Listed are some of the coolest bath and body products shops around.

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Aedes de Venustas

There just may be as many different smells to experience in Aedes de Venustas as in all of Manhattan. The enchanted, forest-themed space is host to dozens of fragrances for women, men and the...

Alice & Astrid

Reader Suggested: Alice & Astrid's lifestyle boutique stocks unique loungewear and ready-to-wear. Find ideal gifts including scented candles, holistic slippers and jewelery all in the beautiful surroundings...

Bath Sense & More

The flowers growing in the bathtub outside will intrigue you into going inside Bath Sense. Once you do, you'll find yourself in the middle of a fantasyland of bath and body products. Plush...

Body Time

Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential...

Body Time

Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential...

Body Time

Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential...

Body Time

Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential...

Body Time

Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential...

Body Time

Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential...

Dandelion Botanical Company

Has your little one ever asked you, "Mommy, where do high-end bath and body products come from?" We suggest you take them to Dandelion Botanical Company. Their store consists of...

Delineation

Imagine a drug store. Have we lost you yet? Now imagine instead of the aisles and shelves of Pert Plus and Dr. Scholls, there was shelf after shelf of high-end products. This is kind of what...

Doe

Doe is general store, San Francisco style. In what isn't the biggest space in the world they manage to squeeze in clothing for men, women and children, various home accessories, lotions and...

Endo-Exo Apothecary

Endo-Exo is a modern apothecary carrying select brands. Instead of carrying every blush on the market, they pick the ones they think are best for their customers. Instead of carrying every...

Etre

Reader Suggested: An eclectic store that appeals to all wallets, or pocketbooks if you will. It has everything from an $8000 Versace looking desk from the turn of the century to jumbo pick-up stix. Book selection is...

Harvest Bath & Kitchen

On a scale of 0 to Martha Stewart, Harvest Bath & Kitchen gets pretty near a perfect score in its execution of luxurious home lifestyle store. What's advertised on the windows as "A...

Harvest Spa

On a scale of 0 to Martha Stewart, Harvest Spa gets pretty near a perfect score in its execution of luxurious home lifestyle store. What's advertised on the windows as "A Touch of...

Harvest Spa

On a scale of 0 to Martha Stewart, Harvest Spa gets pretty near a perfect score in its execution of luxurious home lifestyle store. What's advertised on the windows as "A Touch of...

Home 101

It's hard to imagine Home 101 holds such an amazing selection of bath products--the store looks no bigger than your average boutique. Yet, the store carries every hard-to-find, niche brand of...

Home Rule

A temple to practical contemporary design, Home Rule is all about replacing your mundane household items with cool, modern versions of the same. Its long, tall shelves are stacked with trashcans,...

Hydra

Several men walking around in a bath and soap store. What is wrong with this picture? Hydra is no average soap monger you see. It tricks you into going in with fantastic displays like buckets full...

Hydra

Several men walking around in a bath and soap store. What is wrong with this picture? Hydra is no average soap monger you see. It tricks you into going in with fantastic displays like buckets full...

Le Pink

Sitting on shelves and stands, tables and trays are le pink, le brown, le green, even le black. Stocking a clever mix of bath and beauty products and candy, Le Pink is a wonder for the senses....

Louis Boston

Louis Boston is what department stores look like in heaven. The decades old high-end clothing retailer is one of the most innovative and interesting large stores you're likely to ever come...

Lucca Great Finds

Yearn for the Old Country? Where your grandfather worked the land, or, where you vacationed for a week last summer? Modeled after the charming gift shops all across Europe, Lucca Great Finds brings...

Matthew Izzo

Matthew Izzo is magazine spread shopping. The store has an uncanny knack for stocking the furniture, accessories and apparel that show up in magazine spreads from New York to LA. Clothing for men...

Miomia

Miomia: because even hipsters need to moisturize. With its bright white shelves and green and orange color scheme the modern apothecary is definitely going for a younger, hipper crowd. The product...

Nancy Boy

90 percent of new skin, hair and body product lines are 99 marketing. They get the same old stuff, put it all in sleek packaging and sell it you for way more than they should. Not so with Nancy...

Palmetto

Palmetto is a store for everything you need to feel and stay beautiful sans someone ambushing you with a perfume or forcing you to buy lipstick when all you wanted was concealer. The amazing staff...

