Castelli Profumi in Roma, at number 22, is still the established temple for beauty products. People from all over Italy go to this profumeria just to pick up their little Chanel lip-sticks and tell their friends where they've bought them. Via del Babuino c.u.c.i.n.a . All major credit cards are accepted. As the name suggests, the store provides boxes and storage apparatus for the home.
Prices are affordable.
Via Cola di Rienzo Three streets away from Via Cola di Rienzo, on Via G.G. Belli 56, is Samarcanda , the perfect store for ethnic jewellery. The owner gets her goods from four globe-trotters who get in with local cultures and select jewels for their significance rather than for their value. Precious jewels are also available, but the owner is more interested in selling rare and characteristic craft-work. You might assume something as unusual as a carved wood Chinese ring would be heart-stoppingly expensive, but prices here are soothingly reasonable. Silver rings in way-out styles run from 25,000 lire to 50,000 lire, earrings go for an average of 70,000 lire.