Next up, Michael George, best known for working with designers (Vera Wang, Rachael Roy, Michael Kors) and persnickety editors. A staffer named Ming recommended a simple, elegant armful of long-stemmed tulips, which she said would make me seem more “unconventional, funky, untraditional” than the typical Valentine’s Day buyer. The bouquet ($200) was exquisite, with a dozen still-closed bulbs snaking sexily out of a tall cylinder vase. If I weren’t supposed to be shopping for my wife—and I weren’t a 100 percent macho guy—I might have bought them for myself. 701 First Ave., at 41st St.; 212-883-0304.