Palmetto

Palmetto is a store for everything you need to feel and stay beautiful sans someone ambushing you with a perfume or forcing you to buy lipstick when all you wanted was concealer. The amazing staff...

Powder Room

If the baby blue and the pink doesn't make it clear enough, Powder Room is indeed a girly haven of cosmetics. The airy boutique leaves widely distributed brands to the department stores and...

Raizy

Sought after cosmetics and bath products, boutique lingerie brands and an in house make-up artist: it doesn't get much more girly than this folks. Raizy is a woman's wonderland. Soft...

Sabia

Lots of bath and body stores woo you with their seductive smells and colorful products, but few have the knowledge and experience to back it up. Sabia is different. Among the intoxicating smells...

The Corner Store

Reader Suggested: Berlin's own try at having something like Colette.

The Soap Kitchen

After we walked into our 47th soap and lotion store, we started to get a little cynical. The smell of vanilla started to make us nauseous and we wondered how many rosemary-lemon-lime lotions the...

Tre Balm

You know that friend, the one that always looks amazing (without a plastic surgeon)? And when you ask her what she's doing she casually mentions water and an un-pronounceable lotion. An avid...

Watson Kennedy Fine Living

What is fine living? To some its a 60-inch plasma TV, to others it's a drop top with 22-inch shoes and for others still it's living everyday as if you're visiting a spa. For this...

Aedes de Venustas

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There just may be as many different smells to experience in Aedes de Venustas as in all of Manhattan. The enchanted, forest-themed space is host to dozens of fragrances for women, men and the home, coming from perfumers around the world. Most of come small European perfumeries, with exotic names American consumers have nary heard. Samples are plentiful in the store, making for some fun browsing.

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Address:
9 Christopher Street
New York NY 10014

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-212-206-8674
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-8 Sat: 1-7

Alice & Astrid

Reader Suggested: Alice & Astrid's lifestyle boutique stocks unique loungewear and ready-to-wear. Find ideal gifts including scented candles, holistic slippers and jewelery all in the beautiful surroundings of our calm and inspiring shop in the heart of London.

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Address:
30 Artesian Road
London
W2 5DD

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 44-(0)20-7985-0888

Bath Sense & More

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The flowers growing in the bathtub outside will intrigue you into going inside Bath Sense. Once you do, you'll find yourself in the middle of a fantasyland of bath and body products. Plush Egyptian cotton towels, olive oil soaps, natural sponges, candles and fine bath oil and salts, fill the space with myriad scents and textures. The selection of the tiny, packed store seems like a...

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Address:
3610A Sacramento Street
San Francisco CA 94118

Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-415-567-2638
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6:30 Sat: 10-6 Sun: Closed

Body Time

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Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential oils were sold as potent perfume or used to custom scent lotions, shampoos and moisturizers. The store still provides this unique service today, but also offers a huge variety of scented and unscented...

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Address:
1942 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley CA 94704

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-510-841-5818
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 11-6

Body Time

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Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential oils were sold as potent perfume or used to custom scent lotions, shampoos and moisturizers. The store still provides this unique service today, but also offers a huge variety of scented and unscented...

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Address:
2509 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley CA 94704

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-510-548-3686
Hours: Mon-Sun: 11-6

Body Time

Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential oils were sold as potent perfume or used to custom scent lotions, shampoos and moisturizers. The store still provides this unique service today, but also offers a huge variety of scented and unscented...

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Address:
2911 College Avenue
Berkeley CA 94705

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-510-845-2101
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6:30 Sun: 11-6

Body Time

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Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential oils were sold as potent perfume or used to custom scent lotions, shampoos and moisturizers. The store still provides this unique service today, but also offers a huge variety of scented and unscented...

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Address:
5521 College Avenue
Oakland CA 94618

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-510-547-4116
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 11-6

Body Time

Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential oils were sold as potent perfume or used to custom scent lotions, shampoos and moisturizers. The store still provides this unique service today, but also offers a huge variety of scented and unscented...

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Address:
611 San Anselmo Avenue
San Anselmo CA 94960

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-415-459-5806
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 11-6

Body Time

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Long before a "bath and body" store was a staple of American Life, Body Time was making and selling its own soaps, oils and lotions. The store began as a perfume shop, where essential oils were sold as potent perfume or used to custom scent lotions, shampoos and moisturizers. The store still provides this unique service today, but also offers a huge variety of scented and unscented...

