They are the fragrance equivalent of fast food: cheap, soulless and with a nasty aftertaste. They smell pretty enough to begin with, but poor construction and cut-price ingredients mean they lack any sort of depth or character.
— On celebrity fragrances, from Perfume: out with the new, in with the old at the UK Times Online.
Jennifer Lopez will launch J Lo Blue Glow, a new limited edition flanker to 2002’s J Lo Glow for women, in February.
The fresh marine fruity floral fragrance features notes of mangosteen…
Sean 'Diddy' Combs on HSN, hawking his wares. It's rather long. Skip to the :32 second mark if you don't want to see the I Am King commercial again, and then to the 6:30 mark if you want to hear about his upcoming fragrance for women, tentatively called Empress. I admit I ran out of steam at around 11 minutes; if you watch past that and anything fabulous happens, do comment.
According to Cosmetic News, "The show recorded net sales of $500,000 of Sean John fragrance products in less than an hour" and "HSN cancelled additional slots scheduled for November 30 and December 1 because all the products had sold out".
Demi Moore (who fronts the new Helena Rubinstein Wanted fragrance) wants to know.
Sean John will appear on HSN on Monday, November 30th from 11 pm to 1 am to sell his fragrances. Around half of the two hour show will be in a talk show format. (via wwd)
Mariah Carey introduced Forever with champagne and tea at the Dorchester…