Katy Perry, shown above on her latest album cover, will launch Purr in November. The new fragrance was "inspired by Perry’s Catwoman stage costume"; Perry also noted that Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers project was "my example of how I want to do things".
Purr features notes of peach, apple, green bamboo, jasmine, freesia, Bulgarian rose, vanilla orchid, white amber, sandalwood and musk.
Katy Perry Purr will be available at Nordstrom in a cat-shaped bottle, in 30, 50 and 100 ml ($36-65). (via wwd)
Update: here is the Katy Perry Purr perfume bottle, via Nordstrom (where it currently shows as backordered through 11/2). Many thanks to APassionateJourney for the info!
And the Nordstrom description:
Purr by Katy Perry begins with the aroma of peach nectar and forbidden apple, evolves with a distinct floral bouquet of jasmine blossom, Bulgarian rose and vanilla orchid, and slowly reveals accents of creamy sandalwood and musk. Like the singer herself, Purr is playful yet sophisticated. Katy Perry transcends barriers with her music—so does her new fragrance.
Another update: see a review of Katy Perry Purr.
Just what we needed: another generic, insipid perfume from a generic, insipid celebrity.
If it’s as deadly cute as the Harajuku Lovers, I’ll probably have to buy it anyway. Sadly.
It’s okay, Robin, I own a bottle of Lil’ Angel. Can’t stand the smell, but it’s so freaking cute.
Yeah…although have to say that if she’s really going for that market, she ought to be doing the same sizes: 10 and 30 ml.
Awww, a kitty-shaped bottle? That’s enough to snag me right there. (I had a few from Avon back in the 80s that I treasured.) I’m glad she plans to follow Gwen Stefani’s example instead of say, Paris Hilton, but the notes sound a bit boring for her persona. Who knows, though, it might be lovely.
I may just get it for the bottle.
You never know!
I remember that bottle!!!! What was that one called?
I actually have that. I don’t know if they did a variety of fragrances, but the one I have is Bird of Paradise. (Interesting choice for a cat bottle.)
Actually, it makes sense. You often find a bird inside a cat.
hey Boo! Clearly you are a faster typist than I. ….but we’re thinking the same.
a bird inside a cat…..we have that at my house with alarming frequency (eww…had to perform an emergency rescue already this morning!) Now, it truly would have been poetic justice to put a cat inspired fragrance inside a bird bottle!
Tweety Bird fragrance, anyone? You know you’ve been waiting for him to get revenge on Sylvester, admit it.
Speaking of a cat inside a bird—–A while back I had a full grown 20+ inch tall Red Tailed Hawk standing in my back yard …and my 8 lb (extremely ferocious, declawed) cat was sitting at the back door “chattering” at him—like “if I get out this door, you’re in trouble!” I just looked at her and said ” trust me, he’s a lot bigger up close…”
To add to the cat/bird stories (and then I’ll stop, I swear): I used to have a neighbor who had an iguana, and it would get out every now and then, which was entertaining in it’s own way. (How far how fast could an iguana get?) One day I saw the iguana shuffling down the road, followed by another neighbor’s two tuxedo cats, as the cats were being stalked by a hawk. It was like the Food Chain Parade. (All involved survived, BTW.)
The one I remember most was the rose-scented one. I think each cat had a ball of yarn, too. And they were in different poses. Am I delusional or does this sound right? I had them proudly displayed on my nightstand in jr. high.
Omg, Daisy! I always worry about my brother’s cat getting snatched by a hawk or buzzard or owl. He’s full-grown but a tiny little beige thing. He loves to be outside and he’s scrappy but he’s no match for one of those predators. And he, too, has a habit of brining me “gifts” of various birds whenever I’m house/pet-sitting. Last time I resued and junko(sp?) and a mourning dove from him.
One last bird/cat anecdote: My parents live on the Mississippi where bald eagles can be seen year-round more more often in winter. Last year a neighbors tree fell in a storm and they found a bald eagle nest – it was empty except for several cat collars with ID tags! :-O
LM– was it a glass bottle? Either white or clear glass? Because I think I had that, too. They came in rose, honeysuckle, and… something else? And maybe the ball of yarn was some pastel color? And maybe I’m making this all up in my imagination?
Ohmigosh! collars and tags! eek! I don’t know if this hawk would have decided on striped cat for dinner or not, or whether he could actually haul her off….but for sure he could have done plenty of damage.
My little striped cat is the “gift giver” in the family….and quite the variety of gifts she brings…bunnies, mice, shrews, ground moles, chipmunks, birds (only seldom), frogs and even garter snakes….I use the chiminea shovel to scoop up the “body” for disposal…and gift the cat with “extra creamy whipped cream” from a can I keep in the fridge for just this purpose. For some reason the bunnies she brings are always alive….and yes, I’ve had practice chasing baby bunnies around the dining room before. Usually it’s best to throw something over them, like a towel, then scoop them up for relocation. sigh….and then get out the whipped cream.
Sometimes I don’t which “reply” to reply to – my only option is my own at this point but…
@Ms. Kitty – you hit it on the nose! They were frosted glass – I remember because the perfume started to erode away some at the top near the lid. I think all the yarn balls were yellow plastic. I want to say Rose, Honeysuckle and Lotv. Btw, love the pet Food Chain story! Oh the things we must be missing, spending our lives in C/A & heating!
@Daisy – Yes, my cats love the Cool Whip Extra Creamy out of the can as well. I had to fight off Frankie for possession of my Greek yogurt this morning.
Ha! It’s tough life being a cat in our households! Extra-creamy whipped cream, Greek Yogurt…I’ve one cat that expects sauteed chicken breast every night for dinner! I really need to post a sign at cat level on the fridge door that says: “you came from the animal shelter!” as I’m certain they’ve forgotten.
I’ve never heard of her… Such are the joys of not living in the US.
LOL…I had heard the name but had no idea who she was. And still don’t know anything except apparently she played Catwoman.
Consider yourself lucky! She was a Christian singer who branched into pop music, and is best known for her hit “I Kissed a Girl”. I mostly take issue with her lyrics, but she is not a particularly great singer, either.
Half-naked Christian singers… where have I been????
D.– lucky you. Really.
I’ve only just…and that’s more than enough. As usual, I don’t get the appeal.
Hey – I live in the US and I’ve never heard of her!
Same here!
I live in the US and never heard of her either — such are the joys of not owning a TV and substituting days and days worth of music on the iPod for a radio. I get to learn all the news anyhow!.. somehow, not exactly sure how.
(and sometimes I wish I didn’t)
Oh my I am in the same boat I never listen to the radio I only listen to music I like like music from back in the day.LOL I just saw a video of her music online today and I shut it off how can anyone listen to that noise.I wasn’t missing anything from not listening to the radio.
Hey, I’m in the US and I’ve never heard of her either! So many starlets, so little time to care or listen.
I was speaking for myself… I would have heard of her if I was still living in the US — I did watch TV and listen to the occasional pop radio station when I was there
My first thougt was : “AVON… IT LIVES!!!”
I appreciate the nostalgic cuteness of the old Avon bottles (never had any, never really wanted any–that’s not my kind of thing) so the cat bottle will certain appeal to many. The notes sound “pleasantly common” …..unfortunately, department stores are filled to the brim with pleasantly common fragrances. However, I wouldn’t mind lounging naked in pink clouds for a while.
Pink cloud… I thought it was cotton candy
oh! well, I’m not rolling around naked in cotton candy! too sticky. A girl’s got to draw the line somewhere, right?
They look like satin-backed powder puffs to me. Rather fun, like a ’40s pin-up picture.
Ok, so she basically admitted it was all about the design/branding and the fragrance is a complete afterthought.
At least she isn’t pretending to be connected to it on a spiritual level!
Good point.
30 ml? Check
Cat-Shaped bottle? Check
Gwen’s Harajuku lovers as an example of how to do things?- Double check! I said this in a post not long ago! Celebrities should hire the team that created the HL line and hire them on the spot for their fragrance!
The notes sound like totably giftable stuff. Girlie and innofensive.
I hope it is nice. I know that she has good intentions, but you know what they say about the road to hell….. it is PAVED with celebrity fragrances!
LOL @ “you know what they say about the road to hell….. it is PAVED with celebrity fragrances.”
Lol!
Seriously, this might be perfect for my 8-year-old as a gift. It sounds ridiculously inoffensive and she loves everything cat and horse at this point.
Ha!
oh I love Katy Perry
if it smells like the list of notes
I wonder what the bottle looks like
though I don’t know if I’ll like the smell of it
I hope it looks like them little chinese good luck cats that bob their arm
That would be ADORABLE.
Owen, for the love of God, don’t read what I wrote below. Remember we have perfume in common! I’m not a bad person!
Just what you wrote here was enough to make me almost spit out my coffee! “For the love of God”!…..?? Is it Friday yet?
Huh?
That is what they get from a cat woman costume? Not even a sceric (sp?) of leather? Maybe I have the wong cat woman, but I can’t recall anything cute, or in the least bit peachy about her. Pity, it really had potential as an inspiration. However, if it comes in a cat shaped bottle and doesn’t actually smell offensive…
Here’s your Cat Woman (ahem), the Julie Newmar incarnation.
I always pretend that’s YOU in the gravataar! so shhhh….don’t burst my bubble.
I pretend it’s me, too.
Hey, if I don’t have my glasses on and squint at that tiny little picture, it look JUST like you! Amazing!
Hands down, best Catwoman ever. No contest. When Michele Pfeiffer did her nasal sounding rendition of ‘meow’, it actually pissed me off. I was all like – ‘That’s not how you do it!!’ LOL [Man, I sure sound irritable today.]
Ah, thankyou! Clearly I have not been paying enough attention.
Yep, Miss K, you went with the best Catwoman. (Of course, I too always think it’s a picture of you!)
Despite the possibility of an adorably kitschy kitty bottle, Katy Perry gets on my nerves [not that she would give a darn, she thinks she’s awesome], so I can easily ignore this. Speaking of kitty cats, that was a little ‘catty’ of me. Oh well.
OH, DEAR GOD, NO!
But let me explain. I don’t follow pop music, but somehow there are some things that are unavoidable. (I used to blame it on working with kids… I don’t know what my excuse is now.) Most things breeze right past me, and I just don’t care. HOWEVER… every now and then there is someone so talentless and bordering on just plain bad that I can’t help but prick up my ears. I’ve actually gone out of my way to listen to her, thinking maybe I’ll get it if I give her a chance. Nope. I don’t understand. I just can’t understand how, out of all the amazing musicians out there, *she* gets a recording career? Am I missing something?? (Ok, if you disagree with me, don’t take it personally– keep in mind I still have my Iron Maiden and Judas Priest albums. I may not have come into this century yet.)
Oh… and she is totally stealing my schtick. Thanks a lot, Katy!
Connections, I would guess. Hollywood is full of talentless people making millions because mommy or daddy has great connections. It’s kind of like politics.
I have no doubt that’s true in most cases, but I must give credit where credit is due: Katy Perry had no such connections. Both of her parents were preachers.
Well, if her parents were preachers, she had SOME connections… (Get it? Inside track to God? Yuck yuck! I’ll just stop now.)
Heehee! Still… there are other people than parents… aunts, uncles, godparents, family friends… etc.
Just a personal theory as to how she got in: in private, I call Katy Perry “The High Priestess of the Patriarchy”. Katy knows how to play the game and follow the rules. She’s the patriarchy’s dream girl, sexy but nonthreatening. Consider the lyrics to “I Kissed A Girl”: “I kissed a girl just to try it, hope my boyfriend don’t mind it”. She’ll only kiss a girl if her boyfriend’s okay with it, quite possibly for his titillation, but never out of her own desires or anything crazy like that.
I must admit, her music is dull and I don’t understand the popularity. But that’s pretty much my feeling towards everything in pop culture right now. I’m particularly bitter about the music scene and, along with Ms. Kitty, don’t think I’ve bought a new rock/pop CD in the 21st century (only CDs I’ve bought are scores to movies). But, sorry, I just can’t hate on a girl who loves kitties. That’s just me.
So good to read a rant about these manufactured “stars”. Though you’re kinder than I am. I think they’re generally without talent. Real musicians are a rare and dying breed. Right now I’m listening to Jace Everett’s Bad Things to counteract that sickly girly stuff. Country isn’t eveyone’s thing, but the guy is one relatively new star/musician that actually does something beyond trying to look sexy.
He or, say Bruce Springsteen, don’t need their own scents and clothes labels. Their music speaks for itself.
Of course, if this stuff should be in the shape of a Siamese cat, I’d buy it if it smelled of used cat litter.
Yes! “Bad Things” is also the theme song for “True Blood”.
I know, I love True Blood and Country and this guy is really good. Apparently, according to an interview all the old Country legends are his inspiration. And it shows.
I’d totally buy a Springsteen backed scent!
I think I would too, but his songs tell me he’s too real for that. He’s not a celebrity in the new sense of the word.
Is this real?
Hahaha, yes. Kitty shaped bottle? I’m there. I read that her cat is named Kitty Purry so I guess this is a tribute to that. Hilarity.
Oh, that’s nauseating.
i think by “catwoman stage costume” they mean that ugly pink leopard jumpsuit she wears sometimes.
Hey Krok! Nice to see you here! How’ve you been?
Once again, my desire for a kitty-breath inspired fragrance have been ignored, overlooked – even in the face of a kitteh shaped bottle. I bet Andy Tauer would listen to me. I bet Andy would whip up the kitteh breathiest fragrance ever, and put it into a cobalt blue bottle shaped like an adorable little kitten. Imagine how fast that would sell …
This year we had BABY HAWKS at our house – 3 Red Shouldered Hawk babies. Boy, they were incredibly vocal – sounding like a cross between a Siamese cat and a squirrel. When they fledged, I was lucky enough to be driving by (very slowly), and saw all three of them together, staring at me in unison. Then they started to run away, and suddenly realized “hey, we can fly!”, and they achieved liftoff and perched on the roof of our neighbor’s house.
I love that story about the baby hawks, Dzingnut! I’m patiently waiting on a kitty-breath fragrance too …
I know literally nothing about Katy Perry (except that she does a Proactiv commercial), but I have to admit I’m a sucker for cat-shaped perfume bottles.
Me too! That is why I’ll be buying this when it comes out.
What about those Max Factor kitty bottles that were housed in a belljar? They’re collector’s items now. I think Katy is a very pretty girl with a modicum of talent. She is engaged to Russell Brand (gawd!). I wonder what her preacher parents think about that!
Generic sounding, Maybe, But also Delicious sounding… the notes hold a good deal of promise, especially Vanilla Orchid, Bulgarian Rose and Freesia together, I am very interested!
As a pushover for all things that deal with kitties, I suspect this bottle will be coming home with me (as kitties themselves are wont to do…) My Best Cat Ever (sadly no longer with us) used to bring me gifts of not-quite dead lizards, while I was sleeping (breakfast in bed?). This created an interesting levitation effect and was quite efficient at getting me out of bed promptly, with a brief stopover on the ceiling. Somewhat to my relief, my current boss (“Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.”) believes that it is my job to provide her with treats, rather than vice versa.
Funny story. Good job our cats are only indoors. I know exactly what you mean by Best Cat Ever. We lost ours not long ago.
You can see the bottle on fragrance.org. It isn’t nearly as fun and cute as the Harajuku Lovers. I still want to try it. I wouldn’t mind the 30ml bottle. : )
I can’t believe I didn’t comment on this. I loooove Katy Perry. I loooove the bottle and I can’t wait to sniff this!
Katy’s cd comes out on Tuesday and the booklet is supposed to be scented with a cotton candy smell. I hope she has a sample of Purr included when you buy the album
Purr is now available for Pre-order at your Local Nordstrom. They also have testers available to smell and when you pre-order you get a purse sized fragrance valued at $25. I’ll probably go smell it 2moro
Thanks!
You’re welcome! I pre-ordered it on the 11th! I got the purse spray. Can’t WAAAIIIIT to get my beautiful bottle! Smells reeallly niice.
Oh, and BTW, I was reading the new Vanity Fair with Lindsay Lohan on the cover and in the interview with Lindsay she says she’s expanding her 6126 leggins line and she’s going to do a fragrance.
She’s bound to launch one eventually — everyone else is!
“Like the singer herself, Purr is playful yet sophisticated. Katy Perry transcends barriers with her music—so does her new fragrance.”
That is the most cliche description I’ve ever read.
katy perry is played massively on air in europe on almost every fm .At first I didn’t like her at all but she is in vogue, in elle, in hello, in ok, on air and somehow she has grown on me, especially with her california gurls video. I think she is ok and nice. Nothing over the top and nothing overly sexy, just a pin-up for mass market. But the bottle is soooo damn nice. Too bad they don’t sell it where I live.