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Rap superstar Jay Z turned his nose up

Posted by Robin on 27 January 2016 4 Comments

Rap superstar Jay Z turned his nose up at promoting his eponymous fragrance, Gold Jay Z, refusing to make celebrity appearances while collecting $2 million in royalties from a licensing company, according to a new lawsuit. “Sales of Gold Jay Z have declined considerably because of Jay Z’s and his teams lack of interest in supporting and promoting his own brand,” according to the new $18 million suit filed by Perfumania Holdings Inc.

— Read more at Jay Z refused to promote fragrance, says $18M lawsuit at Page Six.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: celebrity perfumes, jay-z, lawsuit

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  1. stinker_kit says:
    27 January 2016 at 8:15 am

    It is a pretty awful fragrance so I cannot really blame him…..

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    • Robin says:
      27 January 2016 at 8:30 am

      He had creative input, so hey!

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  2. ringthing says:
    27 January 2016 at 12:53 pm

    I didn’t read the article but iirc the same thing happened with Prince and his perfume which was 3121 – just looked up your review from 2007, R. It came and went with lightening speed and Prince refused to promote it.

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    • Robin says:
      27 January 2016 at 4:15 pm

      Yep!

      https://nstperfume.com/2012/04/16/failure-to-promote/

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