Justin Bieber has some gift ideas for your Christmas shopping. Can you guess?
Rihanna Rebelle ~ new perfume
Pop star Rihanna will follow up on this year’s Reb’l Fleur with Rebelle, a new gourmand chypre fragrance for women. Rebelle is reportedly a “sassier sister” to Reb’l Fleur and will be in a variation of the same bottle; it is due to launch in December…
Four celebrity perfumes: Taylor Swift Wonderstruck, Beyonce Pulse, Jessica Simpson I Fancy You & Sean John Empress
Angie’s post yesterday on celebrity fragrances she’d like to see reminded me that I have fallen woefully behind this year on reviewing celebrity fragrances — the real ones that she’d rather not see. So, in the interest of catching up before it’s too late, here are four celebrity fragrance reviews, listed in order from not so very bad to not so very wonderful. In other words, we’re going to start out lukewarm and things are going to go downhill from there; consider yourself warned.
Taylor Swift Wonderstruck
I was wonderstruck reading the recent New Yorker profile on country pop star Taylor Swift. I had heard her name, but had no idea — number 7 on Forbes’ list of Most Powerful Celebrities? More albums sold in the last five years than any other musician? Who knew? Anyway, her debut perfume came out this fall under a licensing deal with Elizabeth Arden, and it’s about what you’d expect: a “charming and sparkling surprise of vibrant fruits, kissed by a bouquet of soft petals and a touch of sweet indulgence.” In other words, it’s a sweet-ish fruity floral with plenty of vanilla in the base, along the lines of Britney Spears Fantasy, and while there’s not much to distinguish it from the two bazillion other variations on Britney Spears Fantasy, it’s perfectly wearable and it’s reasonably age-appropriate for the target market…
She was a ray of light cascading across my soul
Snooki, in a parody ad for her own (real) Snooki fragrance. Mild profanity, so possibly NSFW.
Celebrity Fragrances I’d Like to See
This year alone has seen perfume launches from Antonio Banderas, Fergie, Patrick Dempsey, Reese Witherspoon (three of them), Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, David Beckham, Dita Von Teese, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Keith Urban, Kylie Minogue, Kim Kardashian, Mariah Carey (again, three of them), Michael Jordan, Sean Jean, Shakira, Taylor Swift, Snooki, and a bunch I’ve probably overlooked. Katy Perry’s latest is about to launch, and next year we can look forward to new fragrances from Madonna and Lady Gaga.
For crying out loud, make it stop! Enough already with boring celebrities and their boring celebrity fragrances. For all I care, besides the tantalizing Dita Von Teese, the whole mess of focus-grouped stink-waters can be loaded into a rocket and sent to Mars. Fame isn’t taste, and fashion isn’t style.
That said, I’m not completely opposed to celebrity fragrances. I like Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds and Black Pearls. Deneuve was a gorgeous chypre, and it’s a shame Cher Uninhibited was discontinued. Furthermore, here are three celebrity fragrances I’d pay good money for…