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Address:
1465 Haight Street
San Francisco CA 94117

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-415-551-1070
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Dandelion Botanical Company

Has your little one ever asked you, "Mommy, where do high-end bath and body products come from?" We suggest you take them to Dandelion Botanical Company. Their store consists of materials that make up the very essence of bath and body products. Lined up in large shelves are jar after jar, bottle after bottle of organic, all-natural herbs, spices, tea leaves and essential oils. You...

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Address:
5424 Ballard Avenue NW Suite 103
Seattle WA 98107

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-206-545-8892 or 1-877-778-4869
Hours: Mon-Sun: 10:30-7

Delineation

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Imagine a drug store. Have we lost you yet? Now imagine instead of the aisles and shelves of Pert Plus and Dr. Scholls, there was shelf after shelf of high-end products. This is kind of what Delineation is like. The cavernous space is stocked with an incredible selection of premium or exclusive or low-run or organic or European or professional hair, skin and body products. If the hair...

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Address:
2409 Yonge Street
Toronto ON M4P 2E7

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-416-484-6922
Hours: Mon: 10-6 Tue-Fri: 10-7 Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Doe

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Doe is general store, San Francisco style. In what isn't the biggest space in the world they manage to squeeze in clothing for men, women and children, various home accessories, lotions and notions, art and even a good bit of jewelry. Clothing is decidedly organic--whether by using nature-inspired prints on the dresses or animal drawings on the tees. The art comes from local artists....

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Address:
629a Haight Street
San Francisco CA 94117

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-415-558-8588
Hours: Mon-Sat: 12-7 Sun: 12-6

Endo-Exo Apothecary

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Endo-Exo is a modern apothecary carrying select brands. Instead of carrying every blush on the market, they pick the ones they think are best for their customers. Instead of carrying every "it" item, they carry items they know will last the test of time. If you're still not sure what to pick, Endo-Exo offers make-up lessons and consultations.

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Address:
2034 North Halstead Street
Chicago IL 60614

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-773-525-0500
Hours: Mon-Thu: 11-7 Fri: 11-8 Sat: 10-6 Sun: 11-5

Etre

Reader Suggested: An eclectic store that appeals to all wallets, or pocketbooks if you will. It has everything from an $8000 Versace looking desk from the turn of the century to jumbo pick-up stix. Book selection is out of control, and in a good way. Also has food products for compulsive snackers and make-up from Paris and Fresh in Boston for the ever applying person. Must see to believe.

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Address:
156 East Napa Street
Sonoma CA 95476

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 707-939-2700

Harvest Bath & Kitchen

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On a scale of 0 to Martha Stewart, Harvest Bath & Kitchen gets pretty near a perfect score in its execution of luxurious home lifestyle store. What's advertised on the windows as "A Touch of France" is really an unabashed grope with fragrant, rustic bars of soap, gleaming glass apothecary jars, stacks of baskets and bundles of linens that would easily fit into a French...

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Address:
239 Danforth Avenue
Toronto ON M4K 1N2

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-416-485-2644
Hours: Mon–Sat: 10–6 Sun: 12-5

Harvest Spa

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On a scale of 0 to Martha Stewart, Harvest Spa gets pretty near a perfect score in its execution of luxurious home lifestyle store. What's advertised on the windows as "A Touch of France" is really an unabashed grope with fragrant, rustic bars of soap, gleaming glass apothecary jars, stacks of baskets and bundles of linens that would easily fit into a French countryside setting....

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Address:
2486 Yonge Street
Toronto ON M4P 2J3

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-416-485-2644
Hours: Mon–Sat: 10–6 Sun: 12-5

Harvest Spa

On a scale of 0 to Martha Stewart, Harvest Spa gets pretty near a perfect score in its execution of luxurious home lifestyle store. What's advertised on the windows as "A Touch of France" is really an unabashed grope with fragrant, rustic bars of soap, gleaming glass apothecary jars, stacks of baskets and bundles of linens that would easily fit into a French countryside setting....

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Address:
133 Lakeshore Road East
Oakville ON L6J 1H3

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-905-337-0398
Hours: Mon–Sat: 10–6 Sun: 12-5

Home 101

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It's hard to imagine Home 101 holds such an amazing selection of bath products--the store looks no bigger than your average boutique. Yet, the store carries every hard-to-find, niche brand of bath or body product, along with some great products just for men. The buyers at this store clearly go beyond the fad brands to find quality products from near and far. If you stop by (as opposed to...

