C.O. Bigelow Apothecaries is an American pharmacy currently owned by Ian Ginsberg. C.O. Bigelow was founded in 1838 in New York's Greenwich Village making it the oldest apothecary in America. The original store in New York is home to Allegra the Cat, who wanders the store, mingling with the customers.
Limited Brands has an agreement to open and operate stores bearing the name and are operated as very upscale beauty and skin care stores to compete with other stores such as Sephora and Neiman Marcus. Certain products from the line are sold in Bath and Body Works stores throughout the United States.
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The stores open currently are: The original location at Greenwich Village in New York, New York, Easton Town Center in Columbus, and Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Several stores closed in 2009: Northshore Mall in Peabody, Massachusetts closed June 28, 2009; Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey closed September 4, 2009; and Plaza at King of Prussia in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania/Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania closed July 1, 2009. Other closed stores were located in Copley Place in Boston, Westfield Hawthorn Center in Vernon Hills, Illinois and Watertower Place in Chicago.
A C.O. Bigelow store was to be built in Tysons Corner Center in Tysons Corner, Virginia, but the scheduled construction was canceled. As of now, new stores are on hold.
Famous patrons of C.O. Bigelow (as featured in advertisements) include Thomas Edison, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mark Twain.
Products sold for C.O Bigelow are colognes, hair and body wash, shaving cream, aftershave, lotion, and body spray/mist. Some of these products such as their Barber collection are notable for their colors, such as Elixir Red, Elixir Black, Elixir Green, Elixir Blue, Elixir White and introduced to the line-up in 2011 are Elixir Gold and Elixir Black Pepper. It has been rumored that Elixir Yellow, Elixir Orange, Elixir Grey, and Elixir Brown are to come in all of the forms these products are sold.
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