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 ...

Atomizers are bottles with flexible stoppers that pump air into a liquid in order to create a mist. An atomizer reduces liquid to fine droplets and delivers it as an airborn spray. Many, especially ...

Today’s collectors are considering and collecting vintage perfumes, both nationally and internationally. While the scents are alluring, the design of the perfume bottles are what attracts one to a ...

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 ...

Porcelain dolls, gilded mirrors, perfume bottles, and vintage dresses line the rooms — perfectly preserved but coated in decades of dust. It’s as if time stopped the day she left, leaving behind an ...

No doubt you’re familiar with food and wine pairings. At Seattle’s Hotel Vintage (downtown, 1100 Fifth Ave.; 206.624.8000; hotelvintage-seattle.com), you can now experience wine and perfume pairings.

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Fragrance Focus: Niche fragrances (typically created by independent perfumers, as ...

Perfume is always a popular Mother’s Day gift. It combines luxury and sentiment — the sense of smell is closely linked to emotion and memory — and lasts much longer than a bouquet of flowers. Perfume ...

Barbara Herman’s blog Yesterday’s Perfume recently featured a series of posts about the “odorifics” machine from Harold and Maude. “Maude gives Harold a face-mask attached to a tube that runs from the ...