British paper The Sun reports that all four members of the jury of the successful UK talent show The X-Factor, including media mogul Simon Cowell and singer Cheryl Cole, have signed fragrance deals to release their 'own' scents for the holiday season.
— From X-Factor fragrances to hit markets before Christmas at the Independent.You may (or may not) remember that they had a couple scents back in 2007: Day Dream and Night Star. Many thanks to Ailsa for the link!
Today's poll was suggested by Claudia. Name a favorite movie, and then tell us the perfect fragrance to wear while watching that movie. Claudia's example: Eau d'Italie Bois d'Ombrie, which she wore for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which she saw with a live orchestra playing the soundtrack:
...leather for the horses' saddles, tobacco for Aragorn's pipe, smoke for the fire in the Rohirrims' hearths, the darkest of iris and a melancholy, earthy, almost metallic violet for war. Absolutely perfect to go with the gloomy atmosphere...
Yours?
German direct sales brand LR Health & Beauty Systems has launched a quartet of fragrances based on the US television series Desperate Housewives:
Gabrielle ~ a seductive oriental with pineapple, raspberry, blackberry, rose petals and patchouli…
Genki Wear will introduce the first three in a projected series of Star Trek fragrances next month in conjunction with the release of the upcoming Star Trek film.
Pon Farr (shown at right) ~ for women, launching under the tag line “Drive him crazy”, and referring to the Vulcan mating cycle…
Today's challenge: scent the cast of House, MD. The main characters, in case you need a cheat sheet, are Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein), James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), Eric Foreman (Omar Epps), Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison), Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer), Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson), Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn), Remy “Thirteen” Hadley (Olivia Wilde).
My vote for Gregory House, which I already mentioned a couple years back (see Desperate Housewives Forbidden Fruit) is 10 Corso Como…