Jennifer Lopez will launch Sunkissed Glow, a new fragrance for women, in February. Sunkissed Glow is the singer's fourth flanker to 2002's Glow, a fragrance often credited with spearheading the modern celebrity fragrance trend (see also: Miami Glow, Love at First Glow and Glow After Dark).
Sunkissed Glow is a fruity floral “evoking the feeling of warm sand on skin”…
Mariah Carey has launched a new Parfum version of last year's Luscious Pink fragrance:
Introducing Mariah Carey's Luscious Pink Deluxe Edition, a collector's luxe parfum fragrance.
Inspired by love and the richness it brings to one's life, Luscious Pink Deluxe Edition is the ultimate in sensuality and luxury and the purest essence of the original Mariah Carey's Luscious Pink fragrance…
At this point, I think we can all safely ignore news sources that tell us that the celebrity fragrance trend is over, no? And clearly, the days when a little personal trouble might hurt a celebrity’s market appeal are long gone; on the contrary, one might assume the more trouble the better — Paris Hilton, I suppose, qualifies as Exhibit A, although Britney Spears has certainly given her a run for the money (pardon the pun).
Britney’s latest entry, Hidden Fantasy, is the first celebrity scent to hit the perfume counters this year. It’s the second flanker to 2005’s Britney Spears Fantasy, the first being 2007’s Midnight Fantasy. My feelings about Fantasy are not all that different now than they were when I tried it shortly after its release:
Given that my expectations were low, I was pleasantly surprised. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I like it, but I don’t hate it, and if given the choice between this and say, Miss Dior Cherie, I would pick Fantasy.
At the time, I was just starting to explore celebrity fragrances; now that I’ve tried most of what’s been released over the past few years, I’ll qualify the above by noting that Fantasy is considerably better than much of the competition…
Coming this spring from Grès, Hommage à Greta Garbo, the second in the line's series of fragrances honoring famous clients of designer Alix Grès (see: Hommage à Marlene Dietrich):
Greta Garbo was the absolute superstar in the Thirties of the Twentieth Century. The Swedish actress became famous through her roles as strong, determined women such as Anna Karenina, Queen Christina or the Polish Countess Maria Walewska. She succeeded in playing these characters in a subtle, demure way, manifesting deep emotions in close-ups simply through the expression of her eyes. The artistry of her acting was unique. As of 1928, she became known simply as „the Garbo“ and was a box office magnet…
“It smells like plastic,” said one partygoer.
— An early review of Amanda Lepore's Amanda fragrance. Read more at the Washington Blade.