Alesha Dixon to name next perfume after daughter?

The 'Britain's Got Talent' judge thinks her three-month-old daughter Azura Sienna's name has ''mystical'' qualities which perfectly match the floral notes of her first fragrance, Rose Quartz.

Speaking at the launch of her perfume at London's St Martin's Lane Hotel yesterday (08.01.14), she told BANG Showbiz: ''I think Azura would have made a really good name for a perfume. It sounds quite mystical doesn't it! Who knows, she might influence the next one.''

However, Alesha had already decided on the perfect name for her scent, which she has been developing since 2009, and insists she has taken the creation process seriously, unlike many other stars who simply put their name to a fragrance.

She explained: ''I could easily have said yes to the first thing, but what's the point, you want something that people are genuinely going to like. These things take time.

''We're doing the whole crystal collection and I'm taking my time. That's all I can do to make sure people see it's an authentic venture. As a girl, it's a real treat to be able to say I have a fragrance, it's special.''

Alesha was back at work this week for the first time since giving birth to Azura - who she has with her partner Azuka Ononye - in October and she has enjoyed focusing solely on motherhood for the last few months.

The 35-year-old singer said: ''Becoming a mum delayed the perfume. Originally I was going to bring it out at Christmas, but then thought it was best to wait until I'd had the baby so I could focus on the launch.''

Alesha Rose Quartz is a feminine and classic floral fragrance, with the notes reflecting the healing qualities of the rose quartz crystal. It is priced at £25.00 for 50ml and will be available to buy from leading fragrance outlets from March 2014.

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Are you ready for another celebrity perfume?

If Instagram be true, Rihanna's in the process of making a new celebrity perfume, to stand alongside her existing scents Rebelle, Nude, Reb'l Fleur and most recent fragrance Rogue.

So are you ready for another new celebrity scent?

Though it started off as a bit fun for us and a cheeky money-spinner for A-listers like of Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears, the craze has spread so wide that even Joey Essex,Justin Bieber and One Direction are now dictating how the world's women should smell.

The whole Made In Chelsea cast have just been unified into one 'Chelsea inspired' scent too. So where's the line? When will we get bored?

With Kim Kardashian's endless wardrobe of namesake fragrances continually growing, and celebrity perfumes regularly topping the best-selling fragrance lists, it doesn't look like we've had enough just yet.

Is This Beyonce's Rise Perfume Commercial?

Even after 17 videos, we still haven’t had our fill of seeing Beyonce in motion.

Last week, we got a quick look at the first promo photo from Bey’s new Rise fragrance campaign. The photo featured Beyonce’s locks mid-golden hair flip with all the glitter we already suspect inhabits her scalp being released into the frame. And now we’re getting a look at the whole she-bang.

The new commercial features Bey rising from the glitter dust swaddled in luxurious Tom Ford gladiator sandals and a skin-colored dress. And because this is a Beyonce ad, there is a good amount of hair flippage.

Much like Bey, the fragrance is about “female empowerment and finding the inner strength that makes women so beautiful.” And the best part of everything is that the fragrance is said to be inspired by Bey’s favorite Maya Angelou poem ”Still I Rise.”

The singer’s first fragrance, Heat, broke a Macy’s record with $75,000 in sales in one day. Altogether, her fragrance business has generated $400 million in retail sales and the latest release, Rise, could hit $25 million in its first year.

Rise is set to hit counters at the beginning of February. Will you be buying?

Neil and John in 'The Key' Go Head to Head With Justin Bieber

There's funny. And there's funny. And then there's WTF?!

Welcome to the world of Neil & John -- they being Neil Hopkins of LOST fame, and John Forest of Young Adult fame. They're weird. They're wacky. They're popular onFunnyOrDie.com and their own site and their YouTube channel. And their new epic short ("epic short"?) will -- trust me: will -- leave a mark on your mind.

"Neil & John in: The Key" represents the newest episode of Neil & John. This one's got industry folks talking and sharing, in a way I haven't seen since some Colorado yokels called Trey & Matt long ago let slip a few VHS dubs of "The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus Vs. Santa)" -- thus launching a modest little TV series called South Park.

