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

Her makeup is done and her hair is perfect, and she's wearing the vanilla perfume she always wears when she goes out, but never when she's inside the house.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman