The year is nearly over, and even more so than usual, I’ve fallen way behind on the celebrity fragrance releases — if memory serves, Katy Perry Killer Queen was the only celebrity perfume I reviewed all year, although I did manage to try quite a few others quickly on paper. It’s too late to catch up now, but here are three I spent some time with recently.

If you’ve smelled anything fabulous from a celebrity in 2013, do comment! Otherwise, I’m going to assume that I didn’t miss much.

Rihanna Rogue

When a commenter said that Rogue, the latest from Rihanna, smelled like Bottega Veneta, it shot to the top of my “get” list, and I refused to be discouraged even by reports in the Daily Mail that it was closer to a “strong whiff of ripe peaches or peach jam, while it’s still bubbling in the pan on the hob”…

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