Hilary Duff, Salvador Dali & Me

I've never understood the public interest in celebrity hair.  These are people whose job it is to pretend to be other people, therefore, their hair never expresses much in the way of individuality, but is generally both tired and malleable.  The primary narcissistic cries of "look at me!  like me!" are usually accompanied with an attept to mimic a generic and accessible ideal that has been agreed upon by the reigning clique of stylists, editors, etc.  It's a stylistic environment that is far more high school than haute couture.  There simply aren't that many Kate Hepburns in Hollwyood, never have been.   

Celebrity fragrances are usually just as generic, trying to be all things to all people.    Beyonce, Britney Spears, JLo, Sarah Jessica Parker, Paris Hilton--all of them have forgettable, interchangable fragrances on the market, sweet, floral, innocuous things that smell like the old dimestore fragrances I remember from my childhood.I prefer my fragrances eccentric--I'd be more interested in scents by artists.  What kinds of potions would Charles Ray, Eric Fischl or Damien Hirst come up with?  What would Cindy Sherman's signature scent smell like?

So I was pleasantly surprised to try a sample of the atrociously named With Love... Hillary Duff, and find that... there's a there there.  A citrusy, showy beginning that reminds me of the grapefruit in YSL's Baby Doll (attrribtued in the literature to "mangosteen fruit"), on top of a woody, milky base.  There's a lot of vanilla on the dry down, but it still works for me.  I started to have sense-memory flashbacks wearing it, and after a bit of dresser-top forensics, figured out that it reminds me of an old favorite I haven't worn in a long time--aha, the signature fragrance by Salvador Dali.

Comments

[Anya]

Perhaps the only place in the universe that HD and SD are linked, and by the most tenuous of threads -- doppelganger scents. I have the original SD, so now I must check out the HD for the curiosity factor. Must say I do like the languid pose of HD in the ad for the perfume, very chic and non-actressy (sp?).

[Ryan]

It depends upon to the people who smells that perfume. As well as the different clothing line by the celebrity. There is a house of dereon fleur de lis hoodie for Beyonce and Jlo for Jeniffer Lopez, and more. it also varies from the taste of the consumer. right?

[taylor]

i like your idea love:taylor oh ya i`am 9 and am a big fane bye

[Cara Fletcher]

The job of the artist is to perform in front of the people and not to show his innerself.They have to create one imagine person whom all the people will love.