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Selena Gomez rocked the black carpet of the 2011 MTV VMAs on Sunday night in a black lacy Julien MacDonald dress with short skirt and long overlay in the back.

The 19 year-old hosted the pre-show and interviewed lots of celebs, including her boyfriend, Justin Bieber and his pet snake (see that video here.) Gomez also hosted the MuchMusic Awards in June this year, adding to her red carpet resume.

Even though Gomez is touring currently, she’s always seems to have another project going – this time she’s working on a new fragrance.

Hey Everyone–I have officially started working on my new fragrance.  We are currently building a site where you will be able to help me make some decisions on what the final scent will be.  Log on to www.selenagomezperfumes.com to register and stay updated on the progress were making.  Once the site is officially launched in the fall you will be able to help me narrow down what notes to include in the perfume.

If you are one of the first fifty thousand registering, you can win a bottle of the fragrance before it hits stores! And everyone who registers gets entered into a drawing to win a trip to her fragrance lab to see how it all gets made!

Pretty cool!

Check out more photos of Selena from the VMAs below.  Read more »

Taylor Swift is launching a fragrance of her very own this fall.

The “You Belong With Me” singer will partner with Elizabeth Arden for Wonderstruck – a blend of apple blossom, raspberry, hibiscus and honeysuckle scents to evoke a feeling that Swift says reminds her of “magical feelings.”

“Falling in love is a moment every girl daydreams about and Wonderstruck represents that magical feeling of promise and hope and intrigue. It was fascinating to learn that you can layer so many different scents to create a beautiful end result.”

Swift, 21, recalls how her lyrics inspired the fragrance.

“I wrote the lyric, ‘I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home,’ for the song Enchanted about the first time you meet someone. A fragrance can help shape someone’s first impression and memory of you. It’s exciting to think that Wonderstruck will play a role in creating some of those memories.”

Even the packaging is reminiscent of Swift’s personal design. The box will have her lucky number 13 embossed in gold, the purple iridescent sparkle bottle is adorned with Taylor’s favorite charms: a bird cage, the dove and a Moravian star.

Wonderstruck will be available starting in October.

Ah love! Or maybe it’s her intoxicating perfume…

Leighton Meester is the new face of Vera Wang‘s third fragrance, Lovestruck and the new commercial has a romantic, Romeo and Juliet feel to it.

The Gossip Girl fidgets on a New York City balcony while a very hot guy, who is so enchanted with her, climbs the fire escape to reach her, bringing her a bouquet of flowers that happen to match her dress perfectly!

Her tousled hair and plum colored mermaid style dress are fairy tale worthy and in the end, the two share a very romantic embrace as the flowers tumble to the ground. Radiant Leighton!

Check out the commercial below. Read more »

Teen sensation Justin Bieber is ready to release his first fragrance for women called “Someday” by Justin Bieber. The perfume costing $35 – $55, as well as a hair mist ($20) and body lotion ($25), will hit shelves at Belk, Dillard’s, Macy’s and Sephora in June 2011.

Justin said, “Let’s be real, the way a girl smells is very important to a guy. I have such a deep connection with my fans, so creating a fragrance that I personally love is another way I can bring them closer to my world.”

“Someday”, a fruity floral scent created by Honorine Blanc of Firmenich, comes in a cute glass bottle topped with an intricate heart-shaped flower. This perfume will appeal to a young Beliebers audience and all proceeds will benefit some of Justin’s favorite charities.

After a successful line of nail polish, Justin once again knows exactly what women (his female fans!!) want, so he worked closely with this new perfume project. “They really let me take the lead on the entire project, because I know my fans better than anyone,” Justin revealed.

YAY!! Do you want to smell like “Someday” for JBieber? Justin would appreciate it and you would be helping some of his fav charities. It sounds like a good deal.

Taylor Momsen sports skimpy lingerie and spritzes herself generously with perfume in the video ad for designer John Galliano’s Parlez-moi d’Amour fragrance. The scent is a heady mix of bergamot, blueberries, patchouli, ginger and rose.

