstatic” after his small family-run business won the title once again.




The award ceremony took place in Peebles where Stuart and his family went along to Barony Castle Hotel to receive the award.

Stuart, 43, said: “This is the third year in a row and we are ecstatic! We were told last year that it was very unusual to win twice in a row, so the fact we’ve won three times is amazing!

“When we started in April 2014, we knew what direction we were headed. We wanted to offer a unique range of great quality and super value gifts and home fragrance products that were inspired by and made in Scotland.

“We started out by visiting contact centres and factories selling our growing range of goodies to the staff and visitors with the aim of launching a website and planned to open a gift shop in the future.

The gift shop owner Stuart Nairn with Provost Jim Todd

“Our wee business quickly went from strength to strength and our website went live in June 2015, quickly attracting lots of new visitors daily so it was time to start thinking about that shop.”

Stuart opened the shop in the heart of Bellfield almost nine years ago on October 3, 2015, and was told it would “never last”.

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