Every year, holiday shopping seems to start earlier. Case in point: Nordstrom's Early Black Friday Sale is already here, a whole three weeks before the actual day. We used to shop Black Friday to get a head start on holiday gifts , and now we’re getting a head start on Black Friday itself. Hey, I’m not complaining. I’m Siena, Marie Claire’s Beauty Editor, and I happen to be a sucker for a good deal. While I’m always hunting down skincare and makeup markdowns — glowing skin is part of the gig, after all—fragrance is where I really get excited. Unfortunately, I also have very expensive taste in perfume (and please, don’t get me started on my laundry detergents and candles ).

Nordstrom must have read the minds of my fellow scent obsessives because the fragrance selection is particularly good. And I don't say that lightly. We're talking 15 percent off Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Parfums de Marly, Frédéric Malle, and other names that rarely make it into the sale section.…