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Seems like every celebrity has a fragrance these days. A personal fragrance line is right up there with a clothing line, production company or record label on the celebrity entrepreneur must have list. From Mariah Carey to 50 Cent, many of our favorite celebrities have fragrances. In this sea of many, which celebrity’s fragrance line reigns supreme?
1. Fragrance: Sean John Unforgivable
Celebrity: Sean Combs
Who knew so many people wanted to smell what Sean Combs was selling. Turns out the multi-named, multi-hyphened mogul has the number two best selling celebrity fragrance of all time, coming in second only to Elizabeth Taylor’s White Diamonds. Since it hit the mass-market in February of 2006, Unforgivable has racked up sales of $48.5 million. So in less than four years Sean Combs has managed to carve out a nice slice of the fragrance pie for himself. Now, if he could just remember how to make musical hits.
2. Fragrance: Driven
Celebrity: Derek Jeter
Who wants to smell like an athlete? Apparently everyone who helped Derek Jeter’s Driven reach number four on the all time best selling celebrity fragrance list. Jeter has racked up $24.1 million dollars in sales for his cologne. A fact that’s amazing as smelling like an athlete doesn’t seem so appealing – just think: stale dugouts, stinky locker rooms, sweaty jockstraps, not exactly smells to draw in the opposite sex. However, with Jeter’s fragrance the idea is to get you away from thinking about how an athlete smells and instead focus on the sweet smell of success: hot women, fast cars and green money. And if the sales of Driven are any indication, Jeter is smelling a lot of the latter these days.
3. Fragrance: Glow
Celebrity: Jennifer Lopez
You would think Jennifer Lopez would find herself higher on the all time best selling celebrity fragrance list. Landing at number seven she has racked up just $18.5 million in sales for her brightly named Glow. While $18.5 million is nothing to sneeze at, it just seems a little low considering how, just several short years ago, Lopez was at the height of her career selling everything from badly sung CDs to poorly made clothing. Not being able to crack $20 million when Glow was launched the same year as Combs’ Unforgivable makes her own fragrance seem a little like a dud.
4. Fragrance: Halle
Celebrity: Halle Berry
Since Halle by Halle Berry was just released in March of 2009, it’s no surprise her fragrance isn’t on the all time best selling fragrance list. However Berry makes this list because her scent for women managed to shoot to number one last year, even as overall sales of women fragrances were down 10%. Instead of focusing on the high-end market, Berry released her perfume in lower end stores like Target, Kohls and Walgeens to great success. Berry hopped on the celebrity fragrance bandwagon after a 2006 consumer survey showed she was the celebrity most people associated with a fragrance, though she didn’t have one. Well it’s no surprise that women would want to buy a fragrance by a woman who is often considered to be one of the most beautiful women in the world. Now if they could make a fragrance that made you look as good Halle Berry – well – that would truly be worth buying.
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Well Damn. I guess Mary J. Blige forgot about having “No More Drama” and made sure that Kendu would be “Stronger With Each Tear,” cause dude managed not to haul off and bust her in the mouth when she (allegedly) punched the shit out of him (drawing blood) ’cause she thought he was flirting with someone else. From the NYDailyNews.com:
Hip-Hop diva Mary J. Blige smacked her husband for checking out a waitress at her CD release party this week and warned him, “You ain’t going Chris Brown on me,” witnesses said.
The “No More Drama” songstress lashed out at hubby Kendu Isaacs at the Tuesday night party at the M2 Ultralounge in Chelsea, witnesses said.
One partygoer told the Daily News that the 38-year-old Grammy winner flew into a jealous rage because Isaacs was paying too much attention to a waitress at the club.
More details from Shadow and Act:
Well, no. Although, they did reportedly get in each others grilles shortly thereafter. Four of her bodyguards and two of the club’s kept them apart. Isaacs was kicked out. Blige went to the bathroom to fix her hair and makeup, but soon left, creating an uncomfortable scene for partygoers Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Busta Rhymes.
“Mary hauled off and smacked him,” the source said.
Blige then warned Isaacs not to even think about retaliating. “She said, ‘You ain’t going to go Chris Brown on me, are you?’” according to a source.
SMH. No more drama indeed.
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Necole Bitchie asks if Nicki Minaj is the black Lady Gaga. I’m not sure I agree with that comparison. I think Lady Gaga is going for a visually artistic expression of her music. You’re not just supposed to hear her, but see her as well.
