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IIUVO + Madonna Madame X ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 14 October 2020 14 Comments

London-based brand IIUVO has launched Madame X, a new limited edition fragrance made in collaboration with Madonna…

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Madonna Truth or Dare by Madonna Naked ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 12 October 2012 26 Comments

Madonna Truth or Dare Naked perfume

Madonna will launch Truth or Dare by Madonna Naked, a new fragrance for women, in December. Truth or Dare Naked is a flanker to her debut fragrance, Truth or Dare, and was developed by the same perfumer, Stephen Nilsen…

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She became exasperated

Posted by Robin on 27 April 2012 12 Comments

Not unexpectedly, the multimillionaire star was drawn to the most expensive raw materials in recreating the memory of her mother's perfume from more than 40 years ago, the perfumer revealed. "She has a real appreciation of luxury," he enthused. But when cautioned about safety restrictions on her favourite ingredients imposed by the International Fragrance Association (IFRA), she became exasperated. "F*** IFRA!" she snapped at one point.

— Perfumer Stephen Nilsen talks to Katie Puckrik about what it was like to work with Madonna on Truth or Dare. Read more at Madonna's perfumer suggests the popstar remains a hard to woman to please at the Guardian.

Madonna Truth or Dare ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 29 March 2012 103 Comments

Madonna Truth or Dare advertMadonna Truth or Dare flacon

Truth or Dare is the debut scent from pop icon Madonna. I am frequently forced to “research” the “celebrities” whose perfumes I review here, but even I know who Madonna is, and so I assume you do too. An informal survey of young people (ok, I just asked my tween son) reveals that her fame is wide enough to cross generational boundaries, but Truth or Dare is aimed at a more mature audience than most celebrity fragrance efforts, albeit not one quite so mature as Madonna herself — they’re after women 25 to 45, with special emphasis on the 35 to 45 group. Once you cross 45, as we all know, you’re safely outside of the fragrance industry’s radar.

Truth or Dare is apparently associated with Madonna’s new lifestyle brand of the same name (next up: shoes), and it was made under licensing arrangements with Coty. I’ll repeat the statement from Madonna that I quoted when I announced Truth or Dare:

I have always been obsessed by fragrance and for years wanted to create something personal that was an expression of me, but that other people could relate to as well. Something classical and timeless and yet modern. My oldest memory of my mother is her perfume. I carry it with me everywhere. She always smelled like gardenias and tuberose, an intoxicating mixture [that was] feminine and mysterious. I wanted to re-create this scent, but with something fresh and new about it as well.1

I have no idea what Madonna’s mother wore, but I’ve always heard that Madonna herself wore Robert Piguet Fracas, and it’s easy enough to believe that Fracas was the reference for Truth or Dare — Truth or Dare is basically a big ole white floral with an armload of tuberose and a gardenia tucked behind the ear…

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I’m a bad girl

Posted by Robin on 28 March 2012 16 Comments

The new commercial for Madonna's Truth or Dare fragrance. No nudity, but plenty of Madonna's signature bad girl stuff, so possibly NSFW. Hat tip to reader kaos.geo!

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