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LEADING LADIES AND GENTS (& THEIR POWER SCENTS!)

Some leading actors and actresses have creative visions that go well beyond the silver screen and over into musical careers, fashion design aspirations—- and even fragrance creations!

Find out what sparked the inspiration for some of today’s largest celebrity scent lines.

Published By Jessica Linnay
on February 22nd, 2010 09:27

   Antonio Banderas

   Christina Aguilera

   Halle Berry

   Queen Latifah

   Sarah Jessica Parker

• After the relatively large success of 2005’s Zorro movie and its corresponding men’s Zorro fragrance, Antonio got a taste for the art of perfumery—- and today he boasts a number of scents released under his own name. And created under his sturdy gaze, apparently; Antonio is rumored to be a bit of a control freak behind the scent scenes. So he was obviously intimately involved in the development of many of his later scents, including Spirit VIP for Women, in aspects from product development to marketing, and even distribution.

  
  
  
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• Christina Aguilera might have been Dirrrty in the past but the pop star put the microphones aside and, only eight months after giving birth to her first child, created and presented the perfume Inspire. Far from being an amateur in the world of perfumes (she has half a dozen fragrances under her name), Christina’s most recent launch was inspired by her vision of everything she believes a female perfume should be: classic and timeless, sexy, sweet and exciting. Christina is starring in the film Burlesque alongside Cher, for release September 2010.

  
  
  
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• The X-Men star apparently spent two years fussing over Halle, a woody-oriental mix tailored exactly to the star’s tastes and specifications. Halle reportedly spent years mixing and matching her own fragrances, and was tired of searching for a scent to represent her. She said of Halle that “after two long years of work, the scent is a real, true expression of who I am.”

  
  
  
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• Queen Latifah has recently entered into a partnership with Parlux Fragrances to create a series of empowering fragrances for women. Despite weight struggles, Latifah has never stopped believing in her inner beauty. “For me, beauty really does start on the inside. It’s like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. So I see fragrance as a natural expression of this state of love: scent expresses a woman’s confidence and sensuality; it’s how she embraces her body, her mind and her strength.”

  
  
  
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• SJP is as vocal about her fragrance inspirations as she is her love of shoes. Her second fragrance, Dawn, reminds her “of being a child, walking into a botanical garden and being completely enveloped by the smell of orchids. It also represents the sheer loveliness of dawn, where a lovely day unfolds in individual lovely moments. Dawn is a fresh canvas, a new adventure, a lovely moment of your own.” Seems like a little of Carrie Bradshaw’s writing abilities rubbed off on SJP!

  
  
  
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