Nicki..well I just think she likes to change the texture and color or her weave. Thee’s no real artistic expression about it. Anywho, since it was put out there, I thought this was a good opportunity to check out the many looks of Nicki Minaj:
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So there has been a major Bruhaha about the Washington Post article featuring Helena Andrews and her dating woes being young, single and black in DC. As the response to the article range from “Helena is a sorry excuse of a black woman” to, “Sister Girl I feel your pain,” there is one aspect of the single lonely black woman conversation that is always missing: attractiveness.
And by attractiveness I mean physical attractiveness. I would ask all these highly educated, great job having, superfly sisters how hot are you? Do you project a certain level of sexiness when you’re out on the town or is it all business all of the time? Do you even know what men find physically appealing…or what sexy means from a man’s perspective?
“Cause here’s the thing, I’d bet most of the women who do the most complaining about not being able to find, get, keep a man, aren’t high on the attractive meter. They likely keep themselves well, but aren’t stopping any traffic. And as shallow as this may sound – if you want to play in the deep end of the man pool (Ivy League educated, corporate job having, right pedigree) then you need to be one hell of a stunner or you’re just not going to get chosen.
A simple fact that too many black women over look is that powerful, successful men like beautiful women. Having a beautiful woman on his arm connotes power. It signals to the world that he is the man and the woman on his arm is the living breathing beautiful proof of his man-ness. Now this gets a little tricky if the man in question is in politics or some other very public high powered position. That man needs a woman who is going to play the role of high powered wife well and that may trump looks…for his wife. You best beleive his mistress will be a stunner.
And he will have a mistress.
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So Chris Breezy has taken to Twitter to whine about the apparent blackballing of his latest cd “Graffiti”:
On a side note: Will celebrities stay their asses off of Twitter, especially when they are in a pissy mood with the folk who write their checks (ie. The Industry). Damn – it’s like they need the same conversations women get before going into the porn industry: These images are forever. You can’t take them back. They can (and likely will) haunt you later. Note to celebs: STFU and work your issues out off line…Twitter ain’t the place.
With that said, I don’t get what Chris Brown doesn’t get about the mollywhopping he lad on Rihanna roughly 11 months ago. Her police photo left an indelible impression on many people’s brains. Even if folk want to like you, you still that dude who beat the shit out of his girlfriend in a fit of rage — and then left the scene leaving her to fend for herself. This doesn’t make folk (industry or otherwise) feel warm and fuzzy about you.
Honestly it was too soon for you to release a cd and go on tour. TOO SOON. I don’t know who your “people” are, but they should have told your ass to sit down, be quiet, do some community service, stay out of the limelight, keep your nose clean and seem like a contrite, humble young man who fully recognizes the gravity of his situation.
Instead you come off like an entitled spoiled brat who expects everyone to forget that he beat his famous girlfriend’s face into a pulp a scant year ago just because he did a bunch of (incoherent) interviews and said a bunch of “I’m Sorries.” Sorry buddy – but that doesn’t cut it.
So yes, as shady and frustrating as it may be, there are probably going to be stores, stations and other establishments who want no part of the Chris Brown Rehabilitation Project. They’re probably thinking of their sisters, daughters, nieces and thinking if a punk ass kid put their hands on their loved ones they’d put their foot in his ass – NOT help sell his comeback record.
So Chris I’m going to end this by saying: Sit down. Shut up. Stay off of Twitter. And be grateful that you still have a career left to rehab. Instead of being pissy about the people who won’t play or sell your record – be grateful for the ones who will. This is a time in your life where you need to focus on the positive and be eternally grateful and humble that there are still so many people who are willing to take this journey with you.
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I LUV Michael Kors.
I remember I was in a swanky department store some years back and spotted this absolutely fantabulous bag and just had to know who it belonged too. I checked out the label and it said Michael Kors. I was like, “Who?” ‘Cause at this point my knowledge of American designers was limited to Klein and Klein.
But it didn’t matter because I was in love. There were also a display of Completely awesome Michael Kors shoes near the handbags and I knew from that moment on I was a fan. Since Kors has recently unveiled his Pre-Fall 2010 collection – I thought it would be nice to take a look at past Kors collections so you can marvel at his genius the same way I do.
