“We have a long-standing and very successful relationship with Britney Spears. We care about her personally and remain completely supportive of her,” the beauty company said in a statement, after a New York Post story on Wednesday outlined how her recent antics may be hurting sales.

— Elizabeth Arden says it will stand by Britney, even if buyers are turned off Midnight Fantasy after she shaved her head. Read the rest at MSNBC. Elsewhere: Britney enters rehab for the third time this week. (CNN)

Chandler Burr writes about Les Exclusifs de Chanel in today's New York Times.

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi is rumored to be the next celebrity to sign with Coty for a celebrity fragrance. If it's true, he picked the wrong time to leak the news: Kate Moss has all the attention at the moment.

They are all individual (scents). Some are created around a single ingredient. It’s a legacy of couture perfume, and no, there is no symbolism in the fact that there are 10 – that was purely by chance.

— Christopher Sheldrake talking about the new Les Exclusifs de Chanel in Scented Memories, in today's Star Online.

Perfumer Arthur Burnham claims HE created Becks' Instinct brand after meeting the soccer star five years ago.

But Arthur, 51, says he never signed a contract with Beckham's then management team SFX - and has not been paid a penny.

Instinct hit the shelves a year ago and has already made Becks £20million.

— A stink over the proceeds from Beckham's Instinct, in today's The People.

As previously reported, Kate Moss will be launching her first perfume this year under arrangements with Coty. Now it appears that she may have trouble arranging a visa to promote the scent in the United States, where it is scheduled to launch in 2008:

Because of her cocaine scandal last year, Kate was informed by officials at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square that in order to obtain a work visa for the States she would have to undergo a test to prove she was clean after the well-publicised scandal, even though she was never charged with an offence. (via sofeminine)

Moss also made her first public statement about the perfume…

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