How open are coworkers in German companies

I used to work for a German company in the Middle East and I just found out a male colleague who’s still works there sent a few gifts to the female German colleague who lives in Germany (who visits Dubai on work trips quarterly). Turns out the last gift he sent was makeup and a ‘Realistic toy’, when I confronted him he says it’s not his and someone asked him to send. So my question is, is it normal in Germany to send such a gift between friendly colleagues or did she request specifically what gift she wants as there were some makeup items too which I’m sure he had not a clue about how to choose or buy.