Rumors that Kate Moss would launch a perfume with Coty have been confirmed. Her debut fragrance will roll out in September, but won't reach the United States until 2008:
Describing the fragrance concept, Steve Mormoris, senior vice president of global marketing for Coty Beauty, said it was “a mix of elegant and risqué,” with smoky rose and black undertones and a vintage English feel…
As part of the promotions for the Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy fragrance, you can now send "personalized recorded messages" from Britney to the object of your affection:
Consumers can go to www.midnightfantasybritneyspears.com and enter information such as a recipient's first name or home state as well as a phone number or e-mail address.
Armed with that information, VariTalk will assemble Spears' pre-recorded blurbs to create a tailor-made message that can be sent by phone (land line or cell) or e-mail.
(via USA Today) I assembled a message for my husband this morning, and it is hysterical (and the call arrived seconds after I filled out the online form). Highly recommended.
In a vaguely comic turn of events, Shilpa Shetty, the Bollywood star who recently won the UK reality series Big Brother, is now in talks to create her own perfume. Jade Goody, the last Big Brother star to release her own perfume, found her scent pulled from stores after she made allegedly racist comments about Ms. Shetty. According to the Sunday Mirror, Ms. Shetty is…
…a big fan of the Body Shop – especially all the fruity smells, so she'd probably like her perfume to be like that.
What the world needs now is another fruity floral celebrity perfume release…
Celine Dion will launch Spring in Paris in March. The fragrance was created by perfumer Richard Herpin, and features notes of redcurrant, blackcurrant, mandarin, lilac, osmanthus, lily of the valley, jasmine, musk, vanilla and soft woods.
Spring in Paris is an Eau de Toilette, and will be available in 15 and 30 ml bottles and in Natural Deodorant. (via cosmoty.de)
100% Love is a new fragrance brand for teens, and will launch at Claire's in time for Valentine's Day.
The fragrance will be fronted by spokeswoman Jeannie Ortega, 20, a Latina hip-hop and pop singer with Hollywood Records, who will appear in print ads in April issues of teen magazines M, Twist and J For Teen.
Key to the fragrance launch is a Web site, 100percentlove.com…