Kylie Minogue will launch Pink Sparkle Pop, a new limited edition flanker to last year’s Pink Sparkle fragrance for women. The woody floral scent was inspired by “life itself” and is meant to be modern and glamorous…
Katy Perry Purr ~ perfume review
Add Katy Perry to the long roster of celebrities about whom I would know nothing if they had not launched a perfume. Apparently she is a pop singer, and apparently nearly everyone but me knows who she is. Her license is with Gigantic Parfums, which appears to be a new-ish company set up by people who came from Parlux — Parlux being the company that creates perfumes under the names Paris Hilton and Queen Latifah, among others.
When the fragrance deal was announced, Perry told Women’s Wear Daily that Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Lovers project was “my example of how I want to do things”, and as it turns out, that’s just how she has done things: she came up with a way fun bottle, and then didn’t lose undue sleep over the juice…
Rihanna Reb’l Fleur ~ new perfume
Barbadian pop star Rihanna has launched her debut fragrance, Reb’l Fleur. The new scent for women was made under licensing arrangements with Parlux…
Christmas nightmare
I wanted cologne, and my mum bought me a bottle of Exclamation - for girls. I wore it for about six months and then a girl was like, 'You smell just like me'."
— Actor Jamie Kennedy, from Jamie Kennedy Smelled Like Girls After Christmas Nightmare at Ace Showbiz.
The Italians lead
British men are only beaten by their Italian counterparts in their desire to buy celebrity fragrances. Across the big five European countries, eight percent of Italian men own celebrity fragrance compared with six percent in Spain and just four percent in France and Germany.
— The British tie the Spanish at 6%. More fun facts at Smell it like Beckham: celebrity scents lure UK men at Yahoo News. Note that the article doesn't say men are buying these fragrances, only that they own them.