perfume

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Estée Lauder bought Malone's eponymous perfume brand, Jo Malone London, including the rights to her name, in 1999.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Don eventually remarried and had three more kids, but he held on to a big box of Cynthia’s clothes and other keepsakes, including a lock of hair and bottle of her perfume.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

A member of the public was killed after handling the delivery device, a discarded perfume bottle, triggering the largest Western expulsion in decades of Russian diplomats alleged to be spies.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Toyon brings red berries in winter and white flowers in spring, while California sagebrush and Cleveland sage fill the air with an intoxicating perfume.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Her warm embrace, fragrant of expensive perfume, took me by surprise.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago