an adjective for someone who has great taste in everything, so she hardly accepts any

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Hi
Consider someone who has a great taste in decorating, buying clothes, etc. Consequently,she/he hardly accepts others buying her/him something. As a result you always have difficulty buying a present for this person. How can we describe this person? I wonder if there's an adjective?

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Hi
Consider someone who has a great taste in decorating, buying clothes, etc. Consequently,she/he hardly accepts others buying her/him something. As a result you always have difficulty buying a present for this person. How can we describe this person? I wonder if there's an adjective?

Thanks a million.

Possibly "fussy".
 

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"Ingracious" comes to mind.
 

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particular? Definition #3 here.
 

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[STRIKE]elaborate[/STRIKE]

Congratulations on achieving 5,000 posts vil:cool:.

Unfortunately, this one is not helpful — elaborate does not have this meaning.

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Welcome back, vil - and I join my congratulations to those of Rover.
 
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