Fragrances

Still uncertain about your purchase? Most perfume counters and stores also offer gift certificates. And they will make a sample vial of the purchased scent so the recipient can road-test the perfume before opening the bottle. (Stores usually allow...

Brent Leonesio of West Hollywood became a perfumisto at age 12 when his mother bought him a bottle of Hermes' Eau D'Orange Vert. He was astonished at how the perfumer had captured the scent of a real orange. But it wasn't until he was an adult and in the...

Allure magazine and Beautybar.com just made it possible to peruse and try your favorite products, without the fear of getting showered with a heady perfume by the woman trailing you at the cosmetics counter. In fact, much like most of......

Editor's note: While Patrick Caneday takes some time off, we’re running some of his choices for re-publication. This column was first published May 15, 2010. Each Saturday morning I open the local newspaper and am shocked to see my scraggly,...

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Mary J. Blige is on a roll. Hot on the heels of her first fragrance My Life — which debuted in 2010 to be the most successful scent launch on The Home Shopping Network and won two of the perfume industry's FiFi awards — the singer follows up...

The following items were taken from Schaumburg police records on Nov. 23. Theft A 19-year-old Arlington Heights man was arrested at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 …...

Jennifer Aniston looks classic and cool in Harper's Bazaar in September, done up as Barbra Streisand circa 1960-something in a photo spread wearing things such as a Derek Lam jersey dress, Harry Winston drop earrings and a short sleek 'do......

Are there multiple shampoos in your shower caddy? Old face creams gathering dust in your cabinet? Have you been accused of having a bathroom that looks like a Sephora store? Most important, does any of this make you a "cosmoholic"? Yes, there is such a...

The movie based on Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, "Eat, Pray, Love," is coming in August. It'll be big -- not only was the book featured on "Oprah" and a longtime bestseller, but the film stars Julia Roberts. And when the movie......

Cozumel, the island that the Mayans considered their Eden from where they believed they came to populate the continent, like bees from a hive, is located near Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It's tiny, approximately 10 miles wide and 30 miles long-but like...

Here's what's happening at Bloomingdale's Orlando on Saturday, just in time for Mother's Day: FRAGRANCE FAIR , in the cosmetics department, first floor, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. With any fragrance purchase on Saturday, get your new bottle hand-painted by...