As with all good secrets (this short is in fact a goof on The Secret), the spiritual awakening of "The Key" lies in the experience itself -- not in some journalist telling you about it -- thus find it here for your viewing pleasure:

Neil & John: THE KEY

In a shocking act of lame-o copycatting, it seems rather suspicious that some kid named Justin Bieber (?) has made a desperate attempt to ride on the coattails of "Neil & John in: The Key" with his own sad little product (a perfume or something) -- also called "The Key." This Bieber kid, whomever he is (scouring the Web suggests that he's a minor player in the perfume business), even rushed into production on some sort of commercial -- pardon: "short film" -- also called (you guessed it) "The Key." Bieber's perfume even has its own smartphone app, because obviously a perfume needs a smartphone app. Google it if you want. Or actually, don't; for Bieber's "The Key" withers in contrast to "Neil & John in: The Key."

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SLATE: Beyoncé’s New Fragrance Was Inspired by Maya Angelou and Smells Like Overcoming Adversity

Women’s Wear Daily reports this week that Beyoncé, not content to just drop a new album out of the sky and force everyone to Google “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,” will soon release a new fragrance inspired by a Maya Angelou poem. According to Marsha Brooks, vice president of global marketing for a firm that oversees Bey’s fragrance business, the perfume, called Rise, will give off a “strong sense of ‘overcoming adversity and rising above it all.’”

Based on the name of the scent, The Cut smartly guesses that Bey’s inspiration was Angelou’s “Still I Rise,” which does seem tailor-made for the star, especially the quatrain that goes:

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Beyoncé is actually not the first to tie her famous-person fragrance to a poet—Tilda Swinton released a scent in 2010 inspired by the Sufi poet Rumi and the scent of ginger. How long until other celebrities, eager to recreate Bey’s (and Tilda’s!) success, hop on the poet-perfume money-train? When they do, here are some suggestions:

Eau de Robert Frost: Smells like apples, woods on a snowy evening.


Eau de Emily Dickinson: Smells like clean Laundry and gunpowder.


Eau de e.e. cummings: Smells like mud-lusciousness, puddle-wonderfulness.

Eau de Wallace Stevens: Smells like the odorlessness that is not there, and the odorlessness that is.


Eau de Elizabeth Bishop: Smells like something—either codfish or knowledge—that makes one’s nose run and one’s eyes water.


Eau de William Butler Yeats: Smells like a spreading laurel tree, ale from the country of the young.


Eau de Philip Larkin: Smells like the beer bottle you knock over groping back to bed after a piss.


Eau de Sappho: Smells like disconnected notes of incense bright shaking leaves hoplites?


You get the idea. Which literary treasures will Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, and Mariah Carey grace with their brands? Our only advice is to stay away from the Beat poets, who probably don’t smell too good.

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Christina Aguilera Looks Sexier Than Ever in Marilyn Monroe-Inspired Perfume Ad (PHOTO)

Back in October, The Voice coach Christina Aguilera flaunted her bodacious bod while filming an ad for her perfume, “Unforgettable." As she tweeted back then, “Feeling sexy & seductive on set with Mark Liddell filming.”

Just in time for Christmas, the sexy songstresstweeted another photo that depicts her spraying perfume on herself with the caption that simply read, “#Unforgettable.” The photo is dimly lit so it’s hard to see what she’s wearing, but it looks to be a super sultry black, low-cut dress and her hair seems to be an ode to Marilyn Monroe.

Although she has worn some demure styles onThe Voice this season, she’s also gone the sexy route, showing off her newly-svelte frame. Can you blame her? As the “Say Something” singertold Jay Leno in an interview on The Tonight Show a while back, “I’m 32 and feel sexier than ever!”

The vocal powerhouse recently celebrated abirthday, and let’s just say 33 is looking pretty good on her. Like many celebs, however, Christina has had to fight rumors that she got plastic surgery to lose the weight. Those on her inner circle insist she lost it the old-fashioned way — through diet changes and exercise. In fact, a friend told Life & Style recently about some of the ways Xtina stays slim.

“Christina takes her lunches and snacks with her to work now, so she can watch how much she eats instead of overindulging in anything bad for her,” the friend revealed via Hollywood Life. “She eats carbs, protein, snacks like pretzels — she just watches how much she eats.”

