Perfume is one of the most powerful cosmetics around. With just a spritz, it can unlock memories, make us feel glamorous, and even serve as a prelude to romance. There’s also a lovely sense of ritual ...

Women and men have worn perfume for millennia. Excavated burials tell us the Egyptian as well as ancient Chinese wore it, and later the Greeks and Romans. They kept perfumes in some kind of container, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Coco Chanel kept hundreds of perfume bottles on her vanity, many of them empty. When asked why she held ...

A surprisingly well-preserved perfume bottle is providing a rare olfactory window to ancient Rome — and letting in a familiar smell. Chemical analyses of the contents of a 2,000-year-old bottle reveal ...