Kevin Peterson spent two years working as an auto industry engineer before he decided owning a bar might be more fun. He ...

Long gone are the days of perfume being synonymous with expensive department store bottles that you rationed and only dared ...

A new book explores the poisonous concoctions in Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries and the science behind how they kill.

PARIS — Perfumer Jean Kerléo, who served as Jean Patou’s in-house perfumer for more than three decades and cofounded of the ...

A new wave of ultra-concentrated fragrances is flooding the luxury market. But what's behind the craving for such intensity?

Uncovering the Secrets of Marie Antoinette's Perfume When you think of Marie Antoinette, what comes to mind? The lavish lifestyle? The tragic story? Her infamous perfume? In this video, we explore the ...

Book bans are getting weirder, targeting cats, dogs and civic-minded grandmas Seeking to ban books like “Bathe the Cat” has less to do with morality than it does with a yearning for control ...

Making wine is a complex endeavor—it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as ...

The 2,000-Year-Old ‘Perfume Garden’ in the Ancient City of Pompeii Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory The small garden now features thousands of roses, violets, cherry trees and vines ...

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The Rizzoli-published book traces Puig’s evolution as a luxury beauty and fashion giant via new and archival photography and ...

Topline The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for parents to broadly object to content in schools that they find objectionable on religious grounds, a ruling that centers on books with LGBTQ ...