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Beyonce Kisses Madonna's Daughter at Concert, Announces New Fragrance

Beyonce plants a sweet kiss onMadonna‘s daughter Mercy James in this brand new pic from her concert posted to Instagram.

“Mercy James gets a big fat one from the Queen. B !” the 55-year-old entertainer posted to her Instagramabout Bey, 32, and her little one, 8.

Later that evening, Bey took the party from the concert venue to Dave & Busters, where she took shots with fans! Check out the video below.

It was just announced that Beyonce will be releasing her third fragrance called Beyoncé Rise, WWD reports.

Queen Bey owned 2013 and now she’s taking her superstar dominance into 2014. According to reports, Mrs. Platinum-In-Less-Than-A-WeeK is prepping for the February release of her new fragrance, RISE.

“The spirit of RISE encourages women to be all that we are,” Beyonce said in a press release for the new perfume, which was inspired by her favorite Maya Angelou poem, Still I Rise.

“The fragrance concept is a about female empowerment and finding the inner strength that makes women so beautiful,” Marsha Brooks, vice president of global marketing for fragrances in the Coty Beauty division of Coty Inc., said in a statement. “[Knowles] has done a lot of fruity florals. She’s done gourmands. Pulse was this electric citrus-y floral. This is sexy and sophisticated. We tested it in multiple countries with excellent results.”

Pitbull to Debut Unisex Fragrance Line

Pitbull will be ringing in the new year with a fresh scent. The rapper will unveil his new fragrance, simply called Pitbull, on Dec. 31.

According to Women’s Wear Daily, the 32-year-old artist will present his men’s and women’s scents at his New Year’s Eve show in his hometown of Miami at American Airlines Arena. Pre-sales will begin Dec. 1 at Amazon.com, which will be selling the scent exclusively until Valentine’s Day.

“When we started talking about it, it was about very sexy smells,” says Pitbull about his fragrance. “The woman can wear the men’s cologne and the man can wear the women’s perfume. I love to mix [men's and women's fragrances] up and see what kind of people you attract…I am a walking focus group.”

The women’s fragrance is described as notes of raspberries, crisp red apples, nectarine blossom, jasmine, vanilla and musk. Meanwhile, the men’s version smells like an “opening act” of sun-drenched bergamot, mandarin and sage; and “an encore” of rich tonka bean, musk and amber.

The fragrances will come in tall bottles shaped by the skyscrapers Pitbull saw while traveling to exotic locations like Malaysia, Dubai and Shanghai. Prices range from $30-$55 depending on bottle size.

And since Pitbull is an international artist, limited edition versions are in the works as well, including Pitbull Miami, due out in 2015, and Pitbull Rio, aimed for 2016. Pitbull London and Pitbull Berlin are also in the planning stages.

“I think that a soft, sexy sensual scent isn’t what people are going to expect from me,” Mr. 305 tells WWD. “The innovative part of that is when you have a man who comes with a scent which I would say is more womanly, I think that’s innovative, especially when you have a man who will admit it.”

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Pop singer Beyoncé will launch a new women's perfume from February 2014 called Rise. She inaugurates a new franchise after Heat and Pulse...


The fragrance was composed by perfumer Loc Dong of IFF. The name of the perfume "Rise" is meant to be a war cry, inviting women to be all that they want to be in life.

The composition features a floral accord of orchid as this is Beyoncé's favorite flower, inspired by either a varietal, Gold Symphony, or an imagined accord called this way. MTV Style show a picture of the press package an editor was sent with opulent orchids attached to it. Generally speaking, the perfume has been created around the color gold to symbolize energy, optimism, power and strength. Beyoncé's husband is not fortuitously lanching a perfume for men inspired by the color gold as well, Jay Z Gold for Men.

The eau de parfum opens on top notes of bergamot, apricot and basil sorbet followed by a heart showcasing the Gold Symphony orchid accord , freesia and jasmine sambac. In the base, which is woody, there are notes of cashmere woods, musk and vetiver.

