perfume

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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

Restaurant terraces sit deserted, while souvenir, watersports and perfume vendors watch for the rare passerby.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

“They started taking things: cosmetics, perfume, headphones,” Imran said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Before, the space had smelled like a summer thunderstorm; now it smelled as if every flower in existence had been distilled into a perfume.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi