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Eau de Grape Slushie

Posted by Robin on 20 July 2012 10 Comments

A cursory smell session at Macy’s suggests the younger the celebrity and the cuter her image, the more sugary the scent. Katy Perry has described her second scent, Meow!, as “very sweet” and “inspired by that magical place, Candyfornia!” Selena Gomez launched a scent this summer so cloying it could be called Eau de Grape Slushie.

— Read more at Bieber in a Bottle: The exploding market of celebrity perfumes at Slate. Hat tip to Aparatchik!

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  1. Anne from Makeupwoot says:
    20 July 2012 at 9:59 am

    I think a little part of my soul died when I read “Candyfornia.”

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    • Robin says:
      20 July 2012 at 10:00 am

      LOL…it’s a state at Macy’s, easily avoided.

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  2. Dilana says:
    20 July 2012 at 10:58 am

    Odd not to have metioned Elizabeth Taylor/ She may not have been the first celebrity to transfer fame to perfume marketing*, but she certainly founded a mini-empire at Elizabeth Arden, which markets many of the re-curring celb lines.

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    • Robin says:
      21 July 2012 at 9:52 pm

      True!

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  3. Jernero says:
    20 July 2012 at 5:34 pm

    Grape is probably one of the most disgusting smells in the world. It reminds me the grape flavored medicine I had to drink when I was sick as a child. Yuck!

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    • Robin says:
      21 July 2012 at 9:53 pm

      I don’t mind the smell, but not in my perfume…

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  4. bluegardenia says:
    21 July 2012 at 2:14 am

    I loooove the smell of grape as I’ve found almost all good tuberoses smell grapey. Sometimes people say L’artisan tubereuse smells like cough syrup, other times that tuberose enfleurage smells like medicinal grape candy. Yummm!

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    • Merlin says:
      21 July 2012 at 5:41 am

      Maybe if I think of grapes I would prefer the smell of tuberose!

      After hearing ‘Someday’ described as wax crayons mixed with bubblegum I actually want to try it. I found encens & bubblegum revolting though so I wont get my hopes up too much.

      I looked up images of ‘girlfriend’ and was a bit disappointed that the bottle didn’t look MORE like a vibrator in a unicorn’s rib-cage. Well, then again…

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      • bluegardenia says:
        21 July 2012 at 6:11 am

        hahaha! your description made me look it up to. so accurate!

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        • Merlin says:
          22 July 2012 at 10:10 am

          The article described it that way: )

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