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Eau de Parfum , 30 ml of approximately 24.99 Euros *

Eau de Parfum , 50 ml 32,99 € * approx

Deo Body Spray 150 ml approx 8,99 € *

Body Lotion , 200 ml approx 8,99 Euro *

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It’s All About The Hair In One Direction’s Macy’s Perfume Commercial: Watch

One Direction have filmed a cute Macy’s commercial to remind fans that their Our Moment perfume is still in stores — just in time for black Friday sales. (So sweet of them!) Not only that but the retail giant will donate $2 to Make-A-Wish for every fragrant-smelling bottle sold.

The commercial itself is all about the band’s iconic hairstyles. They drop by Macy’s for a chat with store manager Harold, who proceeds to rock each and every one of their hairstyles. It turns out he’s looking to become the sixth member. See the humorous video up top.

Is 1D’s perfume on your shopping list? Tell us in the comments below.

Get an eyeful of even more pop music coverage, from artist interviews to exclusive performances, on Idolator’s YouTube channel.

One Direction's Funny Macy's Commercial & Miley Cyrus' Tattoo Flashback

Justin Bieber Made An Insane Short Film To Sell Perfume Or Something

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The message here, in this most Herzogian of The Bieber Works thus far, is that Justin has a key. It is a key to your room that Justin will use when you are sleeping and that is not creepy at all. It is also a metaphoric key to your heart. Your heart is also a bottle of shitty perfume you can buy at Macy's for $60. Wait—SIXTY FUCKING DOLLARS? Are you high, Macy's? $60. Sixty actual dollars. Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ's toenails, Macy's.

If you still can get enough Bieber from this 3:35 minute video, don't forget, you can also watch the trailer for his new film "Believe," which hits theaters Dec. 25. Again, the title of that film is "Believe," shortened from the original title "Believe You Can Sell Crappy Perfume To Teenage Girls At Any Price You Want."

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Lady Gaga's Pee to Turn into Perfume

Pop icon Lady Gaga's urine is all set to be bottled up and sold as a perfume. During an event she was backstage and she apparently couldn't make it to the ladies room and hence ended up going to a dressing room where she peed in a bottle. Since then, that bottle has been considered a pop artifact.

Meanwhile, TV presenter Andy Cohen's personal assistants found a recipe to make it into perfume and cooked up Gaga's fragrant sample for all to enjoy.

"It's a long story, but she did. She said on her way out, 'Look, I couldn't get my way to the bathroom, I'm sorry'.She's a superstar, she's Lady Gaga, she can pee wherever she wants as far as I'm concerned," Cohen said.

"So, we have it in a pretty bottle. I know, it's kind of gross, but that is a pop culture artifact, if you ask me. That is going to be worth something," he added.

This comes as no surprise as the pop icon is reknowed for her tantrums and over the top antics.

Recently, Lady Gaga's former assistant, Jennifer O'Neill, filed a lawsuit stating that she slept in the same bed as the pop icon.

"I was by her side virtually 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That includes sleeping in the same bed with her, because she did not sleep alone," O'Neill stated.

She also alleged that she even had to fulfil Gaga's basic needs. "She might have said: 'I need some tea... can you get my computer for me...I need a tampon, the toilet doesn't flush' ", said O'Neill who is suing Lady Gaga for $390,000 in unpaid overtime.

Pitbull's Perfume Reminds Us What He Actually Looks Like

We've ceased to be surprised when a celebrity launches a fragrance, no matter how unusual the project. (See: Donald Trump's cologne.) But the latest one still managed to catch us off-guard, namely because we didn't exactly remember what the celeb looked like.

Pitbull is the newest celeb with a fragrance to his name -- er, nickname. (His actual name is Armando Christian Pérez.) Women's Wear Daily reports that the recording artist is releasing a pair of men's and women's fragrances, each called Pitbull, on New Year's Eve. They will be unveiled, appropriately, at a concert in Miami.

The concept behind the scents, Pitbull told WWD, is sexiness. (But of course.) "When we started talking about it, it was about very sexy smells," he said. "The woman can wear the men's cologne and the man can wear the women's perfume."

That part actually sounds pretty cool. We're just not sure how many people are going to want to show off when someone compliments their scent by name-dropping Pitbull. Would you?