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Address:
392 North Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs CA 92262

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-760-318-9886
Hours: Mon-Wed: 11-6 Thu: 11-5 Fri-Sat: 11-6 Sun: Closed

Home Rule

A temple to practical contemporary design, Home Rule is all about replacing your mundane household items with cool, modern versions of the same. Its long, tall shelves are stacked with trashcans, coffee makers, martinis shakers, picture frames, plates--everything you need to add a little spark to your home life. One more thing: if there is a stainless steel version of any household item in...

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Address:
1807 14th Street NW
Washington DC 20009

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-202-797-5544
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5

Hydra

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Several men walking around in a bath and soap store. What is wrong with this picture? Hydra is no average soap monger you see. It tricks you into going in with fantastic displays like buckets full of rubber ducks and a giant paper mache layer cake. It is simply impossible not to go in and take a look around. Luckily those who wander inside will not regret it. Handmade soaps, fragrant...

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Address:
1919 Fillmore Street
San Francisco CA 94115

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-415-474-9372
Hours: Mon-Thu: 10:30-8 Fri-Sat: 10:30-9 Sun: 10:30-8

Hydra

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Several men walking around in a bath and soap store. What is wrong with this picture? Hydra is no average soap monger you see. It tricks you into going in with fantastic displays like buckets full of rubber ducks and a giant paper mache layer cake. It is simply impossible not to go in and take a look around. Luckily those who wander inside will not regret it. Handmade soaps, fragrant...

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Address:
1710 4th Street
Berkeley CA 94701

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-510-559-9796
Hours: Mon-Thu: 11-6 Fri: 11-7 Sat: 10-7 Sun: 11-6

Le Pink

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Sitting on shelves and stands, tables and trays are le pink, le brown, le green, even le black. Stocking a clever mix of bath and beauty products and candy, Le Pink is a wonder for the senses. Each niche bath or beauty line (there are dozens in all) is packaged in a unique way, with its own color scheme, its own shape of bottles and boxes. The different colors, shapes and smells coming from...

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Address:
3820 West Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90026

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-323-661-7465
Hours: Mon-Fri: 12-7 Sat: 11-7 Sun: 11-6

Louis Boston

Louis Boston is what department stores look like in heaven. The decades old high-end clothing retailer is one of the most innovative and interesting large stores you're likely to ever come across. The store is obsessed with collecting the best clothing and accessories from across the globe and they do an amazing job of it. The five floors of merchandise runs the gamut from well-known...

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Address:
234 Berkeley Street
Boston MA 02216

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-800-225-5135
Hours: Mon: 11-6 Tue-Wed: 10-6 Thu-Sat: 10-7 Sun: Closed

Lucca Great Finds

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Yearn for the Old Country? Where your grandfather worked the land, or, where you vacationed for a week last summer? Modeled after the charming gift shops all across Europe, Lucca Great Finds brings the Old Country to America. Unlike their American counterparts, it seems European gift shops don't specialize in shot glasses and sparkly pens. No, these gifts of a more refined variety...

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Address:
5332 Ballard Avenue NW
Seattle WA 98107

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-206-782-7337
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-6 Sun: 12-5

Matthew Izzo

Matthew Izzo is magazine spread shopping. The store has an uncanny knack for stocking the furniture, accessories and apparel that show up in magazine spreads from New York to LA. Clothing for men and women is generally casual and stylish. Swedish denim that's nearly impossible to find? The up-and-coming LA brand that was in Vogue last month? Matthew Izzo's got it. Furniture and...

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Address:
1109 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19107

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-215-829-0606

Miomia

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Miomia: because even hipsters need to moisturize. With its bright white shelves and green and orange color scheme the modern apothecary is definitely going for a younger, hipper crowd. The product has a fresh feel to it as well, focusing on smaller, newer labels rather than the classic grooming product manufacturers. Men are served equally well here.

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Address:
318 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11211

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-718-388-0149
Hours: Mon: 1-8 Tue: Closed Wed-Fri: 1-8 Sat: 12-8 Sun: 12-6

Nancy Boy

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90 percent of new skin, hair and body product lines are 99 marketing. They get the same old stuff, put it all in sleek packaging and sell it you for way more than they should. Not so with Nancy Boy. The San Francisco bath and body product line (and store) works with a local lab to create natural products, spending seven times more on ingredients what typical salon and department store lines...

