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Adriane Johnson

Monday, February 18, 2013

Buffalo Grove Resident Has a Passion for Perfume

Adriane Johnson loves to wear perfume, and she also has a large collection of bottles.

Not everyone understands Adriane Johnson’s passion for perfume. The Buffalo Grove resident loves to wear different scents, which she chooses based on her mood or her plans for the day. But fragrance is only part of her perfume passion. Johnson also owns a collection of more than 200 perfume bottles and serves on the board of an international perfume organization.  Johnson said her interest in perfume bottles began when she was a child. “My grandmother and my aunt always had a dressing table with doilies and perfume bottles,” she said.  She began collecting special bottles after she received a bottle of Giorgio perfume, along with a miniature bottle of the same fragrance, as a gift more than 30 years ago.  She had added just a few bottles …

Monday, October 31, 2011

Johnson Named to Buffalo Grove Park District Board

Adriane Johnson will serve as commissioner until April 2013.

Adriane Johnson has been named the newest Buffalo Grove Park District commissioner, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Jeff Weiss. A 13-year Buffalo Grove resident, Johnson was selected from a field of seven residents who applied for the position. Johnson is a longtime community volunteer who has been involved with the Grove United Soccer Association, the Raupp Museum and the Village of Buffalo Grove’s Arts Festival. She is also the executive director of a developing charity, Visual Aid Soccer Foundation, which was established to assist youth athletes with vision-related expenses. The mother of Mia, a senior at Stevenson High School, Johnson described herself as "just a regular resident" who will work as a park district …

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