RIP, Elizabeth Taylor. Her obituary at the LA Times is here.
As of 2009, White Diamonds was the best-selling celebrity perfume of all time.
Elizabeth Taylor Violet Eyes ~ perfume review and a quick poll
You might think my failure to keep up with celebrity news and gossip would be a handicap when it came to reviewing celebrity perfumes, but it’s really an asset: it’s much easier to consider a perfume objectively when you know little or nothing about the person fronting it. And since most celebrities have little or nothing to do with developing the perfumes released under their names, it seems silly to worry about who they are and what they do anyway, other than insofar as their shenanigans might affect perfume sales.
Elizabeth Taylor is another matter. She’s an icon, for heaven’s sakes — even I know who Elizabeth Taylor is. Plus she’s 78 years old, and not in the best of health. I readily admit that if her latest perfume, Violet Eyes, turned out to be hilariously vile, I’d have a pretty hard time saying so…
Elizabeth Taylor Violet Eyes ~ new perfume
Elizabeth Taylor will launch Violet Eyes, a new fragrance for women, this April:
Violet Eyes is an expression of Elizabeth Taylor, an intriguing global icon. Her timeless beauty…
Best-selling celebrity perfume of all time
Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds fragrance is the best-selling celebrity perfume of all time, according to a research company.
The fragrance recorded US sales of $67 million in 2008, followed by Unforgivable, a scent endorsed by Sean Diddy Combs, which racked up $48.5 million.
— From Sweet smell of success for Liz Taylor at Monsters & Critics.