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Address:
347 Hayes Street
San Francisco CA 94102

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-415-552-3802

Palmetto

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Palmetto is a store for everything you need to feel and stay beautiful sans someone ambushing you with a perfume or forcing you to buy lipstick when all you wanted was concealer. The amazing staff can help you find everything in the jumble of hard-to-find brands, they may even talk you out of buying the wrong pricey creams. This is a no-nonsense store with the lotions and potions lined up...

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Address:
1034 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica CA 90403

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-310-395-6687
Hours: Mon-Fri: 10-6 Sat: 10-5:30 Sun: 12-5

Palmetto

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Palmetto is a store for everything you need to feel and stay beautiful sans someone ambushing you with a perfume or forcing you to buy lipstick when all you wanted was concealer. The amazing staff can help you find everything in the jumble of hard-to-find brands, they may even talk you out of buying the wrong pricey creams. This is a no-nonsense store with the lotions and potions lined up...

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Address:
8321 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-323-653-2470
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-6

Powder Room

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If the baby blue and the pink doesn't make it clear enough, Powder Room is indeed a girly haven of cosmetics. The airy boutique leaves widely distributed brands to the department stores and instead focuses on small, often foreign lines--the type that celebrities fawn about every month in the various fashion magazines.

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Address:
705 West Armitage Avenue
Chicago IL 60614

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-312-640-1194
Hours: Mon: Closed Tue-Fri: 11-7 Sat: 10-6 Sun: 12-5

Raizy

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Sought after cosmetics and bath products, boutique lingerie brands and an in house make-up artist: it doesn't get much more girly than this folks. Raizy is a woman's wonderland. Soft chandelier lighting and boudoir furniture set the stage. A formidable collection of cosmetics and bath products fill the shelves, heavy on tiny lines from professional make-up artists and light on...

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Address:
1944 North Damen Avenue
Chicago IL 60647

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 1-773-227-2221
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-7 Sun: 12-5

Sabia

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Lots of bath and body stores woo you with their seductive smells and colorful products, but few have the knowledge and experience to back it up. Sabia is different. Among the intoxicating smells and mesmerizing jars and bottles is an air of seriousness and mission those other stores are missing. Rather than carrying just the sharply packaged and marketed lines found in the fashion magazines,...

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Address:
1100 South 1st Street
Austin TX 78704

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-512-469-0447
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-7 Sun: 12-5

The Corner Store

Reader Suggested: Berlin's own try at having something like Colette.

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Address:
Französischestrase 40
10117 Berlin

Site: Official Site Open Link in New Window
Online Shopping: No
Phone: 49-(0)30-206-709-40
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-8 Sun: Closed

The Soap Kitchen

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After we walked into our 47th soap and lotion store, we started to get a little cynical. The smell of vanilla started to make us nauseous and we wondered how many rosemary-lemon-lime lotions the world really needed. But then we walked in The Soap Kitchen and remembered what a great bath and body store was supposed to look like. There were no daintily wrapped soap and shampoo "gift...

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Address:
43 North Fair Oaks Avenue
Pasadena CA 91103

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Phone: 1-626-396-9996
Hours: Mon-Sat: 11-8 Sun: 12-6

Tre Balm

You know that friend, the one that always looks amazing (without a plastic surgeon)? And when you ask her what she's doing she casually mentions water and an un-pronounceable lotion. An avid traveler (with a rich husband), she uses the world as her cosmetics counter. Since we can't afford these extravagances (some old-fashioned idea about marrying for love), we count on Tre Balm to...

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Address:
3255 Sacramento Street
San Francisco CA 94115

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Online Shopping: Yes
Phone: 1-415-292-5129
Hours: Mon-Fri: 11-7 Sat: 9-5 Sun: 12-5

Watson Kennedy Fine Living

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What is fine living? To some its a 60-inch plasma TV, to others it's a drop top with 22-inch shoes and for others still it's living everyday as if you're visiting a spa. For this last group, Watson Kennedy Fine Living is heaven. Arranged in abundant groupings are clusters of bath and home products for the ideal spa-like experience. One set is very Paris, another is totally San...

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Address:
86 Pine Street
Seattle WA 98101

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Phone: 1-206-443-6281
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10-6 Sun: 11-5
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