The Pretty Reckless lead singer is filmed in a Burlesque/boudoir setting as famed photographer Ellen von Unwerth layers the images over the band’s song “You.”

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Emma Watson scored the Singapore cover of Seventeen magazine for December 2010. The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 actress has a fresh holiday look for the year ending issue.

Emma is always stylish and fashionable but one  popular bandwagon the Brown University sophomore will not jump on is the celebrity fragrance train. Watson said:

“I can’t understand this fragrance thing. Why would you want to smell like somebody else? Don’t you want to smell like yourself?”

Watson is committed to continuing in the fashion industry in a capacity that helps others or the environment (such as her People Tree collaboration or her more recent pairing with Alberta Ferretti.) She is so strongly opposed to celebrity branding she said:

“The idea of making my own perfume makes me want to vomit.”

That’s pretty definitive. No Emma scent for the masses.

Leighton Meester is the latest celebrity attached to a perfume. Unlike Taylor Swift (check her sweet scent info here) Justin Bieber (see Bieber’s foray into fragrance here) and Jordin Sparks (see her eau de parfum here) who are working on a scent to bear their name, the Gossip Girl actress has been named the new face of Vera Wang for the product that will launch next year.

The designer noted that she believes Meester’s “beauty, talent and spirit will inspire all the young women that I hope will enjoy this passionate, new young fragrance.”

The current Hair Ambassador for Herbal Essences, Leighton will shoot the Wang advertising campaign in NYC this weekend with the ads starting to appear in the summer 2011 issues of magazines.

Justin Bieber wants girls to lose their minds over his new venture: a JB fragrance. The teenager is breaking into the game with a scent designed for the ladies – not a cologne for dudes. Bieber told People:

“It’s for my female fans, and I want to create something that will have the girls go crazy.”

“Most male celebrities do male colognes for other males,” Bieber adds. “I think that me making a female fragrance is just a different idea and I think it’s going to be successful. I’m just really, really excited about it. It’s going to be really big.”

The “Baby” singer is a marketing machine: nail polish, bedding, unisex perfumed accessories and of course, books, music and an upcoming movie.

The pop singer is teaming up with Give Back Brands for this fragrance, and the proceeds will go to charity. Look for the scent to be in stores in spring 2011.

Taylor Swift is a marketing executive’s dream come true. Everything she puts her name to turns into a mega-seller – just like her latest album, Speak Now. The 20 year old country singer is set to launch a scent collection in 2011 and hopes are it will turn out to be as successful as her sundress line with L.E.I. or her greeting card line. Said Swift:

“I have always loved how fragrance can shape a memory the way certain scents remind you of events and people that are imprinted in your thoughts,” Taylor said in a statement. “Lately I’ve been having fun experimenting with combining some of my favorite scents, so I’m really excited about working with Elizabeth Arden to develop my own unique fragrance.”

Taylor is just one of many musicians who offer a fragrance bearing their name. Justin Bieber recently announced his entry into the perfume biz, as did Lady Gaga. Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani and Fergie are just a few other musical celebs with a signature scent for sale.

What do you think?

Too much Taylor? Or never enough?

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks officially threw her musical hat into the celebrity fragrance ring when she launched her scent “Because Of You.” Sparks’ perfume is aimed at her fans and has fruity, floral, girly ingredients like clementines, orange blossom, vanilla, amber, peony and orchid.

In this economy especially, my fans deserve a high-quality, reasonably priced scent,” Sparks revealed in a chat with Women’s Wear Daily this month. “I looked at some other celebrity fragrances and they were like $80. Even now, I look at a fragrance that’s $80, and I can’t bring myself to spend that much.”

Jordin’s eau de parfum is reasonably priced and exclusive at Dots until November 5th.

Lots of photos of Jordin at the perfume launch in NYC earlier in the week are below.

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