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Our Favorite Fragrances This Fall — Shop Our Top 13 Perfumes

When you smell good, you feel good! To help you amp up your style, we have compiled a list of our favorite perfumes this season and they all smell amazing! Shop our gallery to find the fragrance that’s right for your personality!

Finding the right fragrance for your personality can be challenging — whether sweet, floral, or bold, these perfumes will help you achieve sexiness! Perfume can help enhance your mood and style by creating a potent accessory that others can admire. Has someone ever complimented you saying “Wow, you smell great!” — Well, now they will!  No matter your age or personal style — our top 13 perfumes will surely leave you smelling great and feeling even better!


Best Perfumes For Fall — Sweet Smelling Fragrance
If you like sweeter and richer smells — then a light and airy perfume is the perfect fragrance for you! One of our favorites is Britney Spears Fantasy perfume. This spray has white chocolate, musk, and jasmine blended together to make the perfect smelling fragrance.

This perfume is great for day or night and can be sprayed all over the body because it is not overpowering. What’s even better about this particular fragrance is that it is SO affordable — it’s a great gift to give this holiday season!

Floral Smelling Fragrances

Want to show off your confidence and make your presence known? May we suggest you try Nicki Minaj’s Minajesty. This floral fragrance is a sultry scent that is a mix of various fruits and flowers — surely making you stand out! The glamourous smell is one that you will fall in love with — it’s the perfect perfume for day or night.

A few spritzes of this glamourous fragrance and you’ll be smelling like a diva. Just as the bottle is beautifully bold — this perfume can take your look to the next level!

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Star Fragrance Rundown: The Olsen Twins’ New Scents

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are adding a new feature to their growing lifestyle brand: fragrance.
The perfume duo, which the twins named Nirvana, will be associated with their Elizabeth and James line and sold exclusively at Sephora stores starting in January.

"We always knew we wanted to have a fragrance for this brand, because it's very lifestyle," Ashley told Women's Wear Daily. "We felt that between the brand Elizabeth and James and Sephora that we were really speaking together directly to our customer. We felt that was a really good place to start exploring the world of fragrance and beauty."

The twins chose Nirvana because, as Ashley explained to WWD, "to us, this was really about a moment—and what's that one word that's going to define that one moment where you feel comfortable, sexy and at ease with yourself?"

Nirvana Black features notes of violet, sandalwood, and vanilla, while Nirvana White is a mesh of peony, muguet, and musk.

Elizabeth and James Nirvana eaux de parfum will be available in three sizes: 50 ml. for $75, 30 ml. for $55 and $22 for a rollerball applicator.



Who: Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, our fashion spirit animals and textured hair gurus.

What: Their first perfumes for Elizabeth and James, “Nirvana White” and “Nirvana Black.”

When: In late January, the scents will be released in Sephora stores in North America and on sephora.com, late January — in other words, too far from now.

Adorable detail: Mary Kate got to “play dog trainer” on the set of the perfume’s photo shoot (which features a naked model and a black dog).

Why we care: The Olsens have developed a serious reputation for quality in the fashion game, and there’s no reason to doubt that their new fragrances will be anything but carefully curated and super stylish. The fragrances took almost two years to develop; they convey, according to Mary Kate, a sense of intimacy, while Ashley says that they embody “that one moment where you feel comfortable, sexy and at ease with yourself.” Nirvana White features peony, muguet, and musk notes. Nirvana Black is violet, sandalwood, and vanilla. Yeah, we’ll do anything to be more like an Olsen.

Andy Cohen Is Turning Lady Gaga’s Pee Into Perfume

Obsession is a light word went defining the idea sparked by a man to scoop up Lady Gaga’s tinkle puddles for the sake of transforming it into perfume. After a recent visit to Andy Cohen’s talk show, Watch What Happens Live, the American pop superstar had to urinate really badly, so she went in her dressing room’s trash can. After Gaga exited her room, she apologized to Cohen, as it was an emergency to quickly go without having to rush immediately to the bathroom. Instead of being upset, Cohen saw the disaster as a rare opportunity; he had now, in his possession, fresh celebrity urine, and he wasn’t going to miss his chance; Cohen had an assistant collect the pee before it went bad, and had it turned into a perfume.

