"Smells Like An Old Backyard": Pharrell Williams' 'GIRL' And Other Celebrity Fragrances

The celebs aren’t satisfied with us mere mortals wanting to just look like them, apparently we have to want to smell like them too. The craze for celebrity fragrances is still raging, with Pharrell William’s creating his own scent in collaboration with Comme des Garçons Parfums. The fragrance will be named ‘GIRL’, after his new album, which currently holds the UK Number One spot in the album charts.

Pharrell joins the long line of celebrities that have already developed their own fragrances, some names you'll expect to see, others you won't!

Bad Boy Biebs has developed three perfumes which can be worn by his teenybopper fans, ‘Someday’, ‘Girlfriend’ and ‘The Key’. Surprisingly, reviews aren’t too bad for his perfumes (we wonder if he himself has ever smelled any of them?). While one reviewer describes Girlfriend as ‘soo tacky’ before adding ‘it gives me nausea!’ another is kinder, explaining ‘I was expecting something sweet and yucky when I first saw this at the store, but I actually liked it’. We’re bowled over. We wonder if Sizzurp was an inspiration for any of the scents?

We were quite surprised to see that Antonio Banderas apparently has a penchant for creating aftershaves. Banderas has created a grand total of 7 scents, including ‘Blue Seduction’, ‘Diavolo’, ‘Seduction in Black’ and ‘The Secret’. One reviewer commented in regards to ‘Seduction in Black’: ‘I use it daily and get great compliments on the smell!’, while another described it as ‘a great fragrance for the cooler months or evening’. Antonio is a pretty sophisticated guy, so we’re not surprised that his aftershaves have been a hit.

Next page: did you know Alan Cumming had his own fragrance?

Australian/Cypriot singer Peter Andre has brought out a scent which is, unsurprisingly, called ‘Mysterious Girl’. Mysterious Girl was the name of Pete’s 1995 hit single that has sort of become his unofficial theme tune.

Bizarrely, actor Alan Cumming has his own fragrance, which he has named...erm...‘Cumming’. Described as ‘One crazy fragrance...Smells like an old backyard that’s been dug up, then a kind of semi-sweet, mellow scent comes thru.....’ by one reviewer. No cumment.

Celebrities who you won’t be surprised to learn have fragrances include Sarah Jessica Parker, Paris Hilton, Katy Perry and Britney Spears. Although we think Nicki Minaj’s perfume wins best name with her fragrance ‘Minajesty’.

Are you a fan of celebrity scents or do you prefer to stick to designer perfumes and aftershaves? There seems to be a lot of snobbery surrounding celebrity released perfumes, when in fact they seem to get some pretty great reviews from those who use them! Well, if you discount Alan Cumming’s aftershave that is.

BREAKING NEWS: It turns out Alan has released two fragrances. The follow up to ‘Cumming’ is aptly named ‘Second Cumming’. P.S. we’re not kidding.