Capturing and bottling the scent of one entire decade—let alone four—is a seemingly impossible task. Though a celebrity — no, icon — of her status releasing a scent as this stage in her career may seem like a surprise, the scent itself feels like a perfect representation of the woman who created it. I would say no, but I would also say that it finds a way to surprise you with something you already love and serve it to you paired with notes that make it worth smelling again. Without question, Beyoncé, who is arguably the last celebrity to maintain an air of mystery while consistently being at the center of the conversation.

From the jump, it's (and I know we do not gender fragrances anymore but for the sake of telling this story) masculine. If anything, it balances being a green, metallic vanilla, settling down to its spicier side when it reaches its half-life.We’ve come a long, long way since I first put out a perfume so I really do believe this is genderless,' the 'If I Could Turn Back Time' singer told WWD. It starts off a little standoffish, but then warms up to you, showing a different side of itself completely. The icon's latest perfume collection, Decades, is out now and features four distinct scents that capture the aura of the '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s from her unique perspective.

It’s infused with a bit of citrus, with orange flower and jasmine, as well as a sweeter base of vanilla that speaks to the whole “dessert” motto. The vanilla is literal enough to be warm and inviting on anyone who wears it, but the other notes prop it up and give it depth in a way that makes you keep coming. At present there isn't a firm release date for the perfume, but instead Cher has said it will launch 'when I'm ready'. There are more metrics with which to measure someone's cultural currency than ever before: followers, views, shares, retweets. Four years in the making, Eau de Couture by Cher will be her first fragrance since she launched the now discontinued Uninhibited scent with Parfums Stern in 1987, nine days before the release of her 19 th album Cher.We're expecting all further updates to come from Cher herself, so keep your eyes trained on her Twitter. The Cher Decades Luxury Coffret Set, featuring all four scents, will launch on HSN on September 28, 2022. I [made] it for people who love perfume or people who want to smell good, people who feel that it’s part of who they are.

Eau Couture de Cher has been four years in the making, and is a partnership between Cher, Scent Beauty, and fragrance house Firmenich with Clément Gavarry as the nose. Lees ons privacybeleid en cookiebeleid voor meer informatie over hoe we je persoonlijke gegevens gebruiken.I haven’t tried the earlier perfume release and can’t see myself being able to try either till our world changes.

Created by the man who brought us Amber Prada, Panorama for Olfactive Studios, Lovely by SJP and Ariana Grande Cloud; Clement Gavarry. While Cher undoubtably had a point that smelling sweet makes your presence linger, Corden is quick to point out that her theory doesn’t work the same for men. Indeed, Cher's last foray into the fragrance world was her "Uninhibited" scent, which was discontinued in 1987. Before, when I was younger, you know, back in the log cabin days, I remember that there were specific things that women could wear. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast.I was talking with Steve [Mormoris, her fragrance partner] right now, and he was saying, ‘I don’t know how you got to have black-and-white notes,’ and I didn’t know what I was doing, so that’s how that came about. I was another one of those kids who watched the Sonny and Cher show and loved the glamorous Cher with her amazing costumes, fabulous wigs and great singing.