On Tuesday, Cohen broke his pee collecting tale, and told late night TV host Jimmy Fallon confirming Lady Gaga’s tweet that it did happen.

Britney Spears Celebrates 10 Years of Fragrances, Plus Win an Autographed Bottle of Your Own!

Calling all Britney Spears fans!

If you want to get your hands on your very own autographed bottle of the star's brand new 10-year anniversary Fantasy fragrance, you better work!

That's right, the pop princess has just unveiled her latest perfume, which is available to Kohls.com, to mark a decade of making perfumes for her loyal fans, and we've got one treasured bottle up for grabs signed by Britney herself!

The striking black and gold bottle feels edgy and mysterious and the scent is aromatic with notes of lychee, quince, fresh kiwi, cupcake accord, jasmine petals, white chocolate orchid, smooth musk and more.

So heavenly!

"I still find it shocking that it has been 10 years. It's funny but as I look back, it feels like each fragrance marked a different time in my life and each one represents a different piece of who I was at the time,"  Britney said in a release. "I have the most loyal fan foundation on the planet. This is such a good example of how loyal, passionate and supportive my fans have been throughout the years.

Suddenly, what started out as something about me, is now about my fans. Without them, I wouldn't be who I am today."

And there you have it, ladies! This one's for you.

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Lady Gaga Warns Fans Against Her Pee Perfume!

Lady Gaga wears an iridescent coat as she leaves the Sirius XM Studios after promoting ARTPOP on Tuesday (November 12) in New York City.

“NAPTIME, zzzzz zzzz. Album release week is kicking my ass! #ARTPOP IS OUT NOW! (sorry they programmed my robot to say that.) #PromoGa” the 27-year-old entertainer tweeted after her interview!

“So @Andy told me they made perfume out of my pee from the trash in WWH dressing room (long story) U HAVE BEEN WARNED IF HE TRIES TO SPRITZ U” Gaga wrote earlier in the day about her appearance on Watch What Happens Live – watch out for her pee perfume! LOL!

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Christina Aguilera Reveals Unforgettable Fragrance Ad And Full Commercial

Things that are unforgettable: your first kiss, your first concert, the first time you saw Harry Styles shirtless, your first job, your first love, the second time you saw Harry Styles shirtless, Christina Aguilera’s new perfume. (OK, so that last one was a smidge more literal than the rest.) Back in August, Xtina teased some “fragrance news” via Twitter with a mysterious photo that showed the bleach-blonde pop star shushing the camera in a sexy lace dress. And now we finally know alllll about it!

The singular shot is a still from her just-released commercial for Unforgettable, the singer’s fifth perfume -- and, according to Aguilera, "is for women who want to be irresistible, feel sexy & glamorous.” SIGN US UP! If a new perfume is all it takes to be all of those things, then we are SO in. Unforgettable starts with smells of cashmere, vanilla and tonka absolute at its base, adds night blooming jasmine and turkish rose at the "heart," and is finished with the scents of plum and pomegranate. So good, you could eat it. (But don't.)

The ads themselves are sultry and bare and basically personify our desire to be irresistible, sexy and glamorous. Nice work, Xtina. You got us. The commercial features a mystery man with a SERIOUS set of abs (perhaps its her beau, Matthew Rutler?), and Aguilera, who caresses the dude, laughs and looks longingly into the camera while holding a lace fan. Is it getting hot in here or is it just us? The bottle is tall, sleek and also covered in lace, which, when paired with bombshells such as ourselves, equals HAWT. Hehe. (We hope.)

Christina Aguilera Unforgettable Commercial


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Listen to Britney Spears' New Song 'Perfume'

Britney Spears has released her new song, "Perfume." It's been a while since we've gotten a solid Britney ballad.

"'Perfume' is incredibly special to me because it hits close to home, and I think the story is relatable to everyone," Spears said of the song. "Everyone's been through an insecure moment in a relationship that's left them vulnerable and I think this song captures that."

The song, co-written by Sia and produced by Dr. Luke, is very personal. It's a look we haven't seen on Britney since "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know." You can listen to it here: