Sean John Fragrances will launch Empress, a new perfume for women, in August. Empress is the feminine counterpart to 2008’s I Am King…
Celebrity fragrance news: Jennifer Aniston, P. Diddy
Jennifer Aniston, one of last megawatt Hollywood stars not to have her name on a fragrance, is expected to reveal shortly that she has signed a deal with the Falic Group to launch a scent, perhaps later this year.
— From Jennifer Aniston Said in Fragrance Deal at Women’s Wear Daily…
Ripped off
Lawyers for Combs filed papers in Brooklyn federal court last week asking a judge to compel The Urban Glass Quarterly, based in Fort Greene, to reveal its notes about an article that suggested Comb's fashion label, Sean John, ripped off a renowned glassblowing artist.
— Ok, remember this story from early last year? Glass artist Tom Patti said that the Sean John Unforgivable bottle was a copy of two of his glass sculptures, and he sued (see: Stolen). Now Sean Combs says the Urban Glass Quarterly came up with the whole idea. Read more at Glass Warfare at the NY Post.
Best-selling celebrity perfume of all time
Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds fragrance is the best-selling celebrity perfume of all time, according to a research company.
The fragrance recorded US sales of $67 million in 2008, followed by Unforgivable, a scent endorsed by Sean Diddy Combs, which racked up $48.5 million.
— From Sweet smell of success for Liz Taylor at Monsters & Critics.
I know you’re smelling good girl
Sean 'Diddy' Combs on HSN, hawking his wares. It's rather long. Skip to the :32 second mark if you don't want to see the I Am King commercial again, and then to the 6:30 mark if you want to hear about his upcoming fragrance for women, tentatively called Empress. I admit I ran out of steam at around 11 minutes; if you watch past that and anything fabulous happens, do comment.
According to Cosmetic News, "The show recorded net sales of $500,000 of Sean John fragrance products in less than an hour" and "HSN cancelled additional slots scheduled for November 30 and December 1 because all the products had sold out".