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10 Sweet Smelling Celebrity Moms
Mompreneurs Halle Berry and Reese Witherspoon are taking their brand names to a new level. The lovely ladies are both debuting their personalized fragrances and joining the crew of other women with signature successful scents. Check out celebmamas these two can call their competition.
What's in a Cell Phone Name? Quiz Roundup
Think you're a cell phone and pop culture master? Test your knowledge on one of my quizzes below, and see if you can identify what names are cell phones and what names are for things like Britney Spears songs, Hitchcock movies, and energy drinks!
Cell Phone Name or Britney Spears Song?
Is Britney's New Ad Believable?
Britney's perfumes have been so successful that Elizabeth Arden has created spinoffs. Curious became In Control Curious, Fantasy became Midnight Fantasy and now Arden is set to launch Britney's latest scent, Believe this October. The ad that Bella has posted has created much debate.
Coming Soon: Britney Spears Hidden Fantasy
Don't call it a comeback: Fresh on the heels of the launch of Britney Spears' Believe fragrance comes word of yet another—Hidden Fantasy, which will be in stores in January. According to the perfumer, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, “The original inspiration for this fragrance comes from Britney’s love for white florals, vanilla, and luscious desserts. Drawing from a cherished memory of my own, I built this fragrance with a heart of sensual jasmine and sweet Napolitano cake.”
Indeed, Hidden Fantasy ($55 for 3.3 oz) is a very saccharine scent, with discernible notes of Mexican vanilla bean, orange and clove.
Bella Interview: Chandler Burr, Perfume Critic
Yesterday I wrote about The Perfect Scent, Chandler Burr's fascinating book about a year in the perfume industry. (You can read an excerpt to find out why I'm so smitten with his prose.) When it comes to fragrance, Burr is one of the world's most knowledgeable experts. That's why I was so excited to speak with him about everything from celebrity scents to perfume shopping.
What's NOU? Two Very Different Things, Apparently
For half my life, the letters NOU have stood for one thing: Nation of Ulysses. The Washington DC band fused fashion and punk and politics and theater in an inimitable way, earning singer Ian Svenonius the title of "Sassiest Boy in America" from Sassy magazine before the band even released its first record. But now there's a new NOU in town, and it's also somewhat musical.
Get Britney's Lipstick Look From Madonna's Tour
Britney Jean Spears is less than a month away from her birthday, and it looks like 27 might be her year. She has a new album, a new perfume, and judging by her appearance with Madonna last night, she's looking so much healthier and happier.
Brit showed off her smile by wearing a highly flattering lipstick shade.
Paris Hilton's Can Can: A Blind Sniff Test
One of the challenges in reviewing celebrity perfumes is that it's difficult to ignore your opinion of the famous person behind the juice. Would Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker have been such a runaway hit if, say, Bea Arthur were behind it? (I would so buy a Bea Arthur scent, for the record.) Or would a well-done perfume like Britney Spears' Curious be considered more sophisticated if it weren't connected to a pop singer?
New Product Alert: Hollyoaks Her Perfume
Yesterday Hollyoaks stars Carley Stenson, Gemma Merna and Emma Rigby posed to celebrate the launch of the eagerly awaited Hollyoaks fragrances. They are titled, somewhat unimaginatively, Hollyoaks Her and Hollyoaks Him, priced at £19.95 each from Superdrug.
The perfumes are the first ever fragrances to be launched by a UK TV show and are part of the ever-growing Hollyoaks brand.
Britney Spears Knows How to Pop
Britney Spears stood out in bright blue stopping by Soho House and the Box night club in Manhattan last night. Earlier, the singer was at John Philip Sousa Middle School in the Bronx to present a $10,000 donation to the school's music program given in her name from Elizabeth Arden, which makes and sells her perfumes. Brit thanked the company for their generosity and gushed about the kids who sang and played music for her.
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