"I don't like floral fragrances, but this one is light and fresh. And consider this your warning: The bottle makes me cringe. Is the cap supposed to be a cup, an upturned flower, mismatched fairy wings? All I know is that I spritz this on and love the scent -- but then return the bottle to its rightful place, which is inside my drawer." -- Meghan Lazarus, Art Director
When you ask a woman -- especially a beauty editor -- for her favorite perfume, you expect to hear names like Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, and Chloé -- not Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, and Paris Hilton.
It's not that we have anything against these celebs, but there's something so cheese-tastic about buying and wearing a fragrance that has a celebrity's face plastered all over it. And yet, the celebrity fragrance industry is booming.
Elizabeth Taylor was the first to cash in with her celebrity perfume, and since then the fragrance industry has become a major revenue source for Hollywood. Take Paris Hilton. She's made $1.5 billion dollars from her perfume collection so far, and she's coming out with fragrance No. 15 this summer. Clearly there's a market for the products, but who are the women shelling out their hard earned cash for these celebrity fragrances?
Now, before you start raising those eyebrows, hear us out. While we may not proudly display these celeb fragrances on our vanities, the truth is that a handful of these perfumes actually smell good. Sure, you could argue that some of these celebrities don't have any business in the limelight -- let alone the perfume industry. But one way or another, they've created scents that a lot of us love to wear. Want to see the 11 celebrity fragrances the TotalBeauty.com editors secretly spritz on every day? Who knows, just like us, you might end up needing to find a good hiding spot for one of these.
