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Avril Lavigne Forbidden Rose ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 28 May 2010 32 Comments

Avril Lavigne Forbidden Rose perfume

Pop star Avril Lavigne will follow last year's Black Star with Forbidden Rose, a new fragrance that calls on young women to believe in themselves.

Forbidden Rose is a fruity floral; the notes feature red apple, white peach, bourbon pepper, lotus flower, apple blossom, heliotrope, pomegranate, vanilla, chocolate and sandalwood.

Avril Lavigne Forbidden Rose will be available in 15, 30 and 50 ml Eau de Parfum and in matching body products. It is due to launch in July. (via cosmoty.de)

Update: see a review of Avril Lavigne Forbidden Rose.

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Tagged With: avril lavigne, celebrity perfumes

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  1. devilbunnies says:
    28 May 2010 at 10:31 am

    Well… the ad picture didn’t make me laugh as much as the one for Black Star.

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    • Robin says:
      28 May 2010 at 10:57 am

      Looking forward to seeing the commercial for this one…

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    • kaos.geo says:
      28 May 2010 at 11:15 am

      She seems to have realized that spraying perfume on her face while having her eyes open and smiling with an open mouth is not such a great idea after all… 🙂

      The bottle looks nice, but seriously this ads are all so frou-frou (even the typography)!
      The only one that, IMHO, really has it down pat is Gwen Stefani.
      Her offerings (talking from the packaging and branding side) are REALLY alligned with her image, or at least to what I perceive as her image. All celebrities should be contacting the company handling her marketing ASAP!.

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  2. becca b says:
    28 May 2010 at 10:39 am

    Ah, ha! A perfume with the word “rose” in its name….but no mention of rose as a note.

    Tricky, tricky.

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    • Robin says:
      28 May 2010 at 10:58 am

      I was wondering about that too…but perhaps there is rose and they didn’t list it (?)

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      • devilbunnies says:
        28 May 2010 at 11:03 am

        The joke is that the rose is forbidden!

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        • Robin says:
          28 May 2010 at 1:06 pm

          LOL — that works!

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  3. dewey eyed says:
    28 May 2010 at 10:42 am

    A new perfume that calls on young women… to plunk down $35.

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    • Robin says:
      28 May 2010 at 10:58 am

      🙂

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  4. miss kitty v. says:
    28 May 2010 at 10:55 am

    Hee hee hee! Good to start out the day with a laugh. But I do like that bottle. “Calling on young women to believe in themselves.” LOL!

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    • Robin says:
      28 May 2010 at 10:59 am

      I like the bottle too.

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    • Suzanne941 says:
      28 May 2010 at 11:27 am

      “Believe in yourself, girl!” By wearing a fruity-floral like every other teen in North America!

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      • Dawnkana says:
        28 May 2010 at 11:48 am

        How funny, I was thinking the exact same thing!

        Nothing says believe in yourself like a fruity floral!

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  5. mals86 says:
    28 May 2010 at 11:00 am

    I like Avril. And I think the bottle’s pretty, in that Gothic-mystical-potion sort of way.

    But anything with chocolate in it is a big NO for me, particularly after the My-Valentine-Date-tripped-and-smashed-the-roses-and-chocolates disaster of 100% Love.

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    • Carlos BFL 319 says:
      28 May 2010 at 11:23 am

      Didn’t Luca Turin Love that?

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      • 50_Roses says:
        28 May 2010 at 11:32 am

        Yes, he gave it five stars.

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      • mals86 says:
        28 May 2010 at 11:42 am

        I blame him for my disappointment. I blame him for Insolence, too. Urgh. Kill.Me.Now.

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    • miss kitty v. says:
      28 May 2010 at 12:49 pm

      Oh, yeah–that one was the olfactory equivalent of eating soap. Yuck.

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    • Robin says:
      28 May 2010 at 1:06 pm

      LOL! I really like 100% Love, but looks like I’m alone on that today.

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      • Carlos BFL 319 says:
        28 May 2010 at 4:47 pm

        Maybe not, I will have to go and smell my sample when I get home tonight. ;(

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  6. 50_Roses says:
    28 May 2010 at 11:27 am

    I don’t like fruity florals, and won’t be looking for this, but I do notice that there is to be a 15 ml size. I hope this will become more common. In my experience, it is often hard to find bottles smaller than 50 ml.

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  7. APassionateJourney says:
    28 May 2010 at 11:36 am

    The bottle kinda looks like Elizabeth Taylor’s Gardenia

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    • Jessica says:
      28 May 2010 at 5:19 pm

      And it reminds me of Anna Sui’s first perfume bottle, too. Purple glass, black rose.

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  8. Joe says:
    28 May 2010 at 1:29 pm

    I didn’t know she was still “big.” I thought she was “big” for about 5 minutes, ten years ago.

    Maybe there’s a Canadian fan base… 😉

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    • soapyghost says:
      28 May 2010 at 11:01 pm

      Hence the perfume launch. It screams “Hey, I still exist!!” without the hard work of a new album

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  9. SiameseCat says:
    29 May 2010 at 4:19 am

    I find this surprisingly appealing. Normally I’m really snobbish about celebrity scents, but this Gothic look works for me. Her first one at least wasn’t unpleasant, and I like Sandalwood. If it doesn’t deliver, I still have Midnight Poison for a “Gothic feel” perfume.

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  10. eminere says:
    29 May 2010 at 6:44 am

    The bottle looks like the offspring of Lancome Tresor in Love and Anna Sui.

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  11. redscorpio says:
    29 May 2010 at 9:27 pm

    Hasn’t the world run out of celebrities who want to launch a perfume? I can only hope…

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    • 50_Roses says:
      30 May 2010 at 4:18 pm

      Especially when the fragrances are all fruity florals! It is incomprehensible to me that people buy a fragrance just because a celebrity endorses it.

      I do admit to sometimes being influenced by the bottle and the name. I will not buy an expensive perfume for the bottle, but a cheap one I might. The name is more of a negative factor–I won’t buy a fragrance for the name alone, but I have been dissuaded from trying one because I hated the name. After all, someone might ask me what I am wearing, and I don’t want to have to answer with a name that is stupid or embarassing to say.

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  12. Nile Goddess says:
    30 May 2010 at 8:14 am

    Doesn’t the bottle look like Tresor in Love except in lilac and with the black rose on the cap rather than around the neck?

    The notes read like a fruit salad.

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  13. miley2a_31 says:
    12 July 2010 at 2:51 am

    Do anyone know how much is Forbidden Rose in UK?

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    • Robin says:
      12 July 2010 at 11:05 am

      Escentual.com carries the line if you want to check the price there.

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